Go time!! There was tons to see in the exhibit hall, lots of displays, art, and shopping. The amount of pictures I took was overwhelming and I still didn’t come even close to capturing all that was on display, so below are just some highlights!
This is just one angle of the exhibit hall floor. I was standing up a level, in the food court. I could turn a full 360 degree circle and see this, along with numerous life-size ships, the autograph/photo op area, tattoo pavilion, the Star Wars Show stage, so much shopping, and various other displays:
This giant porg was one of the first things I took a picture of in the exhibit hall on Day 1. It was priced at $300 USD and guess what? I came back about an hour and a half later and it was gone!!
LEGO went into the Guinness Book of World Records specifically at this Celebration for the largest display of minifigures:
A LEGO collage of Star Wars, Luke actually came out of the wall in ‘3D’:
BB-8 and R2-D2 were strolling around all week:
Cool vehicles:
Dioramas with miniatures:
Figure displays:
Funko had a ‘booth’ that I didn’t even get into, as the lineup for it was one of the longest in the exhibit hall every day. Funko had some exclusive to the Celebration items, which you could enter a lottery for a chance to purchase them. Hasbro and LEGO also had lotteries for exclusives and nope, I entered but didn’t win any of them:
There was a Darth Vader that everyone was signing, including us! (I was at the Celebration with my friend Elisa):
And here’s my Tosche Station Calgary group!! A few were missing from these photos taken at the 501st Legion’s booth, but this is the majority of us that attended the Celebration:
I liked this art of Hera and Darth Maul:
Rancho Obi-Wan (a Star Wars museum in California) had a display which included their collection of Star Wars helmets:
American Tourister was on site to ensure fans’ needs were met should they require an extra bag or two to pack home. I was very tempted by the R2 suitcase, which is designed specifically to fit under the seat in front of you on a plane. Maybe I can still find it cheaper elsewhere, $120 USD was a bit pricey!
On a side note, there was also a Fedex outlet right in the convention centre, how convenient is that?!!
After waiting 2.5 hours to get into the Celebration store, I picked up a few shirts. There was a Star Wars Rebels shirt I really wanted that has the art from the cover of the upcoming book (The Art of Star Wars Rebels), but there were no small sizes left, booooo. I was pretty happy to get the Ahsoka and generic Chicago 2019 Star Wars Celebration ones though, they are even women’s fit:
Also got this super cool meal prep / cooler / lunch bag. It has a kajillion pockets as well and I was even able to stuff my Macbook into the back pocket! It came in very handy during the convention and on my trip home. I can see this having many uses going forward!
