Join us at the Barnes & Noble Village Crossing at 1 pm on Saturday June 27 for a discussion of the Star Wars Trilogy
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Jurassic World Movie Outing
Want to see a movie with some fellow Star Wars fans? Come out to the AMC at Village Crossing and see Jurassic World with us. The showtime is 5:30pm, and tickets are available online! Look for us there!
Joliet Star Wars Day 2015
Chicago Force attended the Joliet Public Library’s Star Wars Day 6 on Saturday June 6th. The events included a parade and a lot of costumed characters.
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- Open for business
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- Your pass to the day
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- Part of the parade
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- Max
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- We be jammin’
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- Lego Boba
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- Our friends from Dark Empire
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- Untinni!
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- Welcome to the table
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- Impromptu Bagpipe Concert, Star Wars Music of course
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- A great turnout
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- Sir, let me give you a hand
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- Wookie at the Museum
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- Make your own figure
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- BB-8 and Evil Twin BB-66
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- Rock On!
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- The lobby of the Joliet Historical Museum
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- The Queen and her decoy
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- Shhhh…time to sneak past the checkpoint
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- Klingon Troubadours
Joliet Public Library Star Wars Day
Join us on Saturday, June 6th at the Joliet Public Library Star Wars Day for a fun filled time!
Chicago Force will be attending to participate in all the fun activities. We will also have a table at the Library so stop on by to say hi!
Time 11 am to 4 pm
Where Joliet Public Library and Joliet Historical Museum in Joliet
Celebration Anaheim Day One
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- It is a little after 5 A.M., on our way to get a wristband for the Abrams/Kennedy panel
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- Wristband line
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- Wristband Aquired!
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- Food trucks drive in
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- The sun is finally up
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- The food trucks set up
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- Breakfast of champions, check Abrams/Kennedy wristband, check
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- Last in line for the arena for the Abrams/Kennedy panel
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- See, last in line
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- Help me Obi-Wan…
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- Pairs of Hans and Leias
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- The troop into the panel
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- People get settled in
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- It’s starting soon, the excitement is building
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- The crowd eagerly awaits the panel
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- Abrams and Kennedy
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- They talk about building real sets
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- Talk with droid builders
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- BB-8 rolls out!
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- The cast on stage
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- This poster was given out after the panel
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- Nice paint job
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- Art to be made during the convention
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- Star Wars plush
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- The convention floor
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- The Anovos booth is swarmed after the Abrams/Kennedy panel
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- One of the Lego Booths
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- Viking Food Truck in the Grand Concourse, they had a Padawan Special
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- Darth Nihilus
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- The Bounty Hunt being explained
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- They also had a liitle bike bell that they would ring
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- Imperial Guard
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- The Grand Concourse
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- New X-Wing and the Falcon
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- First Order Stormtroopers
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- BB-8, ready to roll
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- Kylo Ren’s saber
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- Kylo Ren’s costume
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- Flametrooper
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- Snowtrooper
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- Trooper Backpack
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- Close-up of the snowtrooper
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- Daisy Ridley’s costume
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- The Anovos suit
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- A close of the Anovos helmet
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- A great scene with Kotobukiya
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- Kotobukiya Sandtroopers
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- More from Kotobukiya
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- Kotobukiya Celebration Exclusive
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- “He’s no good to me dead.”
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- Hot Wheels booth
Celebration Anaheim Day Zero
Chicago Force arrived the day before the convention would start. Here’s some of the sights on day zero.
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- Outside the airport in L.A.
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- All set
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- Approaching the convention center
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- We are here
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- Which way is which?
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- The Grand Concourse
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- No one would notice, right?
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- Yoda banner
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- Rancor crossing
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- Step a little closer
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- Mini-figs everywhere
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- Life-size Lego Statues
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- Lego goodness
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- Step on up
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- Lego Battlers?
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- Lego it up
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- Her Universe
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- Gentle Giant booth
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- Jabba awaits
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- HoHoHo
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- I feel like we should have some Shogun Warriors too
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- Coming soon
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- Yet, no Ewok outfit
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- Yes, a shirt was bought
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- Imperial Walker
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- You can heard the crunch of snow
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- Rancho Obi-Wan
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- Animated Artoo
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- Vroom, Vroom
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- Rock On
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- What goodies await?
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- Rrrwor!
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- Sideshow statues
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- Sideshow goodness
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- More Sideshow goodness, or evilness
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- Funko booth
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- Funko booth again
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- The checkout line for the store
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- The line for the Abrams/Kennedy panel is starting already
Joliet Historical Museum Scavenger Hunt
On Saturday, May 16th Chicago Force visited the Joliet Historical Museum to participate in the Scavenger Hunt. There were 21 vintage figures scattered around the museum and our job was to hunt them down. It was fun looking for figures and learning more about the history of Joliet.
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- I think we found the right place
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- Start the Hunt here
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- The main exhibit hall in the museum
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- Luke is found!
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- Such a great display
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- Look at that detail
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- Rebels Assemble
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- Fit for a Queen
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- Pretty Vader
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- American Girl Store has nothing on this display
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- Artoo and his bodyguard
Star Wars Scavenger Hunt and a Movie
Join Chicago Force at the Joliet Area Historical Museum as they host a Star Wars Scavenger Hunt. Families are invited to find 20 of the original STAR WARS action figures, plus a special bonus figure.
Afterward, join us at the Woodridge 18 for an Avengers showing
When: Saturday, May 16th 12pm
Where: 204 Ottawa St. Joliet, IL 60432
Free parking across the street from the Museum at Ottawa & Webster streets.
Karaoke March 2015
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- All’s the worlds a karaoke stage
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- Getting ready to sing Weird Al’s The Saga Begins
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- The lyrics aren’t synced! The lyrics aren’t synced! They came from behind! Aaarrrgh….. *explosion*
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- Now here’s a great performance
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- Chris does his Samuel L. Jackson impression while Julie looks on in horror.
Karaoke Night – March 2015
Join us as we sing the night away at Sidekicks! Sidekicks is a cash-only bar, located at 4424 W Montrose Ave in Chicago. We will meet at 7pm.
And before that, we will meet at the Barnes & Noble in Village Crossing to discuss Heir to the Jedi by Kevin Hearne. We will meet there at a later than usual time of 4pm. Hope to see you at either or both!