Star Wars Weekends Guest List Announced!

By: Dominic Jones

With the first Disney Star Wars Weekend seven less than a month away, Disney has unveiled the celebrity guest list for the event.  The list includes actors from the original trilogy, prequel trilogy, The Clone Wars, and the upcoming Star Wars Rebels.  In addition, all weekends will be hosted by James Arnold Taylor (voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi on The Clone Wars).    The guests are:

Weekend I: May 16-18
Ahmed Best: Jar Jar Binks (Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace; Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones; Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith; Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Peter Mayhew: Chewbacca (Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith; Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope; Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back; Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi; Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Vanessa Marshall: Hera Syndulla (Star Wars Rebels)

Weekend II: May 23-25
Warwick Davis: Wicket W. Warrick (Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi); Wald (Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace)

Jeremy Bulloch: Boba Fett (Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back; Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi); Capt. Jeremoch Colton (Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith)

Tiya Sircar: Sabine Wren (Star Wars Rebels)

Weekend III: May 30-June 1
Ray Park: Darth Maul (Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace)

John Ratzenberger: Major Bren Derlin (Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back)

Taylor Gray: Ezra Bridger (Star Wars Rebels)

Weekend IV: June 6-8
Mark Hamill: Luke Skywalker (Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope; Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back; Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi); Darth Bane (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Ray Park: Darth Maul (Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace)

Billy Dee Williams: Lando Calrissian (Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back; Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi)

Taylor Gray: Ezra Bridger (Star Wars Rebels)

Weekend V: June 13-15
Dee Bradley Baker: Captain Rex/the Clones, Bossk and several additional characters (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Cat Taber: Padmé Amidala and several additional characters (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Tom Kane: Yoda, the series’ narrator and several additional characters (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Matt Lanter: Anakin Skywalker and several additional characters (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Steve Blum: Zeb Orrelios (Star Wars Rebels)

I have to say, it looks like Disney has knocked it out of the park again with the guest list.  The biggest surprise to me is that Jar Jar actor Ahmed Best will be there!  It is rare for Ahmed to make convention appearances so if you're looking for his autograph, this is a great opportunity to pick it up.  Also, it looks like Weekend V will be a bit of a Clone Wars reunion!  It's great to see those guys getting the love and respect they deserve from Disney and the fan community (#ThankTheCloneWars).  Weekend IV might be special as well, since Mark Hamil may (finally) be able to talk about Episode VII (assuming he's in it, of course).  Also interesting to note that four cast members from Rebels will be in attendance, hopefully this means there will be some new preview clips and/or trailers!

To all of you going down to Disney for Star Wars Weekends, have fun and know that I am very jealous of you!

Source: Disney

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