Under normal circumstances we would be anticipating the next Star Wars Celebration in a little over a month... But 2020 has been anything but normal. With a global pandemic upon us most major events have been postponed or canceled, including this year's Celebration which was slated to be held in Anaheim, California in August. With that convention postponed until 2022 it looks we'll have to wait a long time before we can get together to "celebrate" Star Wars together... or perhaps not!
New York Comic Con is happening right now in the Big Apple and moments ago another fantastic Star Wars panel just concluded. The Journey To The Rise Of Skywalker publishing panel explored all of the Star Wars literature that's being released in the lead up to Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker's theatrical debut on December 20th.
This Fall and Winter is going to be huge for Star Wars! In addition to the release of Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker and the video game Jedi: Fallen Order, Disney+ will also be launching, and with it, the first ever live-action Star Wars series. Star Wars: The Mandalorian, written and executive produced by Jon Favreau, is set to launch with Disney+, and we got a sneak peek at it during Star Wars Celebration Chicago. Now it appears we're going to learn even more about the series very soon.
Following today's big news regarding the Sith Trooper from Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, we've now been treated to another exciting announcement from LEGO! The legendary building block king will be bringing a couple of very special things to San Diego Comic Con next week, and you'll be able to take one of them home.
For the past 48 hours the Star Wars news cycle has been dominated by updates for Star Wars Celebration Chicago! Lucasfilm and Reedpop have been dumping a massive amount of information this week, revealing new panels, guests, exclusives, and an overhauled queuing system. In addition to all of that, today they revealed the (mostly) full official schedule for Celebration Chicago.
On this episode Zac and Ben take on breaking down all the exciting trailers and announcements released at San Diego Comic Con 2018! They dive into the good, the bad and the weird Comic Con's offering including trailers for Aquaman, Shazam!, Titans, Arrow, Supergirl and more from DC. The guys also discuss the epic previews for Godzilla: King Of Monsters, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald, Doctor Who: season 11, and more. Also listen for more talk about the upcoming seventh season of The Clone Wars and the exciting trailer that announced it. This is an episode you don't want to miss!
Another day, another exciting Star Wars panel at San Diego Comic Con! Today we actually have two big panels happening, the first being the Hasbro Star Wars panel, in which a plethora of new collectibles were just revealed. Our very own Dominic Jones was in attendance and live-tweeted the panel detailing everything that was announced.
On this momentous episode Chris, Ben and Dominic freak out about the massive breaking news regarding Star Wars: The Clone Wars and its upcoming return with all new episodes! They provide their thoughts and speculation about the announcement(while trying to contain their excitement) and discuss the thrilling trailer that was released along with it. In addition, while reporting in live from San Diego Comic Con, Dominic describes his experience attending The Clone Wars' 10th anniversary panel and the audience's reaction to the big reveal. Furthermore, Chris and Ben discuss the newly revealed bonus features for Solo: A Star Wars Story, as well as a talk about positivity in Star Wars fandom and how it made the #SaveTheCloneWarsCampaign a success. Listen for all that and much more!
By: Benjamin Hart
Earlier today the official Star Wars Celebration site was finally updated with the full schedule of events for Star Wars Celebration Orlando! Because of this, we now know when and where to attend each and every panel and event happening over the four days of the convention.
While many fans will be delighted to know where they can begin lining up for the big panels for The Last Jedi and Star Wars' 40th anniversary, a closer look reveals an assortment of intriguing events covering a range of topics including books, comics, music, trivia, behind the scenes, gaming, collecting, theme parks, Podcasting, fandom and so much more. There will even be special screenings of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and The Original Trilogy films, as well as select episodes of Star Wars Rebels.
With so much going on this year it's easy to forget about the amazing Star Wars events happening next year, one of which is Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017. Next April thousands of Star Wars fans from across the globe will converge on the Orange County Convention Center, and if you're among, them, there are multiple ways you can be more than just a simple attendee.
If you're not already hyped for the next Star Wars Celebration, you should be, because it's right around the corner. Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 is coming up in April and we have a ton of exciting things to look forward to, including perhaps our first glimpses at Star Wars Episode VIII and much more.
