Star Wars Celebration: Day One

Well, today was the first day of Star Wars Celebration V here in Orlando, and what a day it was…  Even though I live here, the humidity was oppressive and it was what seemed like a 2 mile walk from the parking lot to the main convention hall. But nothing could put a damper on the mood for the day!

Today wasn’t a big day for TOR-related information. There was a Dark Horse comics panel, where among other things they discussed Threat of Peace and Blood of the Empire. Also, Issue #2 of Threat of Peace was released (see cover below.) We’ll have more on that, including our discussion with Dark Horse later in the week.

Threat of Peace #2

Tomorrow however is a big day, as the first panel, The Art and Writing of Star Wars: The Old Republic is up at 2:00pm and the developer meet & greet takes place from 5:00pm at the Hoth Ice Bar (which is very cool, no pun intended :)

The show floor was very lively, and there was no shortage of the opportunity to purchase virtually anything you could think of with the Star Wars name on it. There was also the expected assortment of costumed guests, ranging from Sith to Jedi and everything in between. I gotta give props to some of these people – the work they put into the costumes make them indistinguishable from a movie prop.

Below are a few random photos from the day, but of course stop back tomorrow for coverage of the panel at 2:00pm. We’ll be doing live Twitter updates here, and will try to also do live blog updates if the connectivity allows.