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Originally Posted by FlamesAllTheWay
- Carrie Fisher spotlight was hilarious. Made fun of herself pretty frequently and I'd say at least 50% of her answers to questions somehow ended up involving a sexual reference of some sort. Some small kid asked how she got the role of Princess Leia and she replied "ever heard of the casting couch.....?" *audience laughs. Kid stands there perplexed still holding the mic* "well that wasn't how" and goes on to answer.
I think she's probably somewhat sick of Star Wars by now but she knows that's the big reason people show up so she still answers every question as best she can which was good.
- Saw 15 minutes of Eliza Dushku's panel. In that span the host, some associate prof of media or something at Lethbridge University, eventually managed to ask maybe 2 questions while also hogging the majority of the mic time. Eventually someone in the crowd even half yelled "let her speak!". Kind of cringe worthy but apparently it ended well after I left.
- Left the Eliza Dushku spotlight early to catch John Rhys-Davies' spotlight but the line was already full. Should have known. So I basically got a 15 minute spotlight of the associate prof of something at Lethbridge College talking instead of John Rhys-Davies (and I suppose also Eliza Dushku).
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I thought Fisher's panel was kinda lame. A lot of "I'm fat now" and too "I liked killing Jabba".
I was planning to do the same as you with the Dushku/Rhys-Davies scheduling conflict, but I saw the line for Rhys-Davies and saw that Dushku's thing was running late so I skipped hers. He was an interesting guy, likes to tell stories, often only vaguely related to the question. If you imagine an author forced to express himself through answering fan questions rather than writing books, that's basically the vibe I got from him (and indeed, he told us that he thought early on that he thought he'd be writer).
I also watched Lexa Doig's. She talked about her kids and husband a lot. It was okay. And moderated by Chima (for those of you who know they mayor's chief of staff)!
Star Wars Origami was terrible... the "A-wing" was a paper glider and the "Death Star" was a cube.
Costume contest worked out okay for me (I got lucky) but it was really silly of them to put it in Palomino. Should've been in the Corral. Many of my friends couldn't see anything from the back of the room.
Yesterday, I did zero panels because I didn't line up early enough for the Princess Bride... but the parade was a great addition to Expo.
Tomorrow I'm aiming for Nathan Fillion and Ian McDiarmid's panels.
Edit: oh yeah, there was a couple who got engaged on stage during the costume contest.