Warwick Davis, along with his daughter Annabel, will be attending Return of the Garrison (Saturday only) at the National Space Centre in Leicester on September 17-18, along with the UK Garrison, Rebel Legion, Mandalorian Mercenaries and R2 Builders.
To celebrate one of the most influential film, tv, comic, game, art and literature franchises of all times, the National Space Centre is dedicating a weekend to discovering more about the planets from a galaxy far far away.
This charity event brings together guest stars, fans, families, children and the amazing costuming groups for a Force filled weekend.
Enjoy exhibitions, talks, workshops, craft sessions and loads of photo opportunities. Meet your Imperial or Rebel heroes, see droids put through their paces, or learn how to wield the galaxy’s most elegant weapon.
Special Guests
WARWICK DAVIS Actor, television presenter, producer, director, husband & dad, who just happens to be short.” Fresh from filming the brand new Willow TV series (streaming from 30 November on Disney+), Warwick is know for so many iconic roles, including that of Wicket in Return of the Jedi. He can also be seen, sometimes with a lot of prosthetics and large costumes, in The Phantom Menace, The Force Awakens, Rogue One, The Last Jedi, Solo, The Rise of Skywalker, Harry Potter, Labyrinth and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, among MANY others. Of course the highlight of his career was winning Star Baker in the Comic Relief episode of The Great British Bake Off. Subject to availability and work commitments.
Jake Lunt Davies was a creature concept designer on many Star Wars movies and shows. Among others he designed the Luggabeast, BB-8, Rey’s speeder, D-0 and the Porgs. In between spending 6 years of his life at Pinewood working on Star Wars he also provided character design and development for Artemis Fowl and Dolittle as well as concept work on WW2 horror Overlord and 10 Cloverfield Lane.
JAKe Detonator is a graphic artist and designer, who has worked for Lucasfilm Ltd. creating original artwork and merchandise, for both the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. He has three Star Wars books – How to Speak Wookiee, How to Speak Droid with R2-D2, and How to Speak Astromech with BB-8. JAKe is also the creator and director of Geekboy, a series of animated shorts which appeared on the Sci Fi channel, in which the title character meets notable science fiction icons including Darth Vader.
Robert (Bob) Brechin was Chief Designer at Palitoy Ltd. He is probably most famous for designing the toy ‘Action Man’ which had a gripping hand that was based on Bob’s own hand. Bob was Lead Designer at Palitoy from 1967 to 1984, which included the 1977 licence to create a full range of toys for a brand new movie franchise… Star Wars!
Visit the National Space Center now to book your tickets and to see what else is going on at the event.
