Fellow Jedi, Siths and Droids!
There are only a few more hours left until we can all be transported to a galaxy far, far away! Some of our Speak 4 Geeks Team were lucky enough to attend the Star Wars Sydney Fan Event with a special visit by a certain scoundrel who is the captain of the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy.
The day began with thousands upon thousands of fans bracing the burning Australian sun for hours to be one of the first to get inside the Sydney Opera House Forecourt. When the gates opened at 4pm fans raced in to get the best spots to catch all of the stage action!
Everyone's favourite scoundrel!
The event, which was hosted by Jay Laga’aia (Captain Typho - Star Wars Prequels), began with a fan trivia event, in which 8 lucky fans were required to use the force and test their Star Wars knowledge. Each participant won an amazing prize packs ranging from a Lego Millennium Falcon to a SFX Lightsaber! I guess the force was indeed strong with these young padawans!
Fan Trivia Event
We were then treated to two wonderful Q&As. The first was about the new Virtual Reality Google Cardboard that have teamed up with Star Wars and Optus to create the ‘Jakku Spy’ Adventure which you can try out using the Star Wars app. Some of us were lucky enough to get our hands on the limited edition Star Wars google cardboards and the experience is unlike anything we’ve experienced. We highly recommend that you find a way to get a Google Cardboard and follow BB-8 on his adventures on Jakku!
The second Q&A focused on Sphero’s creation of the BB-8 droid and the amazing process of creating this incredible technology. Whilst walking around the forecourt many BB-8 Sphero droids were just roaming around and interacting with fans! Sphero also brought along there only to-scale model of the droid complete with it’s quirky sounds.
Limited Edition Star Wars Google Cardboard
There were many other activities attendees could experience in the fan area like playing the new Battlefront, Disney Infinity with Star Wars figures, taking your photo with BB-8 and Rey as well as having your own green-screened photo!
However, the moment we had all been waiting so long for finally came! Harrison Ford had finally arrived and he surpassed my expectations of how amazing he actually is! There are no words to describe the feeling when you’re in the presence of a legend...the moment goes so fast but each second was incredibly special. He then went onstage for a wonderful Q&A which we will let you watch below.
The night ended with the trailer being shown once more! The whole is experience was something we will never forget. Being surrounded by so many fans that are as passionate as you are truly makes you realise how special and lucky it feels to be a part of events such as these.
If you were at the event let us know what your favourite part was? If you are seeing the movie in a few hours, what are you most excited to see?
As always, May the Force be with you!
~ Tardisness ~
P.S. we at Speak 4 Geeks want everyone to experience Star Wars: The Force Awakens Spoiler Free. Therefore we will not be posting a review for at least two weeks post movie release. We expect our followers to show the same courtesy. Your comments on all social media platforms will be deleted if they spoil the plot in anyway!
Disclaimer: These photos are not ours...we have scouted them around the internet as taking any good photos was incredibly difficult!
