Force (convention)/Force 2

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Convention
Name: Force 2
Dates: June 1997
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Type: Fan-run
Focus: Star Wars
Organization: Star Walking Inc.
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Force 2 Convention Book Cover, art by Hugh Fleming
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Force 2 was the Second National Star Wars Saga Convention of Australia. It was hosted by Star Walking Inc. and occured on 7 - 9 June 1997 at the Edmund Barton Conference Centre in Moorabbin, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Guests of honour

Guests of honour for Force 2 were Kenny Baker (R2-D2, Star Wars), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett, Star Wars) and Stephen J. Sansweet (Director of Specialty Marketing for Lucasfilm Ltd.)

Committee

The Organising Commitee for Force 2 were:[1]

  • Marjorie Cammer (Masquerade co-ordinator, OBIES co-ordinator, programmer assistant, banquest committee)
  • Debra Cunningham (Registration co-ordinator, masquerate co-ordinator's assistant)
  • Fiona Gatt (OBIES co-ordinator's assistant, minutes secretary, dealer room assistant)
  • John Gatt (Dealer room co-ordinator, volunteer co-ordinator)
  • Cavell Gleeson (Video programmer)
  • Julie Hughes (Security co-ordinator, banquet committee)
  • Darren Maxwell (Day manager, banquest committee, auctioneer)
  • Katharine Maxwell (Shade) (Auction manager, desktop publishing, assistant editor)
  • Shane Morrissey (Guest liaison, guest minder, publicity officer, budget controller, banquet committee)
  • H. Gibbens (Visual media productions)
  • Marijan Juratovac (Technical services, day manager assistant)
  • Darren Reid (Art director)
  • Fiona Kingdom (Registration)
  • Wendy Wadsworth (Convention manager assistant, banquet committee)
  • Alison Wallace (Convention manager, budget controller, hotel liaison, accomodation co-ordinator, accountant, banquet committee)
  • Jan Wilson (Progress reports, convention book editor, programmer, emcee for opening & closing ceremonies)
  • Michael Wilson (Signage, artwork, art design, publication quality control, progress reports, fliers, art show co-ordinator)

Charity

The convention supported The Cancer Institute, Peter MacCallum Hospital.

Gallery

All photos supplied by Jeremy Sadler.

Reaction

A convention report written by Katharine Maxwell was published in Frontier magazine in August 1997.

The convention was considered a huge success by all who attended...[2]

References

  1. ^ Star Walking Inc., "Force II Conlink Journal", p. 8.
  2. ^ Maxwell, Katharine, "Roadtrip: Force Two", Frontier No. 8. p. 30.