The Rogue Fangirls

Hey Everyone!     Katie here! Today marks the one year birthday of The Rogue Fangirls! So to celebrate, I'm going to be talking about two of my favorite moments in (mostly) Star Wars over the past year! Before I get started though, I'd like to thank all of you for your support! Whether you've been here since that first podcast last year or you've discovered Rogue Fangirls recently your support is so important and very much appreciated! Without friends and followers, there wouldn't be any Rogue Fangirls, so I very much appreciate all of you who support us! Star Wars Celebration Alright, you probably guessed it. The biggest moment for me this year was being given a press pass for Star Wars Celebration Chicago and getting to experience that! It was such a wonderful time! While I don't think I'll be able to come to Celebration Anaheim I hope that Celebration Chicago won't be the last one I attend. While people who had attended Celebrations in the p...

Hey, everyone!     Katie here! So, a few days ago I posted saying I had something excited coming, and here it is! A few weeks ago I reached out to Athena Portillo, one of the producers for  Star Wars: Resistance  and just the other day I had the opportunity to chat with her for a bit!     Athena is one of the sweetest people I've ever talked to and I was so grateful to her for making time in her busy schedule to talk with me! Fun fact, I actually didn't really know much of anything about Athena until Star Wars Celebration Chicago, while there I attended the Sisters of The force panel (Which was fantastic and inspiring and if you haven't watched the video of it I would definitely recommend going and looking it up!) But anyway, after hearing Athena talk on the panel I really began to grow more and more interested in talking to her and learning more about her, her story, and her job. So, I was very, very excited when I was able to talk to her a bit last we...

Hey Everyone!       Katie here! I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted here on the blog or really even on Instagram. Although I got the chance to be on one of my absolute favorite podcasts recently, The Dorky Diva Show!! You can listen to that episode here and if you don't already listen to the show be sure to check it out! Savanna and Brian are wonderful and the show is so fun to listen too!     Anyways, one of the reasons I haven't been as active on here as I would like to be is because I've just been feeling very uninspired and feeling like I don't belong in some of the circles I'm a part of. One thing that helps me a lot when I'm walking through a hard time is just to listen to a lot of music and read a lot, so of course, I found myself doing that. But it wasn't until today that one character, in particular, stuck out to me. Rose Tico.     Now, Rose Tico is a very controversial character at the moment. Most people either lov...

Hey everyone! Katie here!     It's been about a week since Star Wars Celebration Chicago ended and it's time for me put up a blog post summarizing the amazing weekend! This was my first experience with Star Wars Celebration and with conventions in general and it didn't disappoint! I had such a wonderful time and it was even better then I was expecting! Getting a Media Badge was such a blessing and surprise and I couldn't be more thankful for it!           Panels    Unfortunately, our train was late Friday morning and we did miss the Episode Nine panel, but we were able to watch a good part of the live stream which was awesome! The trailer was absolutely incredible and filled me with so many emotions, I'm not normally the kind of person who cries over movies but I have to admit I teared up at the end. I cannot wait to see what J.J. Abrams has been working on alongside such an incredible cast!     Even if the Sequel trilogy ...

Hey Everyone! Katie here!     Today was incredible, I met a couple people, found some amazing cosplayers, bought some super cool stuff, and went to an incredible panel!   When we first got in this morning we decided to get in line for the Celebration store and we got through the line fairly quickly! There was tons of cool exclusive merch in the store and I picked up two plushies and got a picture with the massive loth-wolf in the store! "Dume" I bought a white loth-wolf for myself and a Vulpex for Cailey!   After the Celebration store, we headed over to the HerUniverse booth where I picked up one of my favorite shirts from the Sisters of The Force collection, the Rey shirt! The shirt has one of my absolute favorite Star Wars quotes. The belonging you seek is not behind you, but ahead.     Next, we walked around a bit and then headed over to Wintrust arena to watch Alan Tudyk's panel and wait for the Clone Wars Sneak Peak! A...

Hey everyone! Katie here!     Time to tell you all about yesterday! We are currently waiting in line for the Rebels panel, and since we will be here for so long I figured I'd put up a blog post summarizing yesterday!     We came on the train yesterday, and unfortunately, it was two hours late and we missed Episode Nine (Rise of Skywalker) panel along with the Skytalkers Podcast panel but we made it to the Schmoedown panel which was so fun! After that, we wondered the convention floor and had a blast exploring different booths and meeting different cosplayers! We saw the Star Wars Mural and so many other cool things! Then we hung around the Star Wars Show stage and stood less than fifteen feet from people like Kelly Marie Tran, J.J. Abrams, and Kathleen Kennady! It was awesome!! Part of the Beautiful Mural!                                   ...

Hey everyone! Katie here!!      Today is March 5th and exactly a year ago today the season four finale of Star Wars Rebels  premiered, bringing the much-loved show to an end.      To celebrate the amazing show and how much it meant to so many people today, using the hashtag #rebelsremembered, fans are taking to social media and sharing cosplays, fanart, fanfiction, edits, favorite moments, and memories.      So, I thought I would take a moment to share some of my favorite things about Rebels  today. Epilogue Ahsoka cosplay by McKenna Fellows ( @callmesnips ) Photo by Matthew Hunt                 Ahsoka Lives     When Ahsoka walked away from the Jedi order at the end of season five of the Clone Wars we didn't know where her story would go. She reappeared at the end of  The Seige of Lothal introducing her to Rebels  and her story continued. Ahso...