May The 4th Be With You This International Star Wars Day And Win Awesome Prizes

Hi, here is a link to the video that I had posted on Facebook and tagged Fortress of Solitude on.
https://www.facebook.com/brett.paikin/videos/10154408404631881/

I’ve done a video explaining why I’m the biggest fan and posted it on my Facebook page and tagged Fortress of Solitude as it won’t allow me to post it on your Facebook post. Hope you enjoy the video!

I can tell you how I watched Return of The Jedi as an 11 year old at the local bio-scope (The Gem in Woodstock). How I was mesmerized by the locations, the weapons ( Luke’s lightsaber!), the space battles, the plot twists and turns – it was absolutely magical and transported me away from the despair of those dark pre-democracy years. My subsequent relationships with SW sticker books, figurines, comics, novels, VHS tapes, DVDs, etc, etc
Instead, here’s video clip of me at 45, Star Wars magic still got me acting like a kid!
Video features:
My baby daughter Mia Rey (name naturally inspired by Force Awakens – birth certificate attached) practicing her Jedi skill as an infant.
Chewie and Boba Fett flash drives
SW:Rebels hat and various t-shirts
My Prequel Trilogy, Original Trilogy, Force Awakens and Rebels discs
Ultimate Star Wars bible
Lightssaber
Vader money box ( yes the Empire encourages saving)
Various lightsaber moments ( including while riding an imaginary scooter and my road bike haha)
My older daughter Zoe force-pulling BB8
…and a very special May the Force be with you tribute right at the end – wait for it!

https://youtu.be/8-MC-H6_ahU

Video and photo can be found here https://www.dropbox.com/s/mb5ep133k048h2m/BB-8%20Comp.zip?dl=0

Please find my photographic entry for the competition. I have included a video as well which breaks down the items in the video.
I have also included my nephew in the photograph as I turned him onto Star Wars when he was an infant and he has been a devoted fan ever since.

Included in my Biggest Star Wars Fan collection are the following items:
First Order Double Bed Duvet Set (incredibly hard to find a double bed size)

Master Yoda Framed Poster

Master Yoda Slippers

Darth Vader Framed Poster

Darth Vader Hoodie

Action Figures :
Darth Vader In Varying Sizes
Storm and Clone Trooper , Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Han Solo And Luke Skywalker

Storm Trooper Hand Wash Dispenser

Darth Vader And Luke Skywalker Lightsabers

Kylo Ren Display

Kylo Ren iPhone Cover

Star Wars Fact File

Class of 77, Darth Vader , Sith Lords T Shirts

The Empire Strikes Back , Darth Vader and Story Framed Puzzle posters with boxes

Master Yoda, Chewbacca,C-3PO,R2-D2,Storm Trooper And Darth Vader Bobble Heads

Admiral Ackbar And Captain Phasma USB Flash Drives

Star Wars BluRay Boxed Collection

Star Wars Battlefront XBox One Game

Microsoft XBox 360 Star Wars Limited Edition R2D2 Console with C-3PO XBox 360 Controller

Feel free to zoom into the picture to see everything , this is all I could fit into it , but the video shows more individualised items.

BB-8 will make a great addition to collection and will be well looked after

( Video and picture can be found here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mjet3mti9ljy1uk/AAA9YuarstXJw_v605BJNxREa?dl=0 )

Please find my photographic entry for the competition. I have included my nephew in the photograph as I turned him onto Star Wars when he was an infant and he has been a devoted fan ever since.
I have included a video as well which breaks down the items in the video
I will ist them here as well.
Included in my Biggest Star Wars Fan collection are the following items:
First Order Double Bed Duvet Set (incredibly hard to find a double bed size)

Master Yoda Framed Poster

Master Yoda Slippers

Darth Vader Framed Poster

Darth Vader Hoodie

Action Figures :
Darth Vader In Varying Sizes
Storm and Clone Trooper , Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Han Solo And Luke Skywalker

Storm Trooper Hand Wash Dispenser

Darth Vader And Luke Skywalker Lightsabers

Kylo Ren Display

Kylo Ren iPhone Cover

Star Wars Fact File

Class of 77, Darth Vader , Sith Lords T Shirts

The Empire Strikes Back , Darth Vader and Story Framed Puzzle posters with boxes

Master Yoda, Chewbacca,C-3PO,R2-D2,Storm Trooper And Darth Vader Bobble Heads

Admiral Ackbar And Captain Phasma USB Flash Drives

Star Wars BluRay Boxed Collection

Star Wars Battlefront XBox One Game

Microsoft XBox 360 Star Wars Limited Edition R2D2 Console with
C-3PO XBox 360 Controller

Feel free to zoom into the picture to see everything, this is all I could fit into it , but the video shows the items up close.

BB-8 will make a great addition to collection and will be well looked after

These pics were taken during my visit in December at Disneyworld Hollywood Studios – when I was in USA, took the trip to Orlando specifically so I could visit the Star Wars area of that park. Yes, it was worth all of the republic credits.

I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds this!

Meghan-Shea Schluter

I’m a huuuuuuuuge fan of the franchise. I really would love to win this awesome prize.

