Fan Expo Anaheim<\/a> at the Anaheim Convention Center.<\/p>\nStar Wars: The Clone Wars is an animated series that was the template for the popular characters fans see today including Ahsoka Tano.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we first were announced and people found out about our project, they were not excited,\u201d Taber tells Nerd Reactor. \u201cStar Wars animation was not something that had been around. So there was a lot of skepticism, especially with the character of Ahsoka. We talk about this all the time. So, in general, people were like, \u2018I don\u2019t know about this.\u2019 I always tell this joke that some of my friends, they didn\u2019t even watch the show. They were like, \u2018Oh, a cartoon,\u2019 and then a couple of years later they watched Clone Wars, and they were like, \u2018Dude, your show\u2019s so good!’\u201d<\/p>\n
Fans will get to meet Catherine Taber this weekend at Fan Expo Anaheim, and she talks about her appreciation for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am meeting people who love what we do and are so grateful, and how can I not feel grateful for that?\u201d she said. \u201cSo it\u2019s like a mutual love fest, and then I meet the coolest young people. And sometimes they\u2019re going through things in their life that are difficult. And I feel like I get to have a moment with them where I could be encouraging, and that\u2019s been the greatest gift.\u201d<\/p>\n
James Arnold Taylor on Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/p>\n
James Arnold Taylor\u2019s credits include Magneto in Marvel Rivals and Tidus in Final Fantasy X, just to name a few. His most well-known role is Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars universe.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve actually, and I never say this with a bloated ego, but I\u2019ve played more Obi-Wan than even Ewan McGregor and Sir Alec Guinness combined,\u201d the actor said.<\/p>\n
Taylor loves meeting people who love the world the actors were a part of.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have just felt like at every convention, I am meeting people that love what we do and are so grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brendan Wayne, the Mandalorian<\/p>\n
The Mandalorian series is a huge hit on Disney+ that spawned a live-action feature film, The Mandalorian and Grogu. Pedro Pascal is known as the voice of the titular character, but the actor underneath inside the suit is mainly portrayed by Brendan Wayne. Star Wars fans will instantly recognize that walk. <\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, honestly, it\u2019s incredible,\u201d Wayne said. \u201cLike I could sit, come over and grab some tissue, I guess, and whine about something, but at the end of the day, dude, I really do have the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n
There are positives to being an actor in a Star Wars project in a helmet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI get to be a part of my kids\u2019 lives without interruption at dinners and things like that,\u201d he explained. \u201cI mean, I watch Pedro; I\u2019ve been out with him. It\u2019s rough, dude.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fans will also get to meet Wayne at Fan Expo Anaheim, and like everyone else, he\u2019ll be excited to see Mark Hamill. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut as far as going to cons, I\u2019m gonna do Fan Expo Anaheim, and I\u2019m doing it because Mark Hamill\u2019s gonna be there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fan Expo Anaheim is running from June 26 to 28, 2026, at the Anaheim Convention Center.<\/p>\n
Celebrity guests include Mark Hamill (Star Wars), Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian), The Lord of the Rings\u2018 Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, John Rhys-Davies, and many more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star Wars fans know Star Wars Celebration as the convention for all things Star Wars. However, this weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,38504,1925],"class_list":["post-376354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-fan-expo","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}