First Guests Announced for Star Wars Celebration Japan!

 

The first wave of guests for Star Wars Celebration Japan is here!

This is absolutely unprecedented given guest announcements normally only start around 3 months before the event, but this week StarWars.com revealed the first four special guests who will be meeting fans for photos and autographs in Japan next year.

Joining fans will be the legendary Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett/Boba Fett), Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka), and signing for the first time ever will be Lucasfilm's senior vice president and executive design director Doug Chiang! Doug has been a regular on Celebration panels for years now, but this is the first time he will be officially meeting and signing for fans.

These guests have now been added to the Celebration Guests 2025 page.

The timing of this announcement, just ahead of yesterday's VIP pre-sale and today's ticket sale, is new ground for Star Wars Celebration. Normally we get guest announcements every week or so over the last few months leading up to the event. So is this a one off to hype up ticket sales ahead of release, or will the reveals for Japan be spread out across the next year? I guess we'll find out!

Tickets for Star Wars Celebration Japan go on sale later today at the official site (where prices this week updated from dollars to yen, so be prepared for that as there's no PayPal option this year).

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