First Celebrity Guests Announced for ‘Star Wars’ Celebration Japan 2025
Lucasfilm has confirmed the first four celebrity guests for Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025, and there are some familiar faces heading to Tokyo.
It was announced via X and on their website that Anthony Daniels, Ashley Eckstein, Temuera Morrison and Doug Chiang will be attending Star Wars Celebration next year.
Your favorite stars from across the galaxy are coming to Japan for Star Wars Celebration 2025! Additional exciting guests to be announced soon. Mark your calendars: tickets go on sale Thursday, May 2 at 7:00 PM EDT (US Time) / Friday, May 3 at 8:00 AM JST (Japan Time). 🗓️ #SWCJ pic.twitter.com/Sp347cWppK
— StarWars Celebration (@SW_Celebration) April 30, 2024
The announcement comes much earlier than most fans would expect (we don’t usually get this news until roughly three months before the event, let alone a full year), so it’s good to see Lucasfilm giving people a bit more info on what to expect before they buy their tickets for Star Wars Celebration.
While the vast majority of fans will recognize Anthony Daniels as C-3PO — the droid’s head is in his picture, on the off-chance you didn’t — Temuera Morrison as Jango and Boba Fett (plus that homeless clone refugee in Obi-Wan Kenobi) and Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka Tano in animation, you might be forgiven for not immediately recognizing Doug Chiang, an Academy Award winner who is currently Lucasfilm’s senior vice president and executive design director. He previously worked on The Mandalorian, Ahsoka and the upcoming Skeleton Crew. He appears on the Obi-Wan Kenobi blu-ray talking about Darth Vader’s bacta tank scene in the bonus features.
Lucasfilm also said to stay tuned for more announcements regarding celebrity guests and other surprise announcements, so hopefully those will come sooner rather than later as well. Tickets for Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 go on sale at 4pm PST / 7pm EST on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Some limited edition merchandise will also be available for purchase during the ticket sales, but we imagine it might be wise to just focus on getting the tickets first!
Josh is a huge Star Wars fan, who has spent far too much time wondering if any Star Wars character could defeat Thanos with all the Infinity Stones.
