The Star Wars Celebration event was cancelled for 2020 due to the pandemic and the closures in California. Now exclusive items will be sold online via the Star Wars Celebration site, however, Funko will be selling their exclusive Pop! pieces online today for their “Virtual Con: Galactic Edition” event.

The sale will start at 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST on Funko.com.

“Exclusives will go on sale on Thursday, August 27th at 11AM PDT on Funko.com and will NOT be available in store at Funko HQ or Funko Hollywood!”

Here’s the information from the Funko website:

• On Thursday, August 27th, starting at 11:00AM PDT Funko.com will be taken over by all things Funko Virtual Con; Galactic Edition

• Beginning at 10:00AM PDT Funko.com will close down in preparation for the Virtual Con Takeover, launching at 11AM PDT.

• Starting at 11:00AM PDT, Funko.com’s Galactic Virtual Con Takeover will begin and you will be able to shop all your favorite Con exclusives, as well as some mainline Star Wars Pops! We will not be running a lottery this year for early access.
• During the Funko Virtual Con: Galactic Edition Takeover, all exclusives will be limited to 1 of each item per customer.
  
  
• Series exclusives will have either a convention sticker or a shared sticker. There is not a way to guarantee which sticker you will get when you purchase. Shared exclusives will have either the 2020 Star Wars Celebration sticker or the 2020 Galactic Convention Exclusive sticker on the box.
• Please note there may be additional validation steps during checkout to ensure that you, our true fans, get the Virtual Con items.
• Please note that you may have to wait in line ​​​​​​​during checkout depending on traffic volumes.
• The Virtual Con Takeover will end later Thursday. There will be a brief transition period where we close down to return to our standard operations. At that time, all Funko.com items will be available in addition to any items still in stock from our Virtual Con Takeover.
• Once the Virtual Con Takeover ends, all remaining exclusive items will go back to our standard limit of 2 each per customer.

The following will be available:

Including some pieces celebrating the Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary!

• Pop! Star Wars: Super Sized 10″ Stormtrooper – $30

• Pop! Star Wars: Chewbacca Concept Series – $15
• Pop! Star Wars: Darth Vader Concept Series – $15
• Pop! Star Wars: Starkiller Concept Series – $15
• Pop! Star Wars: Boba Fett Concept Series – $15
• Pop! Star Wars: Deluxe “A Lesson in the Force” – $35

You can find out everything you need to know on the Funko site HERE. Good luck collectors and “May the Force Be With You.” (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

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