Dan Madsen previously held the role of president at the Official Star Wars Fan Club and also established and formerly published the Star Wars Insider magazine. As a writer in the field of journalism, he supplied numerous interviews and articles for the Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine, in addition to authoring the "Making Of" book that accompanied the The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles television series. He had a brief, uncredited role in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace as a kaadu caretaker, who was later named Dams Denna within the Star Wars Legends continuity. Furthermore, he served as the initial producer and event planner for the inaugural Star Wars Celebration held in Denver, Colorado, back in 1999.
He was present at the Star Wars 10th anniversary convention where he captured the sole existing image of George Lucas in a meeting with Gene Roddenberry.