Star Wars Celebration I - Denver, 1999!

I was just reminded that yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of Star Wars Celebration I in soggy Denver, Co. We were there!

April 29, 1999: Our names in lights! Sorta!


April 30, 1999: Derek and I and our umbrellas. It was WET and MUDDY EVERYWHERE. Even in the venues.


Here's Derek, holding his "Revised Program Listing", waiting in an unspecified line.


Here I am in the mud on May 1st with thousands of other happy Star Wars fans. Apparently, the organizers didn't realize that if they threw a party called Star Wars Celebration, 30,000 people would show up. Every venue was PACKED, and wet - it was so much fun!!


May 2, 1999: Here's Derek out in the parking lot, with one of the infamous tent venues in the background. Trying to look otherworldly with his "macrobinocs."


5/2/99: It's not a Star Wars event without some hooded guy walking around in the background.


Also from 5/2/99: I used to be very active on the early internet Star Wars sites and forums. Here I am with a NewsDroid reporter! Was so much fun meeting my fellow geeks in person.


Not sure what day this was taken - you can't go wrong with a giant inflatable Mountain Dew behind you. You can also see the Food Tent - catering by KFC!


One more of us on an unspecified day.


Ah, memories. We have our 4-day passes to the next one - Star Wars Celebration VI, I think?? - in Anaheim, April 16, 2015!

May the Force be with you!!