Celebrating STAR WARS

The latest round of Celebration guests were announced last night , and they include a freedom fighter, a Mandalorian, a Naboo captain, and three people who help bring the galaxy to life! Forest Whitaker, Rogue One 's rogue rebel Saw Gerrera will be meeting fans in Chicago. Joining him will be another freedom fighter, The Clone Wars and Rebels Katee Sackhoff, who voices Mandalorian warrior and leader Bo-Katan. Joining the 20th anniversary festivities will be Hugh Quarshie, The Phantom Menace 's Captain Panaka. And finally, fans will be able to meet Lee Towersey, who helped build R2-D2 for the Sequel Trilogy, Josh Lee, who worked on both K-2SO and BB-8, and Matt Denton, electronic design and development supervisor for both The Force Awakens and Rogue One . We're nearing the end of the guest announcements now, but there's still hope of a few surprises in these final weeks before Celebration. I know it's looking unlikely n...

Yesterday saw the hashtag Rebels Remembered spreading across social media as fans marked the anniversary of Rebels ' series finale. Today StarWars.com announced that Lucasfilm animation are hosting three animation panels at Celebration next month, starting with a special look back at the beloved adventures of the Ghost's crew. On Saturday, April 13th, Rebels Remembered will reunite Dave Filoni, Vanessa Marshall, Tiya Sircar, and Tyler Gray for a special look back to the series that saw the Ghost's crew go from scrappy rebels to a vital part of the alliance as they grew together as a family. Though they stress there won't be a surprise announcement of a new series, they promise a retrospective that will uplift the fans of a series that made us laugh, made us cry, and gave us hope. Then it's the moment we've all be waiting for! The Clone Wars is back! On Sunday, April 14th, join Dave Filoni and special guests for a look at what's in store for Anaki...

I'm a bit late with this post but last week we finally got the news that Celebration regular and fan favourite actor Ray Park will be coming to Chicago next month! The star of The Phantom Menace and that cameo in Solo: A Star Wars Story will be signing from Friday to Monday, and yes you can get a team up photo with the voice of Maul, Sam Witwer. Joining him will be Clone Wars star Matt Lanter (Anakin Skywalker), rounding out the core cast of our beloved Clone Wars heroes. And there's plenty of team up photos available for the entire Clone Wars gang! And Rebels star Tiya Sircar (Sabine Wren) brings the Ghost family one step closer to completion. And yes, plenty of team up photo ops there as well. All three of these amazing guests, along with pricing, dates, and direct purchase links, have been added to the Guest page and are available now at Epic Photo Ops . And so is Ashley Eckstein, who is now confirmed as appearing Thursday to Saturday and Monday. ...

Yesterday The Star Wars Show and the official site announced the next wave of guests for Star Wars Celebration Chicago, and there's some fantastic new additions to the line up! First up is scoundrel turned rebel hero, Lando Calrissian himself, Billy Dee Williams! Next up is everyone's favourite ex-Imperial droid Alan Tudyk (K-2SO)! Joining them are two more heroes of the alliance, Rebels ' Freddie Prinze Jr. (Kanan) and Taylor Gray (Ezra). Rounding out yesterday's announcement were more stars of the Original Trilogy! John Morton (Luke's gunner, Dak), Julian Glover (General Veers), Michael Culver (Captain Needa), and Anthony Forrest (the Sandtrooper who was famously Jedi mind tricked by Obi-Wan Kenobi). We're less than 50 days away and there are more guests still to be announced so make sure you keep watching The Star Wars Show every Wednesday for the latest announcements. And head over to Epic Photo Ops t...

The Star Wars Show is back! After a winter hiatus that seemed to last forever, Andi and Anthony are back bringing news direct from the Lucasfilm headquarters, including more guests for Celebration Chicago! The Guest list keeps growing with stars spanning the entire Star Wars Saga. First up, a man who needs no introduction, the one and only Peter Mayhew is returning to Celebration! Joining him from the Original Trilogy is Return of the Jedi 's Michael Pennington (Moff Jerjerrod) Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett) joins his on screen son, representing the Prequel Trilogy. The Clone Wars continues to make a strong showing with Dee Bradley Baker (Captain Rex), Tom Kane (Yoda) and Catherine Taber ( Padm é Am idala) joining the already announced Clone Wars line up. Rebels gets represented with Vanessa Marshall (Hera Syndulla) and Jason Isaacs (Grand Inquisitor) And joining their Resistance co-stars are Myrna Velasco (Torra Doza) and Donal...

Impressive. Most impressive. The Celebration Chicago guest list just keeps getting better! Fan favourite star of The Clone Wars and Rebels , and founder of Her Universe, Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano) is returning to Celebration! Joining her will be another fan favourite, Daniel Logan, who played the young Boba Fett in Attack of the Clones and The Clone Wars . They will be joined by cast members from all three trilogies; Jett Lucas (Zett Jukassa), John Ratzenberger (Major Derlin), Ken Leung (Admiral Statura), and creature performer Katy Kartwheel (HURID-327 in The Force Awakens and Rio Durant in Solo: A Star Wars Story ) Stay tuned for more guest announcements (and autograph and photo op pre-sale information) over the coming weeks.

StarWars.com today revealed more guests who will heading to Chicago, and they include the mighty Chewbacca, Joonas Suotamo! Yes, Joonas is making his Star Wars Celebration this year, alongside Celebration veteran and fan favourite Sam Witwer (Darth Maul)! Joining them will be Greg Grunberg (Snap Wexley); Dave Chapman (Puppeteer - BB-8, Rio Durant & Lady Proxima); Greg Proops (Fode, Jak Sivrak & Garma); Paul Kasey (Admiral Raddus, Ello Asty); Ian McElhinney (General Dodonna); and Orli Shoshan (Shaak Ti) The guest list is really starting to take shape now, and we're still over two months away! I can't wait to see what else they have in store!