External Blogs, Pics, Tweets, Articles and other mentions

After DragonCon 2022

The Jawa was interviewed by Atlanta’s NPR/PBS affiliate, WABE: Picture, text and audio

Chess Jawa at DragonCon 2022

After DragonCon 2020

DragonCon 2020 went virtual, including the traditional DragonCon parade. The Chess Jawa was proud to join his clan as part of their parade entry. @epbot spotted him there!

The 501st Legion posted about the Chess Jawa on both Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

During and after DragonCon 2019

The Chess Jawa got a nice paragraph in the Star Wars Report. Thanks!

The Chess Jawa also got some attention from the guys at the “This Is Only a Test” podcast, from Adam Savage’s Tested. Video below!

During and after DragonCon 2018

The Chess Jawa made it into a DragonCon writeup by Atlanta Public Broadcasting with a nice picture:

WABE photo

https://www.wabe.org/jawas-black-panther-and-more-a-roundup-of-dragon-con-2018/

The Jawa’s exploits were also the subject of a post in the Krayt Clan Facebook feed:

During and after DragonCon 2017

Mind Invader Comix and the Jawa on Instagram.

The Chess Jawa got a lot of attention on Twitter with the Special Olympics Georgia tag.

During and after DragonCon 2016

A nice view of a concentrating Chess Jawa on Flickr.

Post DragonCon cosplay roundup at “On Wednesdays We Wear Capes”, the Jawa is the first picture in the section labeled And then there are those cosplays that you’re like, “OMG!”. http://www.onwednesdays.net/cosplay-dragoncon/

There’s a great 360 degree view of the Chess Jawa playing an Ewok here (the Ewok lost, but extra points for playing in that mask!).

Unsure of costume on this one, but she tweeted the Jawa! Anyone?

The Jawa got some attention on twitter on Sept. 4 and 5…

Items from before DragonCon 2016

The Chess Jawa was featured in an article in his school newspaper.

The Chess Jawa is in the news at Chess.com! (Scroll down past the other exciting chess news for a picture with IM Danny Rensch…)

The Chess Jawa has been featured in an article on DailyDot.com!

Meet the teenage chess champ who plays for charity – as a Jawa

Once a year at Dragon Con, this chess-playing teen transforms into the champion of the sand people.

By Aja Romano – September 10, 2015

The above DailyDot story was also picked up and covered by a UK blog at CivilSociety.co.uk. SportsJawaShip!!!

And, the story has been tweeted a bunch of times: @DailyDotGeek, @NerdistDotCom, Mechanics’ Institute @MILibrary (one of the oldest chess clubs in the US), Georgia Garrison, 501st Legion @ga501st, The Rebel Legion @rebellegion

The story of the Chess Jawa’s fundraising is also mentioned in the WanderlustAtlanta blog.

The ChessExpress blog suggests that the Chess Jawa might bring Tatooine into FIDE, the World Chess Federation.

And another UK-based web site, n3rdabl3, has picked up the Chess Jawa story…

This instagram is amusing for the hashtags…

And the Chess Jawa appeared in the news at Chess.com (scroll to the bottom)…

Items from before DragonCon 2015

Chess Jawa Poster