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		Celebration Navigation Celebration Home Celebration III Photo Gallery Celebration IV Forum Celebration Europe Forums ---------------------------------------- Official Sites ---------------------------------------- Star Wars Celebration IV Star Wars Celebration Europe Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination's Last US Stop Random Weekend Star Wars Fun (5/10&11) Calling All Star Wars Artists New Star Wars Encyclopedia On The Way? Indy LEGO Mini Movie Tonight! (May 10) What If Star Wars Was Real? Anthony Daniels Talks Star Wars With CNET Clone Wars Trailer Online The Official Celebration Horror Stories... post/complain here Beauties at C3 Sorry, have to ask: Who else is STILL sick from CIII Imperial Influenza? The Appreciation Thread: Thank fellow C3'ers for acts of kindness Where to hold C4 poll Suggestions for C4 How many Star Wars autographs do you own? 0 1-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 50+ Current Results Lucasfilm Sues Gen Con Posted By Dustin on February 22, 2008 Had a good friend send in this link to Gamerchicksrule.com where they've posted some juicy news about Lucasfilm suing Gen Con. Here's a brief snippet... "There's some big news that just came onto the radar: Lucasfilm is suing Gen Con over issues with Celebration IV! While the case is stamped January 10th, this is the first I've heard anything about it. You can read the full complaint but here are the allegations. 1. Gen Con failed to uphold its legal obligations in terms of financial reporting, accounting and payments to Lucasfilm ($500,000 in damages) 2. Gen Con did not give auction proceeds to Make-A-Wish as they had agreed to do ($150,000 in damages) 3. Gen Con did not give Lucasfilm their share of the auction proceeds ($150,000 in damages) 4. Gen Con did this all unjustly ($150,000 in damages)" Click here for more and to read the full complaint PDF! UPDATE: We've also been alerted to the fact that Gen Con has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. More on that right here. UPDATE 2: Gamerchicksrule.com has done more digging and found that Gen Con has filed a response to the lawsuit. "For pretty much every claim, Gen Con says that they do not have information to confirm Lucasfilm's claims and therefore denies them since they do not have enough information to form a belief. They claim the right to have kept any money against what Lucasfilm owes them. They then go on to add their own counterclaim that Lucasfilm hasn't paid them almost $80,000 for their booth and other costs related to Celebration IV. Most companies don't file a lawsuit as the first action in a dispute so it sound like there is quite a bit of disagreement that they were unable to resolve." So what does this mean to the average fan like you and me? Well it puts C5 in questionable status now I would imagine. However, nothing has even been announced on C5 yet ;-) UPDATE 3: Fan of TheForce.net Tom F. sends the following he found over at enworld.org, a letter from Peter Adkison, owner of GenCon: "Friends: I wanted you to hear this from me first. Today Gen Con is filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection. Essentially what happened is that we lost a lot of money this year running a licensed non-Gen Con event. We owe several companies money from this show and it's going to take time to pay them off. To protect ourselves from the more aggressive companies we have been forced to seek protection from the courts. While this is certainly an unfortunate development it will not impact our ability to operate Gen Con Indy, nor should it affect our licensed Gen Con events in the UK, Paris, and Australia. The way a Chapter 11 works is that we negotiate a long-term payment plan with our creditors with the assistance of the US judicial system. The courts will closely oversee our business affairs to make sure we are running the company prudently and that we have a reasonable plan to pay everyone off. Which we do. The courts also protect us from aggressive creditors so that we can continue operating. Gen Con LLC will get through this strong at the other end. Our fundamental revenue generating asset is our Indianapolis show, Gen Con Indy. This show is profitable enough to cover our direct costs, our overhead, and have some funds left over to pay off the debts from the licensed show. It will take some time, but this is one of those situations that the Chapter 11 filing was designed for, to help good companies get through a rough situation. Everyone will eventually get paid and business will return to normal. In the meantime, Gen Con Indy carries forward without interruption. Heck, if the airline companies can do it, why not us! I've learned some hard lessons about the event business over the last few years. After trying to get Gen Con So Cal to work, and then losing money on this non-Gen Con event, I've learned how difficult it is to run