Star Wars Identities Update

By Dominic Jones/The SWU

The traveling Star Wars exhibit known as Star Wars: Identities opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on April 19, 2012 and in anticipation of this the exhibits official website has been updated with more details from the exhibit. It offers more in depth information about the journey fans will take in exploring their own identity as well as that of the Star Wars universe during the exhibit. It also previews some of the artifacts included in the exhibit. Some of the items are: The Millennium Falcon model, the R2-D2, Stormtrooper, Darth Vader and C-3PO costumes, The Droids in the Desert and Chewbacca concept Ralph McQuarrie art pieces, a Joe Johnston Yoda concept, the Han Solo in Carbonite prop and a early Killian Plunket Ahsoka Tano design.

Celebrity Hosts announced for Disney Star Wars Weekends 2012

By Dominic Jones/The SWU

Disney has announced that Clone Wars voice actors James Arnold Taylor and Ashley Eckstein will be returning as hosts for this years Disney Star Wars Weekends events. Taylor, who will also be the host of the Main Stage at Star Wars Celebration VI this summer, will be the Official Celebrity Host of Star Wars Weekends 2012 and Eckstein will be Celebrity Host of “Behind the Force,” which focuses on behind the scenes aspects of the Clone Wars television series. Also look for Ashley to debut some new Her Universe items during the show.

Dave Filoni to attend Celebration VI

By Dominic Jones/The SWU

It was announced on the official Star Wars Celebration website that Star Wars: The Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni will be attending Star Wars Celebration VI this August 23-26 in Orlando, Florida. Filoni has hinted in the past that he will be in attendance and promises to provide many sneak previews of the upcoming Season 5 of The Clone Wars. Filoni has stated in the past on his Facebook page that “if you can make it to Celebration 6 in Orlando you might get to see more Death Watch action than ever before.”




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Celebration VI: Artists Announced!

By Dominic Jones/The SWU

The official Star Wars Celebration VI website was updated today to announce the 40 artists who will be taking part in the official art show during the convention. The artists will all be producing exclusive prints for fans to purchase during Celebration. A preview of their works will be coming later this summer.

Celebration VI – Autographs, Collecting and Hosts - Oh My!!

By: Dominic Jones

Since its announcement last June, Star Wars fans have been dyeing to get some news regarding the upcoming Star Wars Celebration VI which will take place at the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida from August 23-26, 2012. Prior to this week there had been very few announcements ranging from fan events to author appearances. However this week fans were treated to the first concrete news in some time. First it was announced on Tuesday that James Arnold Taylor, David Collins and Pablo Hidalgo would be the stage hosts. Secondly, it was announced yesterday that Gus Lopez and his team would be returning to Celebration to host collectors panels and events. Finally, today (March 16) it was confirmed that Official Pix will, once again, be in charge of bringing celebrity guests to Celebration.