Official Star Wars Celebration Website Reveals Floor Plan, New Event Details and More.

Celebration Episode VIII Rogue OneStar Wars Celebration Europe 2016 is just around the corner, so if you’re part of the lucky few who have tickets for the convention next month, you may want to get a head start on your planning for the show. The official Celebration site has updated its page today with new details including a floor plan, show events, guidelines and much, much more. Read on for more details.

 

Fan received some great news, one announced on yesterday’s episode of The Star Wars Show and a few others on the Celebration Europe official Twitter page. The Star Wars Show exclusively revealed that Anthony Daniels will be making an appearance, and Celebration’s Twitter website also shared that Peter Mayhew, Jeremy Bulloch, Daniel Logan will join stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher at the family friendly event as well.

 

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In recent weeks, the official Celebration website has shown us the all-new ‘Rogue One’ and ‘The Force Awakens’ themed Celebration poster as well sharing big news that Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and Rogue One director Gareth Edwards are attending the ‘Rogue One’ panel. Other cool stuff that will invade Celebration is the debut of Star Wars virtual reality game, Trials on Tatooine, new Star Wars video games and a debut of the first two episodes of Star Wars Rebels Season 3.

 

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Fans in attendance will also get a chance to see two fan favorite Star Wars films on the main Celebration Stage. First up will be the classic that started it all with ‘Star Wars’ on Friday, July 15th, then return to a galaxy far, far away on Saturday, July 16th with the blockbuster smash Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

 

This family event will surely be a day long remembered…

 

You can check out the newly revealed floor plan here. Points of interest on this newly released floor layout include the recently discussed ‘Rogue One’ costume and props walk-through gallery, the galaxy stage, autograph hall, the Star Wars fan collectors stage and the infamous LEGO play area.

 

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With the recent negative re-shoot media extravaganza on the internet, there may be good reason to expect some kind of ‘Rogue One’ footage revealed at Celebration Europe. For one thing, it’s Star Wars Celebration, and what better place to set the record straight that all is well than to premiere completed footage at a Star Wars event. Of course, for those not lucky enough to NOT be attending, SWNN will keep you up-to-date on all the latest and breaking news.

 

Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 will be held at London’s ExCel Centre from July 15 to 17.

 

Remember to follow SWNN for continuing updates on Celebration and more breaking Star Wars news daily.

 

As always, May the Force be with you…

 

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62 thoughts on “Official Star Wars Celebration Website Reveals Floor Plan, New Event Details and More.

  • June 16, 2016 at 9:51 am
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    “Fans in attendance will also get a chance to see two fan favorite Star Wars films on the main Celebration Stage. First up will be the classic that started it all with ‘Star Wars’ on Friday, July 15th, then return to a galaxy far, far away on Saturday, July 16th with the blockbuster smash Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

    They might as well show ANH twice.

    • June 16, 2016 at 10:00 am
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      Get over it. Tired and old.

      • June 16, 2016 at 10:35 am
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        Yes, that complaint is clumsy and stupid…at best!

        • June 16, 2016 at 10:49 am
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          Don’t get cocky, Kid!

          • June 16, 2016 at 11:10 am
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            His cockiness its worse!

        • June 16, 2016 at 11:05 am
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          you know what clumsy and stupid is?
          wait for it..
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          The Force Awakens!
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          drum roll….
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          .. at best!

          • June 16, 2016 at 11:17 am
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            i wouldnt dare.

          • June 16, 2016 at 4:35 pm
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            Biggest SW movie since ’77. One of the best reviewed movies of the year. Too bad the vast majority of critics and audiences disagree with you.

          • June 16, 2016 at 9:16 pm
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            too bad… if only i cared.

            the only things is, around here, one just has to like TFA, otherwise our arguments are called “clumsy and stupid” and there’s a swarm of you, the satisfied fans trying to convert us, or rather, downplay us as a some sort of hipster minority who hate everything and don’t know shit about real SW. guess what, I dont have a problem with you enjoying the movie, so why can’t you just make peace with the fact that theres a group of people who were truly disappointed with it? i don’t go around explaining to you how poorly written, directed VII was, how the score was instantly forgettable and how lazy the design was cuz although I disagree with you, I respect your opinion and enjoyment of the film. all i ask for is, in return, the same.

