Episode 38: The Ladies We Fangirled Over at Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019

We’re keeping our convention specials going this month with Kristen’s coverage of Star Wars Celebration Chicago! She recaps her experience tackling such a large convention from photo ops to panels to pin trading to trudging through the snow to get to the convention center! She gives Victoria her main takeaways from Celebration - including the encouragement she felt for the Star Wars fandom from being among all her fellow Star Wars fans as well as the importance of prioritizing your top events. Finally, Kristen shares her interviews with four spectacular women who span the Star Wars fandom:

Dianne Vaznelis (aka Diha) is a digital artist and designer who has worked in the pop culture and gaming industries since 2012. Best known for her soft but vibrant palette, she has created licensed apparel designs for a number of popular properties, including her first love, Star Wars. She is currently an illustrator and assistant designer for indie tabletop publisher Archon Games.

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Instagram: @diha_artwork

Twitter: @diha_artwork

Facebook: @diha_artwork

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Zoraida Córdova may be known best for her contribution to the anthology Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View with the short story “You Owe Me a Ride”, which gives a window into the Tonnika Sisters during A New Hope. Her next Star Wars YA novel will be a Galaxy’s Edge inspired titled A Crash of Fate, due out in August 2019. Her other novels include the Brooklyn Brujas series and The Vicious Deep trilogy. She is the co-editor of Vampires Never Get Old, a YA anthology forthcoming from Imprint/Macmillan in fall 2020.

Follow Zoraida:

Instagram: @zoriadasolo

Twitter: @zlikeinzorro

Facebook: @ZCordovaBooks

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Emma Fyffe is an actress and producer who frequently shares her take on her favorite shows, appearing on Collider, Twitch and more. She’s also the Commissioner of the Teams and Intergeekdom leagues on Movie Trivia Schmoedown, which is a facet of fandom that we’ve wanted to dive into.

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Instagram: @emmafyffe

Twitter: @emmafyffe

Facebook: @emma.fyffe

Vanessa Marshall is a voice actress with a long list of credits to her name, but she is best known in the Star Wars universe as the voice of Rebel Twi'lek pilot Hera Syndulla in Star Wars Rebels, though she has also provided additional voices in the video games Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Knights of Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords as well as in Rogue One.

Follow Vanessa:

Instagram: @vanessamarshall1138

Twitter: @vanmarshall

Facebook: @VanessaMarshallFanPage

http://vanessamarshall.com/