"I've got a bad feeling about this!" 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Tickets for Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 went on sale last Thursday.

Like many fans, I joined the queuing system (seemingly more of a lottery) and waited for over an hour to discover the 4-day tickets were, unsurprisingly, sold out!

When I could purchase tickets, individual tickets for Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday were still available at hugely inflated prices. Profiteering much in these challenging times, ReedPop and Disney?

To compound matters. As a disabled Star Wars fan, I couldn’t see any information regarding whether or not I needed to buy 1 or 2 tickets for the 4-day event in April! As a consequence, like others, I have most likely missed out.

Of course, I was delighted a few friends had managed to secure 4-day tickets. I have reached out to ReedPop for a comment and will update this post when I hear back.

As I've written previously, Star Wars Celebration Europe is fantastic fun (with a bit of judicious planning) and a unique opportunity to meet fellow fans and forge new friendships through all things Star Wars. For example, I'm still in contact with fans I met from Australia in 2016.

As a blogger, I've had the exciting opportunity to work with Lucasfilm licensees since the first-ever Star Wars Celebration Europe in 2007. In fact, I was kindly invited along as a guest by Dorling Kindersley (DK). However, I couldn't attend due to personal matters.

Are you attending Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023? Did you manage to get a 4-day pass? Let me know in the comments below.