We’ve been eagerly awaiting the return of Star Wars Fan Fun Day and as always, it didn’t disappoint. Our followers on socials will have seen some images – and there’s plenty more to follow – and ITV News dropped by the event as thousands – and there was more than one thousand people attending – headed to Ewood Park for the show.
More than a thousand Star Wars fans have gathered at Ewood Park in Blackburn to celebrate the films franchise and meet some of the stars. It is all to raise vital funds for East Lancashire Hospice.
The Star Wars Fan Fun Day is back on the calendar after a two year break due to covid restrictions and fans were queueing up to take part.
Sixteen actors from the film franchise joined fans for a pre booked dinner, with an auction of film memorabilia.
Organiser Neil Livesey says it is great to have the event in the North West “I went to the Star Wars Convention in London about 15 years ago, I was blown away mostly to find there were other nerds like me who loved Star Wars and I thought I need to bring something like that to the North”
Organisers of the eventhave successfully raised over £27,000 for the East Lancashire Hospice since 2009, and hope to raise more than £5,000 from this event alone.
We’ll be bringing content from SWFFD to Making Tracks over the coming weeks, starting on tomorrows 136th episode with our chat with Charlotte Louise of Rogue One, The Last Jedi, Solo and The Rise of Skywalker in addition to our onsite review of the weekends events (and some great photo’s). We’re already making plans for the 2023 show, so stay tuned.
