Convention News

If you go to SDCC don’t expect too many news about the upcoming Star Wars movie. It has been revealed today that there will be no The Rise of Skywalker panel at SDCC. JJ Abrams and crew will not be in San Diego. They thought of ways to top the The Force Awakens panel from 2015, but couldn’t figure out a way to achieve that. So instead, they will save everything for D23, which will take place August 23-25. The question now is if a new trailer will also be revealed during D23, it would make sense.

There’ll be no rising at SDCC

Star Wars Celebration Chicago may have ended, but we have a few more galleries to post for our coverage. Check out our trip to the Droid Builders room, always an amazing experience! Get the full gallery right here!

We are wrapping up things on the convention floor with our final costuming And convention gallery! Click through for a look at cosplay and events from the final day of Celebration Chicago.

It’s day 4 at Celebration Chicago and we are still going strong! Check out some of the amazing costumes, panels, and fun from today’s Celebration experience!

Well, I am not sure if Tom Kane is going to have a job after this. During an interview at Star Wars Celebration, he stated that for the last six years he’s voiced Admiral Ackbar. And he immediately explained his disdain for his character’s death in The Last Jedi. He said (paraphrased) “And I was not really thrilled how they blew him up outside of the ship. And I’m like who’s this Holdo woman? And nobody knows this. No one invested in this. Who is she? Why is she saving the fleet?” before the host interrupted him to change topics and looked nervously doing so. The host’s expression is classic. See the clip yourself before it gets edited out at the 3 hours 49-minutes mark of the live feed on YouTube.

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Here’s a look at some of the fun costumes and activities from day 3 of Celebration Chicago!

Day 2 is a wrap! Click through for our full gallery of costuming and festivities from around the convention!

Check out our gallery of events, fans, cosplay, and more from Day 1 of Star Wars Celebration Chicago!

Tomorrow I’m making my trek north to Chicago to kick off JTA’s coverage of Celebration Chicago! If you are attending, make sure to stop by at one of  our giveaway times and say hi! I will be on-location to cover various areas of the show, including panels, costuming, booths, and more, while Paul, Caleb, and Thomas will be on the home-front posting news to the front page! JTA will be giving out our swag at the Diorama Workshop (booth 3511) at predetermined times (click through for our full giveaway schedule). We’ll also be joining up with various other groups to give away our chase cards. A big thanks to Frank Diorio and his team at the Diorama Workshop for hosting us for our giveaways! We will also be teaming up with Jedi News for our card giveaways at the Diorama Workshop, so make sure to grab some of their swag when you stop by!

We’ve put together a portal page which we will update each evening after the day’s events collecting all of our coverage for that day. You can find a quick link graphic in the top right corner of our page for easy access. We’ll also be adding images throughout the event, so make sure to follow us on Facebook so you can see the galleries as they are added. We’ll post links here on the front page as we fill the galleries. 

May the Force Be With You!

Heading to Chicago for Star Wars Celebration? You had better pack in a bigger backpack! The SWAG is off the charts this year. Our friends over at the SWAG Crew Facebook group have been tracking any and all SWAG they’ve seen posted, an

d the final count came in at over 2800 pieces! Click through to browse through the massive gallery of fan-made SWAG!

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Yesterday Jedi News and Jedi Temple Archives announced they were teaming up to give away exclusive Celebration Chicago Brew Master Drink Coasters. These pub-style coasters will be limited and only available this week at Star Wars Celebration Chicago. Both sites have other SWAG to share with attendees of Star Wars Celebration Chicago too.

We can now share the giveaways schedules for both Jedi News and Jedi Temple Archives for all five days of the show. We look forward to seeing those of you that are attending the show. Happy hunting!

Jedi Temple Archives and Jedi News are teaming up to give away exclusive Celebration Chicago Brew Master Drink Coasters. These pub-style coasters will be limited and only available this week at Star Wars Celebration Chicago.

Check back tomorrow for our full giveaway schedule to see how you can pick these up, as well as other SWAG from both sites. We will be doing coordinated giveaways, so you can pick up your SWAG from both sites at the same time. May the Froth Be With You!

