Star Wars: Rebels Cast Is Heading To Nashville For ICCCon

Once again Comic Con season is in full swing and like always there are a lot of great conventions to choose from. From SWC to SDCC, if you are a Star Wars there are a few that should be on your must-go list. One of those conventions you need to add to that list is ICCC in Nashville, Tennessee. Thanks to showrunner Michael Havens this convention keeps growing and growing every year, and this year is no different. Matter of fact, it has grown so much that Havens moved the convention to a new location, New Farm Bureau Convention Center. Taking place May 26 -28, 2023, ICCC once again will have an epic lineup you will not want to miss especially if you are a Rebels fan. You can find out more about this great convention by heading to iccollectorsconvention.com.

ICCC 2023 LINEUP

Star Wars fans will not want to miss out on this year’s ICCC lineup. From Original Trilogy to Rebels you will be excited about this year’s celebrity guests. You can check out the official lineup list below.

Star Wars Rebels

• Freddie Prinze Jr. – Voicing Kanan Jarrus, Freddie Prinze Jr is also known for his roles in I Know What You Did Last Summer, She’s All That, Scooby-Doo, and More.
• Vanessa Marshall – Voicing Hera Syndulla, Vanessa Marshall also voiced Hera in Star Wars: Squadrons. On top of that she also voiced characters in The Clone Wars and Forces of Destiny.
• Taylor Gray – Voicing Ezra Bridger for all four seasons of Rebels, reprised his role in the animated shorts Forces of Destiny and the Star Wars Rebels epilogue.
• Steve Blum – In addition to Zeb Orrelios (Rebels and now The Mandalorian) Steve Blums has voiced many fan favorites. Some of these are Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebob), Wolverine (X-Men cartoons and games), Starscream (Transformers Prime), and many more.

• Tiya Sircar – Voicing the Mandalorian Sabine Wern, Tiya Sircar is also known for her roles in Ghosted, The After Party, The Good Place, Internship, and more.
• Ian McDiarmid – of course, well all know Ian McDiarmid for his role as Emperor Palpatine (Darth Sidious) throughout the Skywalker Saga but he also reprised his role in the fourth season of Star Wars Rebels.
• Mary Elizabeth McGlynn – Known as the voice of Governor Pryce in Star Wars Rebels, McGlynn is also known for her work in Zahra in The Legend of Vox Machina, Coach Brunt in Carmen Sandiego, Freya Fenris and 4D-MIN for Star Wars Resistance, Cetrion in Mortal Kombat 11, Dynamite Watkins in OKKO, Connie’s Mom in Steven Universe, and many more.

Star Wars Original Trilogy Lineup

• Ian McDiarmid – of course, well all know Ian McDiarmid for his role as Emperor Palpatine (Darth Sidious) throughout the Skywalker Saga but he also reprised his role in the fourth season of Star Wars Rebels.
• Stephen Costantino – Costantino is an actor, producer, and musician best known for portraying a Gamorrean Guard on Jabba the Hutt’s sail barge in Tatooine’s Dune Sea — the one who battles with Luke Skywalker on the upper deck.
• Mark Dodson – The scenes in Jabba the Hutt’s palace would not be the same without the sinister, yet comical cackle of the Kowakian monkey-lizard Salacious Crumb.

• Simon Williamson – Williamson’s performance as Max Rebo was widely praised by fans and critics alike, and he has since gone on to appear in numerous films, television shows, and theater productions, including: “The Dark Crystal,”  “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Top Secret!,” “The Mupper Christmas Carol,” and  TV series “London’s Burning” and “Alice In Wonderland.”
• Femi Taylor – Taylor portrayed the dancing, green-skinned Twi’lek “Oola” in Jabba the Hutt’s Palace on Tatooine. Taylor also trained at the London Contemporary Dance Company and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York, she won a coveted spot in the original London cast of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s musical “Cats.”

Other Star Wars Guests

• Jimmy Vee – Most recently, Vee appeared in “The Witcher: Blood Origin” series. He also brought R2-D2 to life in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” replacing the late Kenny Baker and portrayed the droid MPH-11 in “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”
• Spencer Wilding – Sci-fi actor and creature performer Spencer Wilding portrayed the iconic and menacing Darth Vader in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”.

• Jim Swearingen – Swearingen was the principal conceptual designer for Kenner’s line of Star Wars toys — the vintage toy line.
• Kim Simmons – Simmons started his career in commercial photography under the mentorship of Roy Frankenfield in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was there that he got his first assignment for Kenner’s Star Wars toy line in the 1970s and ‘80s. He was placed behind the camera several feet high up in the air, looking down at action figures on a yellow background. That was just the beginning of his photographic relationship with Star Wars and his love of creating scenes for toys that would capture the hearts and imaginations of children around the world.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU

What are your thoughts on this lineup heading to ICCC? Have you been to this convention? Also, what other conventions are you looking forward to attending this year? Well, That Hashtag Show wants to hear from you!

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Source: ICCC

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