Panels Announced for Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022

 

The schedule is live!!

Last night the moment we've all been waiting for finally happened as the panel schedule was officially revealed. It looks like there's a few surprises (like the main Friday morning panel) still to come but so many amazing panels were revealed last night!

The official site led the way with the schedule for the 3 main stages whilst the Panels page of the Celebration site was updated to include everything from podcasts to STEAM classes.

From major reveals and Q&As with the stars, to lightsaber demonstrations, podcasts, and kids activities, there is so much to take in and something for every fan. There's even a panel for a previously unannounced series of animated shorts, Tales of the Jedi!

To help make sense of it all (because the official site layout isn't the best for seeing how things line up and overlap) I've created a spreadsheet showing every panel announced so far, along with all the extra activities and fan events we know about so far. You can find it here. Feel free to download so you can tweak it based on your interests, add your photo ops, etc.

As I said in my Getting the Most Out of Star Wars Celebration piece. There's going to be things you want to do that clash, so knowing the schedule in advance helps you to decide which you want to do most. And remember, most of the major panels will be live streamed. For me, I would love to do both Attack of the Chords: The Music of Episode II and Ian McDiarmid: An Audience with The Emperor. I'm prioritizing the music panel since I know, based on past events, Ian's panel is more likely to be live streamed whilst the Music of The Phantom Menace wasn't streamed in Chicago.

This truly is where the fun begins!

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