For the first time ever, highlights and more than 30 hours of exclusive video content from Star Wars Celebration Anaheim will be officially live streamed to a worldwide community of fans on StarWars.com, all powered by Verizon.
Verizon and StarWars.com will deliver 30-plus hours of live streamed content following Thursday’s Celebration kickoff, featuring over a dozen panels and events, including discussions with actors Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Ian McDiarmid, and several other performers associated with the Star Wars saga. Additionally, StarWars.com and Verizon will be live streaming the Star Wars Fan Film Awards; the Smuggler’s Bounty radio drama; EA’s new Battlefront videogame; and several other exclusive Celebration events that might otherwise be missed by members from Star Wars’ global fan community.
…says THIS report via starwars.com, the franchise’s official site.
Presumably said stream will blackout any material from EPISODE VII - which will almost certainly appear Thursday morning’s panel (featuring J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, and more).
This is a wonderfully inclusive and fan-friendly move by The Powers That Be. While there is, of course, no substitute for actually ‘being there’ - this is a wonderful way for those not attending to be a part of these historic proceedings, or to get a sense of them at the very least.
More information regarding what to expect can be found HERE.
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Glen Oliver
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