Star Wars Celebration Chicago will feature a brand new way for fans to experience the event with the introduction of LIGHTSPEED Virtual Reservations and Queuing. Fans will also be able to enter select lotteries for a chance to win seats to some of the most anticipated panels at Celebration.
What’s happening:
- Star Wars Celebration Chicago is modernizing the way fans experience the world’s biggest Star Wars party.
- StarWars.com is excited to announce LIGHTSPEED Virtual Panel Reservations and LIGHTSPEED Lane Virtual Queuing presented by ThinkGeek.
- These new systems will make access to Celebration Chicago’s biggest panels, show store, and exhibitor exclusives easier than ever before.
- Fans will be able to use LIGHTSPEED Virtual Panel Reservations to reserve admission for themselves for panels all weekend long at Star Wars Celebration Chicago.
- This new reservation process will include an advance lottery for all morning panels on the Celebration Stage at the Wintrust Arena, as well as the Galaxy and Twin Suns stages which will be streaming the morning panels live from the Celebration Stage.
- LIGHTSPEED Virtual Panel Reservations provide peace of mind and eliminates the need for fans to camp out overnight.
- Fans who win a lottery for admission to the first panels each morning on the Celebration Stage will know what seating section they are assigned to in advance of the show so there is no need to queue up early.
- For the safety and comfort of all fans, overnight queuing is not permitted at Star Wars Celebration Chicago or the Celebration Stage at the Wintrust Arena.
**Fans interested in the full details from Lucasfilm and ReedPOP can get all the information at StarWars.com**
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Good to know:
- A partial allocation of seating capacity for other panels at the Galaxy and Twin Suns Stages will be available for fans to reserve admission in advance without a lottery.
- Panel reservations are available for select panels only and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to availability.
- In addition to being able to possibly win a panel lottery for the morning panels on the Celebration Stage each day, fans are also able to make one advance LIGHTSPEED Virtual Panel Reservation per stage per day for panels on the Galaxy and Twin Suns stages.
- This does not include the live streaming of the morning panels from the Celebration Stage on the Galaxy and Twin Suns Stages as those will require a panel lottery win.
- All panels taking place on the Podcast Stage, University Stage, Collectors Stage, Fan Stage and The Star Wars Show Live! Stage are open to all fans and do not require a lottery win or advance panel reservations.
- There will be no standby line for the first panels of the day on the Celebration Stage as we anticipate that they will be at full capacity well in advance of the show.
- Fans will also have the ability to make LIGHTSPEED Virtual Panel Reservations on the mobile app (coming soon!) and onsite kiosks the day of the show for any remaining reservations that are available.
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Panel Lotteries:
- There will be an advance panel lottery for all morning panels on the Celebration Stage and the streaming of the morning panels to the Galaxy and Twin Suns Stages.
- Fans will have the ability to enter lotteries for multiple panels at the same time.
- If a panel lottery is won, the winning fan would be given an entitlement to reserve their admission into that specific panel on the Star Wars Celebration mobile app or Celebration website.
- *Jedi Master VIP’s are not able to enter any panel lotteries as they already have reserved seats for all panels on the Celebration Stage at the Wintrust Arena.*
- Lotteries for all morning panels on the Celebration Stage and the streaming of those panels to the Galaxy and Twin Suns Stages will open on Thursday, March 28, and close on Wednesday, April 3.
- Fans must enter the lottery before midnight central time on Wednesday, April 3. All Panel Lottery winners must claim their reservation before midnight central time on April 5.
**Fans interested in the full details from Lucasfilm and ReedPOP can get all the information at StarWars.com**
Exhibitor Exclusives Lottery:
- Star Wars Celebration Chicago features some of the top brands from the Star Wars universe selling exclusive items that are not offered anywhere else.
- Fans will be able to enter and manage lotteries for these exhibitor exclusives through the official Star Wars Celebration mobile app (coming soon!) and Celebration website.
- The Exhibitor Exclusives Lottery will open on Tuesday, March 26, and end on Tuesday, April 2.
- Fans must enter the lottery before midnight central time on Tuesday, April 2.
- Fans that have won an exhibitor exclusive lottery will be notified by Thursday, April 4.
LIGHTSPEED Lane Virtual Queuing:
- In addition to the LIGHTSPEED Virtual Panel Reservations, fans will have the ability to use LIGHTSPEED Lane Virtual Queuing to reserve a time to shop in the Celebration Store without the need to stand in line.
- Fans will use the Star Wars Celebration mobile app to reserve a window of time that they will be allowed to use the LIGHTSPEED Lane entrance to the store.
- Simply show up at the reserved time and go directly into the store to purchase some of the hottest exclusives in the Star Wars Universe.
- In order to use the LIGHTSPEED Lane Virtual Queuing and make LIGHTSPEED Virtual Panel Reservations, fans must have a valid badge for Star Wars Celebration Chicago and must activate it at www.starwarscelebration.com/activate.
- An activated badge is required to claim a panel reservation.