Thursday 17th April from 7.00pm – 10.00pm will see the running of the Not-So Virtual Cantina Special Edition, and today the latest guest for this fully sold out event is announced. Katy O’Brian, the actress behind Elia Kane in The Mandalorian will be at the event, joining an already stellar roster of guests at the show.
The Virtual Cantina Network, owners of the World’s Largest Star Wars Celebration Fan Page, are proud to announce that Katy O’ Brian will be appearing at the Not So Virtual Cantina Special Edition at taking place in Chiba, Japan at the Hub Makuhari, a 15 minute walk from the Makuhari Messe where Star Wars Celebration is taking place, from 7pm-10pm, on April 17th, 2025.
Katy O’Brian is best known as Communications Officer Elia Kane in Seasons 2 & 3 of “The Mandalorian”. Most recently, Katy appeared as Jackie in the critically acclaimed “Love Lies Bleeding”. Other noteworthy performances include Jentorra in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”, “AGENTS of Shield”, “The Walking Dead”, “Black Lightning”.
All Guests will be available for Autographs and Selfies through out the event for a fee.
Joining Katy at the Not-So this year will be:
Marti Matulis (Vane from “The Mandalorian” and “Skeleton Crew”)
Chris Parsons (4-LOM from “The Empire Strikes Back”)
Jim Swearingen (Designer for Kenner Toys)
Maria Sandoval (Award Winning Hair Stylist from “The Mandalorian”, “The Book of Boba Fett”, “Ahsoka”, and the upcoming “The Mandalorian and Grogu” film.
Fon Davis (ILM Model Maker during the Prequel & Special Edition eras as well as “The Mandalorian”)
Christine Galey (R2-D2 in “The Book of Boba Fett and Jawa in “The Mandalorian” and Skeleton Crew”)
Bradley Galey (Jawa in “The Mandalorian” and “Skeleton Crew)”
David Santana (Stormtrooper in the Disney Era films). This is Dave’s Final Meet & Greet Appearance.
Kyriana Kratter (KB in “Skeleton Crew”)All Guests will be available for Autographs and Selfies through out the event for a fee.
Along with our Meet and Greet, our Sponsors, Hyperspace Props (www.hyperspaceprops.com) will be running Sabacc Games and Karaoke will be offered as usual!
This event is completely SOLD OUT after a record-breaking sellout in 4 minutes back on 1, January. However, we will be offering a HYPERSPACE TICKET at the door. Fans who want to participate in the Meet & Greets will be able to buy entry at the door, upon attendees leaving for the night. The cost will be $50 and includes Open Bar and access to the Activities. This will only be offered during the 7pm-9pm time and entry is not guaranteed.
However, for those looking to do send ins of your items or get table prints, we are partnered with Twin Cities Comics (www.twincitiescomics.com) for US Orders and Elite Signatures (www.elitesignatures.co.uk) for International Orders.
Need Sabaac Credits or items for your cosplay, save 10% off your entire order by using the code NSVCSE at www.hyperspaceprops.com
The Fantha Tracks team travelling to Celebration Japan will be there, so be sure to come over and say hi, and stay tuned for our forthcoming chat with Not-So Virtual Cantina Special Edition guest Maria Sandoval.


