Star Wars At Large: Seth Green and Matt Senreich In Orlando

Last week, Lucasfilm announced Seth and Matt will be attending Star Wars Celebration VI. We were out of the office getting married or something.  As such, we're happy to post this belated news now... The twisted masterminds behind Robot Chicken -- Seth Green and  Matt Senreich -- will be attending Star Wars Celebration this August. Star Wars fans from the very beginning, Seth and Matt have been guests of past Celebrations since their hilarious Robot Chicken moved beyond just the occasional Star Wars sketch to full-fledged specials showcasing the hilarious side of a galaxy far, far away. 

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Star Wars At Large: Anthony Daniels Comes To CVI

Raising the ReedPOP antenna today, we picked up a fantastic transmission from the stars.  This just in from the galaxy far, far away... The star behind C-3PO in all six Star Wars feature films, as well as the animated incarnations of everyone’s favorite protocol droid seen in Droids and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Anthony Daniels, will be a special guest at Star Wars Celebration VI.  At the biggest party in the galaxy from August 23-26, 2012 in Orlando, Florida, Daniels is slated to sign autographs all four days of the show, as well as appear on stage.

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Anime At Large: NYAF Folds Into NYCC

Since New York Comic Con and the New York Anime Festival were first co-located now three years ago, the two shows have been positioned closer and closer together. Today, we're announcing the New York Anime Festival will fold into the New York Comic Con. At this year's event -- October 11-14 -- anime and manga content will be presented under the New York Comic Con name instead of the New York Anime Festival.  NYCC, from its beginning, has been a big tent event covering comics, toys, television, movies, video games, manga, and anime.

It's all popular culture, and New York Comic Con seeks to represent all of popular culture. 

Continuing to set aside anime from all the other elements of the show is almost a contradiction to the universe that New York Comic Con encompasses, and rather than continuing an exception for anime and manga content, we'll be programming it, promoting it, and serving it up all under NYCC's umbrella. And, while the NYAF name is going away, it's important for me to repeat we will continue to serve it up (and serve it) under NYCC's umbrella. 

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NYC At Large: Jersey Shore Shark Attack Preview Screening

The fine folks at Syfy have found a way to turn D Grade movies into high art, and the latest entry into their pantheon on Syfy Originals is Jersey Shore Shark Attack, featuring Tony Sirico (The Sopranos), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas), Jack Scalia (Dallas), Joey Fatone (‘N Sync), William Atherton (Die Hard), and Vinny Guadagnino ( Jersey Shore). The flick premieres on Syfy on June 9th, but if you can't wait to sink your teeth into it, our friends at NYC's Paley Center are hosting a preview party with snacks, trivia, and a Q&A with the movies Producers and Writers. Yes, Writers.  It's plural. The movie's got a lot of sharks.

 

 It all goes down June 2nd at 7 PM and tickets are available at paleycenter.org now!

Star Wars At Large: Ian McDiarmid At Celebration

Ian McDiarmid, the actor who unforgettably played the evil galactic mastermind and the ultimate villain of the Star Wars saga, will be making a rare convention appearance at Star Wars Celebration VI, appearing on-stage and signing autographs.

In 1983, McDiarmid embodied the full depth of the dark side as the Emperor in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, his face hidden under ghastly makeup and his eyes concealed behind sickly yellow contact lenses. When his true face was revealed as the apparently kind and helpful Senator Palpatine in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999), he projected a different kind of evil – a subtle manipulator of galactic events, a villain hidden in plain sight. As the prequels progressed, so too did Palpatine’s plans until finally, in Revenge of the Sith (2005), McDiarmid got to play evil at its fullest, and revealed the true power of Darth Sidious.

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Jobs At Large: ReedPOP Is Hiring

Do you have an inquisitive mind, an obsession with making things better, a passion for solving puzzles, and the ability to juggle multiple projects, tight deadlines, and demanding priorities? Do you want to work with the team behind New York Comic Con, PAX, and Star Wars Celebration? More importantly, do you want to work in Norwalk, CT? If you answered "yes" to all the above, we may just have the gig for you. ReedPOP will be expanding our digital capablities significantly over the coming months. Given the lack of much digital right now, I suppose "significantly" could really mean just adding two YouTube videos, but we've got plans far grander than that.  Point being, to get us there, we need more staff, and we're excited to today announce we're looking for a Digital Sales Executive.

This position will be responsible for selling the ad inventory across ReedPOP's family of show sites as well as creating and selling additional online products. We're looking for a professional both with experience attracting, maintaining, and growing a client list in the digital space as well as a professional with an appetite for creating a strategy for monetizing existing digital assets (blog posts, tweets, etc) and developing new content and products (podcasts, interviews, live streams, etc) with an eye on profit.

This is a full time position based out of ReedPOP HQ in lovely Norwalk, and while we have a lot of fun, this is a job. Really. We're looking for individuals with two or more years prior sales experience, with the more digital experience the better. If you think you're a fit, head over to the Reed Job Site and select the "Digital Sales Executive" position for full information and to start an application.

Lucky candidates will get to interview with me and Lsett as we play the world's most unconvincing game of Good Cop, Bad Cop.

