Laughing Place’s Star Wars Podcast “Who’s the Bossk?” to Host Panel with Dr. Chris Kempshall at Celebration 2025 in Japan

Dr. Kempshall has authored several in-universe Star Wars history books.

Laughing Place is thrilled to announce that its Star Wars podcast “Who’s the Bossk?" (which is celebrating its fifth anniversary today) will have its own panel at Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Japan this April, to be moderated by (yours truly) host Mike Celestino.


What’s happening:

  • Laughing Place’s Star Wars podcast “Who’s the Bossk?" will have a featured presence at Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Japan, with a panel discussion at 10:00 AM on Friday, April 18th on the HoloNet News Stage.
  • The guest for this panel will be acclaimed author and war historian Dr. Chris Kempshall (Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire, Star Wars: Battles That Changed the Galaxy, The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy) and our very own Editorial Director for Star Wars Content (not to mention regular host of “Who’s the Bossk?") Mike Celestino will serve as moderator.
  • This will be the second Star Wars Celebration running during “Who’s the Bossk?" has had a panel live on stage. You can hear my conversation with author Adam Christopher (Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith) from Celebration Europe 2023 in Episode 150 of the podcast.

What they’re saying:

  • Mike Celestino: “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be heading back to Star Wars Celebration for my seventh time total, and sixth time covering the event as media. And the opportunity to return to the HoloNet News Stage means more to me than I can express. I know Dr. Kempshall is going to be an amazing, fascinating guest with some great stories to tell about his writing career and relationship with the Star Wars franchise. Plus I get to see my name in the Celebration program again! How cool is that?"

Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 will take place from April 18th through the 20th at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City. For additional information be sure to visit the event’s official website.

Mike Celestino
Mike serves as Laughing Place's lead Southern California reporter, Editorial Director for Star Wars content, and host of the weekly "Who's the Bossk?" Star Wars podcast. He's been fascinated by Disney theme parks and storytelling in general all his life and resides in Burbank, California with his beloved wife and cats.