My husband and I are MASSIVE Star Wars fans :) To prove that we are the biggest Star Wars fans we made our very own mini fan! Since before he was born, Harvey knew about Star Wars. I hummed all the theme songs while he was in my belly. My baby shower was Star Wars themed. I made him a mobile with my favourite characters and decorated his room with Star Wars pictures and toys. When he was born his new born shoot was Star Wars themed. He has lots of Star Wars clothes. We count down his month-a-versaries with Star Wars stickers. For Christmas he had a special Darth Vader stocking. His granma is knitting him a Star Wars blanket for his birthday (it is going to be a masterpiece). I really hope that he continues to love Star Wars as much as we do as he grows older (if not he will have to be sent away to boarding school hahaha). It will be his first birthday in 6 weeks and I just know he would love his own Sphero BB8!! He is crawling around like a crazy baby at the moment so it would be super fun to make him chase it around the house. Plus it is almost my 30th birthday! At the top of my list is a trip to Disney World to join in the Star Wars celebrations. But closely following that is a Sphero BB8 (I have been hinting like crazy for years and had no luck so far!) I made a collage featuring all of the above… Here’s holding massive thumbs! May the Force be with me on this

No videos or photos could ever explain why I love Star Wars, I first fell in love with it as a younger child watching the prequels and the first trilogy. I’m a teenager now and I’m so happy that they are making more Star Wars films so I can have the full Star Wars experience in the theaters. I own every Star Wars film (expect Rogue One) and I also have lots of Funko Pops that are all Star Wars figures (I have 32 of them). I love Star Wars to death and I hope everyone enjoys May 4th. May the force be with you!

Oh, the 4th will forever be with me until the day I die because the 4th of May is my birthday. :)

I feel an disturbance in the 4th. Ha HA!

Wow! What awesome prizes, would love to get my grubby fingers on either one of them :-)

No picture or video could ever do justice to my love for all things Star wars, the only way I feel I can show you why I’m the biggest star wars fan is by trying to jot out in words everything that I feel (this is gonna be a long one!) Loving Star Wars can be misunderstood as simplistic but it’s so much more than that. It’s about friendship, for me Star Wars means more than who shot first, or doing Chewie impressions. It’s the universe that A New Hope started. And it’s being a kid with my friends, our imaginations fired by a galaxy far, far away. Leia was a role model – a strong lady who doesn’t take any BS and leads an army to freedom. It’s got the right formula of high stakes and action, romance and angst. It’s got funny characters, too, and classic tropes – and it’s infinitely entertaining.It was the first sci-fi franchise I ever watched. I was so young, I don’t remember my first time watching. I was raised on it. Leia was a different type of Princess than those in most movies shown to girls my age. She was a political & military leader. It showed me a girl who was like me: rough and tumble and loud and brash and demanding. That felt unique and rare at the time. Star Wars and Leia and Padme became fundamental parts of my childhood and identity. They showed me it was okay to just be me. Plus, laser swords and telekinesis and JEDI and battles in space. That was pretty cool too.I love Star Wars for the build-up. The joy of seeing a first trailer, for me, outstrips the experience of seeing the entire film that follows. No Star Wars movie can hope to completely match the feeling of watching the original trilogy, simply because you’re no longer a child but a grown up who knows Chewie is a man in a suit and that you’ve probably missed your chance to grow up to be an intergalactic bounty hunter. Everything you want is possible. You get fleeting reunions with favourite characters, hints of new ones to come, and for those moments the excitement is the one you remember from so long ago. It almost doesn’t matter what follows, that belief that something great might be coming is one of the best parts of being a film fan. And no series delivers that thrill like Star Wars. nothing can dull the child-like excitement the series has given me. We’ve adapted star wars, shared it  and consumed it, but now it lives inside us, between us, binding us together. Fan or not, Star Wars is part of me and you, and we are a part of it and you can’t avoid it. It is also so relevant: it is there to warn us about the dangers of fascism, to chide us for our greed, and remind us of the need for patience, balance with nature, and friendship.Star Wars confirms the eternal value of stories, our human ability to share our wisdom, and our willingness to settle down together in a dark place and have someone spin us a tale we already know. For me it’s  the most successful independent creative enterprise of all time. I’m fascinated by Star Wars because of what a world without Star Wars would look like. No Star Wars means no LucasFilm or LucasArts. Would JJ Abrams be making Star Trek movies, never mind Star Wars movies, without the hunt for the next space sensation that relaunched the franchise? Would Harrison Ford have become Hollywood’s most sought-after carpenter? One of many incredible things about Star Wars is that every time I think I’ve mapped out every aspect of how different a world without Star Wars would be, I think of something else. Star Wars is a celebration of all things good, of the good beating the evil. I hope that by reading this it’s shown you my passion and love for Star Wars and I hope that by sharing this with you, that I am worthy of such an incredible prize and that you would bestow upon me such a great an honour. I salute all of you at Fortress of Solitude with my lightsaber and may the Force be with you.

May the Force BB8 Me

Here’s a photo to add to my submission. My wife made it for me…. (I’ve managed to convert her into a lover of star wars too)

I need a bb-8 in my life! I’m a huge star wars fan and believe I deserve the prize because I named my daughter after Rey! She’s one year old now….