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Thank The Maker: Rogue One – The raid on Scarif begins 17th October

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold
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This weekend a year ago the journey began, with AndMore at Fordingbridge Town Hall, followed by Thank The Maker: The Force Awakens last December, and now the celebrations of the makers of the saga continue with Thank The Maker: Rogue One, coming to a brand new location on Saturday 17th October and highlighting the brilliant crafts men and women behind the first standalone Star Wars movie (since The Battle for Endor, of course).

The bar has been set high by the first two events, and the team behind the show have every intention of raising it even further, so mark the date, stay tuned for the location, and get ready for some superb guests, talks, show merch, signings and more.

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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 webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Starburst Magazine, having previously written for magazines and sites including Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Lightsabre.co.uk, Jedi News, Jedi.net, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek The Official Magazine, Star Trek: TNZ and StarTrek.com. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, hosting it four times, the EiC and 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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This weekend a year ago the journey began, with AndMore at Fordingbridge Town Hall, followed by Thank The Maker: The Force Awakens last December, and now the celebrations of the makers of the saga continue with Thank The Maker: Rogue One, coming to a brand new location on Saturday 17th October and highlighting the brilliant crafts men and women behind the first standalone Star Wars movie (since The Battle for Endor, of course).

The bar has been set high by the first two events, and the team behind the show have every intention of raising it even further, so mark the date, stay tuned for the location, and get ready for some superb guests, talks, show merch, signings and more.

SourceThank The Maker
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Starburst Magazine, having previously written for magazines and sites including Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Lightsabre.co.uk, Jedi News, Jedi.net, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek The Official Magazine, Star Trek: TNZ and StarTrek.com. He is the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, hosting it four times, the EiC and 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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