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The biggest question among collectors of late has certainly been "When will we get guest announcements for Celebration?". Well, wonder no more Star Wars autograph collectors as Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker were announced today.
While their announcements are far from a surprise for Celebration veterans, this first major announcement was a welcomed one for fans planning their trip to Anaheim, as well as their autograph budgets. Many expressed feeling as though the guest announcements for Anaheim came closer to the event than previous Celebrations. Here are the guest announcement dates for Celebrations VI and Essen. Let's see how this Celebration compares…
Celebration VI (August 23-26, 2012)
May 15th Guests Announced (100 days prior to Celebration.)
May 18th: Ian McDiarmid and other guests announced. (97 days prior to Celebration.)
June 21st: Guests announced (63 days prior to Celebration.)
June 29th: Guests announced (55 days prior to Celebration.)
July 17th: Mark Hamill and Warwick Davis announced (37 days prior to Celebration.)
Celebration Europe II Essen (July 26-28, 2013)
March 26th: Carrie Fisher announced (122 days prior to Celebration.)
April 11th: Anthony Daniels announced (106 days prior to Celebration.)
May 4th: Massive update (83 days prior to Celebration.)
June 20th: Mark Hamill (36 days prior to Celebration.)
Today's announcement comes 64 days before the kick off of Celebration.
Here's all the information that was announced today. Be sure to check the official Celebration Guest page frequently for all the latest announcements.
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Best Known For: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Carrie Fisher, actress, writer and daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher made her film debut in Shampoo and went on to become a cultural icon playing Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy. Since then she has starred in such hits asWhen Harry Met Sally, Hannah and Her Sisters and The Blues Brothers, to name a few. Her television credits include Laverne & Shirley, Sex and the City, and 30 Rock, for which she received an Emmy nomination.
Fisher’s bestselling novel, Postcards from the Edge, netted her the Los Angeles Pen Award for Best First Novel. Fisher penned the Postcards screenplay for the Oscar nominated film starring Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep. Three novels and two memoirs have followed: Delusions of Grandma, Surrender the Pink, The Best Awful, Wishful Drinking and Shockaholic. Fisher performed her one-woman stage version of Wishful Drinking on Broadway, which went on to be filmed for HBO and nominated for an Emmy Award.
Fisher will reprise her role of Princess Leia in the much-anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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Anthony Daniels, who has portrayed the beloved golden droid C-3PO in all seven Star Wars movies to date will meet fans and sign autographs, and is scheduled to appear on stage as well. Daniels is always entertaining, and when he heads out into the audience to make them part of the show, they never know what might happen!
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Fisher, Daniels and Baker join the following guests from Star Wars Rebels, who had been previously announced.
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[[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_crop”,”fid”:”16336″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”id”:”media_crop_4534870970119″,”media_crop_h”:”0″,”media_crop_image_style”:”large”,”media_crop_instance”:”9416″,”media_crop_rotate”:”0″,”media_crop_scale_h”:”0″,”media_crop_scale_w”:”0″,”media_crop_w”:”0″,”media_crop_x”:”0″,”media_crop_y”:”0″,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”}}]]Among the most popular memories fans take with them from the Celebrations are their meetings with cast and crew from the Star Wars movies and television. For the eighth time, Official Pix will again produce the autograph program at a Star Wars Celebration, making it possible for attendees to meet their favorites in person while they get their signature, and maybe have a photo taken with them as well.
"We are thrilled to kick off our Celebration Anaheim announcements with fan-favorite Carrie Fisher,” says Ben Stevens, co-owner of Official Pix. “We are once again honored to be chosen to produce the autograph program for Lucasfilm, and for Reed Exhibitions.”
Stevens and Philip Wise, partners in the company, plan to bring guests whose combined careers span the Star Wars saga, with special attention to guests who are favorites with fans, and also to guests whose autographs are rare and hard to come by.
Look for more Star Wars Celebration Anaheim guest announcements here soon! For detailed information on how the autograph area will work at Celebration, and to purchase advance sale autograph coupons, go to www.officialpix.com.
More about Official Pix:
Since 2001, Official Pix by C2 Ventures, Inc. has been the most trusted name in Star Wars autographs, providing more authentic autographs to fans than any other provider worldwide. C2 Ventures works closely with Reed and Lucasfilm to produce the autograph program for Star Wars Celebrations throughout the world. The company works closely with more than 100 celebrities from the Star Wars Universe, including Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, and Samuel L. Jackson.
In addition to Star Wars, Official Pix has many other celebrities from other genres of television and film who sign with them throughout each year. All autographs are obtained assuring 100% authenticity every time. “If we didn’t have it signed ourselves, we don’t sell it,” is their motto. C2 Ventures is a partnership of long-time Star Wars fans, Ben Stevens and Philip Wise.
