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Exhibitors »
For information on exhibiting in the 153,570 square-foot exhibition hall at the Star Wars Celebration IV in Los Angeles, California, contact Megan Culver at 206.957.3809 or at exhibitors@gencon.com.
Exhibitor information packets and applications are available for download at www.GenCon.com or click here.
Tentative Exhibitor Floor Plan
Tentative Exhibitor Booth List
Sponsorship Opportunities
Collector Panels »
A dedicated programming track designed just for collectors will not only feature hours of invaluable information, it will also offer random give-aways of extremely rare, and very cool, Celebration IV Star Wars collectibles.
Gus Lopez, from the Star Wars Collectors Archive, has put together four days of programming that's not only informative for serious collectors, but also fun for anyone who loves Star Wars.
In addition to programming, Lopez and his collecting compatriots have created some very exclusive and exciting collectibles that will be given away at random times during the panels over the course of the convention.
- One dozen different medallions will be given away at random times during the Star Wars Celebration IV collecting panels.
 The solid pewter medallions, designed by artist and Star Wars collector Jeff Correll, feature imagery based on actual Kenner toy photography. The stylized fronts have the figures in action poses in a variety of Star Wars environments. To maintain the vintage toy tradition, the reverse sides feature updated text from Kenner's 1985 Power of the Force coin line explaining the character's place in the Star Wars universe.
Each pewter medallion give-away is limited to 350 of each and will be distributed individually to audience members at twelve different panels.
Examples of four of the twelve designs can be viewed here.
Here are just a few of the great panels planned for the Collecting Track at Celebration IV. Look for more updates, and the reveal of the exclusive collectibles, coming soon.
Star Wars Collecting Panels
Rooms 511 ABC
Los Angeles Convention Center
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 25-27: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM.
Monday, May 28: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Open to all CIV attendees.
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R2 Builders »
The R2 Builders, a group of fans who construct their own movie-real models of droids from the Star Wars saga, are planning a spectacular display for Star Wars Celebration IV, May 24-28 in the Los Angeles Convention Center. The droid builders, who created exceptional displays at both Celebrations II and III, have even greater things in store for fans, including panels, a parade, and the XXtreme Droid Challenge.
Fans will have a chance to test their skills as an Astromech operator at the first ever Drive-A-Droid Trivia Challenge in the Fan Fair Hall.
Droid Displays & Demonstrations
Room 501 ABC
Droid Races, Trivia Challenge, and XXtreme Droid Competition
Fan Fair, Exhibit Hall G
Friday, May 25 through Monday, May 28
Droid Building Panels
Star Wars Fan Stage
Room 409 AB
Scheduled throughout show.
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Art Show »
Over 50 Star Wars-inspired artists will be on hand at Celebration IV to exhibit their work. Each artist has created a piece exclusive to Celebration IV and limited to a print run of only 250 pieces! Fans will have an opportunity to not only purchase these sure-to-be-rare works but to meet the artist themselves.
With a range of styles and talent, there is sure to be something perfect for that empty space in each fan's home!
Tentative list of attending artists and/or featured works:
Click here for more information on the featured artists of Star Wars Celebration IV.
Celebration IV Art Show
Exhibit Hall HJ
Los Angeles Convention Center
Thursday, May 24 -- noon -- 8:00 PM
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 25 - 27 -- 10:00 AM -- 7:00 PM
Monday, May 28 -- 10:00 AM -- 4:00 PM
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Fan Club Tables »
Unofficial, local, and/or regional fan clubs that would like to participate at the Star Wars Celebration IV have the opportunity to obtain FREE fan club table spaces to help promote their organizations.
Qualifying clubs will be supplied with a 10' x 10' space with an 8' table and two chairs.
Fan group tables must be staffed by at least one person who represents the club at all times during the hours that the hall is open. The tentative hours for the Fan Fair Exhibit Hall during Celebration IV are:
- Thursday, May 24 12:00PM - 8:00PM
- Friday, May 25 10:00AM - 7:00PM
- Saturday, May 26 10:00AM - 7:00PM
- Sunday, May 27 10:00AM - 7:00PM
- Monday, May 28 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Fan clubs wishing to participate with a Star Wars Celebration IV fan club table must turn in an application packet by December 31, 2006. For the official guidelines regarding fan club tables and the application packet, click here.
