Celebrating STAR WARS

  Just a quick post for this one - the badge art has been revealed for Star Wars  Celebration Europe 2023 and OMG it is simply gorgeous! A lot of people weren't happy with the switch from characters to locations last year and it looks like ReedPOP heard them loud and clear as this may be the best looking set of badges I've ever seen for Star Wars  Celebration! One thing's for sure - I'm gonna be buying a fair few badge art shirts based on this and I am definitely going to be trying to get the full badge set if they sell it! Here's hoping Luke is the 4-Day badge for ROTJ 40th!

The panel schedule has been updated! The updated schedule now includes the University Stage, the Fan Stage, and the Collecting Track! So join your fellow fans, and a few special guests, as they dive deep into discussions about the areas of Star Wars  they're most passionate about and share their knowledge and insights in these lively discussions about all aspects of the franchise. And if you're attending panels on the Collecting Track, make sure you pick up your free Medallion celebrating the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi ! There will be 12 to collect in total, can you get them all? These panels and more have all be added to my Full Schedule spreadsheet to help you plan and get the most out of your Celebration.

  UPDATED - Artists announced 15/03/23 The Ink Fusion Tattoo Pavilion is returning to Star Wars Celebration, bringing the only Lucasfilm licensed tattoo program in the world to London! Artists for this year's event have now been announced and you can find the full list right here . Some artists are only taking advanced bookings, some are only doing walk ups the day, whilst others are doing a mix of both. So if you'd like to get a tattoo at Celebration make sure you reach out and contact your favorite artist now to find out what their procedure is (guests must be 18 or over with valid photo ID). Whether you get your Star Wars inspired tattoo on the show floor or already have it, you can enter the Tattoo Contest on Monday, April 10, on the Fan Stage.

  Well what have we here? Two more special guests have been added to the Star Wars  Celebration line up! Michelle Ang (Omega) and Simon Kassianides (Axe Woves) joined the guest list on Friday, bringing the total number of guests to a most impressive 40 in London next month. Honestly, I'm a little surprised they haven't added a duo photo op for Michelle Ang and Dee Bradly Baker. There's still time for that one to be added to the schedule so fingers crossed they're able to do so. As always, I have updated the Celebration Guest 2023 page with prices, days appearing, and links to the Official Pix pre-order pages. And you can use these links to jump directly to the Official Pix pre-order and send in service .

  The seventh (and final) wave of guests has been revealed for Star Wars  Celebration Europe and it's largely a family affair as Warwick Davis returns and is joined by Annabelle ( Willow 's Mims Ufgood) and Harrison Davis (Pommet the Ewok). Alongside the Davis family, Andor 's Denise Gough brings the Celebration lineup to a close, adding the calculating ISB Agent Dedra  Meero and some much anticipated Andor  representation to the guest list. As always, I have updated the  Celebration Guest 2023  page with prices, days appearing, and links to the Official Pix pre-order pages. And you can use these links to jump directly to the  Official Pix pre-order  and  send in service .

  The exchange is open! After it initially appeared there wouldn't be an official ticket re-seller this year LYTE is back as the official ticket exchange for Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023. Only sold out tickets can be sold on the exchange so, for now, there's only Jedi Master, 4 Day Adult, and Saturday Adult options. Other ticket types will be added if/when they officially sell out. So, if you can't make it or want a sold out ticket, head on over to Lyte to return/exchange your tickets now!

  Monday saw the sixth wave of guests announced for Star Wars  Celebration, and this week's new additions include Carl Weathers (Greef Karga), Brian Herring (BB-8), Samantha Alleyne (Stormtrooper, Resistance Pilot, and more in the sequel trilogy). Samantha's autograph will be handled a little differently to normal as she will be signing for free (!) with a limited number of tickets being released daily through to February 24. As always, I have updated the Celebration Guest 2023 page with prices, days appearing, and links to the Official Pix pre-order pages. And you can use these links to jump directly to the Official Pix pre-order and send in service .

  Oh wow! This has been a real one-two punch of knockout announcements! Yesterday Star Wars  Celebration announced a wave of special guests from Return of the Jedi  to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the end of the original trilogy. Minutes later they announced that Ahsoka herself, Rosario Dawson, would be meeting fans at the event! And today they added the legendary Billy Dee Williams to the lineup! For the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi  you can now meet Michael Carter (Bib Fortuna), Sean Crawford (Yak Face), Tim Dry (J'Quille), Femi Taylor (Oola), Mike Edmonds (Logray), Mike Quinn (Nien Nunb), Tim Rose (Admiral Ackbar), and Caroline Blakiston (Mon Mothma). Sean Crawford's autograph will be handled a little differently to normal with a limited amount available to be claimed for free each day from February 8-12. These will then be collected in person at Celebration. As always, I have updated the Celebration Guest 2023 page with prices, days appearing, and...

