Special Guests
Anyone who said “don’t meet your heroes” has never been to one of our events! These world-renowned creators will be coming to Burbank to sign, speak, and mingle with fans like us! (All guests appearing both days unless otherwise noted.)
James Luceno
Author
Did you ever hear of the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise? It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you… but we know someone who would. We’re so excited to welcome James Luceno to Legends Expo! Other works from Luceno include:
- Labyrinth of Evil
- Cloak of Deception
- New Jedi Order: Hero’s Trial, Jedi Eclipse, The Unifying Force
- Millennium Falcon
- And more!
Barbara Hambly
Author
Icon of science fiction and fantasy, Barbara Hambly, will be joining us for Legends Expo! She is a prolific author and screenwriter, as well as a former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America association. In the Star Wars universe, she is the author of Children of the Jedi, The Planet of Twilight, and several short stories collected in the “Tales from…” anthology books. She has also written for Star Trek, Sherlock Holmes, and She-Ra: Princess of Power, and many other science fiction, fantasy, horror, and historical fiction novels.
Gabriel Hardman
Writer / Penciller
Gabriel Hardman is an accomplished comics writer and artist whose work includes the Star Wars: Legacy comics sequel following the adventures of Ania Solo. Outside of Star Wars comics, he has written and drawn for Batman, Planet of the Apes, Hulk, and Secret Avengers. Mr. Hardman is also a storyboard artist, having worked on Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, multiple X-Men movies, Interstellar, Inception, and more. Please note that Mr. Hardman will only be joining us for Sunday, September 14th.
Steven Barnes
Author
Writer, actor, and producer Steven Barnes will be joining us on Sunday, September 14th at Legends Expo! He is the author of the Legends Clone Wars novel The Cestus Deception, as well as the novel Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss within the current continuity. In addition to writing novels, Mr. Barnes has also written episodes of The Twilight Zone, Stargate SG-1, Andromeda and The Outer Limits. He has created several online courses on the topics of Afrofuturism, Black Horror, and Screenwriting, and he hosts a podcast with his wife called Lifewriting: Write for Your Life!
Abel Peña
Writer
Abel Peña is best known for his “nonfiction fiction” articles that were published in Star Wars Insider, Star Wars Gamer, Hyperspace, and more. Mr. Peña also wrote the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide and has even translated some foreign Star Wars comics from Spanish and Italian into English. He is responsible for the development of an incredible amount of Star Wars lore from the 2000s on, including the Mandalorian Mythosaur!
Sean Stewart
Author
Sean Stewart is best known to the Star Wars fandom for his incredible novel Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, which was part of the Clone Wars Multimedia Project. He is an accomplished novelist in the genres of science fiction and fantasy, and has been on the cutting edge of interactive and alternate reality storytelling through projects like the Halo tie in: Haunted Apiary aka ilovebees. In this realm of work, he served as Creative Director at Xbox Entertainment Studios, and was the co-founder of Fourth Wall Studios and RidesTV, for which he won a Primetime Emmy award.
Corinna Bechko
Author
Fiction and nonfiction writer Corinna Bechko is best known to the Star Wars fandom for her work in writing the Star Wars: Legacy comics sequel that follows the adventures of Ania Solo. Her other comics work includes titles in the worlds of Planet of the Apes, The Expanse, Alien, Once Upon A Time, James Cameron’s Avatar, and Tomb Raider. Please note Ms. Bechko will be in attendance on Saturday, September 13th only
Michael Kogge
Craig Miller
Original Director of Fan Relations at Lucasfilm
Writer and producer Craig Miller will be joining us at Legends Expo to talk about his time as the original Director of Fan Relations at Lucasfilm, during the production and release of the original Star Wars movie and The Empire Strikes Back. Mr. Miller has over 200 film and television credits, including The Dark Crystal, Flash Gordon, Excalibur, Superman II, and The Muppets Take Manhattan. He created and ran the Official Star Wars Fan Club, and wrote almost all of the articles for the first two years of Bantha Tracks. Join us to hear him share stories from the early days of fandom and talk about his two books chronicling those experiences, Star Wars Memories and More Movie Memories.