With the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars a week today and only 8 weeks to go until Star Wars Celebration Europe here are the latest exciting announcements about the show.

Celebration Europe Show Guide

Artist Randy Martinez will be unveiling his exciting cover art for the Celebration Europe show guide LIVE at Celebration IV in Los Angeles next week. Created using a radically different method to his normal techniques; Martinez will be displaying the piece in his Art Show booth from Sunday May 27th. We will be bringing you a full report on the piece and the evolution of the work after Celebration IV.

Celebration Europe Autograph Hall

We had hoped to make guest announcements today, however due to the large volume of announcements being made through starwars.com concerning Celebration IV in Los Angeles we will be delaying this announcement until early next week.

Celebration Europe Exhibitors

Lucasarts - Confirmed this week that they will be attending the show and promoting their soon to be released new Star Wars titles, more info on that soon.

Revell - will be promoting their entire Star Wars range at the show along with a very exciting new release

Mello Smello - This US based Star Wars license holder will be exhibiting and selling their exciting products for the first time ever in Europe!

They will be joining other major license holders already announced at the show including LEGO, Topps, Hasbro, Corgi, Titan, Top Trumps, ID Wall and many others

Other Celebration Europe News

The Royal Navy will be bringing a real live ‘Type 23 Frigate’ to Celebration Europe! Anchored directly outside ExCeL this is the Navy’s answer an Imperial Star Destroyer!

The British Army will be putting visitors through their paces with a purpose built assault course and laser shooting range.

These factors and more promise to make Star Wars Celebration Europe the biggest, most exciting Star Wars event ever held in Europe and a must visit for fans and exhibitors alike. We will be making regular announcements about the show over the forthcoming weeks but for more information please visit www.celebrationeurope.com..