As a wise man named Obi-Wan Kenobi once said, “In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.”

And it certainly wasn’t luck, but hard work and passion, that earned Pablo Hidalgo — a Winnipeg-raised Star Wars fan, now working for Lucasfilm in California — a来自红河学院。

A 1996 alum of RRC’sprogram, Hidalgo proved to be more than a simple man trying to make his way in the universe.他在大学获得的技能他今天所在的地方。

在 McKim Communications Group 工作期间，他利用人脉技巧在他的客户之一 Frantic Films 中获得了一个职位。

这一飞跃将他带到了加利福尼亚州，在那里他很快就获得了来自的机会— 担任作家和内容开发者.

从那时起，伊达尔戈成为卢卡斯影业故事开发团队的创意主管，赢得了卢卡斯影业“常驻星球大战极客”的非官方头衔，他最常被咨询有关不断扩展的星球大战宇宙中的时间线和神话的信息。

他将于 6 月 23 日星期六在第二届年度颁奖典礼上获奖convention taking place at RRC’s Roblin Centre. He’s also scheduled to speak twice at the event: presentingSolo 内部：官方指南（周六中午）和From Winnipeg to a Galaxy Far, Far Away（周日下午 1:00）。

“It feels great to be recognized by Red River College as a Distinguished Graduate,” says Hidalgo. “如果说有什么不同的话，那就是我的旅程教会了我要始终抓住呈现在你面前的机会，并忠于自己。在温尼伯长大是我对《星球大战》爱好的痴迷不可或缺的一部分，很高兴能获得这个奖项，周围的人都了解当你生活在半年被雪覆盖的地方时，你可以利用创造力。”

FanQuest 参与者将有机会与 Hidalgo 互动，Hidalgo 对《星球大战》经典的内幕知识可用于确认或否认有关虚构宇宙中的人物、地点或事件的谣言。 导演 J.J.艾布拉姆斯在制作期间说道星球大战：原力觉醒，他经常每天向伊达尔戈发送多达 3 封电子邮件，提出问题。

“I think a lot of people attending FanQuest can be inspired by Pablo and this achievement,” says FanQuest organizer Daniel Vadeboncoeur, who’s also a CreComm instructor at RRC.

“He’s someone who took his fandom, went to school for some professional skills that could complement that fandom, and climbed his way to a job many Star Wars fans dream of having. So we’re very excited to be able to honour him with this award at this year’s conference.”

Hidalgo’s ability to apply the skills he learned in CreComm and build a career out of his lifelong passion is one of the primary reason he was selected as the recipient for 2018.

“许多学生带着自己热衷的兴趣或事业进入 CreComm 项目，当他们利用这种热情为自己实现伟大的目标时，真的很令人兴奋，”RRC 商业与应用艺术学院院长柯克·约翰逊 (Kirk Johnson) 说道。

“巴勃罗的职业成就不言而喻。这些成就也使他成为学院的杰出大使，并激励着当今成长中的年轻粉丝。”

杰出毕业生奖是 RRC 的最高荣誉之一，旨在表彰在人道主义、卓越专业和社区服务方面取得杰出成就的毕业生。