Technik Museum Speyer 2017

The Science Fiction Days at the Technik Museum Speyer on the last weekend of September have become a fixed part of our event year. This year, however, there were a few special things that kept this event exciting and eventful even after all these years: for the event's tenth anniversary, we weren't only there with our show, as in previous years, but also held workshops for young and older Jedi-to-be and provided information about the wide range of lightsaber models of all kinds at our big exhibition booth.

To be able to cope with the enormous crowds of visitors, we were accompanied this year by a large number of helpers, who supervised our workshop area with zeal and patience or minded the booth during show times. Without their help, the event couldn't have been done like this, so today our special thanks go to our helpers and friends.

If you've seen us on stage in past years, you know that we put a lot of effort and heart into our shows and are happy that we get to perform our program at the Technik Museum Speyer every year. This year, however, after weeks of uncertainty, we ultimately had to drop our show with heavy hearts, since with two team members ill we couldn't put on our actual stage program. That's why we spontaneously fell back on a smaller backup program.

Instead of our regular program, we first presented our own choreographies and then brought kids from the audience up on stage to introduce them to the proper handling of this elegant weapon. Even though our program was shorter this year, it was met with great enthusiasm, especially among our younger audience, which was also reflected in fully booked workshops.

Together with the German Garrison, the costume group Pa-Vis meets Mara and many other exhibitors, vendors and costume groups, we once again spent an impressive and eventful weekend at the Technik Museum in Speyer and hope to be there again next year when it's time for: Fiction meets Reality.