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Star Wars Conventions
by: JoeC
date posted: Jun 14, 2007 7:23 AM
Future Star Wars Celebrations
I would like to see another Star Wars Celebration for the 30th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back. I heard a few representatives of Lucasfilm have said they can't have one every year. I was hoping to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Return of the Jedi in 2008 and the 10th anniversary of The Phantom Menace in 2009 but I guess that eliminates the possiblity of doing that. I do hope they move the Celebration to a more central location like Indianapolis, IN, Louisville, KY, Cincinnati, OH, St. Louis, MO, Chicago, IL, Nashville, TN, Columbus, OH, Dayton, OH, Pittsburgh, PA, Detriot, MI, Denver, CO, or maybe Milwakue. I think it more fair from a geographic standpoint to choose one of those cities. I prefer Indy due to it being a mile northwest of me. I only have to drive one hour by vehicle. The Indiana Convention Center is being expanded starting in January, 2008. It will be done by January, 2010. They are adding a Convention Center Hotel Complex that includes 4 Marriott hotels combined together for a total of over 1,500 rooms. The hotel is going to attached to the convention by skywalk. The new Lucas Oil Stadium which has 150,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space will open in August, 2008 and will be attached to the convention center by underground tunnel. The Indiana Convention Center will have a total of 1.2 million sq. ft. with a 40,000 sq. ft. ballroom in the hotel next to it. There are preliminary plans to include a indoor waterpark in the hotel. That would give Star Wars fans something else to do. The convention center is already connected to several well known hotels and the Circle Center Mall. There are several parking garages around the hotel and mall. This is first of many articles discussing Celebrations coming up and reasons for having it back in Indy! Hope to hear more ideas from fans!

slow
Slow's Rebel Ramblings
date Posted: Jun 14, 2007 7:49 AM
Indy is great! Not just because it's only an hour south of me, but because it IS almost in the middle of the country and accesseable from everywhre in just a short trip.
The Stooge
Star Wars Joke-A-Day
date Posted: Jun 14, 2007 8:44 AM
I dunno... as much as I enjoyed Indy, LA had superior weather and a superior facility. I never felt cramped at the LA Convention Center, and not having to smell, um, certain segments of fandom is fine by me.
  striderdemme2005
Expandeduniverse
date Posted: Jun 14, 2007 9:33 AM
Pittsburgh would be nice.
  JoeC
Star Wars Conventions
date Posted: Jun 14, 2007 9:49 AM
Indy is changing for the better! The convention center would be crowded like CII or CIII. If they change the weekend to May or June instead of April then people will see Indy weather has milc climate city. April has a tendacy to have mixture of rain and/or snow. LA is also not convinent geographic for people in Great Lakes or east coast either.
jkthunder
Seven Pieces
date Posted: Jun 14, 2007 10:41 AM
I'd like to see another Celebration sooner than later too. Maybe we'll get one in 2009, but if it has to be 2010, so be it.

Since there were already Celebrations in Indianapolis *and* LA, in my opinion it would be more "fair" to have a Celebration on the east coast! Of course that's because I live on the east coast. But wait, I'm planning on being on the west coast well before 2010, so let's keep the Celebrations in LA! :D
  kylekatarn18
KyleKatarn's Star Blogs
date Posted: Jun 14, 2007 3:43 PM
If they do the next SW Celebration in the central area of US, it would be cool to have it at the Indy Convention Center. Since I live in LA, I have no problem of traveling to Indianapolis for this awesome convention.
  janlomona
Smugglers Rants
date Posted: Jun 16, 2007 6:08 AM
There's talk of making Celebration Europe a bi-annual event as well, but I guess the next one will be on the continent.
Being selfish I'd like to see a Celebration Britain, to save on the travel!
  Jaster_16
Du jah grancha confeeba!
date Posted: Jun 19, 2007 8:22 AM
I just hope they have a celebration 5!

Celebration britain. Hmm. That would destroy the possibility for other europeans to have a celebration ]:)
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