The Star Wars Literary Guild through the ages…
Alex Service's birthday party at Constantine House in 1997
In this picture:
Monika Simon as the Evil Queen
Kirsty Hartsiotis as Mordred
Michael Gaunt as William the Bastard
Alex Service as Mylady de Winter
On 12 October 1997, a small Star Wars convention was hosted in London. One of the guests of honour was Ken Colley, a chance not to be missed.
Monika Simon (shouting at Michael Sheard that he may have a book but not a fan club)
Alex Service
Ken Colley
Michael Gaunt
Dressing up for the occasion, namely our visit to Tombstone, Arizona. 23 May 1998.
Alex Service
Kirsty Hartsiotis
Michael Gaunt
Monika Simon
23 March 1999
Kirsty Hartsiotis as Johnny Ringo
Alex Service as Louisa Houston Earp
Monika Simon as Big Nose Kate
Michael Gaunt as James Earp
For the Millenium the Star Wars Literary Guild travelled to Ireland. Plenty of fancy dress parties included. Here is a picture of the Titanic Party on 6 January 2000.
Visiting the exceedingly colourful San Francisco Plantation near New Orleans on 6 April 2001.
The Star Wars Literary Guild meets again, this time in Munich, and parties again. 27 September 2002.
In April 2004, the Star Wars Literary Guild reconvened in Greece where Kirsty was staying for a year in a small place on the Peloponnes called Paralio Astros. We indulged in our favourite activities: talking, eating, drinking and dressing up (we also did do some sight-seeing). This picture was taken during the 'Greek Myths Party' on 20 April 2004.
Kirsty Hartsiotis as Artemis
Monika Simon as Athene
Alex Service as Eris
Michael Gaunt as Prometheus
On occasion of the release of The Revenge of the Sith the Star Wars Literary Guild reconvened in Virginia. Needless to say, there was some dressing up - though by far not as exessively as in our wilder days.
Here we dress up as Princess Leia (3 times) and Darth Vader respectively.
Ten years after the heyday of the Star Wars Literary Guild, we met again to celebrate this occasion. Here we are looking for the site of the great hall or the double shrine of Raedwald in Rendelsham, without success. 28 March 2007.
(aka the Forest Moon of Endor)
Our trip to northern California would not have been complete without a visit to the location where some of the Endor scenes in Return of the Jedi were filmed. Unfortunately the group picture turned out slightly out of focus. 1 January 2009.
Kirsty Hartsiotis
Monika Simon with Kate the Coyote
Alex Service with stormtrooper pez and a teddy bear (standing in for an Ewok)
Michael Gaunt
The Re-enactment of Admiral Piett and the Great Ewok Adventure - with Lego
2011 saw the Star Wars Literary Guild once more reunited in California. On the way to Oregon we could not pass this lovely statue of Babe the Blue Ox at the Trees of Mystery without having our picture taken.
