Angus MacInnes played Rebel pilot, Dutch Vander aka Gold Leader in A New Hope He has had a lengthy acting career, appearing in films including Hellboy, The Jacket, The Black Dahlia as well as with several Star Wars castmates in Superman II. He was also the hockey player "Rosie the Rose" in Strange Brew with Bob and Doug McKenzie. MacInnes will be signing fans' personal items and official photographs.

Oliver Ford Davies played Governor Sio Bibble in all three prequel movies. Aside from Star Wars, Davies has had a long career on stage, appearing on various BBC productions. He won the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1990 and was nominated again in 2004. He will be signing fans' personal items and official photographs!

The ordering page is HERE.  

Note that everyone is getting a nice "Joel Edgerton" signature, versus the "J. Edgerton" from the Topps cards. Joel also added "Owen Lars" to his signature.

Click through to see all the images. 

Just 12 days after my in person signing with Joel Edgerton, it’s time to head out to a shopping centre (mall) to meet Rohan Nichol for Wattographs. Because of a lack of transport and other factors beyond our control due to the “last-minute” decision to do it today, one of the major shopping centres in the city is our location for the signing.

Again, with my (ever-patient and increasingly pregnant) wife and daughter in tow, we box up the multitude of fan posters, pictures, figures and trading cards, we meet up with Rohan Nichol.

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So, we've just gone ahead and installed new software. While it will require a separate log-in, we are looking forward to tons of new discussions about Star Wars autographs!

You can enter the forums by clicking the "Discussion Forums" link to the left.  

Finally, two-and-a-half months after sales closed for Wattographs private signing with Joel Edgerton, I got to sit down with him for a while to sign the items for fans and chat all things Star Wars and his experiences since then. Joel's been heavily into some production work, so setting up our schedules proved somewhat challenging.

After a slightly longer than expected drive to his production workshop (which he operates with, amongst others, his brother Nash, who was Ewan McGregor’s stunt double in Ep II and Ep III) my wife, daughter and I were very happy to meet Joel, probably the most well-known Australian face in the Star Wars universe. After opening the door and sitting down is his workshop, Joel offers my (ever-patient and understanding) wife and daughter a drink of water, and gets a beer for me and we sit down to start signing.

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The new store is SECURE, fast and you shouldn't have any problems with adding items to your cart.

On the "downside," since this is new software, you'll have to register for a new account, as we couldn't port over previous customer information. But, I think everyone will agree that this new software is a welcomed change! We are still adding photos to the items, but expect to be done with that soon. 

Order page is HERE.

Order deadline is Midnight, EDT, April 30th. Personal send-in items must arrive with us by May 1st.  

Order page is HERE.

Order deadline is Midnight, EDT, April 30th. Personal send-in items must arrive with us by May 1st.  

Tony Cox
Michael Gilden (deceased)
Kevin Thompson
Pam Grizz
Chris Romano
Ray Armstrong
Lydia Green
Stacie Nichols
Robert Bell
Patricia Bell
Debbie Dixon
Daniel Rodgers
Margo Apostolos
Karen Lay
Kenny Baker
Debbie Lee Carrington
Felix Silla
Mike Edmonds
Alan Bennett
Sarah Bennett
Nick Read
Brian Wheeler
Maureen Chalton
Willie Coppen
Andy Herd
April Perkins
Warwick Davis

Email gary (at) wattographs (dot) com

Serious inquiries only. 

There are a LOT of great cards up for bid, including several deceased Star Wars actors, as well as the only example I know of an Ian McDiarmid-signed CCG. I've also got Keira Knightly on a CCG card.

Take a look! Please send any bids for cards to gary (at)wattographs (dot) com

I'm tentatively looking to end this auction on Friday, March 7 at Midnight, Mountain Daylight Time (-7 GMT). 

Please note: If you order both signers this month, you must order each one separately, due to the location of each. We won't be able to combine orders due to the logistics of getting the autographs. Thanks for your understanding.

Order page is HERE. Order deadline is Midnight, EDT, March 31st. Personal send-in items must arrive with us by April 1st.  

We'll also have some photos from his character "Mouse" in The Matrix up sometime this weekend.

Order page is HERE. Order deadline is Midnight, EDT, March 31st. Personal send-in items must arrive with us by April 1st.  

Also, don't forget, our signings with Rohan Nichol and Mike Quinn will end on Friday at Midnight, U.S. Eastern Daylight Time. 

Unlike websites which count each page as a "hit," our counter is devised to count each VISIT to the site, regardless of how many pages the person looks at whilst they're here. So, in reality, we've probably served out a couple million "pages" to 500,000 visitors.

