Special Highlights from My #StarWars Galaxy's Edge Disneyland Experience

I'm a crazed fan, yes but not that crazy, so anyway I had a chance to meet him and toys or you know, I guess once you meet them and I saw a pony over and over again but I didn't want to interrupt he was hanging out with Matt Martin from Lucasfilm and I've known Matt since I did the engagement with unboxing of Millennium Falcon at Lucasfilm headquarters. Matt's been great I'm so glad he's doing what he's doing, so a funny thing about Matt is that I would keep DMing him on Twitter and every time I would do it, I would run into him in person like true this happened like two or three times, it was hilarious, it's like black magic.

Missing words on Twitter so the the next thing that happened was all then I'm trying to think through of course I met you know fellow fans naturally, it which was great, the the the next one person that I ran into that I recognized was Tandy Newton and so she was walking around with kids, so I didn't want to interrupt you know and you know, it was like you know gee I really loved Val from Solos and when after I said thank you for you know being someone else that my daughter can look up to and I showed her a picture of Jedi, and she was like oh I didn't take a picture asked for an autograph or anything but she was really really gracious, it was awesome. But then when we were going into the preview theater where you would go to they were like setting the stage for what you would expect to see Galaxies Edge there were a whole bunch of us from media and I guess some people from ABC and I turn around and a couple of rows back behind Peter from Slash Film, I saw a couple of people's faces and like oh my god I know who that is those those are people from Cloak-and-Dagger like Olivia and Aubrey and I'm like oh my god I love the show, huh just wanted to say hi you know I know thank you they keep doing what you do.

I was really a crazed fan but then I turned around in my seat and they had to stare uncomfortably at the back of my head, there were a couple rows back but that's important too because I knew back then later I tagged him both on Twitter and I look back with them and because they were also at Galaxies Edge and I said you know thank you, I was I was being sincere I enjoyed the most recent episode as a retro gamer I loved story I love the carrot I love what you're doing very very you're talented skilled and I was genuine I mean I watch Cloak and Dagger you can ask Diana but they were really nice Olivia ended up quote tweeting me which is cool so I favor did that and retweeted to that, hey I'm back in Tomorrowland around the customer they got a couple of unique pins here at Launch Bay that's where I took my picture with Darth Vader yesterday so anyway so so I met them they were really nice everyone was really nice pretty some fire food off and that's when I look like an idiot cuz I said hey I just watched Lego - or like a movie - the other day and you were great it was awesome and she was I think kind of taken aback because she was walking one direction I was walking another but really I know that was funny so yeah I'm pretty sure she was a little freaked out but then like I said I've met so many people and I think that's that's part of the fandom that I enjoy just the spirit of belonging and sharing my experiences and reveling in the fandom.

Jen Murray if I can I can't get it, I'm gonna have to tweet it Anakin and as an angel was one of her handles she's handing out these little sparkly pins like exclusives personal exclusives and so we ran into each other at the front gate she gave me one she took a picture and she'll probably tag me and I'll end up retweeting it there's hyperspace mountain my next reservation is soon like this afternoon but I mean they're gonna get popcorn in a special bucket for lunch the the a dat bucket or another juice like a smoothie being vegan has been easy here but anyway so I've enjoyed meeting people and that to me is as much about Star Wars as anything just meeting people and I've had a blast, I mean I was allowed to do this again who wouldn't honestly I to meet more of the people that I follow online or whose work I've admired so that's it those those are my ruminations as of this moment they divorced me with you.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enI don't know if I've given everybody a chance to digest everything that I've been sharing on this sponsored trip to Disneyland specifically to go to galaxy's edge as a Star Wars fan certainly I'm already scheming on ways that I could get the full family down here for a week because really you need a week to take up all this in the highlight of my experience I mean beyond obviously galaxy's edge and just kind of like living Star Wars which I do anyway independence of being here meeting people that I never thought I'd meet or that I would one day hope I might meet people in the community as well as like celebrities inside and outside of the fandom and I may have mentioned this briefly but it started when I check into the hotel and next to me up walks a gentleman who is not wearing a hat this is important to the story and I look over and it's Dave Filoni and I'm like oh so I tried not to freak out I said hey Dave you don't know me but thank you for everything you do and I told him you know I'm excited for the mandalorian we're fans of rebels Clone Wars everything that he's basically had a hand in and you know we kind of continue to check in I didn't bother him or didn't think I was bothering him too much and ultimately worked up the courage to ask for an autograph because I didn't want to do a picture number one cuz he wasn't wearing his hat in number two because I I would rather have an autograph as a memento with with meeting him and having a little more time than the average fan so I waited a bit they took my card away though the special galaxy's edge card then when I took a picture of and shared in social the other day and so I was worried like he was going to leave because he was done I didn't think card back that's the one I want him to sign and I didn't ask and then as soon as she handed it back I asked him and luckily I carry sharpies on me permanent markers and I'm just wandering around Disneyland aimlessly I have no idea where I'm going I have zero