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July 8, 2019 11:03 pm #

Jeremy Bulloch and other actors who played masked characters in Star Wars did a rather large worldwide tour called "Men Behind the Masks" in the 90s, perhaps as early as 1994 but really bigger in 1996 - 1999 or so.

It included:
- Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett)
- Dave Prowse (Darth Vader)
- Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) RIP
- Warwick Davis (Wicket the Ewok)
- Michael Carter (Bib Fortuna)
- Kenny Baker (R2-D2) RIP

It also sometimes included Anthony Daniels (C-3PO).

We've got some of the tour dates logged on https://www.bobafettfanclub.com/followfett/date/past/, but it's missing a lot from back then.

Here's some partial info we've got, but it's missing the exact date and convention name:

- Nashville, TN
- Tulsa, OK
- Boston, MA
- Orlando, FL
- Cleveland, OH
- Dallas, TX
- Baltimore, MD
- Sydney, Australia
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Honolulu, HI
- Detroit, MI
- Denver, CO
- Knoxville, TN
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Vienna, Austria
- San Francisco, CA
- Anchorage, AK
- New York, NY
- Boston, MA (2nd time?)
- Pittsburg, PA
- Cincinatti, OH
- Buffalo, NY
- Chicago, IL
- San Diego, CA
- Philadelphia, PA
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Washington D.C.
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Hackensack, NJ

Related, here's a photo from one of the convention t-shirts, c/o FastballCollectables (Etsy):

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AvatarBFFC Admin Mod OP
January 11, 2021 10:09 pm #

One new date just came in from a fan. Labeled on the flyer "Men Behind The Masks," it looks like only Dave Prowse attended, so it won't count for adding to our Follow Fett section (Fett only, of course), but good to log here for posterity.

It was Sunday, May 16, 1999 from 11am-6pm at Legends of Sports & Fantasy in Richmond, California, specifically at the Hilltop Mall, 2434 Hilltop Mall, 94806.

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