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As the Last Jedi panel at Star Wars Celebration Orlando, the crowd (and live stream viewers) have been treated to photos from the upcoming film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi We've been furiously screencapping them to fuel clickbait articles, and we've just seen the best one yet It's the first look at Mark Hamill as[...]

At the Last Jedi panel at Star Wars Celebration Orlando, they just revealed a new character for Star Wars The Last Jedi: Rose, who is played by Kelly Marie Tran Tran said of Rose: "She's part of the resistance And she works in maintenance I can't wait for you to meet her." At the Last[...]

The Chive Cast held their Celebration shindig Thursday night at the Hyatt, and boy was it a blast. For those of you who don't know, The Chive Cast is a

Jeremy Konrad is on the ground out there in Orlando at Star Wars Celebration and he managed to battle through the lines like a champ and get to the relative safety of the Hasbro booth (they're in the exhibitor hall at location 2744) They have revealed one exclusive so far: a Luke Skywalker 6" action[...]

New variant covers have been revealed today for the big Star Wars/Doctor Aphra crossover event in Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel. The whole shebang

Reports were coming in all day from our friends and colleagues in Orlando that Star Wars Celebration was extremely well attended (read: packed FULL of Star Wars fans from all over the world)  However, as we know, sometimes event the best-planned conventions end up with some challenges during their first day of operation – namely, the flow[...]

Funko Director of Marketing and Seattle dive bar bouncer Mark Robben appeared just a few moments ago on The Star Wars Show Live Presented By Verizon, which has been streaming live all day from Star Wars Celebration Orlando He brought with him some of the Star Wars celebration EXCLUSIVES and other neat Funko goodies that are[...]

Following a touching Tribute to Carrie Fisher that aired at Star Wars Celebration Orlando's 40th Anniversary Panel today, legendary composer John Williams took to the stage to lead the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra through a live rendition of some of the most memorable tracks from the Star Wars catalogue, beginning, of course, with Princess Leia's Theme[...]

A touching tribute to Carrie Fisher played during the 40th Anniversary Panel at Star Wars Celebration Orlando just a few moments ago The official video was quickly released right after it played Watch it below: May the Force be with you #SWCO #StarWars40th pic.twitter.com/10zZ4TXqpQ — Star Wars (@starwars) April 13, 2017 Following the video, John Williams led the[...]

Harrison Ford appeared onstage at the 40th Anniversary Panel at Star Wars Celebration Orlando today, to the delight of the crowd in attendance The loudest cheer came when Ford shared a hug with co-star Peter Mayhew, who played his Wookiee life partner in the Star Wars saga. Whoops, sorry That's actually Ford hugging Star Wars creator[...]

Jackson appeared at Star Wars Celebration Orlando vie prerecorded message today in order to take his case for Mace Windu surviving his apparent death in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith In the scene, Windu's arm was sliced off by Anakin Skywalker, he was electrocuted with force lightning by Darth Sideous, and then he fell out[...]

The doors are open, the fans are rabid, and we are live on the ground at Star Wars Celebration all weekend Thank you for flying the friendly skies. The doors are open, the fans are rabid, and we are live on the ground at Star Wars Celebration all weekend Thank you for flying the friendly[...]

The percentage of shared exclusives to exclusives has been shrinking but for the first time (in memory feel free to correct us if we are wrong) all of the Funko products at Star Wars Celebration will be shared In a blog post a mere twenty four hours before the convention begins Funko revealed that all[...]

It's Star Wars Celebration come early for Hot Wheels and Star Wars fans. Mattel has launched a new line of Hot Wheels cars, and star ships, to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) These are part of the pre-Star Wars Celebration announcement extravaganza that's been happening all week. Thanks to fans, Biggs Darklighter, the[...]

Maybe they just really love the Nissan Rogue-Rogue One pun? Hightlights of the experience include: A massive Death Star inflatable hovering over the vehicles, A 360 virtual reality experience debut, possibly the Meet BB-8 experience from Star Wars Celebration? Star Wars character-themed digital mirror experience Final-weekend appearances by stormtroopers The 2017 Nissan Rogue: Rogue One Star Wars Limited Edition model – the first production vehicle[...]