          • June 17, 2016 at 4:29 am
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            Lol….there’s always a minority of ‘fans’ who complain about films they supposedly are fans of. I predict that folks like you will not like R1, E8, or E9. You have your negative reviews already in your head. You know I’m right.

          • June 17, 2016 at 6:01 am
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            Well, one of the functions of a comment board is to express opinions, and then other people have the opportunity to agree with, disagree with, or debate those opinions. No one here is forcing you to like the movie, but when you offer an opinion that people disagree with, they will let you know how they feel when they think what you said is lacking is sense and poorly argued. That’s how forums/comment boards work. I personally can’t stand prequel trilogy and I criticize it continually. Then other posters debate me and tell me why they think I’m wrong, or affirm that they agree with me. I personally think that your opinions of the The Force Awakens are nonsense and clueless, and it’s my choice to express that. If you don’t want to engage in a debate and actually back up your opinions, fine. All you have to do is ignore it.

      • June 16, 2016 at 3:12 pm
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        Don’t care. I’m not going anywhere.

        • June 16, 2016 at 4:33 pm
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          And your criticisms will still be lame and repetitive.

          • June 16, 2016 at 6:30 pm
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            Is that all you’ve got? Stick your head in the sand all you want. It won’t change the fact that Abrams rehashed ANH and called it a sequel.

          • June 16, 2016 at 6:45 pm
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            Your “fact” is actually a complaint and that’s all the proof we need of your irrational hatred.

          • June 17, 2016 at 3:27 am
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            You sound like a Prequel lover who blindly dismisses any criticism as people getting on the hate bandwagon.

          • June 18, 2016 at 3:48 am
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            So… having a complaint with TFA automatically means I have irrational hatred for it? ^_-

          • June 17, 2016 at 6:05 am
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            All you have is parroting what other people have already repeated ad nauseam. Star Wars movies always referenced one another and contain parallels and images that mirror previous ones. It’s a set formula that these movies all follow. If you’re open minded, watch this to explain exactly what I’m talking about:
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbaliPyihCY

          • June 18, 2016 at 3:55 am
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            Who cares if I have the same complaints as many other people? That doesn’t make them any less valid. People have similar complaints and praises for various aspects of a film all the time. You only regard it as parroting when it criticizes something you love.

            You can enjoy Star Wars while finding fault with it. I criticize TFA because I expected a better film than what we got and because we deserved a better film. TFA played it way too safe by banking on nostalgia and rehashing things that have been done before.

            I’ll check out your video later on.

        • June 16, 2016 at 6:46 pm
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          Get off my lawn!

          • June 17, 2016 at 3:25 am
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            How appropriate.

    • June 16, 2016 at 10:35 am
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      Will you please stop calling The Force Awakens a copy?

      • June 16, 2016 at 3:13 pm
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        No. It rehashed way too much from ANH. Not calling it such wouldn’t change a thing.

        • June 16, 2016 at 3:16 pm
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          Then the word that you should be using is “Tribute”.

          • June 16, 2016 at 3:17 pm
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            No. Rehash. I had faith in Abrams, despite what I saw from Into Darkness, because he said he was a Star Wars fan.

            He has failed me.

          • June 16, 2016 at 3:31 pm
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            Too bad for you because you’re too much on originality.

          • June 16, 2016 at 6:06 pm
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            Okay… ^_-

          • June 16, 2016 at 6:45 pm
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            This will blindly you costly for Episode VIII, mark my words well jerk.

          • June 17, 2016 at 1:19 am
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            NOOOO! In MY view the JEDI are evil and this will blindly YOU costly!

          • June 17, 2016 at 2:21 am
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            So, you will enjoy episode VIII then?

          • June 17, 2016 at 4:42 am
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            I don’t…know? Beeee…cause it’s still several years away from release? Do you make it a habit of deciding what film you will enjoy and sing the praises of prior to seeing it often?

