Congratulations to our winning teams in the Kessel Run and to all participants in the race at Star Wars Celebration IV!
At Celebration IV, would-be smugglers and Jedi
joined forces to compete in the Kessel Run, a race of quick wits and speed
around the Los Angeles Convention
Center on Monday,
May 28, 2007. Almost eighty teams of two to four solved clues
based on puzzles and Star Wars trivia to reveal the name of their next contact,
who, when found, would stamp their race passport and give them their next clue.
With three difficulty levels to choose from, racers ranged from younglings to
seasoned Jedi Masters. Several teams were made up of Star Wars fans who banded
together from online forums for this race, having never met in person. Other
teams represented different fan groups from around the world, such as liningup.net or thebothanspy.com or various chapters of FanForce .
Teams that successfully completed the Kessel Run used their brains on a variety of subjects such as naming the wildlife of Naboo, identifying Imperial ships and members of the Rebel Alliance, and decoding a message hidden in Boba Fett’s lines. The top teams in each division earned fabulous prizes graciously donated by Lucasfilm, Dark Horse Comics, and WizKids.
Here are the top Kessel Run finishers in each division:
Jedi Padawan (easy level) - download the clues here (PDF)
- Richard, Angie, Riley & Valin Smigelski
- Bob & Lucas Huff, Josh Hall
- Greg, Jaime, Hailey & Jordan MacLean
- John & Austin Purmort, Ross McCann
- Tristan & David Baker
Jedi Knight (medium level) - download the clues here (PDF)
- Tom & Paul Stewart
- Tiffany Topper & David Ewing
- Kevin Liell & Pedro Jorbex
- Brian Tucker & Scot Krueger
- Amy
Bonato, Maricela Garcia, & Jeff Schiffman
Jedi Master (hard level) - download the clues here (PDF)
- Jana MacInnis, Ben Wallace, Sandra Galeana, & Jonathan Campbell
- Mike Lund, Bryan Lee, Matt Gibb & Larry Ross
- Scott Simpson, CJ Evans, Frank Lamberti, Melinda Miller
- Jeffrey Clark, Rob Rodger, Jason Fritch & Dan Steele
- Jay Shepard, Jason Swank, Pete Nadel, Dustin Roberts
The Kessel Run race was organized by Dan Hamman and James
Floyd of the San Diego Rocket Race and was made a success by their team of enthusiastic
volunteers and playtesters. The next Rocket Race, a sci-fi themed puzzle challenge around San
Diego, is scheduled for November 3, 2007.
Congratulations to all the teams that successfully completed the Kessel Run – the Millenium Falcon now has some competition!
Coverage of the Kessel Run:
- TheForce.Net has a special podcast as they race in the Kessel Run: Force-Cast
- Official race announcement on starwars.com
- Bantha Tracks Online race results article, on starwars.com (must be a member of Hyperspace to read)
- Pre-race coverage on TheForce.Net's news page
- Photo gallery from JawaJames