agenda though so anyway he autographed it he was very kind he took the time and he actually Illustrated Rex is he's prone to do at times but it it was just fantastic so I met Dave Filoni got his autograph that was that was great he was very awesome he was just as low-key and laid-back as you've seen him like in any kind of video you may have seen him do interviews with go in so then let's see here what else happened that was that day the day of check-in so then the next morning when I go to the the media area where you know people who we're I guess invited to do this experience for galaxy's edge before it launched I wasn't able to do Wednesday with the full-on ceremony which is kind of disappointing but you know what I'm not disappointed in it all because I got a chance to go in a period end of story but Alden Ehrenreich was there and he was just drinking his coffee he just kind of used with the seemingly family friends so I didn't want to bother him and I just kind of thought you know what do I do because this is a once in a lifetime really opportunity so you know I know Jedi loves Han Solo when he's younger and I was like you know I think I need to tell him that and I did I walked up to him and I and I said thank you for doing what you do the community wants to make solo to happen this is important because I'll loop back to Alden in a second because I met him again anyway so I said I don't want to bother you this is my daughter Jedi and she loves Han Solo when he was younger would there be a chance that you could basically say hello to her he says sure so we recorded a brief video very very brief it didn't upload to Twitter very well the audio got mangled but either a Jedi saw it and of course she's happy but I shared it in Twitter because there is the hashtag make Sola to happen and of course I participated because I love solo and I thought the entire cast team ever you everything did great I felt that it was just unfortunate timing and I feel marketing could have been done a little better but just a feeling nothing to say that the movie was you know bad so because it wasn't anyway so he was very very gracious and I was very appreciative she was very kind and I left that b-but I was you know again on cloud nine I was rather elated let's see here believe it or not I think I know where I'm at this is kind of scary to me because I actually know where I'm at I've walked around Disneyland so many times I don't have a pedometer on me so did the steps count so anyway so I met Alden later this is important because when I tweeted it they wanted it they wanted to really know that he knew of the hashtag makes solar to happen I didn't really loop back with him on that I was like well I promise if I see him again and there's a chance because he would be in the park that I would I would specifically mention the hashtag so later on in the day when when we were at galaxy's edge Alden was in one of the shops and I said hey hey thank you he said he remembered me from earlier I won't and I said I wanted to make sure you saw the hashtag and he looked at he says yeah I saw it in it there she said there was something about emails but he was aware of the hashtag that the fans wanted to make solo to happen so I was at some you know well I am a crazed fan yes but not that crazy so anyway I had a chance to meet him toys or you know I guess once you meet them and I saw a pony over and over again but I didn't want to interrupt he was hanging out with Matt Martin from Lucasfilm and I've known Matt since I did the engagement with unboxing of millennium falcon at Lucasfilm headquarters Matt's been great I'm so glad he's doing what he's doing so a funny thing about Matt I would kept I kept DMing him on Twitter and every time I would do I would run into him in person like true this happened like two or three times it was hilarious it's like black magic then anyway missing words on on Twitter so the the next thing that happened this was yesterday that was all then I'm trying to think through of course I met you know fellow fans naturally it which was great the the the next one person that I ran into that I recognized was Tandy Newton and so she was walking around with kids so I didn't want to interrupt you know and you know it was like you know gee I really loved Val from solos and when after I said thank you for you know being someone else that my daughter can look up to and I showed her a picture of Jedi and she was like oh I didn't take a picture asked for an autograph or anything but she was really really gracious it was awesome but then when we were going into the preview theater where you would go to they were like setting the stage for what you would expect to see galaxies edge there were a whole bunch of us from media and I guess some people from ABC and I turn around and a couple of rows back behind Peter from slash film the I saw a couple of people's faces and like oh my god I know who that is those those are people from cloak-and-dagger like Olivia and Aubrey and I'm like oh my god I love the show huh just wanted to say hi you know I know thank you they keep doing what you do and that was I was really a crazed fan but then I turned around in my seat and they had to stare uncomfortably at the back of my head there were a couple rows back but that's important too because I knew back then later I tagged him both on Twitter and I look back with them and because they were also at galaxy's edge and I said you know thank you I was I was being sincere I enjoyed the most recent episode as a retro gamer I loved story I love the carrot I love what you're doing very very you're talented skilled and I was genuine I mean I watch cloak and dagger you can ask Diana but they were really nice Olivia ended up quote tweeting me which is cool so I favor did that and retweeted to that hey I'm back in Tomorrowland around the customer they got a couple of unique pins here at launch Bay that's where I took my picture with Darth Vader yesterday so anyway so so I met them they were really nice everyone was really nice pretty some fire food off and that's when I look like an idiot cuz I said hey I just watched Lego - or like a movie - the other day and you were great it was awesome and she was I think kind of taken aback because she was walking one direction I was walking another but really