          • June 17, 2016 at 3:25 am
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            I’m a jerk for having a different opinion? Telling…

          • June 16, 2016 at 3:47 pm
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            go fuck off bitch

          • June 16, 2016 at 5:32 pm
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            Just because other people keep parroting the same crap over and over again, you dont have to jump onto the wagon.
            Its a homage movie to ANH, not a rehash. Ever since Starkiller base first appeared on the official trailer, this should have been clear to everyone.

          • June 16, 2016 at 6:05 pm
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            How convenient of you to assume that I’m merely parroting other people’s opinions. You do realize it is possible for numerous people to watch the same film and reach similar conclusions, right?

          • June 16, 2016 at 6:46 pm
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            And yet they will still like it, like my family. It’s a mirror of a film that we watched growing up and that’s a good thing for many of us.

          • June 16, 2016 at 7:35 pm
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            Obviously its possible, but not in your case. I bet you havent even heard the expression ,,Mary Sue” before the haters started parroting Max Landis’s idiocracy.

          • June 17, 2016 at 3:20 am
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            How is it not possible in my case? How is TFA not largely a rehash of ANH?

            Droid carrying important information that both organizations are after? Check. One of new trio captured and interrogated by main villain before being rescued by good guy in stormtrooper armor? Check. Future Jedi apprentice comes across droid carrying important information on desert planet before making escape on Falcon? Check. Learns about the Force on Falcon? Check. Death Star 3.0 destroys planet(s) halfway through film? Check. Mentor character killed by main villain in black? Check. Good guys try to blow up Death Star 3.0 before they get wiped out by super weapon? Check. Good guys blow up Death Star 3.0 during climax of film? Check.

            No, I haven’t heard of the term “Mary Sue” before Max Landis said it, but if the shoe fits, then what’s the problem?

            Rey was a Mary Sue in that she started off with a bunch of skills, some incompatible with her background and portrayal. She kept winning and outperforming characters around her in areas they should be reasonably skilled with. She almost never needed saving, especially if it made someone else look good at her expense. She learned Force powers in a way inconsistent with what was previously established in the Star Wars saga. She was able to defeat the main villain on her first try after wielding the lightsaber for the first time.

            Rey’s portrayal screamed “girl power”. Unlike Rey, Luke was allowed to succeed AND fail. He needed saving (e.g. sand people and Cantina bar aliens). He made mistakes he couldn’t always fix himself (freeing Leia but not having a proper exit strategy). He didn’t fight Vader until the 2nd film, after seeing some on screen training. Guess what? He still lost the fight.

            Finn was Rey’s co-lead so that he could make her look even better than she was. He was inferior; she was superior. The token black guy was used to further elevate the awesomeness of the white female lead. In 2015. It disgusts me that Disney was cool doing that.

    • June 16, 2016 at 12:11 pm
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      Its a bit ironic that people who call TFA unoriginal keep parroting the same thing over and over again…

      • June 16, 2016 at 3:12 pm
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        Those movies haven’t changed. Why should my criticism?

        • June 16, 2016 at 4:38 pm
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          Because your criticism is lame and as Davis said, parroted from other people looking to bash the movie because it was so massively and critically successful.

          • June 16, 2016 at 6:27 pm
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            Just because someone has a different opinion than you, no matter how popular yours is, doesn’t mean they’re parroting other people.

            What does my criticism have to do with TFA’s financial and critical success? I never denied that it made over $2 billion dollars at the box office (good for Disney) or that most critics loved it. That doesn’t change the fact that it rehashed a lot of things from ANH, like a Jedi protagonist on a desert planet who escaped via the Falcon and Death Star 3.0.

          • June 17, 2016 at 6:18 am
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            It was as every bit as similar to A New Hope as The Phantom Menace was:

            A boy grows up on Tatooine in an unsatisfactory life, but show tremendous skills as a pilot. The boy dreams of one day flying away to become a great warrior. The boy meets a Jedi Knight who promises to teach him about the force and become a Jedi. Boy initially resists, but then agrees to leave Tatooine with the wise Jedi Knight. The Jedi and the boy seeks to help a young female royal save her people and restore peace in a conflict. The Jedi Knight is killed by a Sith in a lightsaber fight, leaving the boy to be trained by someone else. The boy flies a starfighter he’s never flown before with the droid R2-D2 to blow up and enemy space station to help save the young female royal’s people. The people then hold a celebration in which the heroes stand atop stairs in the final shot of the film.