Although most will know Adam Savage as a "Mythbuster" from the incredibly popular television series that ran from 2003 until earlier this year, some might not be aware of his passion for cosplay. Savage has created and worn numerous costumes over the years and has made a tradition of attending San Diego Comic Con every year "incognito" as a plethora of different characters. In doing so, Savage challenges his fellow Comic Con attendees to try and spot him in his masked ensemble.
Now that we're a few weeks removed from San Diego Comic Con Savage and his team have begun to officially unveil the costumes he wore at the convention. This year he cosplayed as two different characters, the first being the bear from The Revenant and the second is Kylo Ren from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
On Savage's YouTube channel, Tested, a video was posted showing of his experience walking the Comic Con show floor while wearing the Kylo Ren costume, which was created by ANOVOS. You can see the video below:
StarWars.com also spoke with Adam Savage about his incognito preperation and experiences in an interview, which you can check out here!
Adam is no stranger to the Star Wars saga, having previously worked for Industrial Light & Magic building miniatures for The Phantom Menace and Attack Of The Clones.
It was previously announced that Hasbro would be once again holding a massive online poll to let the fans decide what the next 6-inch Black Series action figure will be. Hasbro recruited many fan sites, including the SWU, to collect character suggestions. Now that all the votes have been counted, the finalists have been unveiled. Today on StarWars.com the final poll for the contest was opened to voters and six finalists were revealed. And they are:
Captain Rex
Darth Talon
Dengar
Jaina Solo
Mara Jade
Starkiller
The poll will close this Friday, July 22nd, at 12:00pm PT, which when the Hasbro panel will take place at San Diego Comic Con. The winner will be announced there. That's only a few days away, so click here to get voting!
We here at The Star Wars Underworld are officially endorsing CT-7567, Clone Captain Rex, in this poll. As longtine fans of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, we'd love to see Rex immortalized in Hasbro's incredible Black series line. We encourage everyone vote for Rex and and share this article on social media using the hashtag #VoteRex.
Star Wars Celebration is coming up this weekend which makes it an incredibly exciting time to be a Star Wars fan once again. Although many have made the trip to London for the convention, a multitude of fans will be unable to make it to this Celebration. Thankfully, Lucasfilm has us all covered with The Star Wars Show LIVE. On this week's Star Wars Show hosts Andi Gutierrez and Peter Townley revealed that they will be broadcasting live from a stage in the middle of the show floor and will be bringing tons of awesome content to those watching, including celebrity interviews and much more.
In addition, they will be streaming many of the big panels happening at this Celebration. From the highly anticipated Rogue One panel on Friday, to the Star Wars Rebels: Season three panel on Saturday and the closing ceremonies on Sunday, all will be available to watch from anywhere in the world on the Star Wars YouTube channel. StarWars.com has released the full schedule for the live stream, which you can check out below:
Friday, July 15
11:00 a.m. BST / 6:00 a.m. EDT / 3:00 a.m. PDT - Star Wars Show Live! – Friday Preview
11:30 a.m. BST / 6:00 a.m. EDT / 3:00 a.m. PDT - An Hour With Mark Hamill
With Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 happening in London in just over a week, news and information regarding the convention has been pouring out recently. Of course one of the major things drawing fans to Celebration are all the amazing panels happening through the course of the event, such as the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story panel on Friday and the Future Filmmakers panel on Sunday. Today it was announced that wristbands will be required to attend each individual panel on the Celebration stage. Starting at 8:00pm on the previous day, attendees may queue to get a wristband for the corresponding panel. The wristbands will be handed out at 6:00am the day of the panel. A second wristband can be acquired for another panel after that point while supplies last, but wristbands are limited to two per person each day.
Panels on all other stages, such as the Behind-The-Scenes Stage, Galaxy Stage, Fan/Collectors’ Stage and One Force Stage, will not require wristbands for admittance and will be filled based on a first-come, first-served basis. If you will be participating in the wristbanding process be sure to check out the full details on that and much more here!
It should be noted that this wristband process has been utilized previously at New York Comic Con and worked efficiently. Hopefully it was will be just as effective at Star Wars Celebration.
Star Wars Celebration Europe kicks off at the Excel Exhibition center next Friday, July 15th and runs through Sunday, July 17th.
