On 6/2/2022 5:32 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On 2022-06-02 16:18:05 +0000, Arthur Lipscomb said:
>
>> I just got back from Star Wars Celebration.  Star Wars Celebration is
>> a 4-day massive official convention where people from all over the
>> world attend.  In 2019 in Chicago over 65,000 people attended.  I
>> attended the last one in Anaheim in 2015.  It came back to Anaheim
>> this year so since it was semi local, I got to go again.  Here are
>> some highlights and other stories from the convention.
>>
>> Most of my time was spent in autograph lines.  But I lucked out and
>> won the panel lottery for the first day and got to attend "Lucasfilm's
>> Studio Showcase" in person.  They announced all the upcoming Disney+
>> shows and showed trailers/footage.
>>
>> Celebration started Thursday at the first panel were Ewan McGregor who
>> was joined by surprise guest Hayden Christensen (other actors from the
>> show were also in attendance).  At the end of the panel, they made an
>> announcement that they were going to debut the show a day early on
>> Thursday night and everyone in the panel could return and watch it
>> live with the cast.  I think they also announced the show would debut
>> Thursday night for the general public as well.  I was in the audience
>> and had the option of coming back to watch with the cast, and as cool
>> as that could have been, I decided not too to return for the
>> screening. But I did watch it from my hotel room the next day.
>>
>> They had the star come out and they dropped the trailer for Andor:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5UX1Adanis
>>
>> They also brought out the cast including surprise guest Warwick Davis
>> for the Willow trailer:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbbveDpUZv4
>
> Were there any other coming shows promo'ed, or just these two?...
>

There was more. That's just what I remembered off the top of my head.
Dave Filoni and I think Jon Favreau were at the Thursday panel and so
was Katee Sackhoff on stage as well. Katee will be back for season 3 of
the Mandalorian. A lot of the actors from The Mandalorian were at the
convention and I got their autographs.

There was an entire panel on The Mandalorian, but I missed it. They
showed a trailer for the Ahsoka series, but I didn't see it.

Rosario Dawson couldn't attend the convention because she is currently
filming Ahsoka, but she did do a video message for the audience on Thursday.

They announced a new show called Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. It will star
Jude Law and be about a group of kids. I think they said the kids are
on the run, but I forget the details. Jude will be the captain of the
ship they are on.

They had a whole thing for the upcoming season of The Bad Batch. I think
they showed a couple of episodes. But I don't watch that show and
didn't attend the panel.

I didn't attend the panel, but Star Wars: Visions will be back for a
second season.

Andor has already been renewed for a second season.

I attended a panel for Tales of the Jedi and saw some footage. This new
animated show will fill in the backstory on Count Dooku and featured a
young Qui-Gon Jinn, Ahsoka and Anakin Skywalker.

Grogu ("Baby Yoda") isn't just CGI. They have a puppet that could move
on its' own.

https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1530649426548600832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1530649426548600832%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fculture%2Fentertainment%2Fahsoka-trailer-reveals-star-wars-rebels-characters-coming-to-live-action%2F

Val Kilmer will be involved in the Willow series in some way.

I'm sure there was a lot more, but this is all I can squeeze out of my
brain.