            Gee, that sounds kinda familiar, don’t ya think?

          • June 18, 2016 at 3:39 am
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            1. When have I ever defended The Phantom Menace? ^_-

            2. How does this justify Disney lazily rehashing ANH?

            3. TFA is much more a rehash of ANH than TPM was:

            – stormtroopers engage in battle with good guys before main villain shows up
            – main villain kills a character he’s interrogating
            – droid with important information that both factions are after roams about on desert planet
            – a main character (in the new trio) captured by main villain and is tortured to give out secret information before a good guy in stormtrooper armor rescues them
            – character escapes evil organization from space and winds up on desert planet before meeting up with Jedi apprentice protagonist
            – Jedi apprentice protagonist meets up with droid on desert planet before escaping stormtroopers on Falcon
            – protagonist meets Han and Chewie
            – protagonist learns about the Force on Falcon
            – Cantina bar scene, complete with a good variety of aliens; transportation to good guys sought here
            – Death Star blows up planet(s) halfway through film
            – heroes go to Death Star, involving a rescue of female character in some way
            – good guys try to blow up Death Star before they get blown up
            – main villain murders mentor character
            – good guys succeed in blowing up Death Star; Falcon and X-Wings escape as Death Star is destroyed

            rehashed content: stormtroopers, X-Wings, TIE Fighters, Cantina bar, Falcon, Rebels 2.0, Empire 2.0, Darth Vader 2.0, Emperor 2.0, Death Star 3.0, desert planet, star destroyers, Yavin IV, etc.

          • June 18, 2016 at 7:40 am
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            I can make just as similar a list with the prequels. And whether you liked them or not is irrelevant. The point is that TFA recalls previous SW episodes just as the prequels echoed events, aesthetics and plot points of the original trilogy. And yet TFA is somehow the rehash and those weren’t?

            Are you familiar at all with the way that wars are fought, how militaries operate and the technology and vehicles that they use and how they evolve over time? They still use aircraft carriers today that were used in the 1970s. They still fly jets that look basically similar to ones used 30 years ago. And this is the US. military, the most extensively-funded military in the world. Why is is so unacceptable that you still see X-Wings and Tie Fighters? Why is it wrong to show dictatorial regimes? Look at North Korea. It’s the same show of power that the Soviets were doing 60 years ago. And why can’t two planets have desert terrains? There are deserts on nearly every continent on earth. Why can’t two planets in a massive galaxy of thousands of planets both be deserts? Why can’t an evil military reuse a technology that exists that enable them to threaten destruction of planets – the ultimate method of imposing control over a system? Because the first ones blew up? A lot of destroyers and aircraft carriers were sunk in WWII, and yet we still use them to this day. War doesn’t change much. And that’s what these movies are about – war in space. Tactics change, technology improves, and the people change but war pretty much stays the same in that people fight over things like power, land, freedom, greed and revenge. So the themes and motivations are going to be the same as these movies are all about wars in space.

            Secondly, the movies follow the set formula of the Hero’s Journey, as Joesph Campbell wrote about. There are similarities in basically all great myths and legends that hit all the same basic story points and themes.

            If you wanted a new Star Wars trilogy to be some avant garde experimental series of movies that do everything drastically differently than anything that has ever been done before, than your expectations were unrealistic from the start. That’s not Star Wars. They are meant to be fun blockbuster crowd pleasers, not art house films.

            The main goal of this movie was to bring fans of Star Wars back from the prequel disasters which drove the series off a cliff. It HAD to be familiar to reassure audiences that we were back in the type of Star Wars universe that we all fell in love with. You have to look back before you can move forward, which is exactly what Rian Johnson’s job is.

          • June 18, 2016 at 11:53 am
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            Fine. You win. The Prequels are just as much a rehash of the OT as TFA was. But this is no excuse for Disney. TFA should’ve been more original.