Attendees of San Diego Comic Con will want to take note of the influx of news about exclusive collectibles over the past day or so. Yesterday Entertainment Earth, Mattel and others revealed what toys they will be offering up at the convention. Today we've gotten a brand new batch of similar news, this time coming from the likes of ThinkGeek, Funko and Beast Kingdom. Courtesy of the fine folks at Yakface, we have compiled all the latest exclusives below!
First off, Funko has revealed a new collection of Pop! vinyl figures that will be exclusively available at SDCC, and among them are some Star Wars figures, along with what appears to be the first ever Indiana Jones Pop. Included are Han Solo with Chewbacca's Bowcaster and BB-8 with his iconic thumbs up torch from The Force Awakens, as well as Indiana Jones with the classic idol from Raiders Of The Lost Ark.
Moving along, ThinkGeek unveiled several exclusive items, such as a mini Bounty Hunter plush set for $30 which includes Bossk, Dengar, IG-88 and Boba Fett. In addition, they will be offering plush of Han Solo in Carbonite for $12 as well as a Slave I plush that comes with an attached Han Solo in Carbonite plush also for $12. And if you spend $60 or more with ThinkGeek you will get a free enamel pin that features a slidable Rey on her Speeder.
Next up, Bluefin Tamashii Nations will be bringing their special edition Movie Realization Teppou Ashigaru Sandtrooper. The figure, which is meant to put a Star Wars spin on an ancient Japanease design, includes an assortment of features along with the incredible details of the figure itself. These will also be available at Star Wars Celebration Europe in London. You can find out more info about the figure here.
Furthermore, Gentle Giant revealed that in addition to the previously announced Luke Skywalker jumbo figures, they will be making two new mini busts available exclusively at SDCC. One is of Captain Phasma from The Force Awakens and the other is an early concept design for Chewbacca created by the legendary Ralph McQuarrie. Each mini bust is cast in high quality polystone and costs $120 each. To learn more about them, click here.
And finally, Beast Kingdom has pulled back the curtain on their exclusive Star Wars products, which includes a Chrome Stormtrooper figure going for $100, a gold Sandtrooper figure also priced at $100 and a Captain Phasma figure going for $85. All the figures stand at 6-inches tall, come with an assortment of accessories and feature over 20 points of articulation. In addition, they also revealed a floating Millennium Falcon Egg Attack statue. All the products will be available at booths #2845 and #401. For more information, click here.
San Diego Comic Con runs from July 21st through the 24th at the San Diego Convention Center!
With Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 right around the corner we're finally getting our first look at some of the exclusive collectibles that will be available at the convention. Our friends at Jedi News received word from Mattel that a brand new prototype armor Boba Fett Hot Wheels car will be among the items for sale exclusively at this Celebration.
The design is based on an early concept for Boba Fett(seen in this video) that had the infamous bounty hunter appear in an all-white version of his iconic armor. The toy itself includes twin turbo engines that mimic Boba's jet pack, a range finder and several weapons extending from the hood. Senior Hot Wheels designer Bryan Benedict spoke briefly about translating Fett into car form:
“I am a huge fan of Star Wars, so to get the opportunity to recreate classic characters as part of my job is a huge honour. I am excited to be amongst the fans and to unveil our exclusive Boba Fett car that I designed as a rat rod, because to me Boba Fett is basically a walking rat rod - with his banged up helmet and cool attitude. But this is a rat rod with super-advanced technology, and, in the case of our Celebration exclusive, he’s been given a pristine white paint scheme to match the prototype armour.”
The cars will be available at booth #S502 on the Celebration floor, and Bryan Benedict will be there Saturday morning for a car signing. In addition, those who attended the Hot Wheels panel on the Behind-The-Scenes stage on Saturday(4:30 PM - 5:30 PM) will get a first look at the upcoming line of Star Wars Hot Wheels cars and will be able to give their two cents on what the next Celebration exclusive will be.
Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 is happening July 15th - 17th at the ExCel Exhibition Centre in London, England!
The convention season is heating up over the next few weeks with some of the biggest events happening in all corners of the globe. Arguably the biggest convention on the planet is San Diego Comic Con, which is kicking off on July 20th. While it's still unclear what kind of presence Star Wars will have at this year's SDCC, we do have an idea about what kind of exclusive merchandise will be available there. Today, Gentle Giant LTD, Mattel and Entertainment Earth unveiled the collectibles that they will be bringing to SDCC. You can check them out below!
