Legends Expo

Previous Event

Looking forward to the 2025 Legends Expo event and what you might expect to see there? This page contains more information about our team’s Legends convention in Burbank, CA last September in 2023.

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Guests

These are the Special Guests that our volunteers organized to attend our previous convention. 

  • Randy Stradley (Writer, Editor – Dark Horse Comics including the Crimson Empire and Dark Times comics)
  • Matthew Stover (Author – Revenge of the Sith novelization, Shatterpoint, New Jedi Order: Traitor, Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor)
  • Corinna Bechko (Writer – Star Wars: Legacy Volume)
  • Sean Stewart (Author – Yoda: Dark Rendezvous)
  • Barbara Hambly (Author – Children of the Jedi, The Planet of Twilight, Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina, Tales from Jabba’s Palace)
  • Abel G. Peña (Writer – Star Wars reference books and RPGs, articles for Star Wars Insider, the official Star Wars website and more)
  • Craig Miller (Original Director of Fan Relations at Lucasfilm, working on Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back)
  • Jason Fry (Writer – Star Wars reference books including The Essential Atlas and The Essential Guide to Warfare)
  • Michael A Stackpole (Author – I, Jedi, Rogue Squadron, New Jedi Order & more)
  • Shea Standefer (Artist – Star Wars Topps trading cards of the New Jedi Order era)
  • Henry Gilroy (Writer – Star Wars Tales, the Episode I comic adaptation & tie ins, and several Clone Wars comics)
  • Michael Kogge (Writer – periodicals for Star Wars Insider the official Star Wars website and more, including Despotica)
  • Mike Hansen (Researcher & Editor – Assembled all of Marvel’s Star Wars Epic Collections, previously Editorial Department for Dark Horse Comics)
  • Daniel Keys Moran (Author – Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina, Tales from Jabba’s Palace)
  • Mark Anthony Austin (ILM Computer Graphics Artist/Boba Fett Actor – 1997 Special Edition of A New Hope)

Photo by Trenton Tobin

Events & Panels

Here is the absolutely stacked lineup we hosted at our previous convention, where we had three to five events happening at any given time in three panel rooms, a signing table, multipurpose activity room, and courtyard.

First Day of Previous Event

  • 10:15 – 11:00 Dark Horse Comics Panel
  • 10:15 – 11:00  Nonfiction Fiction Panel
  • 10:00 – 11:00  Barbara Hambly Signing
  • 10:45 – 11:30  Young Artists’ Workshop
  • 10:30 – 11:15  Pre / Old Republic Era Photoshoot
  • 11:00 – 12:00  Book & Comic Swap
  • 11:15 – 12:00  Sean Stewart Panel
  • 11:15 – 12:00  Continuing Adventures of Legends Panel
  • 11:30 – 12:30 Corinna Bechko &  Mike Hansen Signing
  • 11:45 – 12:30 Barbara Hambly Panel
  • 12:15 – 1:00  Matthew Stover Panel
  • 12:15 – 2:00  Stackpole Writing Workshop: 21 Days To A Novel
  • 12:45 – 1:30  That’s No Moon: Star Wars Planetary Science
  • 1:00 – 2:00  Abel G. Peña &  Michael Kogge Signing
  • 1:15 – 2:00  A Clone Wars Novel Panel
  • 1:45 – 2:30  Saber Guild Workshop
  • 2:15 – 3:00  Mapping the Galaxy Panel
  • 2:15 – 3:00  Mike Hansen Panel
  • 2:30 – 3:30  Matthew Stover &  Daniel Keys Moran Signing
  • 2:45 – 3:30  Women of Legends Panel
  • 2:45 – 3:30  Round Table w/ Mark Anthony Austin
  • 3:15 – 4:00  Legends 101: A Crash Course into the Star Wars Expanded Universe
  • 3:15 – 4:00  Twin Suns Foundation Panel
  • 3:45 – 4:30 BBY Trivia Game
  • 4:00 – 5:00   Michael Stackpole &  Sean Stewart Signing
  • 4:15 – 5:00  Randy Stradley Panel
  • 4:15 – 5:00  Abel Peña Panel
  • 4:30 – 5:30  Saber Building Workshop
  • 4:45 – 5:30  Droid Builders Panel
  • 5:00 – 5:30 Early Empire Era Photoshoot 
  • 5:15 – 6:00  Authors Geeking Out Panel
  • 5:15 – 6:00  Custom Costuming with the Star Wars Costume Clubs Panel

Second Day of Previous Event

  • 10:15 – 11:00 Michael Stackpole Panel
  • 10:15 – 11:00  Marvel’s Epic Collections: Keeping Legends Alive Panel
  • 10:00 – 11:00  Sean Stewart Signing
  • 10:30 – 1:30 Star Wars D6 RPG One-shot (Hosted by Dorian Selbo)
  • 11:00 – 11:30 Empire & Rebellion Era Photoshoot
  • 11:15 – 12:00  Fanfilm Festival
  • 11:15 – 12:00  Make Mine Marvel Panel
  • 11:30 – 12:30 Matthew Stover Signing
  • 11:30 – 12:15 The Corps Dance Crew & Saber Guild Performances
  • 12:15 – 1:00  Q(EU)eers in Space Panel
  • 12:15 – 1:00  Supernatural Encounters Panel
  • 12:45 – 1:30  Legacy Comics Panel
  • 12:45 – 1:45 Michael Stackpole &  Abel G. Peña Signing
  • 1:15 – 2:00  Star Wars Memories w/ Craig Miller Panel
  • 1:15 – 2:00  Storytelling in a Shared Universe Panel
  • 1:45 – 2:30  Replica Costumes w/ the Star Wars Costume Clubs Panel
  • 2:15 – 3:00  New Jedi Order Panel
  • 2:15 – 3:00  Twin Suns Foundation Panel
  • 2:15 – 3:15 Michael Kogge &  Barbara Hambly Signing
  • 2:45 – 3:30  LARP Workshop with Sean Stewart
  • 3:00 – 3:45 New Republic/NJO  Era Photoshoot
  • 3:15 – 4:00  History of Space Opera Panel
  • 3:15 – 4:00  How to Write Star Wars Good Panel
  • 3:30 – 4:30 Corinna Bechko &  Shea Standefer Signing
  • 3:45 – 4:30  ABY Trivia Game
  • 4:15 – 5:00  Legends 101: A Crash Course into the Expanded Universe Panel
  • 4:30 – 5:30  Saber Building Workshop 
  • 4:45 – 5:30 The Many Lives of Luke Skywalker Panel
  • 4:45 – 5:45  Mike Hansen Signing
  • 5:30 – 6:00  Closing Ceremonies
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