StarWars.com: Best of 2017

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Over at StarWars.com I take a look at one of the highlights of 2017 – Star Wars Celebration, as always an amazing event – and my fellow writers at the official site take a look at the other awesome moments from a blockbuster year for Star Wars.

Obviously the loss of Carrie Fisher hung heavy over the weekend, but in true Star Wars tradition we made a fist of it and partied hard.

Despite our shared loss, the long weekend was still a hearty celebration of all things Star Wars. The Collecting Track was busier than a buzz droid, the 501st, Rebel Legion, Mando Mercs, and R2 Builders were a constant presence around the halls, and an A to Z of authors discussed their work at various panels. Artists Alley was heaving, the podcast stage broadcasted across the planet, and all the while, the attendance rose to a Celebration record of more than 70,000 visitors.

 

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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Over at StarWars.com I take a look at one of the highlights of 2017 – Star Wars Celebration, as always an amazing event – and my fellow writers at the official site take a look at the other awesome moments from a blockbuster year for Star Wars.

Obviously the loss of Carrie Fisher hung heavy over the weekend, but in true Star Wars tradition we made a fist of it and partied hard.

Despite our shared loss, the long weekend was still a hearty celebration of all things Star Wars. The Collecting Track was busier than a buzz droid, the 501st, Rebel Legion, Mando Mercs, and R2 Builders were a constant presence around the halls, and an A to Z of authors discussed their work at various panels. Artists Alley was heaving, the podcast stage broadcasted across the planet, and all the while, the attendance rose to a Celebration record of more than 70,000 visitors.

 

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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