Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Star Wars Families
Twi'lek
Sunday, April 24, 2005
AOL Star Wars Fan Club Mailing List
I have created a new mailing list for former members and friends of the America Online Star Wars Fan Club (AOLSWFC), which had its heyday in the mid-1990s. A few of us have stayed in touch via email, and the mailing list will make it easier to communicate.Star Wars Tattoos
| The Star Wars Tattoo Show & Contest was held on Sunday. Actor Ray Park (Darth Maul), left, handed out the awards. |  |
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Update 5/26/05: Also see Bonnie Burton's starwars.com article about the event.
Star Wars C3: Day 4 Pictures
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| Little Aurra Sing | Consorting with the enemy |
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| Jawa | Pregnant Padme |
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| Many Padmes | Shmi Skywalker |
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| It snowed in Indy | Protocol droid |
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| Bounty hunter | Prince Xizor and companion |
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| Droid obstacle course | A wookie gives autographs |
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| "Well, hello, what do we have here?" | Darth Gene Simmons |
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| An artist shows off his oil painting | Star Wars Plug it in & Play TV games; former AOLSWFC member Ryan (TalkyToast) worked on the game graphics |
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| A Tonnika sister | Grr! |
Star Wars C3: Day 4
The last day was a quick one. Events attended:
- Star Wars Tattoo Show & Contest - pictures
- Expo & Exhibit Hall
- Celebration Store
- Bad Girls of Star Wars
| My favorite event of the convention was the One Man Star Wars Trilogy by Charles Ross. This capacity crowd on Sunday shows I wasn't alone. |  |
Stormtroopers
Stormtroopers are plentiful at C3, but they come in all shapes and sizes.
[originally posted 4/23/2005 12:10:00 AM; updated 4/24/2005 4:49:00 AM]
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| Dark Trooper | General Kenobi Trooper |
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| Elvis Trooper | Sixties Trooper |
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| Babe Trooper | Jack Sparrow Trooper |
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| Seventies Trooper | Wookie Trooper |
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| Babe Trooper 2 | Red Trooper |
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| Clone Troopers | Biker Scouts |
[originally posted 4/23/2005 12:10:00 AM; updated 4/24/2005 4:49:00 AM]
Star Wars C3: Day 1 Pictures Revisited
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| Singing Jedi | Jocasta Nu, Jedi Librarian |
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| Jedi Mohawk | Jedi Cingular; hawking mobile phones |
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| Nice buns | R2 |
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| KISS Fett | Darth Jar Jar |
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| Ice Padme | Nice Padme |
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| Officer | Young Mara Jade |
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| Star Wars: The Musical | Lego Chewie |
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| X-Wing | "Look sir, droids!" |
Star Wars C3: Day 3 Pictures
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| Actor Jay Laga'aia wearing his original Captain Typho costume from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | Do you think he can interpret Japanese? |
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| Oola actress Femi Taylor | Baby Oola |
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| Purple lightsaber | Imperial family |
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| General Grievous; Winner of costume contest (Best in Show) | Shannon (Endor Leia) and Lynne (Slave Leia) again |
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| Rancor Keeper is still sad | I think the red-eye is appropriate |
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| Imperial officer | No red-eye here (at least not from the camera) |
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| Star Wars NYC-style | Death Star diorama |
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| Lightsaber... | ...ignited! |
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| Tattoo | R2-D2 |
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| Star Wars bedsheet dress | Four George's |
USA Today features Star Wars C3
USA Today has a blog about C3 including a picture of Lynne & Shannon.
