Celebrating STAR WARS

Movie screenings have been announced for Celebration Chicago! Taking place over four days (no screenings on Saturday) all ten Star Wars movies will be screened at the connected Marriott Marquis hotel. The full schedule is; Thursday Solo 13:00-15:15 Rogue One 15:25-17:30 Friday A New Hope 12:00-14:40 The Empire Strikes Back 14:30-16:40 Return of the Jedi 16:50-19:00 Sunday The Force Awakens 12:00-14:20 The Last Jedi 14:30-16:50 The Phantom Menace 17:00-19:10 Monday Attack of the Clones 12:00-14:25 Revenge of the Sith 14:35-16:55 The screenings are free to anyone with a Celebration badge on a first-come, first served basis. It's not been announced if they will be clearing the screening room between movies but with a only a 10 minute turn around time between movies I'd guessing not. Honestly, I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand I'm thrilled that they're doing screenings, watching the films with a room full of fans is an in...

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...

The Star Wars Show has just dropped and you know what that means! More guests have been announced for Celebration Chicago! This week's guests are Paul Bettany, who played Solo 's villainous crime lord Dryden Vos (and is better known to Marvel fans as Vision), Rogue One 's heroic pilot Riz Ahmed (Bodhi Rook), and The Last Jedi 's Resistance pilot Hermione Corfield (Tallie) Look for these guests (and likely some more Team Up photo ops) to go on sale on Friday at Epic Photo Ops .

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...

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!