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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · 12d

I love that one! And it's shiny!

Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · 12d

Come buy some Legends themed merch so it can leave my apartment! Shirts! Pins! Stickers!

Legacy Expo @legacy-expo.bsky.social · 14d

In case you didn't get a chance to snag a Legacy Expo t-shirt or pin while at the con, we've listed the limited extra stock in our shop! We have both the key art tee available as well as the logo tee, along with our 2025 exclusive pin! legacy-expo.square.site/shop

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Legacy Expo @legacy-expo.bsky.social · 28d

We are so excited to announce our silent auction for The Book Truck (Booths 1 & 2), supported by generous donations from @inkstonebooks.bsky.social, Random House Worlds, and Denuo Novo! Different items will be available both days, with the auction running from opening until 4:30 PM.

A photo of several Star Wars Legends books.

A photo of the book Star Wars: The Glass Abyss

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Aug 28

Awwwww bummer. 😭 Another one is the plan!

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Aug 28

Wait I thought you were coming! 😭 Darn, I wanted to meet you!

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Aug 8

I'm so excited for this aspect of Legacy Expo! Books and a love of literature are incredibly important to many of us working on this convention, and we are so happy to be able to partner with The Book Truck to put more books in the hands of teens!

Legacy Expo @legacy-expo.bsky.social · Aug 7

Get ready for The Book Truck Book Drive at Legacy Expo!

Legacy Expo is partnering with The Book Truck as our charity partner for this year’s convention; all proceeds from the con will be donated to The Book Truck, which aims to improve literacy and gives away thousands [1/5]

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jul 25

Honestly, life goals...

(Photo by Stuart Loui)

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jul 23

Let's goooo!!! Tickets are discounted through Sunday night to celebrate #SDCC this weekend, so buy them now and come celebrate the Expanded Universe with us in LA in September!

Legacy Expo @legacy-expo.bsky.social · Jul 23

We are so excited to announce that Matthew Stover will be joining us as a guest at Legacy Expo this September! The 20th anniversary deluxe edition of his Revenge of the Sith novelization is scheduled to be released in October, featuring new annotations, an introduction by [1/2]

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jul 23

If you're going to #SDCC, stop by my panel Thursday morning to hear about NASA's Mars rovers!

We'll be in Room 6DE from 10:15 - 11:15 AM.

comiccon2025.sched.com/event/26wdH/...

Comic-Con 2025: Two Rovers, One Planet: NASA On Mars

View more about this event at Comic-Con 2025

comiccon2025.sched.com

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jul 21

Cal wants to be a geologist like me!

An orange tabby cat on a harness and leash is standing on his hind legs putting his paws up on a cave wall. He is standing on pebbles.

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jul 19

Great Blue Heron in Olympic National Park!

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jul 1

The SDCC con crunch is getting really real...

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jul 1

There is only one place you can find James Luceno, Barbara Hambly, Steven Barnes, Corinna Bechko, Sean Stewart, Gabriel Hardman, Abel Peña, Michael Kogge and Craig Miller (with more to come!) under one roof. Get your tickets now and join us in Los Angeles September 13th-14th!
legacyexpo.org

Legacy Expo @legacy-expo.bsky.social · Jun 30

75 days until Legacy Expo! Have you gotten your tickets??

For tickets, hotel, and programming: legacyexpo.org

Photo: phantom_tdaves (IG)
Edit: varactyyl (IG)
#MaraJade: @writergamernerd.bsky.social
#LukeSkywalker: DairyBoy117 (IG)

A Mara Jade costumer is holding up their lightsaber; a Luke cosplay stands behind them, pointing on ahead.

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jun 16

New name, same team, same welcoming place for all fans of the Expanded Universe!

Legacy Expo @legacy-expo.bsky.social · Jun 15

Incoming transmission! “Legacy Expo: An Expanded Universe Event” is now the name of the event previously known as “Legends Expo,” with the same team as before still hard at work celebrating the legacy of the Expanded Universe! [1/3]

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jun 14

I love customstickers.com for stickers, they are always good quality and have low prices/MOQ! For things like keychains VoGrace is good, but now tariffs are ruining that since they're based in China. For paper products I love GotPrint (which is based in Burbank!) but they do have MOQs around 100.

Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jun 7

Science panel #1 at Phoenix Fan Fusion!

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jun 5

He's starving....

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jun 5

I'm OBSESSED with these! Thank you to Joe on our art team for making them a reality!

Legacy Expo @legacy-expo.bsky.social · Jun 4

There's a new sticker available in our store - fans of the #Thrawn Trilogy should recognize it!

Picture of a sticker - the sticker is of three different colored book spines, meant to look like the three Thrawn Trilogy books.

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · Jun 3

Space Pride is live! I helped some folks with the Kickstarter aspect of putting this together!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/spa...

This is an at-cost run of shirts and stickers, designed and run on our own time by people who professionally work on space missions!

Space Exploration Pride

Shirts and stickers by the community for the community, celebrating Pride in our solar system!

www.kickstarter.com

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · May 28

Me!

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · May 28

... So it just burns rather than melting. So I got the soldering iron out to attach these little leaf metal pieces to it instead so the zipper pull can't jump the tracks.

This is going on my pants, so no one will see it but me, but I just have to be extra like this all the time. 🤣

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · May 28

How did I get to this point you ask? Well, the zipper I have is two inches longer than it should be, so I cut two inches off the top intending to melt the end like I typically do with zippers and webbing. However, this zipper came from one of my grandmother's so it is old AF and is not synthetic...

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · May 28

As one of my friends put it, "I like that you're the type of craftsperson who just says 'my sewing project wasn't working so I got my soldering iron out' "

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · May 26

Not bad for a final run though. Average of 96.67% off, and I walked out with a box of stuff for $13.

I may have gone a little crazy with supplies for pride flower crowns. I'll make a post here before they go to Etsy, and I'm happy to do custom orders!

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Katherine @martian-mara.bsky.social · May 26

Last trip to Joanns. Thanks for 30 years of being my supplier for all things sewing and craft. 💔

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