The event kicks off (appropriately enough) with a parade. Thus far, I've kept R2 out of the parade due to my concern with cracks and bumps in the road, and potential speed-of-parade issues. Other Star Wars characters did participate, however.
I had R2 join the Star Wars characters adjacent to their booth at the festival that followed the parade.
I was a little bit of a weasel today, and left R2 on top of his cart. I've had some mixed experiences with this event in the past, so I didn't want to leave R2 completely open to attack.
Although I didn't drive R2 around, I did activate his dome and sound automation circuit, so he was fairly lively, and I didn't even need to turn on the transmitter.
Folks from all walks of life (and then some) stopped for pictures.
Always a familiar sight. "What happens when I pull this thing?" Endless joy for the kiddies.
Mike Senna lives nearby and dropped by to say hi. "Man, I wish my droid looked this good."
Event coordinator Jim Cucalon took a picture with the two droid builders, along with Mike Prestin as our Clone Trooper and Nick Smith as our Tusken Raider.
Unfortunately, I had to leave early, and I also will not be able to do any blog updates until R2LA weekend, coming up starting Friday night.
The full photoset is here.
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