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Lawrence Noble Sculpting »
Lawrence Noble, the talented sculptor who has created many stunning original works, including the bronze statue of Jedi Master Yoda installed at Lucasfilm's offices in the Presidio, San Francisco, will be sculpting live during Star Wars Celebration IV. Noble is scheduled to be working in the Fan Fair Hall, and talking with fans throughout the show, as he creates a one-of-a-kind, life-sized bust of a beloved Star Wars character from the saga.
What's more, one extremely fortunate fan who attends Celebration IV will be selected to receive the completed, original sculpt! Noble plans to sculpt a life-sized, head and shoulders bust of Obi-Wan Kenobi from the original Star Wars trilogy. This priceless piece will be cast under Noble's direction after the show, then shipped to the winner's place of residence by Gen Con LLC., co-producers with Lucasfilm of Star Wars Celebration IV.
Read more about Noble and his many artistic contributions, in the Star Wars Artists' Series on starwars.com.
Lawrence Noble Sculpting at Celebration IV
In the Fan Fair Hall, Exhibit Hall G
Los Angeles Convention Center
Fan Fair Hall Hours:
Thursday, May 24 -- noon -- 8:00 PM. Official Star Wars Fan Club members only.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 25 - 27 -- 10:00 AM -- 7:00 PM
Monday, May 28 -- 10:00 AM -- 4:00 PM
*Noble plans to sculpt all five days of Celebration IV, including the exclusive Fan Club Members-Only day. The artist will take breaks, so he will not be sculpting every hour the Fan Fair Hall is open.
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Diorama Builders »
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.
Attendees will have the special opportunity to build a portion of a diorama scene representing the forest moon of Endor, free of charge. The entire diorama will be constructed over the course of the weekend using each participants creation. Fans will have a chance to build a small, medium, or large tree and even bridges and Ewok huts. With the biggest floor space of all the workshops fans will be making the largest Endor diorama ever created, at approximately 32 x 15 feet. Builders can take home their miniature creations at the end of the show.
Fans visiting the diorama building area could also be chosen at random to take home crew and other exclusive Lucasfilm collectibles that D'Iorio will take to the show.
Toy Shortage?
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. Donations must be a figure, or vehicle, something from Hasbro that was seen in Return of the Jedi Endor locations. These toys will be used to populate the diorama, as well as become free giveaways to each builder along with their tree creation.
D'Iorio has also provided a great photo series on his website to help fans get ready for what they will be doing at the Celebration IV Diorama "Ewok Landscaping" Workshop.
Diorama Builders at Celebration IV
In the Fan Fair Hall, Exhibit Hall G
Los Angeles Convention Center
Fan Fair Hall Hours:
Thursday, May 24 -- noon -- 8:00 PM. Official Star Wars Fan Club members only.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 25 - 27 -- 10:00 AM -- 7:00 PM
Monday, May 28 -- 10:00 AM -- 4:00 PM
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Family Room »
Celebration Fun for the Entire Family
Come play along in the Star Wars Family Room! Featuring craft projects, face painting, art classes, the Kids Stage and more, the Star Wars Family Room is a great place for families to get involved with hands-on Star Wars activities.
Additional information regarding the Celebration IV Family Room can be found here.
Celebration IV Star Wars Family Room
Room 515B
The Family Room is open to kids of all ages; however, all children must be accompanied by an adult parent or guardian at all times.
Friday, May 25: 10 am -- 6 pm
Ongoing fun -- face painting, coloring and crafts, Kids' Stage.
1 pm -- 2 pm Star Wars Origami
2 pm -- 3 pm Empire Takes Over: Drawing Villains
3 pm -- 4 pm Star Wars drawing class
Saturday, May 26: 10 am -- 6 pm
Ongoing fun -- face painting, coloring and crafts, Kids' Stage.
