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...

Well this was a surprise! Two sets of guest announcements in one week! We're definitely getting close now. It's the 20th anniversary of The Phantom Menace and Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks) is coming to Celebration! Best brought Jar Jar to life in all three prequels and The Clone Wars so it's fantastic to see him returning to Celebration for this milestone. Joining him is one of Star Wars' newest heroes, Erin Kellyman (Enfys Nest), the marauder and freedom fighter from Solo . We're just over a month away, the guest list is looking great, and there's still more to come!

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 .

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. ...

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!