Celebrating STAR WARS

  One week ago today, at the Closing Ceremony of Star Wars  Celebration Europe, we learnt that Celebration was heading back to Japan! In exactly two years from today, Star Wars Celebration Japan will take place at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba. I still need to do a full look back at Celebration Europe, and a I will, but let's just quickly look to the future. Taking place from 18-20 April, 2025, Celebration Japan marks a return to the 3 day events that have been the standard for Celebrations taking place outside of America. The venue itself is one of the largest convention centers in Japan, located just outside of Tokyo and within half an hour of  the Tokyo Disney Resort via public transport. Makuhari Messe features an arena with a capacity of up to 9,000 people (depending on configuration) which makes it comparable to the arenas of Chicago and Anaheim and more than double the capacity of the Celebration Stage at ExCeL earlier this month. In fact the entire layout of

  Fan made SWAG (stuff we all get/stuff we all give) is one of the nicest things to receive at Star Wars  Celebration. It's different from the official freebies (cool as they are) because you know that this is something that someone has created themselves just to give away to their fellow fans. It's that personal touch that makes the fan SWAG so special. Want to get involved and make your own SWAG? Check out the SWAG Crew Facebook page , it contains everything you could need to know about getting started. Thinking about your own SWAG? Your imagination is the limit but the most common items are patches and buttons. The SWAG Crew also raise money for their charity partner, Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation, and will be collecting a treasure chest of SWAG to be raffled off and won by one member of the SWAG group group. You can read all about it right here and donate your SWAG to the chest at the Norwich Star Wars  Club UK booth N1040 on the show floor. UPDATE - Drop of