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VERSIONE ITALIANA


Italian Star Wars convention

Episode II, hosted by 16th TORINO COMICS - Arpil 9th, 10th and 11th 2010 - Torino, Lingotto Fiere, Pavilion 1

"Here is our 2nd appointment, right in the 30th anniversary of the 2nd chapter (the 5th, actually) of George Lucas' saga:
"THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK" (1980-2010) !!!
You are all invited to the one and only italian convention totally dedicated to Star Wars and Sci-Fi, the STAR WARS FEST,
hosted also this year by the Torino Comics, in April, from Friday 9 to Sunday 11, at the Lingotto Fiere (Torino), Pavilion 1.
News of this year, the evening opening, in one of the Cinema Pathč's halls, with projections, conferences and music.
Torino Comics' opening: 09:30 - 19:30 all days.
Star Wars Fest's opening: 10:30 - 18:30 at fair + 21:30 - 00:30 on Friday 9 & 22:00 - 02:00 on Saturday 10 at Pathč.
All the info and program's updates will be soon available on www.sw-fest.com
or on www.imperialcrownalliance.com, or also on www.torinocomics.com.
Come on everybody and join us to show that the Star Wars' fans in Italy have nothing to envy to the others!!!
There will also be the, with their own space, the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ITALIAN CLUB,
the SENTIERI TOLKENIANI club, the italian VISITORS' website (hosted by 501st) and the UMBRELLA ITALIAN DIVSION,
plus, helping from the outside, the GUNDAM ITALIAN CLUB and the STAR TREK ITALIAN CLUB, with thier guests, surprises,
exhibitions, conferences, projections and all the pleasentness that has made our cooperations something to remember :-)
Remember that I'd like it not to be MY convention, I'd really like it to be OURS!"


Stefano "Darth Vader" Lento - IMPERIAL CROWN ALLIANCE


"STAR WARS FEST 2010" (TEMPORARY PROGRAM)


Clubs attending at the meeting:

…IMPERIAL CROWN ALLIANCE…
At the stand, the Star Wars products by Hasbro and Cosmic Group (Kotobukiya, Sideshow, Gentle Giant and Diamond Select),
plus costumes, lightsabers, products from Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Visitors and Gundam.
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…501 ITALICA GARRISON…
…ALLIED FORCE FAN CLUB…
…STAR WARS LIVE…
…YAVIN 4 FAN CLUB…
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…BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ITALIAN CLUB…
(At the stand, all the video and collectable products of the series by NBC-Universal.)
…SENTIERI TOLKENIANI…
…UMBRELLA ITALIAN DIVISION…

Outsiders' partnerships:

…VVISITORS.IT…
…GUNDAM ITALIAN CLUB…
…STAR TREK ITALIAN CLUB…
…LUDOSPORT…

Collaborators sectors heading staff:

- Stefano Lento... General manager and stands' set design.
- Andrea Lento... Foreign special guests (Star Wars), including conferences.
- Francesco Balzarro... Foreign special guests (Sci-Fi), including conferences.
- Paolo Palmacci... National special guests (with transportation help by Flavio Tasende).
- Mauro Bragato... Boardgames, pursuits, videogames and flippers' sector.
- Massimiliano Lunardi... Daytime events: dubbing, seminaries and conferences.
- Stefano Tavernese... Night events: projections, music and demonstrations.
- Manuel Tamani... Security, exhibition show, relax roomand relationships with the clubs.
- Debora Giurbino... Commercial department (I.C.A.'s stand).
In cooperation with Amedeo Tecchio (Transports and dressing room) & Giacomo PersiPaoli (501st's observer).



MAIN ATTRACTIONS:


...International Special Guests, by Imperial Crown Alliance... (From Friday 9th to Sunday 11th in the Area Attori)

...Matthew Wood...         ,
the General Grievous in Star Wars, The Clone Wars & Clone Wars + Sound engineer in Indiana Jones, Wall-E & Titan A.E.

...Mary Oyaya...       ,
the Jedi Master Luminara Unduli from Star Wars, The Clone Wars & Clone Wars.

...Felix Silla...         ,
Lucifer in Battlestar Galactica, Retah in Star Wars + Twiki (Buck Rogers), Cousin Itt (Addams Family) & Talosian (Star Trek).

Randy Martinez & Denise Vasquez      
Illustrator, Art Director, Storyboard Artist & Instructor for LucasFilm + Actress, Singer & Illustrator for LucasFilm.

The special guests will wait for you at their desks from 10:30 to 13:30 and from 15:30 to 18:30 all the convention days,
in the Area Attori, to meet their italian fans and to sell their customized autographed pictures.
They will also appear in four separate conferences for the audience:
Matthew Wood, place and schedule to be confirmed.    -    Mary Oyaya, place and schedule to be confirmed.
Felix Silla, place and schedule to be confirmed.    -    Randy Martinez & Denise Vasquez, place and schedule to be confirmed.