            I don’t have a major problem seeing X-Wings, TIE Fighters, etc. in the new films. I only mentioned them to point out how much TFA rehashed things from ANH. Notice how I mentioned them at the end of my post.

            Sorry. I don’t remember the Hero’s Journey having another Death Star, a desert Jedi protagonist or a droid containing valuable information. I don’t mind there being some similarities, but TFA went too far. That’s why some fans are calling Abrams out for it. You know, the guy who rehashed parts of Wrath of Khan for Into Darkness.

            Really? You thought I wanted an avant garde experimental series of movies? Something drastically different from what came before? Please. Spare me your straw man argument. I just wanted something new that was consistent with what came before. You know – a sequel. TESB was a sequel to ANH, not a rehash of it.

            You need to raise your standards. TFA didn’t have to rehash ANH in order to be familiar with audiences. It already had returning characters, lightsabers, blasters, ship battles, the Force, aliens, lightspeed travel, etc. It could’ve been more original with its story.

            You don’t have to look back to look forward. That’s just something Abrams does because he’s a lazy hack who lacks originality.

          • June 17, 2016 at 5:44 am
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            Ah! Is THAT why I didn’t enjoy the second half of the film – not because I found it disappointing and lifeless, but because the movie would go on over the subsequent several months to be just so massively financially and critically successful that I was JEALOUS of it! Thank god you’re here to explain these things.

          • June 17, 2016 at 6:49 am
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            Lifeless? How exactly was the battle on Starkiller lifeless? How was the confrontation between Han and Kylo lifeless? How was the lightsaber fight in the snowy woods lifeless? All three were a million times more engaging and exciting, and its the case of Solo’s death, emotional, than anything the prequels ever tried to do. I fail to see how you could possibly come to that conclusion. And, yes, it does matter when an overwhelmingly positive consensus among moviegoers and critics is shown, as opposed to the small minority that didn’t like it and whose criticisms have yet to resemble anything close to making sense.

    • June 16, 2016 at 8:37 pm
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      haha, I was waiting for someone to make this comment. It’s better they show TFA on Saturday though, since they’ll probably still show the shitty SE version of Star Wars on Friday.

    • June 16, 2016 at 8:38 pm
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      Why this had to be the first comment here? Why do one of you always need to criticise TFA whenever it’s mentioned? This article is about Star Wars Celebration, and has nothing to do with the quality of TFA. I’m sure there are numerous forums where you can explain your thougths about TFA but we don’t need comments like this here.
      I like the movie but I’m not writing about it everytime TFA is mentioned.

  • June 16, 2016 at 3:46 pm
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    Hmm, does anyone expect a surprise in the event?

    • June 17, 2016 at 2:02 am
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      Yeah, Gareth Edwards making a scandal.

      • June 17, 2016 at 2:15 am
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        You’re not making things easier here, you rude twat. And if you start your anti-Star Wars propaganda, then you’ll risk being banned for unwarranted aggression, you got that?

        • June 17, 2016 at 5:42 am
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          You’ve done enough to demonstrate you don’t understand how ‘rude’ works – I’d stay far away from that word if I were you.

  • June 16, 2016 at 3:55 pm
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    I told you that poster had nothing to do with Episode VIII

    • June 16, 2016 at 3:59 pm
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      Isn’t that obvious?

      • June 16, 2016 at 10:52 pm
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        Not to the Jedi Council guys.

  • June 17, 2016 at 12:00 am
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    Love that poster, Just noticed you can sort of see the silhoute of an Imperial Shuttle in that. Hopefully we’ll get something as awesome for the film itself but it will likely be the usual generic looking photoshop shit that Marvel does for all their films.

    • June 17, 2016 at 5:41 am
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      Ha! Took me a minute, you’re talking about the lambda shape of light, with the Impie-guy’s jacket placard as the cockpit, right?

      • June 17, 2016 at 11:00 am
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        That is correct! Not sure if that was intentional or not but this is my favorite piece of official ST art so far.

  • June 17, 2016 at 6:20 am
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    Lucky limey bastards lol

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