Star Wars Celebration Episode 9 panel: When is the Episode 9 Panel? Who will be there?
The 2019 Star Wars Celebration takes place in Chicago, Illinois, in the USA. For fans in other parts of the world, streaming at odd hours will be necessary to catch up on breaking Star Wars news. Without a doubt, the most anticipated event of the five-day celebration is the Star Wars Episode 9 panel.
When is the Star Wars Episode 9 Panel in the UK?
The Star Wars Episode 9 panel takes place on Friday, April 12 on the Celebration Stage at 5pm BST (11am Central time), and many believe this is when the title and trailer will be revealed.
Fans in the UK can stream the Episode 9 panel from 5pm BST via the Star Wars YouTube channel.
You can also follow along via Twitter – either the Celebration account or the official Star Wars account.
For those on the west coast of the USA, the event takes place at 8am Pacific time, and on the east coast at 12pm Eastern time.
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Who will be at the Episode 9 panel?
So far the only confirmed guests are Kathleen Kennedy, the head of Lucasfilm, and JJ Abrams, Episode 9’s director.
But there are plenty of other people from the Star Wars in attendance.
One person of particular import is Billy Dee Williams, who plays Lando Calrissian.
Williams has reprised his role from the original trilogy for Episode 9.
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Other actors from the original trilogy include Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Ian McDiarmid (Emperor Palpatine), Julian Glover (General Veers), Michael Pennington (Moff Jerjerrod), and Michael Culver (Captain Needa).
Actors from the contemporary trilogy in attendance include Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), Hermione Corfield (Tallie), and Greg Grunberg (Snap Wexley).
From The Empire Strikes Back, John Ratzenberger (Pixar lucky charm and Cheers) who played Major Derlin on Hoth.
Despite its divisiveness, there are plenty of people participation from the prequel trilogy.
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Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks), Hugh Quarshie (Captain Panaka), Ray Park (Darth Maul), Greg Proops (Fode), Daniel Logan (Boba Fett), and Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett) will be at the panel.
As for spin-offs, Rogue One’s stars Alan Tudyk (K-2SO), Riz Ahmed (Bodhi Rook), and Forest Whitaker (Saw Gerrera) will be there.
And from Solo: A Star Wars Story Paul Bettany (Dryden Vos) and Erin Kellyman (Enfys Nest) are attending.
Star Wars is a huge universe with animated series, too.
From these shows are voice actors Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano), Dee Bradley Baker (Clone Troopers), Donald Faison (Hype Fazon), Taylor Gray (Ezra Bridger), Jason Isaacs (the Grand Inquisitor), Matt Lanter (Anakin Skywalker), Vanessa Marshall (Hera Syndulla), Freddie Prinze Jr (Kanan Jarrus), Katee Sackhoff (Bo Katan), Tiya Sircar (Sabine Wren), James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), and Sam Witwer (Darth Maul).
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Behind the camera stars will also be guests at the Star Wars Celebration 2019.
These include special effects designers, authors like Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland, and Timothy Zahn.
Of course, there will be plenty of Stormtroopers about for photo ops.
The main Celebration stage will be hosted by Warwick Davis who has been in four Star Wars movies and six episodes of the animated series.
Star Wars Episode 9 is out in UK cinemas on December 19, 2019.
Star Wars Celebration 2019 takes place from Thursday, April 11 to Monday, April 15.
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