...Interactive tutorial about the Art of Dubbing, by Imperial Crown Alliance... (Saturday 10, from 14:00 to 16:00 at Sala Rossa)

Massimo Rossi         
General Grievous (Star Wars), Char Aznable (Gundam), Meriadoc (Lord of the Rings) + K. Sutherland, S. Penn & C. Sheen.

...Carlo Reali...         ,
Palpatine (from Star Wars to Clone Wars), V.I.N.CENT (Black hole), Cousin Itt (Addams Family) & Bilbo (Lord of the Rings).

Laura Romano         
Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Battlestar Galactica), TC-70 (Clone Wars), Aeryn Sun (Farscape) & Claudia "Grant" LaSalle (Macross).

Three well known italian dubbers, voices, among the others, also of our foreign special guests, who will interact with the people
explaining their job and will select some volunteers from the audience to try to dub some excerpts playfully.
The dubbers will after have also the possibility to meet their fans at their desks, in the Area Doppiatori, from 16:00 on.
(Deep thanks to Stefanella Marrama, Stefano Crescentini, Davide Perino, Marco Vivio & Massimo Foschi, our guests in 2009!)


...Fanfilms Festival, projections & demonstrations, by I. C. A. & all the clubs... (Friday and Saturday evening, at the Pathč)

5th year for the FANFILMS FESTIVAL (Friday 9, 21:00 - 24:30 & Saturday 10, 21:30 - 02:00):


- Demo material about THE LORD OF THE RINGS and J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginary world, from 21:30 to 22:30, on Friday 9


- Demo material about V - VISITORS, in its orginal & re-imagined versions, from 22:30 to 23:30, on Friday 9


- Demo material about MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM and its creator Yoshiyuki Tomino, from 23:30 to 24:30, on Friday 9


- Demo material about STAR TREK and Eugene Roddenberry's universe, from 22:00 to 22:15, on Saturday 10


- Demo material about BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, in its orginal & re-imagined versions, from 22:15 to 23:15, on Saturday 10


- Demo material about STAR WARS & The Empire strikes back's 30th anniversary, from 23:15 to 24:00, on Saturday 10


- Interactive LIGHTSABER COMBAT live demonstration, with Paolo "Darth Maul" Palmacci, from 24:00 to 24:30, on Saturday 10


- Demo material about THE CLONE WARS and Warner Bros' productions, from 24:30 to 02:00, on Saturday 10


...Star Wars & Star Trek collections, by Amedeo Tecchio, Yavin 4 and Stefanie Gröner... (From Friday 9th to Sunday 11th)

A collectors' exposition in the Star Wars Fest area, to let you admire the best italian collections of Star Wars & Star Trek
items, made by showcases, statues, costumes and armors. Rare collectionable toys, writings, props and posters,
including one of the historical pinballs available to be tried (Please ask to the Area VideoGames). the exposed items
will be kindly offered by the Yavin 4 club and by the collectress Stefanie Gröner from the Star Trek Italian Club.


...Costumes Parade + Offertory for Red Cross, by Imperial Crown Alliance and all the clubs... (Saturday 10th and all the days)

Saturday 10th, time to be confirmed, the clubs attending Star Wars Fest and Torino Comics, will parade along downtown's
streets with costumes from Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Lord of the Rings, V-Visitors, Gundam and Resident Evil.
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In the BoardGames Area), there will be a table of the Italian Red Cross, where, for a free offer,
you will be able to ask to take a picture with the costumed characters in any of the photographic set stands, or
to try to play with one of the videogames or boardgames featured exposed (4000 euro raised during the whole 2009!!!).


...VideoGames & BoardGames Area, by Mauro Bragato and Imperial Crown Alliance... (From Friday 9 to Sunday 11)

Some tables of computers and game-consoles with all the existing Star Wars, Galactica and Lord of the Rings games, since
the DOS and Super Nintendo era until our current days, all available for anyone who would like to try them. You'll also see
demonstrations of all the Star Wars, Galactica and Lord of the Rings board games, with the chance of trying to play them.
After the success of the last year, here is the Marvel and DC Comics' Superheroes Pursuit and the Star Wars Pursuit,
everybody can join the games. (Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th, time to be confirmed, in the BoardGames Area).
The winners prizes will be a special action figure and a scaled lightsaber's model, both kindly offered by Cosmic Group.
On the Computers, kindly sponsored by Computer City, you'll be able to try:
Star Wars arcade, Rebel assault I, Rebel assault II: The hidden Empire, X-Wing, X-Wing: B-Wing, X-Wing: Imperial pursuit,
TIE fighter, TIE fighter: Defender of the Empire, Star Wars Chess, Racer, Rogue Squadron I, Making magic, Behind the magic,
X-Wing vs. TIE fighter, X-Wing vs. TIE fighter: Balance of power, X-Wing alliance, Yoda stories, Shadows of the Empire,
The phantom menace, Droidworks, Pit droids, Battle for Naboo, The Gungan frontier, Dark forces, Jedi knight (Dark forces II),
Jedi knight: Mysteries of the Sith, Jedi kinght: Jedy academy, Jedi knight II: Jedi outcast, Force commander, Rebellion,
Starfighter, Knights of the Old Republic I, Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Republic commando, Empire at war,
Empire at war: Forces of corruption, Galactic battlegrounds, Galactic battlegrounds: Clone campaigns,
Galaxies: An Empire divided, Galaxies: Jump to lightspeed, Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees, Galaxies: Trials of Obi-Wan.

