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Celebration Chicago 2019: The Phantom Menace 20th Anniversary Panel

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold
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The Fantha Tracks booth at Celebration Chicago is focused heavily on the 20th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, so the news that a panel celebrating two decades since the start of the prequel era makes us happier than a tooting eopie.

We already have a number of Phantom guests on the guest list already – Ian McDiarmid, Greg Proops and Warwick Davis are in attendance – but who else will be joining the panel? McGregor? Jackson? Neeson? Portman? Lucas? We can but hope.

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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The Fantha Tracks booth at Celebration Chicago is focused heavily on the 20th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, so the news that a panel celebrating two decades since the start of the prequel era makes us happier than a tooting eopie.

We already have a number of Phantom guests on the guest list already – Ian McDiarmid, Greg Proops and Warwick Davis are in attendance – but who else will be joining the panel? McGregor? Jackson? Neeson? Portman? Lucas? We can but hope.

SourceStar Wars Celebration
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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