Hi All. Happy Star Wars week!
30 years ago I (and a whole bunch of other Star Wars nerds) were in Los Angeles for the 10th Anniversary Star Wars convention.
Guests included (going from memory):
Anthony Daniels
Peter Mayhew
Billy Dee Williams
Gene Roddenberry
Irvin Kershner
Richard Marquand
and George Lucas
I’m sure there were more. If I remember correctly this was the first licensed Star Wars con ever. Certainly the first that Lucas ever attended.
I look back on it with tremendous regret that I was more interested in seeing Billy Dee Williams (for example) than any of the ILM guys! Arrrrgh. Otherwise it was a blast! I also rode Star Tours for the first time that week.
Anyone have the Star Wars Vault? There is a fold out of the birthday card that everyone at the convention signed. I was there early so my signature is quite prominent in the upper right corner. Embarrassingly I wrote how excited I would be for Episode I!
This week I’ll see if I can dig up any photos I have.
Was anyone else from here there?
Mod Edit: the 10th Anniversary Edition in 1987? Was anything released or done? thread also has some info on the 10th Anniversary.