This is a great milestone for the site and we look forward to serving hundreds of thousands of more pages in the coming months! 

Watch this space. 

I am so shocked and saddened at the loss of a truly gifted artist and a man that was my friend. John Alvin passed away yesterday. Considered the pre-eminent movie campaign artist of the past 35 years, Alvin’s career began in 1974 with his creation of the iconic movie poster for Mel Brook’s “Blazing Saddles”. He most recently contributed design ideas for the campaign for Disney Studio’s “Enchanted.” In a career that encompassed multiple projects for such directors as Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Blake Edwards, Mel Brooks and Ridley Scott, Alvin was considered by many studios as the go-to artist for movie poster and campaign art. Alvin said that his work “created the promise of a great experience” and in that he never failed.

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Please note: If you order both signers this month, you must order each one separately, due to the location of each. We won't be able to combine orders due to the logistics of getting the autographs. Thanks for your understanding.

Order page is HERE. Order deadline is Midnight, EDT, February 29th. Personal send-in items must arrive with us by March 1st.

You can read a great Recollections interview with Mike HERE.  

Order page is HERE.

Order deadline is Midnight, EDT, Feburary 29th. Personal send-in items must arrive with us by March 1st. 

We've now line up enough Prequel signers to have one signer each month this year. We're working on adding more, but we plan to have an Original Trilogy signer every other month, starting with February.

Who will the new signers be? Come back tomorrow! 

Sandi arrives fashionably late to my place to do the signing, apologizing profusely, but glad to have come over. Dressed in trendy jeans, boots and a black top, Sandi is ready to go straight to work as a deejay once the signing finishes, telling me “Don’t worry, I don’t start work until midnight. “

Sporting her trademark haircut (or lack-there-of) which she tells me she’s had for almost 9 years, Sandi sits down to sign the fan’s items and tell some very interesting recollections of her time in the Star Wars world.

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I will get these ready for shipping this weekend and everything will be mailed out on Tuesday (Monday's a Federal holiday in the U.S.)

Click through to see more autograph examples. I think they look fantastic.  

His first experience with Star Wars was seeing Return of the Jedi on the big screen in the early 80’s and was hooked from there. His interest in Star Wars escalated with the release of the CCG and he played in two Australian national championships, named as the top-ranked Australian player for quite some time. At the same time, he also discovered the precursor to Wattographs -- Autograph Central -- and the autograph bug instantly hit.

Combined with a ready supply of surplus CCG cards, he was off and running with the collecting of autographs. His first actor find was Peter "Pol Triedum" Sumner for Gary X about ten years ago.

After a hiatus from collecting, he is back in the groove, locating Australian actors for Wattographs and will be handling the in-person signing portion of these signings. That's a picture of Chris handling his first assignment for Wattographs with Ronnie "Dexter Jettster" Falk, at left.

Outside of Star Wars, Chris enjoys cricket, baseball, reading, and "down-time" with his family.  

Casually dressed, the Australian actor probably most famous in his native Australia from his brief stint in one of our most popular and longest running soapies, Home and Away, Anthony Phelan signed numerous action figures, posters and Official Pix images for Wattographs.

His recollection of filming his blue-screen scenes with Ewan McGregor and Rena Owen (the on-set presence of Taun We) were all pleasant and he was happy to shares some of the stories from his brief time in the Star Wars world. Click through to read 

Chris will be sending me all the photos and a report, which I'll try and have up in the next day. 

Chris will be taking plenty of photos and will do a write-up of the signing, which we'll post on the site ASAP. 

Edgerton is quite famous in his native Australia, most notably for his character "Will" on the television show The Secret Life of Us. He has recently been noted for his role in the 2005 comedy Kinky Boots and is currently working on three films which are in post-production. Joel's brother Nash was also the stunt double for Ewan McGregor in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

We're also further pleased to announce that Joel is donating his entire signing fee to the Sydney Children's Hospital. Wattographs salutes this gesture and will also donate an additional US$5.00 from every item sold to the Sydney Children's Hospital, as well. We think this is an inspiring way for fans to get autographs of Joel and do some good for sick children, too.

The signing order page can be found HERE.

This signing ends on January 31. All personal items must be to us no later than February 4. 

We're hoping that this will allow for people to plan, especially the large number of people who have posters and want to send them along for signings. This will be the plan moving forward, if we can make it work. We'll also have many opportunities during the year for other signings as we're able.

For instance, we're going to make the individual Hoth Connoisseur Series signers available as possible, too. We'll also choose a couple of select conventions again and make their signers available for Wattographs visitors. 

