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Her dad, Chris Bern, was running a booth for an outfit called Fans for Christ. One cute little Ewok who came to our table was there with her mom and hailed from Cartersville, Georgia, an hour northwest of Atlanta. Dak was particularly taken with one LEGO construct that returned him to the scene of his demise at Hoth.įolks came to Cincinnati from afar. The group is based in Florence, Kentucky, just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. Its founder and current president is Rodney Dicus, a Lego artist, by day a firefighter/paramedic who also serves as a fire chaplain. Their booth was next to the equally welcoming Shadow Squadron of the Great Lakes Base/Rebel Legion and the 501 st Ohio Garrison.Īt the far end of the hall, was a large area that housed the Ohio Kentucky Indiana LEGO User’s Group (OKI LUG), one of Satterfield’s partner organizations. These fantastically committed Mercs gave us Fetts a huge welcome.
With them was with his fave Merc, the beasthunter Skanah Dala (Abbie Rich), who is here below sitting on her speed racer. Bespin Boba’s clan, the Blue Moon Clan of Kentucky, was there supporting their hosts, Ohio’s Rancor Clan. The Mercs were very much in evidence at Cincy. I'm interested in creating custom Mandalorian armor to join my soon-to-be husband in the Mandalorian Mercs.” “We cosplay as Mandalorian Johan Kordav and Slave Leia, Brock and Misty from Pokemon, Hobbits from The LOTR, and aspire for more.
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“When I'm not at work,” she told Dak, “I'm reading science fiction, playing video games, or studying to obtain my life insurance license at my home in Fairfield, Ohio.” Emily attends comic and gaming conventions through the year with her fiance, Anthony Johnson. Here modeling is the 23-year-old Emily Hannon, a Slave Leia cosplayer who is by day an administrative assistant at Transamerica Financial Advisors. He couldn’t resist recording this shoulder tattoo below that captures the yin and yang aspects of the balance in the Force. Indeed, Dak too was ever on the lookout for a uniquely catching interview.
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Ubiquitous at the con was Comic Book Central’s producer and host Joe Stuber who did a recorded interview of Dickey and Dak plus other con guests for his podcast. Dak’s daughter Emily snapped evidence of Daniel and Dickey with Ada, Ohio, video-gamer Courtney Walland. ET isn’t the only one who can’t phone home. Note the land-line service adjacent to the Zone was little use to these two members of the Legion and 501 st. We three Fetts sat together in the Zone and were swamped by fans and innumerable Star Wars cosplayers. This year, he had worked with the 501 st to create a Star Wars Zone complete with a Dewback. The following year, Satterfield moved it to the Duke Center. His first Expo took place in the concourse of the Cintas Center at Xavier University. Lifelong Cincinnatian and comics collector Andrew Satterfield founded the con in 2010 and is its director. Outside the Duke Center, Downtown Cincinnati was in the midst of its Oktoberfest, and the nearby Fountain Square hosted a lot of Old World cosplay with Bavarian schuhplattler (slap dancing) and polka bands leading sing-a-longs of “Schnitzelbank.” Ja, a frothy gemütlichkeit was flowing through the Force. A welcoming spirit permeated the exhibit hall throughout the weekend.
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The highpoint was a rollicking Reunion Panel before a full house on day three of the con, captured by an Expo video that the organizers have just posted on YouTube.įollowers of Jedi News may have read Dak’s report of the panel highlight: Dickey Beer’s reveal that Princess Leia literally saved his life during shooting of Return of the Jedi’s Sarlacc Pit battle scene.Īttendees - and his fellow panelists - were stunned to hear that Slave Leia laid on him the kiss of life…for real.įeaturing a host of Star Wars fans, the Cincinnati event was one of the most hospitable we’ve encountered.
This September's three-Fett reunion was during the 2014 Cincinnati Comic Expo at the Duke Energy Convention Center. Fans will recall the Fett tradition started at Celebration Europe II in Essen, Germany, that was capped by five Fett’s performing a Maori haka onstage with Warwick Davis before 7,000 ecstatic fans. Dak) most recently joined two other Fetts, Daniel Logan and Dickey Beer, for another billed Boba Fett Reunion. Bespin Boba reports back from the Cincinnati Comic Expo.īespin Boba (a.k.a.
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