11 am -- 12 Noon Make This Yoda Doll, You Must!
12 Noon Star Wars Origami
12:30 pm Star Wars Origami
1 pm -- 2 pm Learn to Draw Yoda
2 pm -- 3 pm Let's Make Star Wars Pop-Up!
3 pm -- 4 pm Bounty Hunters: Drawing Greedo and Boba Fett
Sunday, May 27: 10 am -- 6 pm
Ongoing fun -- face painting, coloring and crafts, Kids' Stage.
10 am Star Wars Origami
10:30 am Star Wars Origami
11 am -- 12 Noon Let's Make Star Wars Pop-Up!
12 Noon -- 1 pm Become Part of the Tribe: Make Your Own Ewok Mask
1 pm -- 2 pm You Can Draw Star Wars w/Bonnie Burton, Matt Busch and Tom Hodges
2 pm -- 3 pm Drawing Prequel Creatures
3 pm -- 4 pm Droid Army Invades: Drawing General Grievous and Battle Droids
Monday, May 28: 10 am -- 4 pm
Ongoing fun -- face painting, coloring and crafts, Kids' Stage.
11 am -- 12 Noon Star Wars drawing class
12 Noon Star Wars Origami
12:30 pm Star Wars Origami
1 pm -- 2 pm Drawing Prequel Creatures
2 pm -- 3 pm We Are Family! Drawing Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker
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Robot Chicken and Seth Green »
Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken" is traveling to a galaxy far, far away with an all Star Wars-themed special, and creators Seth Green and Matt Senreich will be at Celebration IV to show a peek at the new show.
Green and Senreich are co-exec producing/directing/writing (with Green doing 35 -- 60 voices each week!) the hit stop-motion series on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. They will share their inside look into the making of the Star Wars Robot Chicken program, with stories about what it takes to transform stop-motion animated characters into the heroes and villains of Star Wars.
Joining Green and Senreich at Celebration IV will be members of their ingenious writing and "toys & sets" teams, who will present separate sessions to talk about how they produce the show in general, and how they did the Star Wars show in particular.
Additional information regarding this seminar can be found here.
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Preview
Saturday & Sunday, May 26 & 27
11:30 am, both days
Petree Stage
Robot Chicken: Writers' Panel
Saturday, May 26
2:00 -- 3:00 pm
Behind-the-Scenes Stage
Robot Chicken Toys & Sets Panel
Saturday, May 26
3:30 -- 4:30 pm
Behind-the-Scenes Stage
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Tattoo Exhibit and Competition »
Stop by the Tattoo Exhibit in the Fan Fair Hall (Hall G) and view Turgeon's collection of images, and sign up for the Tattoo Competition. Turgeon will also have some very cool Star Wars tattoo shirts in his booth, as well as copies of his self-published, spectacular coffee table book The Force in the Flesh.
Star Wars Tattoo Exhibit
Fan Fair Hall, Hall G
Los Angeles Convention Center
Thursday, May 24: 12 noon -- 8pm. Fan Club members only.
Friday -- Sunday, May 25-27: 10am -- 7pm
Monday, May 28: 10am -- 4pm
Star Wars Tattoo Show
Sunday, May 27
Celebration Theater (Room 408AB)
3pm -- 4:30pm
Star Wars Tattoo Fan Mixer
Sunday, May 27
Fan Club Lounge (Room 502AB)
Immediately following the Tattoo Show, approximately 4:30pm
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Production Stars »
At Celebration IV you can hear from masters of the original trilogy in interview sessions on stage. These craftsmen were key in changing the face of the movie industry when George Lucas worked with them on the original movies, and they have continued to make a dramatic impact since. Come armed with questions for the Q&A sessions at each panel! This is a rare opportunity to hear from original trilogy crew stars, assembled to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars!
Attending guests include:
Additional details can be found here.