Star Wars At Large: First Show Store Exclusive

We've got a guy named Travis.  He's behind all the exclusives at Star Wars Celebration.  Some he makes himself. Some he works with partners on.  We've got some 70 items overall we'll be debuting at the show, and today, we're excited to announce the first exclusive at this year's Star Wars Celebration Store, made in partnership with our friends at Sideshow Collectibles.  Straight from Lucasfilm... The Star Wars Celebration Store will premiere Sideshow's 12" figure of Clone Commander Ganch, available in very limited numbers starting the first day of the show, Thursday, August 23rd.

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Star Wars At Large: Have Your Kids Celebration At Star Wars Celebration

This summer, Star Wars Celebration invites fans everywhere to "Join The Party!" We're throwing the biggest Star Wars Party on the planet, and beyond the overall festivities, we want to offer some personal parties as well. We're right now exploring a limited number of personal birthday celebrations for younglings, and if you're a parent or guardian who'd be interested in having a birthday party for a boy or girl at Celebration, let us know. Celebration birthday parties would have a specific cost and include a private room, themed cake, party favors, character appearance, and more.  Let us know by May 15.

Star Wars At Large: Joel Aron At Celebration

We round out Star Wars Day with an announcement on The Clone Wars.  From LFL... CG Supervisor Joel Aron will share his expertise and his inside knowledge of the hit television series The Clone Wars at Celebration VI. Aron, who draws on an exhaustive history of creating seamless digital effects for Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic has helped bring a feature film sensibility to the weekly animated adventures of The Clone Wars. Those at Celebration can hear from Aron on The Clone Wars panels with Dave Filoni, sharing both behind-the-scenes knowledge and new sneak peeks into Season Five.

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Star Wars At Large: Show Us Your Collection

Got a Star Wars collection? Want to share it? Celebration wants to talk with you! From Lucasfilm... Each Star Wars collection is as unique as the people who assembled it. Whether your collection fills a single shelf or a full house, the Celebration VI Collecting Track will show what sets your collection apart. Maybe you have the weirdest assortment of t-shirts, or posters from every country where Star Wars movies were shown. Maybe you just have a flair for displaying your stash in ways that even non-fans can appreciate.

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Star Wars At Large: Fan Table Line Up

Next on Star Wars Day?  Word from Lucasfilm on the Fan Tables that'll appear at Celebration... Who would know better what Star Wars fans enjoy at Celebrations than the fans themselves? At Celebration VI, creative and community-minded fans are contributing more entertainment, exhibits and surprises than ever before. An important portion of the overall fan participation at the show is the fan table area in the Celebration Experience Exhibit Hall, where individual fan organizations show off what makes them special in the Star Wars galaxy.

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Star Wars At Large: Family Fun

We've talked about some guests.  Shall we talk about some programming?  Here's the initial info on our Family Room from LFL... Celebration VI will offer endless opportunities for young fans to have fun. The Family Room will be an exciting place for kids to hang out together with their families, designed with younger Star Wars fans in mind. Open every day of the show, the Family Room offers a variety of fun activities that kids and their families can participate in together. Parents and kids can drop in at any time to make a craft, play a game, or just relax in a comfy chair with a Star Wars book.

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Star Wars At Large: The Many Faces of Fett

Happy May The Fourth!  What's next up on Star Wars Day? A big, big post on Boba Fett(s) at Celebration! Boba's one of the most iconic characters in the entire Star Wars saga, so we're doing him right, welcoming not just one guest -- but four! From our friends at Lucasfilm... The actors who portrayed the galaxy’s favorite bounty hunter, Boba Fett, will be at Star Wars Celebration VI this August. In addition to anticipated appearances on the live stages, they will be signing autographs and meetings fans in the Celebration Autograph Hall run by Official Pix.

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Star Wars At Large: Carrie Fisher Comes To Celebration

In our first May The Fourth update, we're excited to announce Carrie Fisher will be returning to Star Wars Celebration!  Here's the official scoop straight from Lucasfilm... The original princess with an attitude, is slated to appear at Star Wars Celebration VI at the Orange County Convention Center. Fisher, Princess Leia Organa in the original Star Wars trilogy, will be greeting fans and signing autographs in the Celebration Autograph Hall organized by Official Pix, and is scheduled to appear on stage for an interview and a question and answer session with Celebration host James Arnold Taylor.

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Star Wars At Large: May The Fourth Be With You

May The Fourth Be With You!  Get it?  Get it?  It's like "May The Force Be With You" only with the date... because it's May 4th...  And it's kinda a big thing.  May 4th is an unofficial Star Wars Day with fans.  Fans and shops and the like will be holding little parties celebrations all day around the globe, but what about the official Star Wars Celebration?  Are we doing anything?  Dunno.  But, I'd recommend checking back right here later today or maybe popping over to starwarscelebration.com a little later to find out.

Nothing At Large: Sorry We've Been Away

Hello, internet.  It's been a few weeks since we've posted. We always aspire to post up new, relevant, and awesome anecdotes on the blog, but we were wiped out from C2E2. Since the show... There have been vacations to Kentucky and Iceland and business trips to Australia and Vegas. PAX registration went up, down, up again, and is now sold out.  Steven Moffat and Benedict Cumberbatch came to NYC and didn't get pulled apart by fans.  Oh, and we got into a preview screening of Avengers!  We'll have more here soon.  In fact, you should probably come back tomorrow.