Today was a big day.  Not only would it be our first panel, covering Kenobi by John Jackson Miller, but it would also be when we held our raffle to benefit the Cystic Fibrous Foundation.

Before all the fun, a few of us went on a scavenger hunt

Max Rebo in the House!

The Rancor Keeper (a.k.a. Gamorrean Guard) joins Max

In grand book club tradition, someone is finishing the book that day

Guarding the laptop while it charges

“Goodnight moon…”

Our moderator

The Panel

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And of course, we held the raffle!  We collected more than $250!

Da Prize!

Da Other Raffle

Here are some pictures of the winners:

The BIG winner

Yoda’s going home

Winner, Winner, Vader Dinner

The morning of the 25th, the first day of C2E2 was quiet.  Little did we know how much would change for us by the end of the day.

Getting the booth ready in the morning.

All Set!

Of course, the big galaxy-shaking news dropped that day, “The EU was dead, long live the EU!”  We received the news that the Star Wars EU would now be considered Legends, and a new EU would start in the fall.  This made the Del Rey panel that day a not-to-be missed event.  We went out in, well, Force, and listened to the panel with rapt attention.  New Star Wars author Kevin Hearne was there.  And he had a book signing at the Del Rey booth right after.  All in all, a fun eventful day.

The Del Rey Panel

An Editor and an Author

New Boooooks!

Kevin Hearne was awesome!

You read that right, in two short weeks, C2E2 will be underway.  I’m getting ready, are you?

Important Con Materials Gathered

Stop by the table to find out how you can own this!

Chicago Force is proud to announce that we will have a Fan Table at this year’s C2E2!  You will find us at our table all three days, Friday April 25th through Sunday April 27 at McCormick Place.

We are also really excited to announce that we will be having our book club at C2E2 in April.  We are so excited that we are having it twice.  So not only will you find us at our table, but we will be conducting our book club on Saturday and Sunday at the con.

We have a lot of fun stuff planned, so check back here for more information closer to the con.