http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnylawyer/tags/lucasfilm/ Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:21:15 -0700 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:21:15 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3748/buddyicons/56619626@N05.jpg?1369095927#56619626@N05 http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnylawyer/tags/lucasfilm/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnylawyer/7590753856/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/skinnylawyer/">InSapphoWeTrust</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnylawyer/7590753856/" title="My sidekicks for Comic Con International - 14 July 2012"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8433/7590753856_da1848c9fa_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="My sidekicks for Comic Con International - 14 July 2012" /></a></p> <p>The ultimate geekfest: the annual Comic Con International, held every mid-July in San Diego. I am visiting thanks to a guest pass from a presenter.<br /> <br /> I was not engaging in cosplay or anything else that was anywhere near geeky, so to make up for it, I decided to bring three sidekicks - these Lego minifigure versions of R2-D2, C-3PO, and Chewbacca, borrowed from my Lego Death Star set. My original plan had been to instead bring the Dark Side in full force (Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, up to four Imperial Stormtroopers, two Imperial Guards, and two Death Star Troopers), but decided against it due to the likelihood of damaging their weapons and masks in the crowds.<br /> <br /> In this photo, my sidekicks are taking a break on my lunch table in the Gaslamp Quarter.</p> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:21:15 -0700 2012-07-14T12:06:06-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (InSapphoWeTrust) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/7590753856 32.708796 -117.161003 32.708796 -117.161003 55970859 My sidekicks for Comic Con International - 14 July 2012 <p>The ultimate geekfest: the annual Comic Con International, held every mid-July in San Diego. I am visiting thanks to a guest pass from a presenter.<br /> <br /> I was not engaging in cosplay or anything else that was anywhere near geeky, so to make up for it, I decided to bring three sidekicks - these Lego minifigure versions of R2-D2, C-3PO, and Chewbacca, borrowed from my Lego Death Star set. My original plan had been to instead bring the Dark Side in full force (Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, up to four Imperial Stormtroopers, two Imperial Guards, and two Death Star Troopers), but decided against it due to the likelihood of damaging their weapons and masks in the crowds.<br /> <br /> In this photo, my sidekicks are taking a break on my lunch table in the Gaslamp Quarter.</p> InSapphoWeTrust starwars lego lucasfilm deathstar 10188 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en