First off, Yahoo Movies reports that Mattel has revealed a Hot Wheels version of the classic Death Star trench run from A New Hope. The set features four Hot Wheels cars in the form of an X-Wing, two TIE Fighters and Darth Vader's TIE Advanced fighter. The cars are packaged in Death Star trench inspired packaging that lights up. The set can be pre-ordered on MattyCollector.com and will be available at SDCC for $50. You can see more photos here.
Next up, Yakface alerted us to the news that Entertainment Earth will have an 18-inch vac-metal C-3PO figure with a red arm, as he appeared in The Force Awakens. The limited edition figure is from Jakks Pacific and features 7 points of articulation. They will be sold exclusive at booth #2343 for $60 each. More details can be found here.
And finally, Yodasnews provided a first look at Gentle Giant's jumbo Farmboy Luke action figures. The two figures, one with brown hair and one with yellow hair, is a 1:6 scale replica enlargement of the original 1983 3 ¾” Return Of The Jedi figure. Both figures feature full articulation to match the original, including the classic yellow retractable Lightsaber. Both versions are limited to 250 pieces and will be available exclusively at SDCC for $80 each. For more photos and information, visit Yodasnews!
San Diego Comic Con's preview night begins July 20th and convention will run from July 21st through July 24th!
We are now just twenty days away from the kick off of Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 in London! Lots of new has been dropping recently, and the most recent reveal gives us a ton of much needed information about the convention. The official Celebration web site has just been updated with the the full list of exhibitors that will be filling up booths on the show floor, as well as the schedules for all the various panels that will be happening over the course of the event. To see the full list of exhibitors, you can click here.
And speaking of which, you might recognize one of the exhibitors in particular. If you're attending this Celebration, you'll definitely want to stop by booth S342 because that's where The Star Wars Underworld's first ever convention booth will be set up! Please be sure to pay us a visit, we'd love to see you all there!
Also revealed today was the schedules for the various stages, including the Celebration stage, Fan & Collectors' stage, Galaxy stage, Behind-The-Scenes stage and the One Force Stage. You can see all of those schedules by clicking here!
Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 takes place July 15th - 17th at the ExCel Exhibiton Centre in London, England!
If you're headed to London next month for Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016, you'll want to start planning ahead for what you want to see and do at the convention. Thankfully, Lucasfilm is making planning easier with a plethora of announcements today. Four new guests were recently confirmed, and now we have info on some events happening over the course of Celebration, as well as a look at the floor plan.
First off, they confirmed two film screenings for the convention. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope will be screened on the evening of Friday, July 15th. The most recent installment in the Saga, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, will be screened the following evening on Saturday, July 16th. Both films will be shown on the Celebration Stage.
Secondly, the floor plan has been released. On it you can see where the various stages and queuing areas are located and get an overview of the show floor. Click here to check it out!
Lastly, but certainly not least, details on the Star Wars Celebration Art Show were revealed, giving us our first look at the artwork and artists that will be participating. A collection of artists, all of which have been vetted by a panel of Lucasfilm judges, will be presenting their exclusive, limited edition art prints on the show floor for sale. The artwork is nothing short of spectacular, featuring characters and elements from all corners of the Star Wars Galaxy, including several Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars: The Force Awakens pieces. The full list of artists and a few pieces of artwork follow. The rest can be seen on the official Celebration web site.
Alex Buechel
Brandon Kenney
Brian DeGuire
Brian Miller
Brian Rood
Chris Reiff
Christian Waggoner
Crystal Fontan
Drew Baker
Erik Maell
Jason Palmer
Jason Christman
Jeff Carlisle
Jerry Vanderstelt
Joe Corroney
Kaela Croft
Karen Hallion
Kayla Woodside
Malcolm Tween
Matt Busch
Robert Hendrickson
Russel Walks
Tsuneo Sanda
By: Joe Corroney
By Kaela Croft
By Karen Hallion
Londonium Calling by Jeff Carlisle
Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 takes place July 15th - 17th at the Excel Exhibit Centre in London!
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