"Rebel Air" Rides Again!

You may have noticed that there was this major Star Wars convention held in Orlando recently; and Great Lakes Base was well represented at Star Wars Celebration VI.  Over the next couple weeks, I’m going to try gathering some of the best stories, photos and overall personal experiences from many of the GLB members who attended CVI this past weekend.  To get things started, I’ll begin with one of my own.

"Rebel Air" now boarding!

When it came time for Celebration VI, this was (by far) the farthest “Rebel Air” has ever travelled.  The Orlando Convention Center is roughly 1,044 miles (17.25 hrs.) from my house, which took us through Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and finally along the east coast of Florida all the way to Orlando.  Which let me tell you makes for a LONG drive, even taking stops for food/gas/rest – especially driving mostly at night and in the early hours of the morning.  For the most part the drive was easy, except when Xellos’ GPS took us on this detour in West Virginia – along narrow winding roads, all at a 45 degree incline… and then, out of nowhere, this Dalmatian jumps in the middle of the road in front of us!!! (don’t worry, we went around him – the dog is fine)  The only person that I can compare the experience to is the way Jolly carpools from Michigan – Atlanta for DragonCon; or as I told him as we met up during the convention, that I had “made the Jolly Run in less then 12 Parsecs.” ;)

Even the rental car we drove to Celebration VI had a story to tell.  Enterprise Rental had given us a Chrysler Town & Country, which kinda looks like a Republic Gunship – when both sliding doors are open.  Well… that just inspired us even more to play along with the “Rebel Air” theme; watching “Empire Strikes Back” DVD and listening to the entire “Dark Forces” series of audio books along the drive.  Even the morning of the Rebel Legion group photo, Malo-Ha and Xellos took pictures with our Republic Gunship – side doors open, as if jumping into the battle on some planet during the Clone Wars.

They say “getting there is half the fun” and in the case of Celebration VI and the “Rebel Air” crew from Ohio … it’s true!