Mary Franklin is the former Sr. Events Lead for Lucasfilm Ltd., a position in which she coordinated various marketing and promotional events for the company, including Star Wars Celebration, the yearly E3 Expo, Licensing Show, and San Diego Comic-Con International. Franklin worked for Lucasfilm from 2001 to 2015, when she joined ReedPOP, a company that runs pop culture conventions worldwide and a Lucasfilm licensee with whom Franklin has worked with on Star Wars Celebration, as its global event director.
Franklin is the former editor of Bantha Tracks, a Star Wars Insider magazine department focusing on Star Wars fans. Her run ended with issue 157, after which editorial duties passed to author Pete Vilmur.
Sources
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"Bantha Tracks" — Star Wars Insider 78 - "Bantha Tracks" — Star Wars Insider 79
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Droid Design: Chopper from Star Wars Rebels Comes to Life on StarWars.com (backup link) - SDCC 2014: Star Wars Pavilion First Look on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Heeding the Call: The Gift of Armor on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Chopper Rolls Out!" — Star Wars Insider 152
- "Bantha Tracks" — Star Wars Insider 157
External links
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Mary Franklin (@MaryPOPCon) on Twitter - Mary Franklin - Event Director - ReedPOP - A Quirky Offshoot of Reed Exhibitions
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Sith and the Single Girl — Mary Franklin's StarWars.com Blog (content now obsolete; backup link)
