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   From: jill-marie@NOSPAMatt.net   
      
    From StarWars.com Newsletter...   
      
      
   It's hard to believe, but it has been 10 years since the first Star Wars   
   Celebration, held on April 30 through May 2 in 1999 in Denver, Colorado.   
   The reason for this first party was obvious -- the impending release of   
   Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. But in retrospect, that first   
   Celebration has come to embody more than a single film's release. It was   
   the mark of a resurgence of Star Wars fandom, a perfect storm of   
   passionate fans and burgeoning technology that allowed Star Wars   
   enthusiasts worldwide to connect and share in celebrating the saga.   
      
   Because it took place in 1999, during the Jurassic-era of the Internet,   
   the first Star Wars Celebration remains the least documented of the   
   official Lucasfilm conventions (at least, as far as online coverage   
   goes). Many fans were still lugging around film cameras to events rather   
   than digital ones, and no one was podcasting or live-blogging the   
   festivities. Rather than let the first Celebration be forgotten,   
   StarWars.com will be dedicating a week of coverage on this party: from   
   reprinted archival articles to newly discovered media of the event.   
      
   So turn back the clock ten years and blast off to the rain-soaked but   
   fun-packed memories of the so-called "Star Wars Woodstock" starting   
   Monday, April 27 on StarWars.com.   
      
      
   ~~jill marie   
   has it really been 10 yrs?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)