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Jedi-Con 2010 – Day 3
5 April 2010 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Monday, April 5, 2010 * Shadow Leader – Panels – Closing show
Despite a very short night, the next morning continued for us just like the previous two days. The booth was properly set up again and everything prepared for the visitors. But we had to make room for a new exhibit: Andre's birthday present – the Shadow Leader! With its Saberproject vinyls, the black fighter fit perfectly into the overall look and gave our booth something extra special.
After a little photo shoot with the new acquisition, Andre let us get back to our positions, because the first visitors were slowly arriving again. The now familiar routine set in immediately: people's questions had to be answered and raffle tickets sold, while in between some of us kept letting off steam with their sabers in the hotel atrium to film a few fight scenes.
Meanwhile, it was time to collect autographs. We had managed to get one of the autograph coupons that let you get an autograph in your program booklet from every guest star. That led to a few photos and various conversations with Matthew, Randy or Denise. The latter also asked how Stormsassi had gotten her makeup off from the night before.
Shortly afterwards, Matthew Wood's panel was on the program. He talked about what he does all day long and even brought his software, so he could make volunteers from the audience sound like General Grievous or a battle droid. All in all, this experience was very interesting and, above all, entertaining. At least as entertaining was the following talk with Jake Lloyd and Wanja Gerick. Suddenly the shy Jake could speak in full sentences and brought such dry humor to it that two of us were crying with laughter. For example, we learned that Jake quite likes playing video games but doesn't think much of the internet. Among other things, he's currently attending college and would like to become an editor later on. Wanja was asked quite a bit about his work, but most questions had already been answered in his previous panel.
At 16:30 the time had come: time for the closing ceremony. As a farewell, Randy Martinez and Denise Vasquez played two very emotional songs. The first was Denise's „The Perfect One“, which gave everyone goosebumps. The second song was a love song written by Randy himself from Anakin's point of view, addressed to Padmé, of course. A worthy farewell, considering that the rest of the guest stars merely stepped onto the stage briefly once more, said a farewell sentence and then disappeared.
And so JediCon 2010 was officially over. For us, it was then time to "tear down!", while we said goodbye to the last visitors, new acquaintances and, inwardly, already to the rest of our teammates. Once all the items were loaded and all the cars were fully occupied, most of us headed home. The day was drawing to a close, and we could take home the memories of one of the biggest experiences of the year, together with hundreds of other Star Wars fans.
An unforgettable time in which you definitely learned one thing: Star Wars ROCKS!