a "big show" and make money. It's a highly speculative affair where you're never quite sure until the show's over whether you made money or lost, mainly because you just don't know how many people are going to come and for how long. So, going forward our organization is going to focus on what we do best: managing Gen Con Indy, a healthy, vibrant show that has been growing nicely ever since moving to Indianapolis." [sarcasm on] I wonder what "non-Gen Con event" could possibly be? [/sarcasm off] UPDATE 4: SciFiFann Reports: "My wife supplied the temp staff for the Gen Con Celebration IV. The company she worked for ISSG was never paid for their services by Gen Con and they owed more than 150k for the 400 temp staff used. The company she worked for closed due to the death of the owner last August but that money is still due to the bank that took over the receivables for the temp staffing agency. Gen Con is being sued by First Private Bank and Trust for the invoices due from supplying the temp staff for SWCIV. " email this story discuss in forums Select Date 2008, May 2008, April 2008, March 2008, February 2008, January 2007, December 2007, October 2007, September 2007, July 2007, June 2007, May 2007, April 2007, March 2007, February 2007, January 2006, December 2006, November 2006, October 2006, September 2006, August 2006, July 2006, May 2006, April 2006, March 2006, February 2006, January 2005, December 2005, September 2005, August 2005, June 2005, May 2005, April 2005, March 2005, February 2005, January 2004, December 2004, November 2004, October 2004, September 2004, August 2004, June 2004, April 2004, February 2004, January 2003, December 2003, July 2003, June 2003, April 2003, March 2002, November 2002, September 2002, July 2002, May 2002, April 2002, March 2002, February 2002, January 2001, December 2001, November 2001, May 2001, March 2000, May 1999, November 1999, July 1999, June 1999, May 1999, April 1998, May 1998, April Star Wars Tribute Party In New York Posted By Mike on May 10, 2008: Tuesday, May 27 at the Lit Lounge Star Wars Weekends Website Updated! Posted By Mike on May 8, 2008: Are you Jedi or Sith? Star Wars Day Event In Budapest Hungary Posted By Mike on May 7, 2008: May 10th at the Palace Duna Plaza Theater UK Star Wars Convention Gets Some Press Posted By Mike on May 6, 2008: East Lancashire's first SW convention 4th Annual Unofficial SW Fan Day At Disneyland Posted By Mike on May 3, 2008: Updated! Saturday, June 28, 2008 Star Wars Mayday in Poland Posted By Mike on April 30, 2008: May 10th featuring Gerald Home Sci-Fi Day IX In Petofi Hall, Budapest Posted By Mike on April 27, 2008: Coming to Hungary on May 3rd Calgary Comic And Entertainment Expo Posted By Mike on April 26, 2008: This weekend! April 26 and 27 Slave Leia Group Photo At Motor City CC Posted By Mike on April 24, 2008: In Novi, Michigan, Saturday May 17th Sci-Fi At The Movies Exhibition In The UK Posted By Mike on April 21, 2008: Updated! Check out Lightsabre's coverage Star Wars Fan Awards At ICON-27 Posted By Mike on April 21, 2008: Update #4! More coverage from the show Celebration Japan Tickets Available Through Hyperspace April 20 Posted By Mike on April 19, 2008: A month before general tickets are released! Star Wars Weekends 2008 Celebs Posted By Mike on April 19, 2008: Update #3! Jake Lloyd added! 501st Costa Rican Outpost Earth Day Event Posted By Mike on April 19, 2008: At Imbio Park, April 20 & 27 CelebrationJapan.com Opens Up Posted By Philip on April 18, 2008: CelebrationJapan.com opened up tonight with quite a bit of information on the show, including ticket details. The Japanese language site, will open later this weekend. DCC: The Dented Helmet And Rebelscum Suit Up Boba Fett Posted By Curto on April 18, 2008: From last weekend's Dallas Comic-Con, Jeremy Bulloch was presented with a Boba Fett suit by members of The Dented Helmet and Rebelscum. Read on for all the details and watch the video clips! UPDATE: 4 new videos added! New York Comic Con Posted By Mike on April 16, 2008: Updated! Jacob K. Javits Center, April 18-20 Générations Starwars 2008 Posted By Mike on April 16, 2008: Cusset, France - April 26 and 27 SW Event at Forbidden Planet London Posted By Mike on April 3, 2008: April 23 - 29, 2008 Celebration 5 Rumors Posted By Dustin on March 26, 2008: Star Wars Celebration Chicago in 2009? The Star Wars Spectacular Posted By Mike on March 3, 2008: May 24 at Welland Civic Square (Ontario) CJ: A Bit More On Celebration Japan Posted By Mike on February 26, 2008: July 19 - 21 Celebration Japan Announced Posted By Philip on February 23, 2008: During his presentation at Wondercon, Steve Sansweet announced there will be a Star Wars Celebration Japan this summer, timed with the 30th anniversary of Star Wars in Japan... Enter Email Address: Find Out More... AllPosters.com Search For Posters, Cardboard Stand-Ups & T-Shirts!
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