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It’s the greatest new Jedi from the Clone Wars series, Nahdar Vebb! Order yours today. (before Mark buys them all..)

Go to hasbrotoyshop.com for the order form and details.

It’s official! LucasFilm announced today that the ultimate official gathering of Star Wars fans will happen in sunny Florida next year. C5 will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back.

Star Wars Celebration V will take place August 12-15, 2010, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. A website, www.starwarscelebration.com, is dedicated exclusively to the event, and tickets to Star Wars Celebration V will be available for purchase online starting Thursday, December 10th. As always, Celebration will bring together the best of the Star Wars universe in one exciting, dynamic event! Click here for the announcement on starwars.com.

Star Wars: In Concert is coming to Ohio with several stops this December. It’s a multimedia experience featuring John Williams’ score from all six Star Wars films and giant LED video screens. Scenes from the films are synchronized to the music throughout the program. There will be props from the movies, as well as C-3PO himself, Anthony Daniels hosting the 2 hour event!

Ticket information can be found here. The dates for the Ohio shows are below:

Columbus, Ohio - Nationwide Arena - December 2nd
Cleveland, Ohio - Quicken Loans Arena - December 3rd
Cincinnati, Ohio - US Bank Arena - December 11th

You might be asking yourself why this news is relevant to a Star Wars Collector’s Club? It matters because our favorite feisty astromech has a cameo appearance courtesy of the special effects wizards at ILM! Here’s the droid everyone’s been looking for in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance in the new Star Trek film, which went on sale on November 17th. Click the image above for the larger size.

Yeah, so it’s not Star Wars. It’s still worth checking out.

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Here’s hoping that all the Yodas, Chewies, Princess Leias and Vaders that come to your door tonight enjoy the treats and don’t smash your Death Star pumpkins! Happy Halloween from everyone at OSWCC.com!

Come out and say hello if you’re attending Mid-Ohio-Con this weekend at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Mid-Ohio-Con is on the 3rd and 4th of October, details about the show can be found at their website. If you’re interested in joining OSWCC, or have any questions about the club, we will be at booth #723. We hope to meet up with anyone interested in collecting anything related to Star Wars. See you there!

Members of OSWCC headed south last weekend for the annual Kentucky Star Wars Collectors Club Fall Festival. The Fall Festival is a state-wide get together for members of KSWCC to socialize, sell items, win raffle prizes, fundraise and have a day of Star Wars themed family fun. Members of the Ashland, Lexington and Louisville groups were in attendance, as well as artists and other special guests. The OSWCC crew would like to thank KSWCC for welcoming us and letting us participate in the event. It was a very smooth event, and a great time was had by all.  For more information on KSWCC, go to www.kswcc.com.

Photo credit to Kim D.M. Simmons, the man who shot Luke Skywalker

The South Region of OSWCC was pleased to join Anthony Daniels and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra this past weekend for two nights of the John Williams Spectacular. This concert series was especially meaningful due to the recent passing of Maestro Erich Kunzel, and featured a heartfelt video tribute from Mr. Williams himself. There was a selection of pieces that were arranged by the late conductor of the Pops during the first half, followed by selections from all six Star Wars films during the second half. Anthony Daniels hosted the Star Wars portion of the program, and was humorous and engaging as he told the story of the saga. OSWCC had a table presence both nights in the lobby, and passed out information on the club as well as some free merchandise. It was a great experience, hearing the music from the movies performed live is absolutely incredible. Check out photos from the event here.

This is the ninth in a series featuring our members

Name: Dan Flarida
Region: South

* Age: 37

* Hometown: Lebanon, OH

* Occupation: Product Manager for LADD Industries (electrical connector distributor)

* Time in OSWCC: 12 years

* Family: My wife Kari and two cats Morey and Lily

* Favorite Movie: Favorite Star Wars movie is Empire Strikes back.  Favorite movie of all time is a toss up between Gladiator and Braveheart.

* Collecting Focus: Anything made by Kenner.  My goal is to have a production toy and pre-production item from every Kenner toy line.  I also really like Kenner internal items like business cards, binders, employee awards, etc.  Basically anything used inside Kenner.  My Star Wars focus is anything related to the A-Wing and Gentle Giant busts.  I also like Sea Wees.

* Star Wars fan since: As far back as I can remember.

* Favorite character: Ben Kenobi

* Favorite item in your collection:  Vintage hand-painted hard copy A-Wing used in all of the photography on the A-Wing box.

* Originals or Prequels: Original trilogy is my favorite by far, but I did really enjoy Revenge of the Sith.

* Favorite quote from the movies: “Stay on target.”

* Loose or Mint on Cards:  Either way is fine by me.  I really like the design process that went into the vintage packaging though.  Having items still in their package is a nice way to be able to appreciate the end result of all that hard work.

* Vintage or Modern: Vintage will always be my favorite, but there are a lot of neat modern things as well.

* Collection location: My basement.  A large portion of my collection is also on loan to the Steve Meister collection.

* Novels or comics: Neither.

* Dark Side or Light Side: It’s all good.

* Star Wars dream job: Special effects technician at ILM.

Here is a look at Dan’s collection: