Star Wars Celebration 2025 is coming to Japan, and we just had a major update. StarWars.com revealed when tickets for the show will go on sale and showcased the stunning artwork created for next year's event.
Tickets for Star Wars Celebration go on sale Thursday, May 2, at 4 p.m. PST / 7 p.m. EST. For any fans living in the host country, Japan, this would be May 3, 8 a.m. JST. The event will take place at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, just outside of Tokyo.
StarWars.com also revealed a piece of stunning artwork for the show. This official artwork will be on the badges for the event.
The site gave a bit of history with the design, saying, "The key art has been created in the traditional Japanese black ink painting style known as sumi-e, with Darth Vader placed in the foreground. Brush strokes extend from the Sith Lord to the branches of a cherry blossom tree, leading to AT-ATs, X-wings, and TIE fighters. The Rising Sun of the Japanese flag balances the image, with Mount Fuji featured in its center. "
However, while researching this article, I noticed no artist was credited for the badge artwork. I found this strange, as StarWars.com is usually very good about crediting artists they work with. It does state above that the key art was "created," which is worrying. If this was done by A.I., that would be a disappointing development. They worked with seven Japanese studios for Star Wars: Visions Season 1. Any of them could have created amazing artwork for the show, and it would have been fitting since the host country is theirs.
If a person did the artwork, StarWars.com should credit the artist. So, at best, this was a slip of judgment. At worst, this is A.I. artwork, which is a sad development. Pay and credit artists, Star Wars.
Tickets for Star Wars Celebration Japan in 2025 go on sale Thursday, May 2, at 4 p.m. PST / 7 p.m. EST.