Celebration Preparation 2025

 

Star Wars Celebration is returning to Japan for the first time since 2008 for a three day event that promises to be truly out of this world.

On this page you will find all the essential information for Celebration Japan along with plenty of hints and tips to help get the most out of your Celebration.

The countdown to Celebration Japan begins now!

THE ESSENTIALS

Links to badge activation, panel and exhibitor lotteries, the mobile app, and show floor maps will all appear here in the weeks leading up to the show.

Full Panel & Event Schedule (spreadsheet) - coming 2025
Panel Selection - coming 2025
Lightspeed Lane Reservations - coming 2025
Star Wars Celebration Badge Activation - coming 2025
Mobile App - coming 2025

EVENT TIMES

Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 will take place Friday April 18th - Sunday April 20th 2025 at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, just outside Tokyo.

The Show Floor hours are:

Friday 09:00-18:00
Saturday 09:00-18:00
Sunday 09:00-16:00

Jedi Masters will have access to the Show Floor, and VIP Lounge from 08:45 each morning.

HOTEL BLOCK

The official hotel block opened without warning on September 27th and, in a first for Star Wars Celebration, hotels will be released in waves. The first wave of 4 hotels featured 3 Disney Resort area hotels and all 4 hotels were a train ride away from Makuhari Messe.

Closer hotels were expected in subsequent waves but so far none of the hotels added have been within walking distance.

It was confirmed that in December the hotel block will offer rooms at 3 of the official Tokyo Disney hotels - the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel, the Disney Ambassador Hotel, and the Tokyo Disney Celebration Hotel - though this ended up just being a link to the official Tokyo Disney booking site.

You can book available hotel block rooms via the official site. It is worth checking the site regularly as people will almost certainly swap rooms as more hotels get released.

CELEBRATION GUIDES

Essential Info
Entry to Celebration, Will Call & Accessibility - coming soon
Ticket Transfer, Panel Selection & Lightspeed Lane Guide - Ticket Transfer updated, further details coming soon
Full Schedule for all stages and events - coming soon

Full accessibility information will be added to the entry guide as it is revealed. There will be an Accessibility Assistance Program, for now please contact starwarscelebrationjapan@reedpop.com for  further information.

Celebration Basics
Budget, Budget, Budget (or "what you'll spend your money on at Celebration")

Celebration Packing Lists

Tokyo
Basic Guide to Tokyo - Things to Do, Where to Eat, Tokyo Disney, and more!

THINGS TO SEE AND DO AT CELEBRATION

The Panels
Here are the major panels coming to the Celebration Stage at Star Wars Celebration Europe. These are the panels where you will see the biggest special guests, the latest trailers, and maybe even a full episode or two.

Panels to be confirmed closer to Star Wars Celebration

As always I will be putting together a spreadsheet that covers all three days and sharing it here. Every panel, every official event, all the fan meet ups and group photos that I can find will be included. 

The Show Floor
Star Wars Celebration LIVE! Stage - coming soon
Celebration Show Store - pre-order merch confirmed, main store coming soon
Exhibitors List - initial exhibitors announced, more coming soon
Lightsaber Academy by Saber Guild (ages 14 and under) - coming soon

It has been confirmed that the Ink Fusion Tattoo Pavilion will not be returning for Star Wars Celebration 2025 due to the smaller size of the show floor.

Entertainment & Events

Wednesday, April 16
Star Wars Night - Zozo Marine Stadium, Chiba, match runs 6PM-9PM approx.

Friday, April 18
Star Wars in Concert: A New Hope - Tokyo Garden Theater, doors open 6PM, performance 7PM-9:30PM approx.

Saturday, April 19
Star Wars in Concert: A New Hope - Tokyo Garden Theater, doors open 12:30PM, performance 1:30PM-4PM approx.
Star Wars in Concert: The Empire Strikes Back - Tokyo Garden Theater, doors open 6PM, performance 7PM-9:30PM approx.

Sunday, April 20
Star Wars in Concert: Return of the Jedi - Tokyo Garden Theater, doors open 6PM, performance 9:40PM-9:30PM approx.

For fan events, meetups, and fan group photos please see my Celebration Fan Events 2025 page.

TICKET SALE

Tickets for Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 went on sale on Thursday, May 2, at 19:00 EST (US) / Friday, May 3, at 08:00 JST (Japan), with an exclusive pre-sale for those who had Jedi Master VIP tickets to Celebration Europe 2023 taking place on Wednesday, May 1, at 12:00 EST (US) / 01:00 JST (Japan). Tickets are available now via the official site's ticket page.

Adult tickets cost ¥23,808 for 3-Day badges and ¥8,298 for single day badges.

Kids tickets cost ¥5,972 for 3-Day badges and ¥2,870 for single day badges.

Jedi Master VIP tickets cost ¥140,133. For the full contents of the Jedi Master Package please see here.

The official site states that the maximum number of each ticket type per order is four and a maximum of twenty tickets (all types) per order. So if your group is larger than four you will need to place multiple orders or order a combination of weekend and single day tickets.

Tickets will be sold in Japanese yen and PayPal will not be an option, so a card with no foreign exchange fee is highly recommended.

Tickets, and any merchandise purchased with them, will not be shipped in advance. All tickets and merch pre-orders will be collected together on site.

The LYTE ticket exchange is not expected to return this year. Instead tickets can be transferred using the Ticket Transfer process linked to above.

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