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Exhibitor Exclusives Revealed for Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025

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  We've been seeing a slow roll out of exhibitor exclusive announcements for a while now but yesterday StarWars.com  and the official Celebration website updated to reveal multiple exclusives and early releases that fans can expect to find on the show floor. I've added all of these to the Vendor Exclusives 2025 page , but let's take a quick. look at some of what was revealed last night. First up is a gorgeous Black Series 2-pack from Hasbro based on Star Wars: Visions  featuring The Ronin and R5-D65. These figures will be available as a standard release later but this exclusive "Japanese-only-single-language collectible" edition will only be available at Celebration. Audia-Technica will be have an early release of their limited edition wireless earbuds that will release in the US on May 4. Jazwares will also have a Star Wars: Visions  inspired early release, launching an X-Wing with Karre and R-DUO at Celebration. One of my favorite though is the Celebration exc...

Cosplay Changing Room Reservations Available Tomorrow (US) / Saturday (Japan)

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  To paraphrase Ezra, "One last reservation." Cosplay Changing Room Reservations will go live tomorrow at 4PM (PDT) March 28 / 8AM (JST) March 29. Like with the panel reservations earlier this week, the queue link will be shared on Star Wars Celebration's official social media channels and should be added to the Cosplay page an hour before reservations go live. Once on the reservation page you will be asked to select the day that you require a reservation for and your gender. Select your in and out times, select coat check (you must do this) and then complete your reservation. On the day, head to Hall 9 on Level 1 and present your reservation PDF (accessed from your confirmation email). The changing rooms will be primarily locker room style with some private changing areas available on a first come, first served basis with priority given to minors. Cosplay changing rooms will cost Ā„1,500 per day. This cost includes access to change into and out of costume, and storage...

Nubs to Meet & Greet at Star Wars Celebration!

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  Nubs Nation this is your time!!! Everyone's favorite Pooba is hitting the show floor and meeting fans for the first time at Star Wars  Celebration! Everyday at the Star Wars  Kids Corner the Young Jedi Adventures  fan favorite will be meeting and greeting between 12:00PM-12:30PM and 2:00PM-2:30PM. So for all the young (and young at heart) fans of the show, this is sure to be a highlight of your show floor experience!

Fan Events - Virtual Cantina Invades Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea

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  It's another Disney invasion!! The Virtual Cantina is hosting a two day, two park invasion of Tokyo Disney in the days before Star Wars  Celebration and everyone is invited! Attend one or both and enjoy the Tokyo Disney parks with your fellow Star Wars  fans before we all descend on the Makuhari Messe convention center. On Tuesday, April 15, the Virtual Cantina is heading to Tokyo DisneySea where they'll meet at the Tower of Terror at 10:30AM before enjoying a day at what's been called the most beautiful Disney park in the world. Then on Wednesday, April 16, the fun shifts to Tokyo Disneyland meeting (naturally) at Star Tours at 10:30AM and enjoying some of the unique attractions found only in Japan. You can find all the details at their event page .

Lightsaber Training with the Saber Guild

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  Lightsaber training is back!! The Saber Guild is hitting the Galactic Senate Stage to teach aspiring young Jedi (and Sith) how to wield the saga's most iconic weapon. Places in the training sessions are first come first served, so if you have an aspiring padawan then make sure you head over to the Galactic Senate Stage to enroll them in the morning. Sessions this year are being held in both Japanese and English with the below schedule. Friday, April 18 Morning Session - 11AM-12PM (Japanese) Afternoon Session - 2PM-3PM (English) Saturday, April 19 Morning Session - 11AM-12PM (Japanese) Afternoon Session - 3PM-4PM (English) Sunday, April 20 Morning Session - 11AM-12PM (Japanese) Afternoon Session - 1PM-2PM (English) If there's one thing kids love it's getting to use a lightsaber so here's a great chance for them to get in on the fun!

Fan Events - SWAG & Meetup with The SWAG Crew & SWC Discord Community

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  The SWAG Crew and the unofficial Star Wars  Celebration Discord group are teaming up this year to offer five (!!) SWAG and Meetup events throughout Star Wars  Celebration Japan 2025! Whether you have SWAG or not, everyone is welcome at these events which will all take place at the Makuhari Messe convention center (exact location TBC). And each event will have exclusive SWAG! If you've ever been curious about SWAG and want to see some of the incredible patches, pins, and more that fans have made to give and trade then these are events you won't want to miss. You can take part on: Friday, April 18, at 2:15PM Friday, April 18, at 5PM Saturday, April 19, at 2:15PM Sunday, April 20, at 12PM Sunday, April 20, at 4:30PM The above links will take you direct to the event pages on Facebook and here's the link for the event page on the SWAG Crew's website ! I'll update this page, and the Fan Events page, once the exact location is confirmed.

Fan Event - Halcyon Past Passenger Meetup

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  Attention Halcyon passengers! Have you traveled on the galactic star cruiser? Would you like to meet fellow passengers and share fond memories? Well this is the event for you! Taking place on Sunday, after the close of Star Wars  Celebration this meet up is your chance to meet up with other fans of Disney's short lived immersive experience and share memories and stories of your time aboard. You may even meet fans who were passengers on your voyage. Taking place in the APA hotel lobby a short walk from Makuhari Messe this fan gathering begins at 7PM and is free for all passengers of the Halcyon. If you're interested in attending and would like to learn more then join their group for all the latest details.