Celebrating STAR WARS

  We are in the home stretch! Star Wars  Celebration Japan is less than three months away! Which means I really need to get this blog updated again. I can't believe the last big update post I did was at the 200 days mark back in September! Once again I'm very sorry updates have been so infrequent this time around and I will make sure this site stays on track as we head into the home stretch. Earlier this week I did a post bringing guest announcements up to date ahead of autographs and photo ops going on sale on Thursday ( you can read about that fun time here ). So now it's time to get everything else back on track. First up - cosplay! Back on October 2nd ReedPOP announced new rules for cosplay at Star Wars Celebration. More specifically for travelling in cosplay to Star Wars  Celebration due to Japanese etiquette for travelling in costume. I'll write up the details fully in an updated cosplay guide soon but you can read them all on the official site now. And speakin...

  Well, that was certainly eventful!! Guest photo ops and autographs are now on sale via Official Pix/Epic Photos but it was a bumpy start! Opening at 7PM ET yesterday, sales were quickly suspended as it became apparent that a back end conversion error was causing chaos. Prices on guest pages were appearing in dollars (for the incorrect amount), the correct yen rate would then appear when you viewed your basket or went to check out. Not ideal, but the real issue was that system then tried to charge you the yen amount in dollars! So a ¥27,995 autograph that should have been around $180 was coming through as $27,995! Needless to say a lot of people were having their cards declined (and those few that went through will be needing refunds)! Due to the time difference I'm not quite sure how long sales were down for. It was almost 2:30am in the UK/9:30pm ET when I decided to call it a night but the issue had been resolved when I got up four hours later. So far no guests have sold o...

  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...

  Here it is! The complete list of exhibitors for  Star Wars  Celebration Japan along with their booth numbers to help you find them on the show floor. It's a nice nice of the usual attendees and some that are unique to Celebration Japan so I'm excited to see what they have in store! A New Dope (31-35) Action Plastics (24-35) ANA (23-26) atmos (25-37) Audio-Technica Corporation (28-32) Bandai Spirits Co. Ltd. (13-20) Big Time Collectibles (23-37) Billy Galaxy Vintage Toys and Collectibles (23-36) Blitzway Japan • Sticky Monster Lab (15-20) Celebrity Ink Autographs (17-26) Charajan (20-36) Citizen Watch Co. Ltd. (20-25) Colsun (28-25) Comic Spot (23-38) Disney and Lucasfilm Artist James C. Mulligan (31-33) Disney Store (15-32) EFX Collectibles (28-26) Ensky (13-6) Eyeup Co. Ltd. (22-26) F-LAGSTUF-F (24-37) FiGPiN (21-26) Foundation Co. Ltd. (27-28) Freak's Store (25-31) Galaxy Tours (22-28) Gap (22-25) Grogu Cutest in the Galaxy Pop Up Store (13-32) Happy Kuji (21-38) Hasb...

  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 SWAG Crew is back and better than ever for Star Wars  Celebration Japan with a new website that is the perfect resource for learning all about SWAG and helping you to create your own. Fan made SWAG (stuff we all get/stuff we all give) is one of the nicest things to receive at Star Wars Celebration. It's different from the official freebies (cool as they are) because you know that this is something that someone has created themselves just to give away to their fellow fans. It's that personal touch that makes the fan SWAG so special. Want to get involved and make your own SWAG? The SWAG Crew Facebook page  is still here with a brilliant community who are more than ready to help you take your first steps into a larger fan world. But for anyone new to SWAG you simply have to check out their new website ! From the history of the SWAG crew to everything you need to know about making your own. There are guidelines, FAQs, links to recommended suppliers who can make your SWA...

  Last weekend adult tickets for Saturday officially sold out! There's a little discrepancy on when the sell out actually occurred, with  Star Wars  Celebration Japan officially announcing it on Sunday, May 12, but fans online were reporting that the ticket site began listing them as sold out the day before. Normally tickets can go in and out of stock whilst the last few are in peoples' carts but given the length of this delay I'd say it's more likely tickets did sell out on Saturday and the delay in reporting is simply due to the sell out happening on a weekend. Either way, Saturday is now sold out and Friday is well on the way to being next.