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Star Wars 6-Movie Marathon
The Star Wars party at Celebration IV in Los Angeles this May just got even better. On Wednesday May 23, fans will have the opportunity to kick-start their Celebration weekend with a U.S. first: a free Star Wars six-movie marathon event.

Beginning at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, May 23, fans and movie buffs will have a chance to attend the screening of the entire, epic Star Wars saga on the big screen. The approximately 17-hour program (including intermissions) will lead into the five days of non-stop festivities that will commemorate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars throughout the rest of the Memorial Day weekend. The tickets, free of charge for those attending Celebration IV, are scheduled to go up for reservations at 9:00 AM PDT, Thursday, March 15.

Those attending the six-movie marathon will receive a commemorative button, and bragging rights to have been among the first to watch the entire saga in order at a U.S. screening.

Celebration Host Jay Laga'aia
Actor, musician, and stage performer extraordinaire, Jay Laga'aia will host the celebrity stage in the Concourse Ballroom at Star Wars Celebration IV. Star Wars fans know Laga'aia as Captain Typho in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

Laga'aia delighted audiences at Celebration III as host of the celebrity stage, bringing out the best in both his guests and his audience, and occasionally picking up his guitar and entertaining all with his spectacular singing voice.

From Friday May 25 through Monday May 28, Laga'aia will welcome stars from the casts and crews of the entire 30 years of the Star Wars film saga. Star Wars fans attending Laga'aia's shows during Celebration will take home long-lasting memories. Fans and guests find Laga'aia warm, engaging, vibrant, and always entertaining.

Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge
The Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge is back in full force, now with more ways for moviemakers to qualify their creations. Formerly called the Star Wars Fan Film Awards, the Movie Challenge is revamped to include a category for "fan fiction" which will be offered for the first time, in addition to parody, documentary, experimental, and other categories.

Those who enter the Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge and are chosen as finalists will find their movies played at Star Wars Celebration IV in a dedicated track each day of the show. What's more, the best movies of the competition will be recognized at the Sixth Annual Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge Award Ceremony, scheduled for Sunday, May 27.

That's not all. As added exposure for moviemakers, Spike TV will broadcast content from the Challenge on television.

Shop 'Til You Drop At Celebration IV
Star Wars fans and collectors going to Star Wars Celebration IV can sign up now for free "Quick Path" shopping times designed to minimize or eliminate their time in line for the Celebration Store.

The Celebration Store will feature more than 50 highly-collectible Star Wars treasures that will be exclusive to the show, including a soon-to-be-announced Celebration IV exclusive action figure from Hasbro. Fans and shoppers who have purchased a 4-day, full-show badge can sign up for shopping times at the Celebration IV registration page. Between the new Quick Path shopping times, and the expanded, 24-hour schedule for the Celebration Store, shoppers should spend far less time in line than at Celebrations past, and have far more time to enjoy all the fun at the show.

Official Star Wars Fan Club members can sign up for shopping times that will begin on Thursday, May 24, the members-only day of the show. This is an opportunity for Fan Club members to get their shopping done ahead of the general public.

Triple Fetts at Celebration IV
Fans of the most notorious, and most cool, bounty hunters in the galaxy can head to Star Wars Celebration IV to meet not one, not two, but three Fetts over the course of the weekend. Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett), Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett), and Daniel Logan (Young Boba Fett), will be signing autographs for fans in the Celebration Autograph Hall, and appearing on stage for interviews and question and answer sessions.

Dioramas of Endor!
Frank D'Iorio, the master diorama builder behind the fantastic fan-built dioramas at Celebration II and Celebration III, is returning for yet another Celebration. And this time he's bringing the Ewoks with him!

Especially for Star Wars Celebration IV, D'Iorio is planning to bring the forest moon of Endor to life in diorama form on the floor of the Fan Fair Hall. D'Iorio sets the stage in the Diorama building area, and then adults and kids alike can come and build a portion of the scene -- free of charge - which takes shape as one huge diorama over the course of the weekend.

D'Iorio works on visual effects at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic. Fans visiting the diorama building area could be chosen at random to take home crew and other exclusive Lucasfilm collectibles that D'Iorio will take to the show.

In order to have enough action figures to build the diorama, especially for kids who might be at the show with no action figures of their own, D'Iorio set up a "figure fund" for donations.

Friday, March 30, 2007: Last day to purchase badges and have them shipped to you (U.S. residents).

Friday, March 30, 2007: Deadline for Official Star Wars Fan Club members to purchase 4-Day passes and receive 4 Friends & Family passes.

Friday, March 30, 2007: Deadline for members of Official Star Wars Fan Club members from the international fan clubs to purchase 4-Day passes and be able to pick up their Friends & Family passes at Will Call.

Monday, April 30, 2007: Deadline for purchasing badges online.

More benefits of buying early:
First chance at Celebration IV hotel reservations, with rooms at discounted rates and the ability to reserve Quick Path shopping times first at the Celebration Store.

Star Wars Galaxies-Path to the Force-Episode 162

Be sure to join us next week for the one-hundred and sixty-third episode of Star Wars Galaxies-Path to the Force. Then join us every week as we continue to follow the adventures of the Wookiee E'nac from the Star Wars Galaxies videogame in the form of Gamics!

Written by Lucasfilm's Steve Sansweet and Pete Vilmur, The Star Wars Vault recounts the history of the pervasive saga which spans three decades and has generated scores of paraphernalia -- items readers can now unfold, flip over, touch, and even hear -- reproduced script pages, tickets, blueprints, catalogs, stickers, sheet music, audio interviews, radio spots, radio drama excerpts and more. But these are just the beginning of this mega-scrapbook of all things Star Wars.

The Star Wars Vault will include:

• 50 interactive, rare and some never-before-published memorabilia, including reproductions of Lucas's own handwritten script pages, flip-through catalogs, swag, posters, T-shirt transfers, tattoos, stickers, blueprints, production notes, animation cells and much more!
• Hundreds of photos and pieces of artwork.
• 2 CDs containing over 2 hours of vintage radio ads, original cast interviews, excerpts from the NPR Star Wars radio drama, the complete Star Tours soundtrack, George Lucas's commentary and other tracks that tell the story of everyone's favorite galaxy battle as never before.

Look for The Star Wars Vault in book stores this fall.

Star Wars Galaxies-Path to the Force-Episode 161

Be sure to check back later this week for the one-hundred and sixty-second episode of Star Wars Galaxies-Path to the Force. Then join us every week as we continue to follow the adventures of the Wookiee E'nac from the Star Wars Galaxies videogame in the form of Gamics!