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Star Wars C3: Day 3
Today I attended:- George Lucas making his first convention appearance in a decade
- Star Wars Art Show
- Jabba's Palace Reunion
- An Hour with Warwick Davis
- Collectibles Roadshow, which is like Antique Roadshow; I had some items appraised
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Film
- Celebration at Celebration III
Former AOL Star Wars Fan Club members:
 | Dan Wallace (OtterPop) started with an online guide to Star Wars planets on AOL 10+ years ago and is now the author of numerous official Star Wars books and articles |
| Charyl, Lynne, Shannon & Alec again |  |
Saturday, April 23, 2005
Star Wars C3: Day 2 Pictures
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| Evil | Grand Admiral Thrawn |
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| Darth Maul | Aurra Sing |
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| Three Jedi | Twi'lek Jedi |
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| Two bounty hunters... | ...unmasked |
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| Slave Leia | The stormtrooper seems to approve |
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| A very large costume | Full size action figure |
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| DJ Fett | Jar Jar didn't make it |
Star Wars C3: Day 2
| Star Wars Celebration in a nutshell: lines, lines, and more lines. |  |
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Well, it wasn't all that bad, because I got to attend many events:
- One Man Star Wars Trilogy
- Strange and Comical Star Wars Collectibles
- Live from Italy: Hayden Christensen, who plays Anakin Skywalker (soon to be Darth Vader)
- Episode III Spectacular with producer Rick McCallum
- Stars Wars in 30 Minutes
- Star Wars Fan Film Awards
I also got to meet a few more former AOL Star Wars Fan Club members, who I've known 10+ years (some only online).
 | Jesse (Ghent) and his wife Rosanna. Jesse proposed to Rosanna three years ago at Star Wars Celebration II. |
| From left: Billy (Quest); Sarah, Jim's wife; Jim (Vader129); Alfonso, who came all the way from Mexico; Isela, Alfonso's wife; Alec (Uncle Owen) |  |
Star Wars C3: Day 1 (Part 2)
On Thursday, I attended:
- Star Wars: The Musical Experience
- An Interview with Ian McDiarmid, who plays Emperor Palpatine
- Expo & Exhibit Hall
- Fan Fair Hall, which includes Star Wars cars, fan clubs, and other neat features
- Autograph Hall
- Opening Ceremonies
Friday, April 22, 2005
Starwars.com at Celebration III
Star Wars C3: Day 1
| Whew, what a day! With tens of thousands of fans in attendance, you can imagine the crowds and the excitement. |  |
| A very small portion of the line to enter | |
 | I took 300 pictures today; here's a small sampling. |
| Uncle Owen (Alec) and Bai Ling | |
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| My traveling companions: Slave Leia (Lynne) and Battle Padme (Shannon) | My other two companions: Hooks (Charyl) and Leia38D (Bianca) |
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| Chewbacca | A close shave |
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| Why is Darth Vader so tall? | Oh. |
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| Millennium Falcon | Jedi M&M |
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Star Wars C3: Day 0
Star Wars Celebration III (C3) starts Thursday, but I arrived in Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon. After getting settled at the hotel, I headed over to the convention center to pick up the schedule. A few fans were already in costume.
I had dinner with some old AOL Star Wars Fan Club (AOLSWFC) friends.
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| Stormtroopers on patrol | Jango Fett |
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| Droid | Dirty Stormtrooper |
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| Off duty | Crowd control |
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| Finally a good guy | Um, which movie was he in again? |
| Charyl (Hooks) and Mark (A BoyScout) met online at my AOLSWFC trivia game 11 years ago. They married in 2001 and had their son Alexander 16 months ago. They claim he wasn't named after me. |  |
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Star Wars Celebration III
Alec is in Indianpolis attending Star Wars Celebration III, a convention celebrating the release of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. I attended the first Celebration in Denver in 1999 and the second in Indianapolis in 2002.Monday, April 11, 2005
BioWare Profiles BoW
BioWare, the creator of NeverWinter Nights, profiled Alec's game server Bastions of War in their BioWare Wednesday feature.
 Wednesday, Apr 06 2005 Neverwinter Profile: Bastions of War  Bastions of War is a team-based, player versus player, arena module where NWN fans can flex their powergaming muscles, work out their daily stress, and beat the crap out of gnomes, bards, elves, and other deserving folk. :P We spoke with Alec Usticke, BoW's chief admin and scripter, to find out more about this entertaining mod. |
