Our Star Wars Celebration IV Newsletter Raffle winner for the Jabba the Hutt palace set has been chosen! Congratulations to our CONFIRMED winner, M. Para, who was randomly chosen out of all newsletter members to win this valuable prize pack. If you are not the winner, don’t give up hope – our weekly Newsletter always features cool contests and giveaway for members. Be sure to keep your eye out for more chances to win fabulous prizes from Sideshow Collectibles! [CIV Newsletter Raffle Details] [Sideshow Newsletter] [More Contests]

After giving away a couple of our popular Jabba the Hutt 1/6th scale figures to lucky CIV attendees who were experts at Star Wars trivia, we extended the opportunity to non-attendees as well. This time we found a jumble of letters, which asked fans to solve for a chance to win a Jabba! Some of you figures out that these letters – HTNREDSNUNORAEE – unjumbled to form the phrase NORTHER DUNE SEA, the location of Jabba’s Palace on Tatooine. Those of you who entered the correct answer before the cut-off time were entered into a random for the chance to win! Two (2) fortuitous winners have been drawn. Congratulations to: M. Apple from Independence, MO and C. Altepetur from Lafayette, IN! These winners will be contacted by email to claim their prizes, and will be responsible for shipping fees and any applicable sales and/or import/VAT tax. Thanks for playing!

As a way to continue to extend the fun of Celebration IV to our online audience, we played a second round of ‘Trivia for T-Shirts’ during the event. This time we wanted to know: How many Rebel starfighters did an Imperial officer claim were attacking the Death Star? A lot of the Star Wars fans out there knew that the answer is ’30′ (or ‘thirty’)! We have randomly chosen five (5) winners who submitted the correct answer to our Contest Form before the cut-off time to take home a Sideshow Darth Vader ‘Lack of Sideshow Collectibles’ t-shirt. These winners are: A. Thompson from Harahan, LA – B. Turnbow from Las Cruces, NM – C. Longchamp from Essex Junction, VT – D. Hinkle from Bellevue, NE – and J. Wigney from Canterbury, Great Britain! These winners will be contacted by email for confirmation, so watch your inbox if you see your name on the list!

Our MC at the Sideshow booth (aka Webmaster Chris) entertained the CIV crowd with ‘Trivia for T-Shirts’ every day of the con! We extended the fun to our online audience with this question: What type of stew did Yoda prepare for Luke in his hut on Dagobah? Those hardcore Star Wars fans out there knew that the answer is ‘rootleaf stew’! We have randomly chosen five (5) winners who submitted the correct answer to our Contest Form before the cut-off time to take home a Sideshow Darth Vader ‘Lack of Sideshow Collectibles’ t-shirt. These winners are: C. Walton from Macon, GA – S. Hansen from Beavercreek, OH – A. Pettie from Arcadia, CA – D. Ellis from Ashland, OH – and L. Forgione from New York, NY! These winners will be contacted by email for confirmation, so watch your inbox if you see your name on the list!

The 30th Anniversary festivities of the Star Wars Celebration IV convention have come to a close. Thanks to everyone for joining us during our online festivities, and don’t forget to check out the photo galleries from the show. Day 4, Day 5 & teardown photos have all been uploaded! [CIV Photo Gallery] Also coming soon: Video features and interviews with celebrities and fans, conducted by our intrepid multimedia department! Watch our weekly newsletter to find out when these fun reports from the floor will be available to view. [Newsletter Sign Up]

The fifth and final day of Star Wars Celebration IV is going strong, with larger crowds than expected for this shortened day on the exhibitor’s floor! This afternoon we will be saying goodbye to all our new friends and collectors, who have become one with the Force over the past few days. But in the meantime, our online celebration continues, with new Production Blog posts and an update to our CIV Photo Gallery, coming soon. Plus, we’ll be posting a couple of big contests to end the festivities, so keep watching our CIV homepage, including our popular live web cam coverage from the Sideshow booth!

Today is the second to last day of Celebration IV here in Los Angeles! We have Lorne Peterson at our booth again today to do more signing and chatting with fans, so don’t forget to submit your questions for him, as tomorrow will be our last chance to pry him with your questions! [Submit Your Questions] If you are not familiar with Lorne’s work as one of the founding members of Industrial Light and Magic, check out our 2006 Comic-Con chats with this master of models! [Part 1] [Part 2] Plus, you will want to check out our Production Blog today, as we’ve posted some photos from yesterday’s Sideshow CIV panel, featuring the magnificent Jabba the Hutt 1/6th scale figure! [Jabba In Progress]

Celebrate Monday’s Memorial Day holiday with super savings on Sideshow stuff! Follow the link to discover a few crazy discounts for some of our popular, IN STOCK products. Stock up on cool collectibles while enjoying your hot Memorial Day barbecues! [Memorial Day Discounts]

On the third day of Star Wars Celebration IV, the attendee numbers soared, and so did the spectacle! Our photographers were there to document everything from the Sideshow Production Team panel discussion to the really strange guy dressed up like slave leia! [Celebration IV Galleries] We also updated our Star Wars Memories gallery – check it out!

Sideshow’s panel at Celebration IV will begin today at 2:30 PM, during which a few of our key Creative and Production team members will show a few slides and answer audience questions. In order to make our online audience feel like they are right there in the room with us, we’re taking this opportunity to post a special Star Wars themed ‘Ask Sideshow’ session, compiled from a list of most-asked questions that have been submitted by you and your fellow collectors! [Star Wars Ask Sideshow Q&A] Also, we invite you to read through our past ‘Ask Sideshow’ archives to review all of the great inquiries that we have answered so far about all of our licensed collectibles! [Archives]

If you have a question you’d like to submit to our Production Team, please use the form and NOT the comments sections of the site. Thank you! [Access the Form]