For those of you who like to speculate:
This person has never done a private signing, but HAS signed for Topps Trading Cards. Will it be a Prequel or Original Trilogy signer? Stay tuned! 

In order to make our lives easier, from here on out, customers cannot combine items in this manner.

Thanks for your understanding. 

Entertainment Legends is proud to announce that Ray Park has been cast as “Snake Eyes” in the Paramount Pictures film G.I. Joe directed by Stephen Sommers. Please visit the /film site for the exclusive story.  

We currently have several more signers in the pipeline. We're in the midst of negotiations and final commitments. As soon as we line them up, we will let the Hoth CS subscribers know.

The announced signers are:

Gunnar Andersen - Hoth Trooper
Morten Berntsen - Hoth Trooper*
Richard Bonehill - Hoth Trooper/Snowtrooper
Knut Bråthen - Hoth Trooper*
Tom Egeland - Hoth Trooper
Geir Harkestad - Hoth Trooper
Sigbjørn Henanger - Hoth Trooper
Ian Liston - Wes Janson (Wedge's Snowspeeder Gunner)/AT-AT Driver
Christopher Malcolm - Zev Senesca
Jack McKenzie - Cal Alder, Hoth Deck Officer
Odd Johan Nelvik—Hoth Trooper*
David Prowse - Darth Vader
Doug Robinson - Snowtrooper
Bernhard A. Steen - Hoth Trooper
Burnell Tucker - Lt. Wyron Serper
Rune Vindenes - Hoth Trooper
 

If you have any questions feel free to email me at scott@wattographs.com 

Orders end Monday, December 31, 2007 at 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.

As we always try to offer, you can send your personal items for this signing. Please remember that all personal items sent will be handled in accordance with our personal item policy. Personal item prices range from $29.99–$39.99.

All personal items must be to us by Wednesday, January 2, 2008 to be included in this signing.

Make sure you read our testimonials to see what people have to say about our autograph services.

Shipping will be included with each order, when you check out with PayPal. If you desire anything like insurance or other extras, please contact us for those options.

As always, please feel free to email us with questions or comments! 

Use the following coupon information when you check out via Wattographs' store:

Happy Black Friday! 

It form follows function, these will NOT last long, so get 'em while they're hot! 

With 15 now on board, our Connoisseur Series continues to set itself up as a premiere addition to any Star Wars autograph collection. 

Don't miss out on the first-ever private signing by Anthony Phelan (he'd only signed previously for the Topps' Attack of the Clones card set). 

Like our Ewoks Connoisseur Series piece, this one is shaping up to be a truly one-of-a-kind addition to any Star Wars autograph collector's wall.

As we mentioned yesterday, ordering must end for certain on November 30, so don't miss out on your chance to participate in this series. 

Phelan has never done a formal signing, although his autograph was available via the Topps Trading Cards' Attack of the Clones set.

We're also pleased to announce that we'll be able to send your personal items for this signing, too. Please remember that all personal items sent will be handled in accordance with our personal item policy. Personal item prices range from $29.99–$39.99.

All personal items must be to us by Monday, November 19, 2007 to be included in this signing.

Make sure you read our testimonials to see what people have to say about our autograph services.

Shipping will be included with each order, when you check out with PayPal. If you desire anything like insurance or other extras, please contact us for those options.

As always, please feel free to email us with questions or comments! 

We're working on another potential seven people at the moment, with plans to work on several more once we sign them on.

Remember, this is a limited sale for this piece, as we won't be taking ANY orders for the actual Hoth Connoisseur Series Wattographs-exclusive autographed photo once the initial presale is completed. There were a lot of disappointed people who missed out on our Ewoks Connoisseur Series photo, so don't be one of those people for the Hoth version!

We're also going to try and make available "private signings" for the actors who will be part of the Hoth CS. Stay tuned for details.

PLEASE NOTE: Orders must absolutely end for this piece on November 30th. If you miss out on starting this project from Round One, you will NOT be able to join it later. 

Unfortunately my first in-person signing for Wattographs didn’t go as smoothly as possible, with numerous stumbling blocks including Ron having to drive back to Melbourne almost immediately for personal reasons, to his car breaking down on the day he was meant to come to my house to do the signing. Nonetheless, sanity prevailed and, with my wife and daughter in tow, I headed out to Bondi to meet one of the nicest people I have ever had the chance to come in contact with. 

I have limited access to my email and will try to answer while I'm gone, but I make *no* promises. 

Who is this person? We're going to leave you in suspense (especially since I'm on a plane tomorrow for a well-deserved vacation with the family and The Mouse in Orlando). We'll announce this signing FIRST in our newsletter, so if you want to be among the first to know, make sure you have signed up for the spam-free Wattographs newsletter.

