Celebrating STAR WARS

After last night's rumour that ReedPOP might be out and Disney's own team taking over Celebration 2019 I figured it was time to do a quick look at Disney's own Celebration, the D23 Expo. Like attending a US Celebration, going to D23 is definitely on my bucket list.  I'm a Disney kid at heart, I grew up on their films, I love their parks, I even have another blog dedicated to their musical Aladdin !  It's definitely an event I want to go to one day. Someone who's been to both may correct me on this, but looking at last year's event I'd say D23 falls somewhere between the European and US Celebrations in terms of scale.  It's a 3 day event like Europe and the schedule doesn't seem quite as jam packed as Celebration can be, but I'd say the crowds are definitely more towards the US Celebration levels. Like Celebration the schedule ( which you can view here ) is a mix of major panels, such as the Animation and Live Action film panels, pa...

Well I sure picked the right time to start this blog!  Here was me thinking it'd be a quiet build up to a May 4th announcement but instead the floodgates have opened and rumours seemed to be coming daily! This one I definitely did not see coming!  TheForce.net are reporting that ReedPOP, who have organised Celebrations with Lucasfilm since Celebration V, are out.  Their current contract expires next year and, according to TFN, the rumour is that following all the organisational complaints last year Disney/Lucasfilm are bringing Celebration in house and it will be run by the same team as Disney's D23 Expo. TFN is one of the major fan sites (arguably THE major fan site) and this is a much more serious rumour than the date or location so I have to think that if they're running with this then they're as certain as they can be that it's true. Just from reading the comments after Orlando I know this will make some people very happy, but I'd advise c...

Ok, so we know the next Star Wars Celebration is in 2019.  But when is it exactly?  And where for that matter! Unlike the major comics cons, like SDCC and NYCC, Celebration doesn't have a set date or location, having been held across America, in Europe and even in Japan during its history.  This makes predicting dates a bit like trying to fire proton torpedoes down a Death Star's exhaust port - you can do it but you can't always trust your targeting computer! Let's start with the easy part - location.  All the rumours going round say it's going to be Anaheim.  That makes sense.  The rumour during the last day of Anaheim was that Celebration would become an annual event alternating between the US and the rest of the world, with US Celebrations alternating between Anaheim and Orlando.  Sure that pattern falls down a bit with Celebration skipping a year, but it holds up well enough.  Plus the Anaheim Convention Centre just completed a m...