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The Episode One Premiere was
disguised as a weekend-long event at the Plano Convention
Center. The whole operation was run by the masterful Dave Stevens of Sci-Fi
Expo.com.
The show featured a small amount of those SW toy dealer tables (hawkin' some pricey goods) along with the first public display of Texas Instrument's DLP Cinema (all-digital, no film). The DLP presentation we caught was projected in a large conference hall at an ear-splitting volume. Not the best atmosphere to judge the picture quality of this bantling format. Months later I was able to catch Toy Story II in DLP at a proper theater and was extremely impressed. Without a doubt the future of cinema. The life-size Battle Droids and R2 unit were built by noted customizer Gary Weaver II. The head-rotating action on R2 was glorious.
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