Fans of a distant, distant galaxy gathered in California for the Star Wars holiday in Anaheim last weekend. This was the first such convention since Celebration Chicago in 2019 and brought a number of reports about upcoming Disney Plus shows, video games and goods. The four-day event took place from Thursday to Sunday.
Unlike the last few celebrations, this convention did not focus on an upcoming film. Instead, it relies heavily on the upcoming Disney Plus series. We got our first look Andor (background of Rogue One), some specific details about Mandalorian season 3look at Asoka Tano spinoff series and a trailer for The second season of The Bad Batch.
The next Star Wars holiday will take place in London in April 2023.
Catch up on our coverage of key messages for each day below.
Thursday, May 26
The show started with one of the big panels. Lucasfilm Showcase Studio give us the first trailer and the August 31 release for Andora Release date February 2023 for The Mandalorian Season 3 and the announcement of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew age show.
The panel also moved some Lucasfilm non-Star Wars films, which gave us the first trailer for the Willow TV show and the first image from Indiana Jones 5.
Readers sensed the upcoming novels of The High Republic: For light and life panel, during which the authors revealed details about phase 2 of the publishing initiative takes place hundreds of years before the Skywalker saga.
Friday, May 27
After getting up early (or staying up late) to watch the first two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi, attendees Light and magic the panel was probably a little sleepy. Solo director Ron Howard and writer Lawrence Casdan thrilled everyone with a brief review of a six-part documentary about Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm’s special effects department, ahead of Disney Plus on July 27.
Count Dooku and Yoda showed their skills for the CGI duel in 2002.
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Do you remember how exciting it was to see Yoda wield a lightsaber for the first time? That was two decades ago (don’t feel old; okay, It is good), and Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the clone attack noted the second film in the George Lucas prehistory trilogy.
Actors Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christenson came as a surprise to delight the audience by joining a panel that included colleagues from Anthony Daniels, Temeura Morrison, Daniel Logan, and artist Doug Chiang, visual effects supervisor John Matthew Wood.
For collectors, Hasbro Star Wars panel offers a glimpse into the upcoming waves of 3.75-inch figures and the highly detailed 6-inch black series, including villainous inquisitors seen in Obi-Wan Kenobi.
We also received surprising revelation of Jedi: Survivorthe sequel to Fallen Order from 2019 and the announcement of an animated series The Adventures of the Young Jediwhich developed during the era of the High Republic.
Saturday, May 28
The first big panel of the day: Mando +: Conversation with John Favreau and Dave Philoni brought us an extended trailer for season 3, which hinted at the return of the characters and a trip to the ruined Mandalor. The trailer has not yet been released online.
He also gave a surprise trailer for the Asoka Tano show, along with confirmation that it will put the Ghost team from the CGI animated series Rebels into action live. Natasha Liu Bordizzo has been revealed as an actor playing Sabine Ren.
Celebration Anaheim has revealed that Grogu will return to Disney Plus in February.
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We saw a new animated show presented in the afternoon panel: Tales of the Jedi is a CGI animated series of short films. This is for Asoka and Count Dooku in his younger days.
The comics took the spotlight in Marvel Star Wars panel, as editor – in – chief CB Cebulski takes the stage with a bunch of writers and artists to talks about upcoming story arcs and reveal new series about Yoda.
Sunday, May 29
The last day of the congress lit up the spotlight Star Wars: The Bad Game, Season 2. The team behind CGI animated spinoff of War Clones give us trailer for the second season and the premiere date of Disney Plus in the fall of 2022.
This was followed by Looking Back at Star Wars: Visionswho dived into last year’s anime-inspired anthology. This panel also revealed that the show will return for more episodes in the spring of 2023.
At the closing ceremony of the congress, the actor Grand Inquisitor of Obi-Wan Kenobi Rupert Friend revealed that the next Star Wars holiday will be held From 7 to 10 April 2023 at the London Excel Center.
The next Star Wars holiday will be held in London in April 2023, revealed the Grand Inquisitor of Obi-Wan Kenobi Rupert Friend. pic.twitter.com/tNYcCrV5k0
– Sean Keane @ SWCA (@SpectacularSean) May 29, 2022
Where can I watch the Star Wars Celebration Anaheim panels?
If you can’t get to the show or just want to relive it, you can stream certain parts of the official Star Wars YouTube channel and StarWars.com. Entries on some panels will be uploaded later.
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