Star Wars Celebration - live updates: The Phantom Menace 20th anniversary panel
All the action from the convention floor, including first looks at The Rise of Skywalker, The Mandalorian, and Galaxy’s Edge
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Your support makes all the difference.Get ready, Chicago! This weekend sees all manner of creatures, droids, and jedi masters descend upon the city for Star Wars Celebration 2019. It’s the ultimate convention for fans of the franchise: not only can they gather together, revel in the geekery, and flaunt their very best cosplay outfits, but the event will feature a host of special panels – with some teasing major revelations for Star Wars’ future.
Saturday will see two major panels. The Galaxy’s Edge presentation will hopefully offer some initial ride footage from the brand new lands at Disneyland and Disney World. Meanwhile, we’ll get our first details of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a brand new EA game set after the events of Revenge of the Sith.
We’ll be covering all this live from the convention centre itself, so follow the liveblog below to find out the latest news coming out of Star Wars Celebration 2019.
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John Williams has composed brand new music for the land, with Frank Oz also returning to voice Yoda.
And on to the next panel, it's time for our first look at Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
The big emphasis here is that this is a story game. There is no multiplayer and no microtransactions. Lots of cheers from the crowd for this.
The game takes place after Order 66 (as seen in Revenge of the Sith), as you play a young padawan who escaped the Jedi massacre.
Cameron Monaghan is the model and voice of our protagonist, Cal Kestis
You might have spotted the Second Sister in the trailer, who's a member of the Galactic Empire's Inquisitorius, tasked with hunting down Jedi after Order 66. There's also a new droid named BD-1.
The newly designed Purgetroopers have been specially designed to aid Inquisitors in hunting down the Jedi.
Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order will be released on 15 November.
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