  The third wave of guests has been announced! Last night Star Wars  Celebration announced that Gwendoline Christie (Captain Phasma), Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand), Aidan Cook (Two Tubes), Silas Carson (Nute Gunray and Ki-Adi-Mundi), and Matthew Wood (voice of General Grievous and Battle Droids) will be meeting fans in London. Just three weeks in and this is shaping up to be a very solid guest list covering all eras of the Star Wars saga. As always, I have updated the Celebration Guest 2023  page with prices, days appearing, and links to the Official Pix pre-order pages. And you can use these links to jump directly to the Official Pix pre-order and send in service .

  Whilst I've been away the first two waves of guests have been announced for Star Wars  Celebration 2023! On January 23rd it was announced that legendary Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) would be attending alongside Ashley Eckstein (voice of Ahsoka Tano), Matt Lanter (voice of Anakin Skywalker), Dee Bradley Baker (voice of the Bad Batch and the rest of the clone army), Giancarlo Esposito (Moff Gideon), Vivien Lyra Blair (young Leia), and Indira Varma (Tala Durith). Then, on January 30th, it was revealed that the Chosen One himself, Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker), would be returning to Celebration along with Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan Kryze), James Arnold Taylor (voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi), Mads Mikkelsen (Galen Erso), and Denis Lawson (Wedge Antilles). That's quite the guest list already, and we still have several more weeks of announcements to go! But don't wait as pre-orders for autographs and photo ops are already on sale through Official Pix with a send in service also ava...

  Star Wars Celebration is coming back to London! With multiple TV series, Jedi: Survivor , and even more in the pipeline, 2023 promises to be another massive year for Star Wars . And let's not forget the 40th anniversary of my personal favorite Star Wars movie - Return of the Jedi ! It's the perfect time for a Celebration. For the first time outside of America Star Wars  Celebration will offer four incredible days filled with absolutely everything from the latest reveals to cosplay so good it could have come from the movie set, plus more collectibles than you could dream of. This post is the big one. It would be easy to do a Top 5 or Top 10 tips, but that would leave so much out. So page is going to be pretty much everything I can think of that will help you get the most out of Celebration whether you're going for one day or the full four day experience. Make a Plan The golden rule of any convention. Star Wars Celebration is massive, and even if you scored a VIP Jedi Ma...

  Last week (I know, I'm late!) Star Wars Celebration revealed the official Key Art for Star Wars  Celebration Europe 2023. Commemorating both the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi  and Celebration's long awaited return to London, the artwork features the second Death Star and the rebel fleet above the London skyline. In addition to the gorgeous new artwork ReedPOP confirmed that they are once again partnering with Official Pix , who will be running the autograph area in London. Star Wars Celebration will be taking place over the Easter weekend, running Thursday, April 7 to Monday, April 10 2023. Monday adult tickets are still available , along with kids tickets for all 4 days. Given that we're now less than six months away it doesn't look like there will be an official re-seller this year, so please be careful and make sure you trust the seller if you're buying second hand tickets. Time for me to start getting this site up to date!

  Well that went faster than I ever imagined! Jedi Master badges officially sold out in 32 minutes, though after the first 5-10 minutes this was more a case of them being in people's carts and being processed, with the odd one or two briefly coming back into stock, than them actually being available. That was expected. But 4-Day tickets? That's another story! 4-Day Adult badges for Star Wars  Celebration Europe 2023 officially sold out in 1 hour 15 minutes, blasting passed the previous record of 1 hour 57 minutes set by Celebration Anaheim's original sale back in 2019 (when the event was planned for 2020). I mean, wow! And the sell outs didn't stop there as Saturday Adult tickets sold out in 3 hours 23 minutes. Talking with other fans ahead of the sale I was definitely a lot more conservative in my expectations. Sure, Jedi Master always sells out right away, and I expected 4-Day to go fast, but I never would have said 4-Day and Saturday passes would both sell out faster...

  Well I didn't expect this so quickly! On Sunday Lucasfilm's Chris Argyropoulos announced that we could expect some Star Wars Celebration news this week. Then yesterday the official site was updated as social media channels announced that tickets for Celebration Europe 2023 would go on sale this week!! I expected an on sale date but the this week part definitely caught me off guard! Tickets will go on sale on Thursday at 12pm ET / 5PM BST. 4-Day Adult tickets will cost £159 plus VAT (20%) and a £3.25 service fee. Total £194.05 Single Day Adult tickets will cost £65 plus VAT and service fee. Total £81.25 4 Day Kids tickets (for children aged 6-12) will cost £61 plus VAT and service fee. Total £76.45 Single Day Kids tickets will cost £33 plus VAT and service fee. Total £42.85 In addition to standard tickets, there will be a limited number of Jedi Master tickets. These will cost £795 plus VAT and service fee (Total £957.25). These tickets normally go faster than the Millennium ...