You can finally download the mobile app for both Android and iOS for Star Wars Celebration Chicago. Head to the app store for your device and check it out!

We now have the full run of 20 Star Tots revealed for the Collecting Track panels next week. Click below for a look at the final 6, and click through for a recap of the entire run.

The Collecting Track is proud to announce the last 6 Star Tots we will be giving away at Celebration! Sandtrooper! Chief Chirpa! C-3PO in Backpack! Leia in Ewok Village dress! Gargan! And Oola!

As a reminder, each Tot is an enameled metal character-shaped medallion, done in the style of the vintage unproduced Kenner Star Tots preschool line. They are official, fully licensed Celebration exclusives and can only be found at our panels. And each comes with a special mini-coin, inspired by the vintage Kenner Power of the Force coins! We even got the same company to produce them for us!

Attend any Collecting Track panel in room W474 to receive yours! Free! Collect all 20!

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Want to window shop before the big event? Check out what will be on sale at the Star Wars Celebration merchandise store…

Toynk has released quite the selection of Star Wars items to be released at Star Wars Celebration Chicago, including pins and tikis for those continuing with collecting them from previous years. Click below to have a look at the full listing.

Check out the next Star Tots reveal, featuring 6 more. A total of 14 have been revealed so far (check out the first 8 here and here). 

The Collecting Track is proud to announce the next 6 Star Tots we will be giving away at Celebration! Han in Stormtrooper disguise! 2-1B! Chewbacca in Ceremonial outfit! Luke in Tatooine Poncho! Teebo! And Vader Unmasked!

As a reminder, each Tot is an enameled metal character-shaped medallion, done in the style of the vintage unproduced Kenner Star Tots preschool line. They are official, fully licensed Celebration exclusives and can only be found at our panels. And each comes with a special mini-coin, inspired by the vintage Kenner Power of the Force coins! We even got the same company to produce them for us!

Going to Celebration Chicago next month? You will want to go sign up for the Exhibitor Exclusives lottery if you want to secure a spot in line to buy the Hasbro, LEGO, or Funko exclusives. Click here to sign up!

Check out the next 4 Star Tots for Star Wars Celebration Chicago. View the first 4 here. 

Here are the pictures of the next 4 Star Tots the Collecting Track will be giving away at Celebration!  Slave Leia!  Cantina Band Member!  Imperial Snitch!  And Tarkin! 

As a reminder, each of them is an enameled metal character-shaped medallion, done in the style of the unproduced vintage Kenner Star Tots preschool line.  They are an official and fully licensed Celebration exclusive, which can only be obtained at our panels.  And each comes with a special mini-medallion, inspired by the vintage Kenner Power of the Force coins!  We even got the same company to produce them for us!

All you need to do is attend any of the Collecting Track panels in room W474 at Celebration to receive yours!  Absolutely free!  Collect all 20!

StarWars.com has posted the full line-up of panels for Celebration Chicago. Click through to check out the panel line-up for the entire weekend. Hasbro’s panel is scheduled for Friday from 3PM-4PM Central. We will be there for live coverage!

Fans looking forward to the popular Collecting Track panels and collecting the exclusive Star Tots now have a full schedule to plan around. Click through for details…

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StarWars.com has previewed the exclusives for Star Wars Celebration! Check them out!

Well, this should be interesting. If you are attending Celebration, and you want to attend a major panel, you will need to basically win the lottery. Standing in line at Celebration panels is one of the biggest time-sucks known to Star Wars fandom. Will this fix the problem? In my experience, solutions to problems like this often end up having all-new problems of their own. I think they would be better off reserving half the seating for this type of lottery and let the other half be for the die-hards who want to stand in line all night. Click here for full details! Celebration is just a few weeks away! I hope to see some of you JTA fans there! 

Attendees of the Star Wars Celebration Collecting Track panels will once again get a free Star Tot for each panel they attend. There are 20 Tots in total. Click through for full details.

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The Ohio Star Wars Collecting Club (OSWCC) has produced some great collector case patch sets over the past few Celebrations, but this one might be their best! They revealed a life-sized Laser Rifle Action Figure Case patch set as their Celebration Chicago set. Click through for full details on how you can get each piece!

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