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A life-long Star Wars fan took his fascination and knowledge of the sci-fi series and used it to become one of the creative writers of the Star Wars website and movies. Now he’s returning to Winnipeg to be honoured with an award from his college alma mater.

On Saturday, Red River College (RRC) is honouring Pablo Hidalgo with the Distinguished Graduate award during the second annual FanQuest convention at the RRC Roblin Centre. Hidalgo graduated from RRC’s Creative Communications program in 1996 with a major in advertising before moving to California to work at Lucasfilm Ltd – the production company that created Star Wars. This award is one of the highest honours that can be given by the college.

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“I am intensely honoured by this. I am very proud of my time at Red River,” said Hidalgo said over the phone from California. “I can directly point to a lot of lessons learned there at Red River that benefited me in such a way that I am where I am today.”