After Thursday’s crowd crises largely abated, limited wristbands and nearly nonexistent Wi-Fi didn’t stop Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 attendees from catching the trailer for Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi live at the film’s Friday panel. As the 11 o’clock hour began, overflow crowds on the convention’s main floor rushed to The Star Wars Show Stage to see it streamed, since they couldn’t catch it in person or in one of the multiple streaming theaters.
Of course, between R2 Builders, Fantasy Flight gaming, crowd-sourced LEGO modeling and foam Death Star trench construction for Hot Wheels races and all the spectacular products, creations and cosplayers about, there was so much else to do that it’s foolish to fixate on a trailer that was soon available online. (But then that amazing poster started showing up in lucky campers’ hands to remind you that you’d barely scratched the surface of the day’s offerings.
Check out our gallery of Friday’s Celebration scenes.
More from Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017:
Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017: Day 1 photos and foot woes (4/13/2017) - The first day of Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 brought fans together for the franchise's 40th anniversary - a lot of them.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi poster and teaser trailer revealed at Celebration Orlando (4/14/2017) - The teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi is revealed.
Star Wars Rebels’ 4th season will be its last: here’s a look at what’s coming (4/15/2017) - Destinies are revealed in the final season of Star Wars Rebels. 
Star Wars Rebels’ Vanessa Marshall and Dave Filoni on Hera’s journey, Rogue One and general issues (5/6/2017) - Vanessa Marshall describes discovering her Star Wars Rebels character Hera Syndulla was name-checked on the big screen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Rex returns in Star Wars Rebels Season 4: ‘Now he can be something greater’ (5/6/2017) - "Rex is like, in a very real way, the common man, the common soldier."
Star Wars Rebels: Thrawn triumphant going into Season 4 (5/6/2017) - Grand Admiral Thrawn stands to be more dangerous than ever in Star Wars Rebels' fourth and final season.
