Gus Lopez plans on providing a variety of collecting-themed panels for this August's Celebration V and the official CV site lays out the first four that have been announced.

Animation Collecting:The Holiday Special to The Clone Wars - presented by Shane Turgeon

Food Collectibles - presented by Jonathan McElwain

The Empire Strikes Back in Trading Cards - presented by Cathy Kendrick and Andy Dukes

The End of Star Wars Collecting? - presented by Martin Thurn, Charlie Marcus, Elling Haug, Isaac Lew, and Mark Salotti

Visit the Celebration V site for more details on each panel. We'll be sure to keep you apprised as more panels are added to the mix, as well as when we have info on the exclusive panel give-a-ways.



UPDATE: Starwars.com fills us in as to the details of four more collecting panels at CV:

Star Wars Patches - presented by Tony Damata and Ken Tarleton

Partners in Collecting - presented by Anne Jenkins, Pam Green, Bob Canning, Marjorie Carvalho, and Kim McElwain

Humorous Star Wars Items - presented by Duncan Jenkins

Star Wars Collectibles Author Panel - presented by Shane Turgeon, Anne Neumann, Pete Vilmur, Duncan Jenkins, Gus Lopez, Steve Sansweet, John Kellerman, and Todd DeMartino.

Get more details on each of the newly announced panels right here!



UPDATE #2: You want collecting panels? Celebration V has your collecting panels! Starwars.com gives us the lowdown on 4 more panels added into the CV mix. Full details here at the main site, panel/presenter cliff notes below...

Star Wars Collecting Podcasts - presented by Arnie Carvalho, Marjorie Carvalho, Skye Paine, and Steve Danley

Star Wars Store Displays - presented by Todd Chamberlain and Will Grief

Original Movie Props and Wardrobe Collecting - presented by Brandon Alinger, Tom Spina, Rob Klein, Stephen Lane, Gus Lopez, and Dave Abberley

Vintage Star Wars Toys - presented by Chris Georgoulias and Chris Fawcett.


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August: 12-14: (Thursday ? Saturday) 1:00 PM ? 6:30 PM
August 15: (Sunday) 11:30 AM ? 5:00 PM