This is a presentation of the Force Cast Network, the official podcast network of the Force

and Rettlescomb.com. dot com. This is a force cast this force cast special report for the

20th anniversary of Star Wars Celebration.

Back on April 30th, 1999, just a matter of weeks.

From the release of the Phantom Menus, Star War Celebration began in Denver, Colorado.

And 20 years later, it's safe to say that celebration has changed the way that fans celebrate

the Star Wars saga but it started much much earlier than April 30th 1999 and

as we celebrate the 20th anniversary earlier than April 30th 1999.

And as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Star Wars

Celebration this year, we thought we would look back

to the creation of Star Wars Celebration

with two of the people who were behind the very beginning of this convention

and that's Dan Madsen and Steve Sansweet.

Dan Madsen was president and head of the Lucas Film Star Wars fan club and the creator and

editor-in-chief of Star Wars Insider magazine and Steve Sansweet, who is now the current owner, CEO and Stewart over Rancho Obie One was

head of fan relations for Lucasfilm and both of those guys came together from the fan side and the official Lucashome side and created what would be known as mudstock the most memorable Star Wars celebration ever, if I do say so myself.

We originally had others planned to come on and discuss their involvement in the first hour celebration but due to scheduling and other

problems we weren't able to get all the people we'd like so we might do a follow-up in the future

but for right now Dan Matsen and Steve Sand Sweet we sat down

with both of those guys and talked about how the very first Star Wars celebration came to be

so sit back grab some popcorn, and enjoy the stories. I

promise you you've never heard anything like this before. If you think Star

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