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Chris Burns - May 13, 2021, 1:55pm CDT
The biggest in-person Star Wars event of the year is almost certainly Star Wars Celebration. This event is massive, largely because it is Lucasfilm’s official Star Wars fan event. It’s been massive since inauguration back in 1999. After a 2-year hiatus, this gathering of Star Wars fans is set to return in 2022, and EARLIER than previously announced.
Since the beginning, each time Star Wars Celebration took place, it was in part to promote a new Star Wars movie or the celebrate a major anniversary. Star Wars Celebration I took place in late April, 1999, about a month before the release of Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
The Mandalorian and starring
Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand,
The Book of Boba Fett is currently in production and will arrive December 2021 on Disney+.
As a massive Boba Fett fan, this is a total dream come true. While the official announcement states the series is set during the events of
The Mandalorian, the title suggests the show may have some anthology elements, like Dark Horse Comics’
Star Wars Tales or those classic books of the Expanded Universe era like
Tales From Jabba’s Palace and
Tales of the Bounty Hunters.
If the show utilizes a framing technique that has Boba reminiscing on his life and career as the galaxy’s most notorious bounty hunter, we may get to see some fabled moments from the character’s past that will disintegrate (