Star Wars Celebration is over, but these costumes will live forever
ORLANDO -- The Force fest known as Star Wars Celebration went the way of the Death Star Sunday night. And for still-mysterious reasons, Lucasfilm has said we won't get another gathering until 2019.
So Star Wars fans, many of whom relied on Celebration as their only means of getting together, will have to content themselves with heads full of memories -- and cameras full of cosplay snaps.
You see, Celebration isn't just about getting hot new details on The Last Jedi or surprise appearances by George Lucas and John Williams. It's also about putting together minutely-detailed and often incredibly silly costumes, the kind that will spark smiles of delight and recognition in fellow fans.
Here's a small sample of some of our favorites from Celebration 2017.
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Chris is a veteran tech, entertainment and culture journalist, author of 'How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,' and co-host of the Doctor Who podcast 'Pull to Open.' Hailing from the U.K., Chris got his start as a sub editor on national newspapers. He moved to the U.S. in 1996, and became senior news writer for Time.com a year later. In 2000, he was named San Francisco bureau chief for Time magazine. He has served as senior editor for Business 2.0, and West Coast editor for Fortune Small Business and Fast Company. Chris is a graduate of Merton College, Oxford and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is also a long-time volunteer at 826 Valencia, the nationwide after-school program co-founded by author Dave Eggers. His book on the history of Star Wars is an international bestseller and has been translated into 11 languages.
