Looks like we all won’t have to be in Anaheim from April 16th to the 19th to catch the action at this year’s Star Wars Celebration. All you’ll need is to merely check in at StarWars.com where 30+ hours of exclusive video content from the fan convention will be live streamed, kicking off with the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens panel where the full trailer will be shown for the first time!
Starting at 10:00 AM, PST on Thursday, The Force Awakens panel will be the first event of the highlights coverage set to run until Sunday’s closing ceremony at 3:30 PM, PST. Now that the powers that be at Disney and Lucasfilm have made their plans clear to share the events of four day convention with the world, I think it’s now safe to expect see the new trailer to The Force Awakens online and in HD during or shortly after the panel.
The all-too-brief first teaser trailer was pretty amazing and gave us glimpses at the new faces of the next Star Wars trilogy. But the first shots of Han Solo, Princess Leia (will she still be a Princess 30 years later?), R2-D2, C-3Po, Chewbacca and hopefully Luke Skywalker may very well end up being synonymous with “The Day The Internet Broke.”
Featured guests during the Star Wars Celebration include J.J. Abrams, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Josh Trank, Gareth Edwards, Kathleen Kennedy and many more.
When the trailer to The Force Awakens is officially released online, be sure to check back here because we will have it posted ASAP!
Here is the official announcement:
The live streaming for Star Wars Celebration begins at 10:00 a.m. PST, Thursday, April 16, on StarWars.com with the Celebration kickoff panel and continues with 30-plus hours of coverage through the closing ceremony on Sunday, April 19, beginning at 3:30 p.m. PST.
For the first time ever, highlights and more than 30 hours of exclusive video content fromStar Wars Celebration Anaheim will be officially live streamed to a worldwide community of fans on StarWars.com, all powered by Verizon.
Launching with a live stream of the highly-anticipated kickoff panel featuring Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams and producer Kathleen Kennedy, the StarWars.com Celebration live stream powered by Verizon will continue providing coverage throughout the four-day event from a specially-designed Star Wars Cantina set located in the middle of the action on the convention floor.
Verizon and StarWars.com will deliver 30-plus hours of live streamed content following Thursday’s Celebration kickoff, featuring over a dozen panels and events, including discussions with actors Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Ian McDiarmid, and several other performers associated with the Star Wars saga. Additionally, StarWars.com and Verizon will be live streaming the Star Wars Fan Film Awards; theSmuggler’s Bounty radio drama; EA’s new Battlefront videogame; and several other exclusive Celebration events that might otherwise be missed by members from Star Wars’ global fan community.
Between the live, on-stage events, StarWars.com will feature live interviews with celebrity guests within the Star Wars Cantina set specially built to capture the mood and atmosphere of the infamous Mos Eisley watering hole from A New Hope. These segments will have a fun, variety show flavor to them that brings a bit of the Star Wars Celebration vibe to those enjoying the event from afar.
Exclusive clips from throughout Star Wars Celebration event will also be available on demand from Verizon, allowing fans to celebrate Star Wars long after the live streams are over.
The live streaming begins at 10:00 a.m. PST, Thursday, April 16, on StarWars.com with the Celebration kickoff panel and continues with 30-plus hours of coverage through the closing ceremony on Sunday, April 19, beginning at 3:30 p.m. PST. Watch exclusive highlights and on-demand clips from Verizon on Twitter, @VerizonWireless, and at Facebook.com/Verizon.
SOURCE: StarWars.com
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