Celebrating STAR WARS

  We are well into the home stretch and the news is coming thick and fast so this is another round up post to try and cover everything from the last few days. First, some sad news. On Saturday, April 5, it was announced that Oscar Isaac would no longer be attending Star Wars  Celebration Japan due to production commitments. I've updated the Celebration Guests page to reflect this. This means that his Saturday panel, "A Conversation with Oscar Isaac", is also cancelled. However, I do have to admit that ReedPop have put together an impressive replacement, especially on such short notice. Replacing Oscar's panel on the Galaxy Stage will be "Stars of Star Wars ", where Vanessa Marshall will host a conversation with Mads Mikkelsen, Manny Jacinto, and Sam Witwer! I was looking forward to Oscar's panel but I'm equally excited for this. On Friday, April 4, StarWars.com  gave us our first look at some of the merch that will be in the official Celebration Sh...

  This Tuesday Star Wars  Celebration announced two more additions to the guest list for Japan. Whilst nothing was said on social media, according to the official site these are the final guest for the autograph hall this year. Whilst it wouldn't be unheard of for Celebration to add a few last minute additions to the autograph hall, if this is truly the final round they're going out with some great additions. Vanessa Marshall (Hera Syndulla) is returning to Celebration as is the Chosen One himself, Hayden Christensen!   As always, I've updated the Guest page with direct links to their sales pages and details of all the available photo op and autograph option. We are now less than two months from Star Wars Celebration Japan. As Anakin would say, "this is where the fun begins!"

  For the first time ever one of the sequel trilogy heroes will be meeting fans at a Star Wars  Celebration as Oscar Isaac is coming to Japan!! Announced on Tuesday, Oscar Isaac will be meeting guests for autographs and photo ops on Friday and Saturday and I can't help but hope that this means we'll be getting a panel for the 10th anniversary of The Force Awakens  and that some of Oscar's co-stars might be coming as well! I've updated the Celebration Guest and added direct links to his Epic Photos/Official Pix purchase page as well.

  Last night, or this morning depending on your time zone, Star Wars  Celebration announced that Rosario Dawson, Ahsoka Tano herself, will be meeting fans in Japan. Rosario Dawson will be signing and have photo ops on both Friday and Sunday. I've updated the Celebration Guest and added direct links to her Epic Photos/Official Pix purchase page as well.

  Sorry for the lack of updates everyone, I hope to get that fixed and everything back up to date over the next week starting with the guest update today ahead of tomorrow's sale. That's right, Star Wars Celebration autograph and photo op sales start tomorrow! As announced on Saturday, Official Pix are returning to once again run the celebrity hall. Hopefully this means that the same system as previous years will be in place, allowing fans to move their signing and photo op times to best fit their schedule (time slot availability allowing). Autographs and photo ops for announced guests will go on sale tomorrow at 7PM ET. And speaking off announced guests, there's been a few since I last updated this blog! Announced on October 24, Mads Mikkelsen (Galen Erso) will be returning for his second Celebration. Whilst it may not be his first time appearing, it will be the first time ever signing at Celebration for Diego Luna! Yes, Cassian Andor himself was confirmed as a guest on De...

  We are just 200 days away from Star Wars Celebration Japan! I honestly can't believe how fast Celebration is coming up on us. It felt like a life time away earlier this year and now it feels like it will be here in no time! To mark the start of the 200 day countdown, the official Twitter account posted this short video earlier today: スター・ウォーズ セレブレーション ジャパン2025まで… ||◤￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣◥|| 　 　 あと 𝟐 𝟎 𝟎 日💥 ||◣＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿◢|| #スターウォーズ 旋風が ついにここ日本で巻き起こる！ 金曜＆日曜の単日券チケット好評発売中🎫 ➤ https://t.co/se6cV2N8Pv #SWCJ pic.twitter.com/ehIZORGcud — スター・ウォーズ公式 (@starwarsjapan) September 30, 2024 And now that we are just 200 days away I really need to get this blog back up to date! I am sorry that I haven't been updating recently. I got a new job over the summer and real life took over for a while but now it's time to catch up on everything that I missed and get all the Celebration Preparation guides updated for Tokyo over the rest of the year! First the big two announcements! On August 5th Star W...

  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 fe...

  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 .

  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 .

  "I just wanted to say, I just wanted to come out and say thank you to you, because I've never done a convention before, I've never been a Celebration before. I didn't really know, I guess, what it was like and what's been really amazing is to be able to, when I'm signing autographs or taking photographs, is to be able to meet you, even though if it's just for a second. I just wanted you to know that its meant something to me very special and I've loved every minute of it, and so I wanted to say thank you and I'll be back next year." And he's a man of his word! The fifth wave of guests announced last night sees Ewan McGregor return for his second Star Wars  Celebration alongside long time attendee Ian McDiarmid and Celebration first timer Andy Serkis! I have to say, the guest list this year may not be as large as it has been at some past events but the guest lineup is absolutely fantastic! As always, I have updated the Celebration Guest 20...

  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...

We are in the home stretch! Literally 2 months to go until Celebration is back!! Sorry for the lack of updates, between a long delayed trip to Walt Disney World and some big changes to my job the start of this year has been an absolute whirlwind. Whilst I was away the first two ( now three ) waves of guests were announced and we've got the first bits of information on entry to the event. Sure it was just the Will Call hours but the entry guide is now coming together. Still no official re-seller, but a "limited number" of single day tickets were put back on sale at the end of January and have yet to sell out so all days are now available again. We've started to see a few exhibitor's like In Demand Toys confirm their attendance, and several podcasters, including The Resistance Broadcast, Star Wars Explained, and Fantha Tracks, have revealed they will be part of the new Holonet News Stage. The Podcast Stage was the first panel announcement for Celebration Anaheim...

  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...

  After the show floor closes, Official Pix invites fans to 'Celebration After Hours' ! Taking place from 6pm - 10pm, Thursday to Saturday, in the Avalon Ballroom of the Hilton Anaheim, this after hours event will allow fans to meet even more guests for autographs and selfies. You can pre-order autographs and selfies now via the Epic Photo Ops website. Guests at this event are: Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano) Appearing Friday Autograph or Selfie $125 Greg Grunberg (Temmin "Snap" Wexley) Appearing Saturday Autograph or Selfie $40 Matthew Wood (General Grievous) Appearing Friday & Saturday Autograph or Selfie $60 Taylor Gray  (Ezra Bridger) Appearing Thursday Autograph or Selfie $60 Adrienne Wilkinson (Daughter) Appearing Thursday Autograph or Selfie $50 André Sogliuzzo   (Voice Actor, original [2D]  Clone Wars  &  Rebels ) Appearing Friday Autograph or Selfie $40 Anna Graves (Duchess Satine Kryze) Appearing Friday & Saturday Autograph or Selfi...