Production Stars at Celebration IV
Throughout the Weekend
May 25 -- 28, 2007
Los Angeles Convention Center
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Belly Dance with Slave Leia »
Amira Sa'id, acclaimed professional belly dancer (and Star Wars fan!) will not only perform at Celebration IV, she will teach fans how to belly dance in her special seminars. Sa'id will perform in one of the favorite costumes of the Star Wars Saga, her Slave Leia outfit. More Slave Leia costumers are welcome to join her for her lessons, but all fans can take part, or just come to enjoy the show. Don't miss this Celebration debut!
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The Clone Wars Meet and Greet »
Animation is nearing an end as fans at Celebration IV will be able to go behind the scenes with the crew of this extraordinary new Star Wars television series.
Catherine Winder, producer of The Clone Wars, and Supervising Director Dave Filoni will make a special appearance at Celebration IV on Sunday, May 27. During presentations in the Celebration Theater (Room 408AB), Winder and Filoni will explore the genesis of the series and reveal how a talented team of artists, designers and animators at Lucasfilm Animation -- many of them longtime Star Wars fans -- have been bringing an exciting, cinematic style to the CG-animated The Clone Wars.
It's the first public presentation by the creative team behind The Clone Wars and promises a fascinating glimpse at the unique process that goes into the creation of this significant new chapter in the Star Wars Saga, created under the guidance of George Lucas himself.
Get additional information regarding this event here.
The Clone Wars Behind The Scenes
Sunday, May 27
Three presentations: 10:30 am; 12 noon; and 1:30 pm
Attendees at the panels will receive a free, Celebration-exclusive The Clone Wars poster!
Celebration Theater, (Rooms 408AB)
Los Angeles Convention Center
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Creature Masters »
Fans of creature effects can look forward to meeting and hearing from the Academy Award-nominated team of Dave and Lou Elsey. Dave, the Creature Shop Creative Supervisor for Episode III, and Lou, the Creature Shop Fabrication Supervisor, will travel from Australia to celebrate the magic of film creature creation and makeup arts with fans at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Elseys share an infectious enthusiasm for creature effects and makeup, and will share the inside story of their incredible work on Revenge of the Sith. In addition to bringing new Wookiees to life one hair at a time, the Elseys created a host of other creatures and makeup effects that gave the movie its unmistakable Star Wars look and feel.
In addition to their time on stage, the Elseys will provide their expert eyes as judges for both costume pageants, and will appear for a meet-and-greet session in the Star Wars Fan Club Lounge.
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The Force Unleashed »
The Star Wars Saga will continue in 2008 with LucasArts' biggest-ever video game event. Set during the "dark times" between Episodes III and IV, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed portrays the previously untold story of Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice -- and here's your chance to get the inside scoop!
Join LucasArts' Haden Blackman, Matt Omernick and Brett Rector as they discuss how they're using one of 2008's biggest video games to realize the Force in ways you've never seen before. Also on hand, two of the game's actors speak about their roles for the first time anywhere. A first-look documentary takes you even further behind the scenes of The Force Unleashed, and the panel awaits audience questions at the end of the presentation.
The Force Unleashed at Celebration IV:
Creators' and Actors' Panel
Friday, May 25
1:30 -- 2:30 pm
Celebration Theater (Room 408AB)
Los Angeles Convention Center
Meet & Greet in the Star Wars Fan Club Lounge
Friday, May 25
3:00 -- 4:00 pm
Fan Club Lounge (Room 502AB)
Los Angeles Convention Center
Creators' and Actors' Panel
Saturday, May 26
3:00- 4:00 pm
Celebration Theater (Room 408AB)
Los Angeles Convention Center
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The Vader Project »
The Vader Project is presented by Master Replicas, and curated by Dov Kelemer of DKE Toys, one of the largest designer vinyl and art-toy distributors in the world, exclusively representing over 50 companies, artists, and designers. Kelemer gathered the hottest underground and pop surrealist painters, artists and designers and gave each artist a Master Replicas 1:1 scale prop replica of the Darth Vader helmet used in the Star Wars films. Each helmet served as a blank canvas for each artist to paint, design, mash up and customize in their own unique style.
The Vader Project will debut at Star Wars Celebration IV on May 24 to 28. Get additional details here.
Information courtesy of Gen Con, LLC. and StarWars.com
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