After some discussion in the social forum we have decided to start an official news and announcements thread. This thread will only contain officially released announcements and news. If you want to discuss the content of the news you will need to do that in a separate thread on the forum. This is to make sure that we will have all official info gathered in one place. When you post here, please provide a link to the news you are reporting. Posts with comments, or reactions to posted news will be deleted from the thread.
Retroactive timeline: 5/16/2018 - Star Wars Celebration Chicago is officially announced https://www.starwars.com/news/star-...hicago-and-the-star-wars-show-has-the-details 5/31/2018 - ticket details announced http://www.theforce.net/story/front/Star_Wars_Celebration_Chicago_Ticket_Update_180902.asp 6/5/2018 - tickets and hotel block goes live, VIP tickets sell out 6/7/2018 - 5 day passes sell out 6/9/2018 - Saturday passes sell out 6/22/2018 - Thursday tickets 85% sold (last update)
Link to Ticket Purchasing: http://www.starwarscelebration.com/About/Ticket-Details/ Link to Official Hotel Page: http://www.starwarscelebration.com/About/Travel/Hotels/
Guest announcement: Rob Bredow https://www.starwars.com/news/rob-bredow-star-wars-celebration-chicago
Author List (from TFN Main): Alexander Freed - Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron Cavan Scott - Star Wars: Adventures in Wild Space Claudia Gray - Star Wars: Master & Apprentice Delilah Dawson - Star Wars: Phasma Jeffrey Brown - Darth Vader and Family Coloring Book Katie Cook - Star Wars: Search Your Feelings Timothy Zahn - Star Wars: Thrawn Alliances
Voice actor wave: Christopher Sean Suzie McGrath Scott Lawrence James Arnold Taylor Janina Gavankar Matthew Wood https://www.starwars.com/news/voice-actors-headed-to-star-wars-celebration-chicago
Guest announcements! Joonas Suotamo Sam Witwer Greg Grunberg Greg Proops Dave Chapman Ian McElhinney Orli Shoshan Paul Kasey Poster reveal: Artists announced: Malcom Tween, Darren Tan, Jason Christman, Zoltan Simon, Joey Spiotto, Brian Miller, Matt Busch, Chris Trevas, Karen Hallion, Adrianna Vanderstelt, Danny Haas, Jason Palmer, Spencer Brinkerhoff, Kaela Croft, Brandon Kenney, Russel Walks, Dianne Harrop, Kayla Woodside, Alex Buechel, Cryssy Cheung, Steve Anderson, Brian DeGuire, Chris Dee, Michael Pasquale, Cat Staggs, Jerry Vanderstelt, and Brian Rood. https://www.starwars.com/news/chewbacca-actor-joonas-suotamo-star-wars-celebration-chicago
Podcasts announced. Beyond The Outer Rim The Cantina Cast Coffee With Kenobi Fangirls Going Rogue Fantha Tracks Radio Fauxthentic History The Forcecast From The Bacta Tank Galactic War Report Keeping Up With The Geekbros Get Your Geek On Inside The Force Lords of the Sith Never Tell Me The Pods Rogue Podron Skytalkers Podcast Star Wars Bookworms Star Wars Minute Star Wars Action News Tarkin’s Top Shelf The Canon Cantina The Rated NA Podcast The Resistance Broadcast Unmistakably Star Wars https://www.starwarscelebration.com...e5gNuzqFl7LPzyfO09K4VfN-59IgIBbwBH4p0HNbBgja8
More celebrities just announced. Ashley Eckstein, Daniel Logan, Jett Lucas, Ken Leung, John Ratzenberger and Katy Kartwheel are headed to Celebration!