Everyone Loves a Parade, and Wookiees!

As part of my job for Lucasfilm, I'm sometimes sent to cover important events as a reporter for starwars.com. My first trip one month into the gig was covering ILM competing in the Movie Edition of the TV show "Junkyard Wars." I met my friend Grant Imahara (now with "MythBusters") who at the time was one of the few people besides Don Bies who knew how to operate R2-D2. I also met Mark Anderson who recently brought over the ILM model shop to his own company -- Kerner Optical.

And of course, I've gone to Comic-Con every year and Celebration III and the usual Lucasfilm events. So when my boss asked me to head out last minute to Pasadena to watch George Lucas accept the coveted role as Grand Marshal for the 2007 Rose Parade, how could I refuse?
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