19 Years of Celebration!


It's hard to believe that today marks the 19th anniversary of Star Wars Celebration!  Held in Denver during the build up to The Phantom Menace and infamous for outdoor vendor tents and terrible weather (along with the debut of the awesome Duel of the Fates music video).  Twenty thousand fans turned out from across the world to attend the first event "for the fans, by the fans"

I wasn't there but TheForce.net was and they've posted a nice piece looking back at the first ever Star Wars Celebration!

Celebration has certainly come a long way from those humble beginnings and this Friday will (hopefully) see the announcement of what comes next!  If we're lucky, we may even get a tease on The Star Wars Show this week.

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