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

Room W303 ABC
August: 12-14: (Thursday ? Saturday) 1:00 PM ? 6:30 PM
August 15: (Sunday) 11:30 AM ? 5:00 PM

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.


UPDATE: MediumAtLarge.net releases the final round of Collecting Panels:

Star Wars Collectors Social Hour

Star Wars Toy Prototypes - presented by Gus Lopez and Duncan Jenkins

International Collecting Panel - presented by Mark Salotti (Australia), Scott Bradley (Canada), Eimei Takeda (Japan), Luis Galvez (Mexico), Josefina Galvez (Peru), and Mattias Rendahl (Sweden)

Almost... From A Galaxy Far, Far Away - presented by Ron Salvatore, John Alvarez, and Joseph Yglesias

30 Years of The Empire Strikes Back Collectibles - presented by Gus Lopez and Duncan Jenkins





UPDATE: Collector Panel Giveaway Announced!

From Starwars.com: "We are thrilled to announce the exclusive giveaways," says Lopez. "In addition to listening to fascinating talks and panels by some of the leading experts on Star Wars collecting, attendees will receive collectible cereal boxes based on Star Wars character 'cereal brands' highlighting each of the sixteen panel topics."





UPDATE: 2 more cereal box designs have been revealed at Starwars.com: