Everything You Need to Know About Star Wars Celebration 2022

You’ve felt it. An awesome disturbance within the Force, as if thousands and thousands of voices out of the blue cried out… in pleasure? Because, thank the maker, after the pandemic pushed it again for 2 years, Star Wars Celebration is getting ready to descend on Anaheim, California subsequent month! As particulars begin to trickle in, right here’s what you have to find out about what to count on.

What Is Star Wars Celebration?

The official Lucasfilm/ReedPop conference for the Star Wars motion pictures, TV exhibits, video games, books, and the zillion different Star Wars issues that exist, Celebration has been working since 1999. A largely bi-annual gathering throughout the U.S. and Europe, the conference has been residence to main bulletins and trailers for upcoming movies and TV initiatives, in addition to publishing and gaming information for the galaxy far, distant.

Expect cosplay, ridiculous merchandise, signings, panels, and, in fact, information—and lots of it, contemplating that Celebration Anaheim was meant to happen in 2020. It was cancelled when the true extent of the covid-19 pandemic was made clear, and Lucasfilm pushed the conference from 2020 into 2022 to attend out the worst of it. Now with The Rise of Skywalker behind us and a bunch of Star Wars initiatives within the works for each theatrical releases and Disney+, it’s time to begin teasing what’s subsequent.

When Is Star Wars Celebration 2022?

Star Wars Celebration 2022 takes place from May 26 to May 29 on the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Some tickets for sure days are still available for purchase, however if you happen to’re not planning on stepping into individual, in prior years livestreams of main panels have been accessible from the Star Wars YouTube channel all through Celebration.

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What News Can We Expect at Star Wars Celebration 2022?

It’s already shaping as much as be a banner yr for Star Wars. Just as Celebration opens, the Obi-Wan Kenobi prequel collection will debut its first two episodes on Disney+. The Mandalorian’s third season is on the way in which, as is the second of animated collection The Bad Batch, and there’s much more in retailer for Disney’s streaming service within the subsequent few years, together with Ahsoka and Andor, in addition to the further-out collection like Lando and the High Republic period story The Acolyte. And talking of High Republic, the publishing initiative is about to enter a second section later this yr, with a collection of novels and comics that flashes even additional again into the previous of the Star Wars timeline, pushing itself out 350 years earlier than the occasions of the flicks.

And that’s not even counting the flicks! The important Skywalker Saga could be over, however Star Wars is much from finished with the silver display screen. Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron film might have had some manufacturing delays, however S-Foils are nonetheless locked in assault place so far as it occurring. Taika Waititi’s mysterious Star Wars venture is on the market on the horizon, and there could possibly be much more motion pictures but to return. And hey: they by no means formally scrapped that Rian Johnson trilogy. A man can dream, proper?

There’ll be loads of different alternatives for information, too. This yr marks the twentieth anniversary of Attack of the Clones, so we may count on some merchandise or even perhaps books to tie in. A sequel to Respawn’s Rise of the Empire-era online game Jedi: Fallen Order is on the way in which, and it wouldn’t be too unsurprising to be listening to extra at Celebration for that, both. And that’s simply what we all know up to now—there may at all times be room for surprises!

What Panels Are Happening at Star Wars Celebration 2022?

Not each panel has been introduced up to now, however right here’s what we do know what to anticipate. We’ll replace this piece as extra panels are revealed.

Thursday, May 26

Lucasfilm Showcase – Celebration kicks off with a “must-see showcase” of what’s coming for the galaxy far, distant. The studio’s “current crop of live-action filmmakers,” in addition to particular visitors, will tease what’s forward, with information from Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, and The Mandalorian—and maybe extra.

Saturday, May 28

Mando+: A Conversation with Jon Favreau & Dave Filoni – Join government producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni for the primary official The Mandalorian panel because the present really premiered in late 2019, as they (and much more particular visitors) look again on the present up to now, and tease what’s subsequent for Din Djarin and his younger foundling Grogu in season three.

Sunday, May 29

Star Wars: The Bad Batch – Bad Batch government producers Brad Rau and Jen Corbett, story editor Matt Michnovetz, in addition to clone voice actors Dee Bradley Baker (mainly each clone within the present, in fact) and Michelle Ang (the exception to that, younger star Omega) discuss concerning the present’s arrival, and provide a glimpse of what to anticipate for the Batch in season two.

What Guests Are Signing at Star Wars Celebration 2022?

Although not each visitor has been revealed but, a number of actors and artistic expertise from throughout the Star Wars universe have been confirmed for appearances, in addition to autographs and photograph alternatives. Here’s everybody confirmed up to now:

Autographs/Photo Sessions

• Amy Allen (Aayla Secura, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith)
• Anthony Daniels (C-3PO in, effectively, a complete lot of Star Wars)
• Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano, The Clone Wars and Rebels)
• Carey Jones (Krrsantan, The Book of Boba Fett)
• Carl Weathers (Greef Carga, The Mandalorian)
• Daniel Logan (Boba Fett, Attack of the Clones and The Clone Wars)
• Dee-Bradley Baker (Captain Rex, the Bad Batch, and plenty of, many extra Clone Troopers, The Clone Wars and The Bad Batch)
• Dickey Beer (Boba Fett, Return of the Jedi)
• Emily Swallow (The Armorer, The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett)
• Giancarlo Esposito (Moff Gideon, The Mandalorian)
• Ian McDiarmid (Sheev Palpatine, the Star Wars prequels, the unique trilogy, and, by some means returned, in The Rise of Skywalker)
• Jett Lucas (Zett Jukassa, Revenge of the Sith)
• Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker)
• Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan Kryze, The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian)
• Kevin Thompson (Chubbray the Ewok, Return of the Jedi)
• Margo Apostolos (Tokkat the Ewok, Return of the Jedi)
• Michelle Ang (Omega, The Bad Batch)
• Omid Abtahi (Dr. Pershing, The Mandalorian)
• Orli Shoshan (Shaak Ti, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith)
• Tim Rose (Admiral Ackbar, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens, and The Last Jedi)

Featured Guests

• Cavan Scott (Author, Star Wars: The High Republic, Dooku: Jedi Lost, and extra)
• Charles Soule (Author, Star Wars: The High Republic, Marvel’s Darth Vader, and extra)
• Claudia Gray (Author, Star Wars: The High Republic, Bloodline, and extra)
• Daniel Jose Older (Author, Star Wars: The High Republic, Last Shot, and extra)
• Doug Chiang (Lucasfilm VP, Executive Creative Director)
• Justina Ireland (Author, Star Wars: The High Republic, Lando’s Luck, and extra)
• Steve Sansweet (Executive Chairman and founder, Rancho Obi-Wan)

Sessions for autographs and pictures are available to pre-order for attendees now. And excellent news: if you happen to’re unavailable to attend in-person, some will provide the possibility to both mail-in objects to be autographed or so that you can purchase an autograph to be mailed to you through Official Pix.

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