J.J. Abrams did an interview with the BBC as part of the promotional tour for Star Trek Into Darkness, and he naturally had something to say about Star Wars along the way.
The official site has just updated the Celebration Europe II guest list with a TON of people. Michael Carter (Bib Fortuna), John Coppinger (Jabba the Hutt), Sean Crawford (Yak Face), Tim Dry (J’Quille), Mike Edmonds (Logray), Gerald Home (Tessek), Femi Taylor Ogilvy (Oola), Toby Philpott (Jabba the Hutt), Tim Rose (Salacious B. Crumb) and Simon Williamson (Max Rebo)! This is the 30th Anniversary of Return of the Jedi and there’s no better way to celebrate than with all of these great cast and crew from the film. This makes 19 movie guests thus far.
Attention all Florida Star Wars fans! The Star Wars Grand Florida Alliance, along with Lucasfilm Ltd. and the 501st Legion will be participating in Star Wars Night with the Tampa Bay Storm on Saturday, May the 4th at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. After spending the morning and afternoon hitting local comic shops for Free Comic Book Day as well as hitting Hollywood Studios for your exclusive May The 4th Be With You, Always merchandise, join your fellow fans for more Star Wars fun. Full details inside!
Official Star Wars artist Stephen Hayford will be attending Disney’s Star Wars Weekends at Hollywood Studios during the 2nd and 3rd weekends (May 23-26 & May 31-June 2) and he will have four exclusive art prints available along with an interactive Death Star Diorama. You can find him in Darth’s Mall with all the other exclusive event merchandise for 2 hours each day. The prints will be offered all four weekends. Be sure to stop by and say hello to Stephen during your trip to the park!