This post was written by freelance photographer and blogger Denzel Eslinger who is covering Star Wars Celebration Orlando for Bleeding Cool Follow him on twitter. Star Wars Celebration is just about here and my expectations are a mixed bag. Late last year a friend and I were talking about going to Star Wars Celebration this year; we[...]

"We're excited to have Lucasfilm and Disney, Google and Niagara Cares alongside us as we harness the power of virtual reality to bring more smiles to hospitalized kids when and where they need it most." The Meet BB-8 experience will be on the show floor this weekend at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando for people to[...]

Since the only reason anyone in Hollywood ever follows anyone else on Twitter is when they have signed on to a film or TV show, the move is expected to mean that both Johnson and Dawson will be announced as cast members of a future Star Wars: The Last Jedi at Star Wars Celebration this weekend, though[...]

Pins. One of the smallest collectibles on the market, but unique and a badge of honor to collectors. Star Wars and pin trading goes all the way back to

The next big one to happen will be Star Wars Celebration Orlando and it's time to make some predictions about what we could learn at the convention We also have to remember that Disney and Lucasfilm tend to have a presence at Comic-Con International, and D23, the Disney convention, is also this summer so they[...]

Well, maybe we won't have to wait until Thursday or Friday for Star Wars news after all: https://twitter.com/GMA/status/851411649575530496 Hmm...what

Funko announced on their blog today: Draw Wars! For the opportunity to receive one of their Star Wars Celebration exclusives From the blog post: Funko is proud to attend Star Wars Celebration in Orlando this week, so we're giving away a bunch of our Star Wars Celebration exclusives! To enter, draw the Star Wars Celebration exclusive you hope to[...]

#eliotcaps {font-variant: small-caps;} Well, we finally made it: Star Wars Celebration 2017 begins this week on Thursday, and I for one could not be more excited This will be my first, and one of the things that worries me about heading to a new convention is that I will miss something because I was not aware[...]

After weeks of friendly trash-talking between Bleeding Cool writers Jeremy "Big Ohio" Konrad and Lauren "Baltimore" Sisselman over various social media accounts (as well as behind the scenes), the editors told them to put their bantering to the test since they'll both be on assignment at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando from April 13th –[...]

This will be no different at this years Star Wars Celebration, as Funko will be bringing exclusives galore for every possible fan of Star Wars, from the animated series to the original trilogy, prequels, and beyond Here is a full rundown of all they will be offering Keep in mind as well: if you are[...]

Thanks to Kotobukiya, if you are going to Star Wars Celebration you can They will be selling a ARTFX+ 2 pack exclusively at the convention, as well as online for non-attendees From their website: A Kotobukiya Japanese import! Activated by Doctor Aphra and under the service of Darth Vader the assassin Droids known as 0-0-0 (Triple[...]

But it was one announcement that really perked my ears up, especially since I will be going to Star Wars Celebration in April, and that was that there will be a panel opening day of the con celebrating the 40th anniversary of Star Wars From the Celebration website: A very special tribute to the 40th anniversary[...]

So set hyperspace coordinates accordingly… Star Wars Celebration will be on April 13-16 and Bleeding Cool will be in attendance to bring you all of the craziness. As we move from the winter into the spring the beginning of the convention season has begun In April Star Wars fans from around the world will descend upon[...]

At this April's Star Wars Celebration, fans will flock to Orlando, Fl to celebrate Star Wars, get info on the upcoming The Last Jedi, and share in their love of everything related to Star Wars However, there will be a dark cloud hanging over the proceedings, as it will be the first Celebration and major[...]

It's been a few years since the Uncharted creator left Naughty Dog to go work on a game in the franchise with Visceral, but it is, as of yet, mostly illusive. The game director was at Star Wars Celebration though and she did talk a fair bit about the process of getting the game right[...]