I saw cast & crew of SW in Celebration Europe, got a few autographs, didn't talk to them though. Hamill, Fisher, McDiarmid and Daniels were there to name a few. I've seen a lot of props, too, we had the Art of SW show here and I went to see it. It was in 2001 I think, so it was full of TPM stuff of course, but there were many many OT models, like The Executor, Vader's suit etc. Pretty cool.

Met Kenny Baker a few years ago at a convention less than 2 miles from where I live. Now have a signed photo on my sideboard.

Saw various props and costumes at an exhibition at the National Media Museum in Bradford (then the National Museum of Film and Photography). This would be around 10 years ago, after TPM but before AOTC I think. They had Anakin's pod racer suspended from the ceiling.

I once had a coffee and fag with Harrison Ford!!!

I met Peter Cushing at a book signing when I was a little boy. I couldn't afford his book but he gave me a signed photograph and asked me where my nearest library was.

I met Peter Mayhew a few years ago at SDCC & got his autograph. Met Dave Prowse this past summer at a comic con in Dallas. Got his autograph & chatted for a bit. He was really nice and fun to talk to.

As for props, Disneys MGM (now "Hollywood") Studios park in Disneyworld Florida has had the Falcon chess table, a Darth Vader costume, a Tie Fighter, and bits of the Death Star surface on display in various places different times I've been there. There's also various vehicles from the Indiana Jones films rotting outside in the elements on the backlot tour.

But the best time I had seeing props was when the Where Science Meets Imagination exhibit came to Saint Paul, MN while I was living there. Went twice it was so good. They had a ton of screen used OT props costumes and models on display. Major highlights included the full scale landspeeder and the show-stopping five foot Millennium Falcon. That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

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It's sort of disconcerting to see real-world prequel stuff, given how much was CG.  And I know there were a lot of models in TPM, but still.

To be honest that wacky racer might as well have been CGI.

What was George smoking back in the late nineties?

I can answer in one sentence: I have been trooping in costume at the opening of a Star Wars The Exhibition, with Anthony Daniels.

I got a few days access to the exhibit, which was nice. Building prop replicas is one of my hobbies. Unfortunately, there weren't too many props from the OT, but I still filled the small memory card on the camera.

You can sometimes meet some actor or some unknown extra at sci-fi conventions, and get his/her autograph for a fee... I have seen David Prowse (who wore the Darth Vader suit) more times than I can count -- signing autographs seems to be the only thing he does for a living. So far, I have got nineteen autographs from actors in the OT on a couple of posters, but I am still missing a few that I really want: "the three", Kenneth Colley (Piett) and Denis Lawson. Harrison Ford and Denis Lawson are known to wanting to distance themselves from Star Wars and they almost never write autographs.

The title of this thread makes it sound like thorr's asking if anyone's met actual Star Wars characters rather than people involved with the production of the films themselves. XD

On that note, I sleep in the same bed as Ric Olie every night.

canofhumdingers said:

But the best time I had seeing props was when the Where Science Meets Imagination exhibit came to Saint Paul, MN while I was living there. Went twice it was so good. They had a ton of screen used OT props costumes and models on display. Major highlights included the full scale landspeeder and the show-stopping five foot Millennium Falcon. That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

Ditto for me. The exhibit came to my city, and it was incredible to go. By far the coolest thing for me was the full scale landspeeder. It felt like I was finally close to the history of the movie that I loved so much. I took a bunch of pictures (enough that I killed my battery I remember), but sadly they are not on this computer. I cannot say I remember the Millennium Falcon in particular, but now this makes me want to go find that folder full of pictures on my other computer. 

As for people, I have not truly met anyone, per se :( I guess the only thing close to that was when I went to a Star Wars: In Concert performance also in my city, and Anthony Daniels hosted / narrated. So I saw him in person, so that has to count for something. That is it though.

Of course...he's me!

When I lived in Edinburgh our local had loads of Kenner stuff up and the guys running the place were big Trekkers/B5fans so they had autographs from the various cast members who wandered in.

I got a few autographs in there but nothing Star Wars (got a John Hurt's autograph there).

Sadly they didn't like Doctor Who so unless they were one of the rare group of crossover actors they weren't given as many incentives as the Trek/B5 guys and gals.

I can't remember any Star Wars autographs up there the Kenner toys were the first thing I noticed.