Hint: This is a prequel name -- but not Neeson, McGregor, et. al. 

There have been stories in the past which have sought to debunk his claims and a great story has appeared at CraveOnline.com which further refutes Wamsley's Jawa claims. 

I am in the process of packing and shipping everything out. All 8x10 orders shipped yesterday (Tuesday). Posters will ship today/tomorrow. Action figures will ship on Friday.

If you have any questions please email me at scott@wattographs.com 

There's only one way you get banned from our database: giving fraudulent information when you sign up. If you can't play by the rules, you don't get to play. 

Contrary to what my critics think, we don't make cash hand-over-fist at Wattographs. The money we make ends up going back into the site and to pay for our expenses when we go to shows to chase autographs for people. I'm funding this book out of my own pocket and trying to not use the resources of Wattographs in order to get everything initially published.

Just to obtain the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) in order to be able to sell the book will cost $250. An ISBN will also allow me to make the book available via bookstores around the planet, not available just via the site. Unfortunately, you have to purchase *ten* of ISBN numbers at a time, rather than just one, and one company has the exclusive rights to issue them. 

Don't miss your chance to take part in this first-ever, Wattographs-exclusive signing. Falk has never done a convention and we don't anticipate him showing up at a show in the near future, since he lives in Australia -- it's very expensive for a show promoter to bring any of the Australian cast to a show. 

We stated very clearly on the order page the following
Please note: In the event that Mr. Williams' schedule cannot accommodate this signing, we will refund your money in full, less shipping for returning your item. We have a scheduled date of September 13th, but his schedule is subject to professional commitments.

Unfortunately, John Williams' schedule did interfere with this project. Our in-person NYC guy drove all the way to Boston and even with the signing called off, pursued Williams all weekend – but to no avail.

There has been some rumbling about this signing on other sites' discussion boards, even after we immediately refunded everyone when we found out that the signing was a no-go. This is very disappointing, as we did everything we could to make it happen. Autograph signings aren't an entitlement. Sometimes, circumstances are beyond our control, especially with someone as in-demand and literally busy as John Williams. We are currently evaluating whether we want to hold any more Kamikaze Signings in the future.

I hope this gives a bit of insight into what happened with this signing. Since John Williams isn't readily available, we have to work on signings with restrictions. In this event, it just didn't happen as we planned. 

As soon as we get more information on her passing, we'll post it here.

Update: Apparently, Christine died on Tuesday, September 18, from cancer. Scott and I had the pleasure of meeting her a couple of times in the past few years and she was really a sweetheart, who quite enjoyed her time at autograph events. 

If you'd like to contribute to the book's collecting hints and tips section, please email me at gary (at) wattographs (dot) com. I'll pull the ones that I think will benefit collectors and will include them in the book, providing credit to YOU if you're the lucky submitter.

I'm also looking for stories which detail excellent advice you've received—or colossal blunders you've made with your collecting. I have my own experiences with collecting which span several decades, but sometimes a simple suggestion is something I've forgotten about or neglected to add.

Thanks for your help! 

I'm putting together a book, tentatively called Collecting the Autographs of Star Wars: A Reference Guide. It will detail the autograph collecting phenomenon as it relates to collecting the autographs of those connected to the Star Wars films. It will discuss in-person autograph collecting, by-mail autograph collecting and purchasing autographs from dealers and online auctions.

There will also be a very large section of authentic signature examples from dozens of people connected to the Star Wars films, from main and secondary film characters to selected crew members who figure very prominently in the Star Wars universe. This is to help people who are purchasing signatures to see what authentic examples look like and learn how to avoid getting ripped off by the multitudes of forgers who are out there. There will be a specially-written study of Carrie Fisher's signature which details things to look for when studying signatures and comparing them to authentic and non-authentic examples.

Wait! That's not all...  

Ordering page is HERE! 

Wattographs has lined up an exclusive, first-ever signing with the man who voiced the owner of Chez Dexter, Ronald Falk! If you remember the scene in Attack of the Clones, he's the one who tells Obi-Wan where the dart that killed Zam Wessell came from.

We're also pleased to announce that we'll be able to send your personal items for this signing, too. Please remember that all personal items sent will be handled in accordance with our personal item policy. Personal item prices range from $29.99–$39.99. Make sure you read our testimonials to see what people have to say about our autograph services.

Shipping will be included with each order, when you check out with PayPal. If you desire anything like insurance or other extras, please contact us for those options.

As always, please feel free to email us with questions or comments! 

