Looking Back at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023
Hard to believe it's been a month since we were all celebrating together in London, and what a Celebration it was! This post is going to look back at the Celebration that was, the highs and the lows of Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023, offer some thoughts on what could be improved for future Celebrations (especially here in the UK), but mostly just reminisce about the amazing time we had last month. So let's start with day zero, the night before Celebration when we arrived in London, checked into our hotel, and got our first look at the convention centre. Day 0 We arrived in London mid-afternoon after driving down from home (the blessing of being local), parking a few minutes walk from the Aloft. An initial "we can walk this" quickly turned into "thank God the DLR is here" as we realised how many bags we had and we were soon checked in to our hotel, the absolutely stunning Sunborn yacht, and heading over to ExCeL. Banners adorned the walkway from the sta