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Battlestar Galactica and Shadow of Mordor, The Lord of the Rings, The two towers, Riders of Rohan, War of the Ring,
The battle for Middle-Earth I, The battle for Middle-Earth II, The battle for Middle-Earth II: The rise of the Witch-King
The Lord of the Ring Online: Shadows of Angmar, The Lord of the Ring Online: Mines of Moria, The Lord of the Ring: Conquest.

On the Consoles, kindly sponsored by Imperial Crown Alliance, you'll play:
Jedi power battles, Demolition, Masters of Teras Kasi, Racer revenge, Super bombad racing, Jedi starfighter, Bounty hunter,
The Clone Wars, Revenge of the Sith, Battlefront I, Battlefront II, The Force unleashed, Battlefront III: Renegade squadron,
Lethal alliance, S.W. LEGO I: The video game, S.W. LEGO II: The original trilogy, S.W. LEGO III: The complete saga,
Clone Wars: Lightsaber duels, Rogue Squadron II: Rogue leader, Rogue Squadron III: Rebel strike, Super SW: A new hope,
Super SW: Empire strikes back, Super SW: Return of the Jedi, Obi Wan's adventures, The Clone Wars: Republic heroes.

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Battlestar Galactica (Flight Simulator) and The Hobbit, The fellowship of the Ring,
The two towers, The return of the King, The third age, Lord of the rings.

The electronic TV Plug'n'Play games (Also for sell at the I.C.A. stand) will also be available for trying:
Lightsaber Battle, Clone Trooper Blaster, Old trilogy (Assault on Hoth, Lightsaber duel, Battle of Endor and Red leader)
and New trilogy (Coruscant attack, Utapau chase, Grievous onslaught, Droid invasion and Gunship battle).
The board games and role games, kindly sponsored by Imperial Crown Alliance, will be:
The interactive video board game, Destroy Death Star, SW Monopoly, Stratego, Risk (Clone Wars edition), The game of life,
Rescue on Geonosis, Battle for Naboo, The ultimate space adventure, Death Star Assault, Hoth ice planet, Yoda Jedi Master,
The adventures of R2-D2, Jedi unleashed, Battle at Sarlacc's pit, Escape the Death Star, Jar-Jar Binks adventure,
Epic duels, Wicket the Ewok, Ewoks save the trees!, Lightsaber dueling, Customizable card game.

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Battlestar Galactica, BSG Board Game, BSG Starfighter Combat, BSG Role Playing Game and
Risk (LOTR edition), Risk (Gondor & Mordor), LOTR Monopoly, The War of the Ring, Battles of the Third Age,
The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Friends & Foes, Sauron, Battlefields, The confrontation, The search, The duel,
The fellowship of the Ring, The two towers, The return of the King.


...Miniatures and Lottery, by Allied Force Fan Club + Games e Tournaments, by the Battlestar Galactica Italian Club...

Allied Force Fan Club will present the Star Wars Miniatures Game (Time to be confirmed) and the Lottery, this prize
will be offered by Warner Bros. The extraction will be Sunday 11th at 18:30, with the other awards (BoardGames Area).
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Moreover, the Battlestar Galactica Italian Club will present the Pyramid, Who wants to be Admiral?
and Frak Quiz! tournaments (Saturday and Sunday, time to be confirmed, at the BoardGames Area).


...Live Role-Playing Game, by Star Wars Live + Combat demonstrations, by Sentieri Tolkeniani...

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, times to be confirmed, Live Role-Playing Game demonstrations, by Star Wars Live.
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Saturday and Sunday, times to be confirmed, Rangers' sword combat demonstrations, by Sentieri Tolkeniani.


...Tutorials & Conferences, by Yavin 4 Fan Club & all the clubs...

Tutorial about the Art of cinematography, by Yavin 4 Fan Club (Time to be confirmed, at the Sala Rossa)
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During the convention time, just like in the past edition, there will be many interesting conferential moments
managed by each single attending club at times still to be confirmed, at the different Lingotto's conference halls.


...Set Designs & Advertising, by Imperial Crown Alliance and one sponsor to be confirmed...

All the stands will have their own personaliztion, like small movie sets, each of them
representing the most famous ambients of Star Wars and not only: the ice of Hoth, the lava of Mustafar,
the forest of Endor, the desert of Tatooine, the interior of a Battlestar and the rocks of Minas Tirith
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2 giant Banners (40x6 ft.) hanging over the entrance, easy to be seen by very far.


NOTE : PROGRAM EVENTUALLY STILL SUBJECT TO CHANGES.

ARCHIVE: 2009
 

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