Stay tuned for details. Word on the street has it that our newsletter subscribers will hear first...(that's a hint, for those who didn't get it, heh) 

Please be advised that this piece is subject to have ordering closed earlier if we meet our ordering quota. So, please don't wait to order because you may be out of luck if you wait until the last minute. 

Remember: As was the case with Celebration IV and the London Film & Comic Con, personal posters and action figures will incur a surcharge, due to increased handling and shipping costs related to the event.

Personal items must arrive with Wattographs no later than Friday, October 12, 2007, in order to be included in this opportunity.

Our order page is HERE. 

These probably won't last that long, so view them (and order them!) HERE and HERE  

Here are the current line-up of signers who've already committed to signing this piece:

• Gunnar Andersen - Hoth Trooper

• Morten Berntsen - Hoth Trooper*

• Richard Bonehill - Hoth Trooper/Snowtrooper

• Knut Bråthen - Hoth Trooper*

• Tom Egeland - Hoth Trooper

• Geir Harkestad—Hoth Trooper*

• Sigbjørn Henanger - Hoth Trooper

• Ian Liston - Wes Janson (Wedge's Snowspeeder Gunner)/AT-AT Driver

• Odd Johan Nelvik—Hoth Trooper

• David Prowse - Darth Vader

• Rune Vindenes - Hoth Trooper

• Bernhard A. Steen - Hoth Trooper

* denotes FIRST-EVER autograph signing by this person

We'll have more signers added to this piece as we can get confirmations. There were a good number of people who missed out on the Ewoks 

We've also just added three names to the store for ordering. If you need to add names to an existing order, please email scott (at) wattographs (dot) com and he'll get you an invoice.

We will take autographed photo orders for another week past the 21st, if you desire to order the photos available at the show. 

Thanks to Arvin for the heads-up! 

In the meantime, if you would like to place an order you call email me directly at scott@wattographs.com.

Sorry for any problems. 

To order either autographed photos or ordering your personal send-in items, please click the AUTOGRAPH STORE link to the left, then choose the "London Film & Comic Con" option on the store's homepage. 

If you want to see pix of the individual signers, please click through to see 

A few color and a few black and white photos remain. We anticipate they will go QUICKLY. So, if you were thinking of waiting to order, you may miss out.

For those of you who DIDN'T get this information, it's because you're not subscribed to our newsletter. We sometimes send out special newsletter-only Kamikaze Signings that are ONLY for those who have subscribed. Usually, this is when the signing has a limited amount of autographs available. We never announce these in advance, so you'll only know about it if you subscribe.

Not a subscriber? Our free, no-spam newsletter can be signed-up for by simply clicking the NEWSLETTER link in the orange navigation bars on the left... 

Apparently, at this past weekend's Celebration Europe, photos carried by the actors were of the worst possible quality. Complaints have come through about the toilet paper-thin paper, crappy screen grabs and just the worst type of product to be offering fans...at £3.00 (or US$6.00).

Judging from the look of this sample image found online at another website (left), if this was the quality, we're flummoxed. Look how close the placement of the logos are to the edge of the image. Plus, they are more of a distraction than if they'd been placed on the image in full color. Overall, from a graphic designer standpoint: JUNK.

Does anyone have any comments on the photos that were offered at CE? Please send them in, using the "CONTACT US" button to the left. 

This brings our Ewok piece up to 25 signers and there were 73 credited Ewoks. You will NOT see another piece which has this many authentic Ewoks on it anywhere on the planet! Click through to see a couple more photos of Ewoks signing and a list of people who've already been added to it. 

So, mark your calendars! August 21st... 

Today has been interesting to say the least. The organisers know nothing about how to make a simple queuing system work - but then, I'm not surprised. Get there at 5.30, within the first 20 people in the queue, yet those hundreds of places behind you get in before you... RIGHT, that works!!

This was extended to the Mark Hamill signing session in the autograph hall, which led to some very heated exchanges between the "organisers" and joe public.

Some of the autograph prices were dropped later in the day due to a blatant and extensive lack of interest in some very over priced guests.

Away from the autograph hall, the show seemed to have some really well put together areas - all of which I will be exploring across the next two days.

So, anyone go who can shed some more light on this? 

With 36 packs per box and eight boxes per case...well, we'll let you do the math...

Tons of other great autographers and a giant line-up of sketch cards once again will make this a must-have set for all types of collectors.

For a look at the total offering available ONLY in hobby-shop-released boxes (not retail boxes like you'd find in Target or Wal-Mart) visit theTopps Trading Cards site. 

Rumour has it that there *might* be a potential Kamikaze Signing with a MAJORLY-WANTED name on anyone's list coming up...