I know that was funny so yeah I'm pretty sure she was a little freaked out but then like I said I've met so many people and I think that's that's part of the fandom that I enjoy just the spirit of belonging and sharing my experiences and reveling in the fandom Jen Murray if I can I can't get it I'm gonna have to tweet it Anakin and as an angel was one of her handles she's handing out these little sparkly pins like exclusives personal exclusives and so we ran into each other at the front gate she gave me one she took a picture and she'll probably tag me and I'll end up retweeting it there's hyperspace mountain my next reservation is soon like this afternoon but I mean they're gonna get popcorn in a special bucket for lunch the the a dat bucket or another juice like a smoothie being vegan has been easy here but anyway so I've enjoyed meeting people and that to me is as much about Star Wars as anything just meeting people and I've had a blast I mean I was allowed to do this again who wouldn't honestly I to meet more of the people that I follow online or whose work I've admired so that's it those those are my ruminations as of this moment they divorced me with you I'm going to go see some droidsI don't know if I've given everybody a chance to digest everything that I've been sharing on this sponsored trip to Disneyland specifically to go to galaxy's edge as a Star Wars fan certainly I'm already scheming on ways that I could get the full family down here for a week because really you need a week to take up all this in the highlight of my experience I mean beyond obviously galaxy's edge and just kind of like living Star Wars which I do anyway independence of being here meeting people that I never thought I'd meet or that I would one day hope I might meet people in the community as well as like celebrities inside and outside of the fandom and I may have mentioned this briefly but it started when I check into the hotel and next to me up walks a gentleman who is not wearing a hat this is important to the story and I look over and it's Dave Filoni and I'm like oh so I tried not to freak out I said hey Dave you don't know me but thank you for everything you do and I told him you know I'm excited for the mandalorian we're fans of rebels Clone Wars everything that he's basically had a hand in and you know we kind of continue to check in I didn't bother him or didn't think I was bothering him too much and ultimately worked up the courage to ask for an autograph because I didn't want to do a picture number one cuz he wasn't wearing his hat in number two because I I would rather have an autograph as a memento with with meeting him and having a little more time than the average fan so I waited a bit they took my card away though the special galaxy's edge card then when I took a picture of and shared in social the other day and so I was worried like he was going to leave because he was done I didn't think card back that's the one I want him to sign and I didn't ask and then as soon as she handed it back I asked him and luckily I carry sharpies on me permanent markers and I'm just wandering around Disneyland aimlessly I have no idea where I'm going I have zero agenda though so anyway he autographed it he was very kind he took the time and he actually Illustrated Rex is he's prone to do at times but it it was just fantastic so I met Dave Filoni got his autograph that was that was great he was very awesome he was just as low-key and laid-back as you've seen him like in any kind of video you may have seen him do interviews with go in so then let's see here what else happened that was that day the day of check-in so then the next morning when I go to the the media area where you know people who we're I guess invited to do this experience for galaxy's edge before it launched I wasn't able to do Wednesday with the full-on ceremony which is kind of disappointing but you know what I'm not disappointed in it all because I got a chance to go in a period end of story but Alden Ehrenreich was there and he was just drinking his coffee he just kind of used with the seemingly family friends so I didn't want to bother him and I just kind of thought you know what do I do because this is a once in a lifetime really opportunity so you know I know Jedi loves Han Solo when he's younger and I was like you know I think I need to tell him that and I did I walked up to him and I and I said thank you for doing what you do the community wants to make solo to happen this is important because I'll loop back to Alden in a second because I met him again anyway so I said I don't want to bother you this is my daughter Jedi and she loves Han Solo when he was younger would there be a chance that you could basically say hello to her he says sure so we recorded a brief video very very brief it didn't upload to Twitter very well the audio got mangled but either a Jedi saw it and of course she's happy but I shared it in Twitter because there is the hashtag make Sola to happen and of course I participated because I love solo and I thought the entire cast team ever you everything did great I felt that it was just unfortunate timing and I feel marketing could have been done a little better but just a feeling nothing to say that the movie was you know bad so because it wasn't anyway so he was very very gracious and I was very appreciative she was very kind and I left that b-but I was you know again on cloud nine I was rather elated let's see here believe it or not I think I know where I'm at this is kind of scary to me because I actually know where I'm at I've walked around Disneyland so many times I don't have a pedometer on me so did the steps count so anyway so I met Alden later this is important because when I tweeted it they wanted it they wanted to really know that he knew of the hashtag makes solar to happen I didn't really loop back with him on that I was like well I promise if I see him again and there's a chance because he would be in the park that I would I would specifically mention the hashtag so later on in the day when when we were at galaxy's edge Alden was in one of the shops and I said hey hey thank you he said he remembered me from earlier I won't and I said I wanted to make sure you saw the hashtag and he looked at he says yeah I saw it in it there she said there was something about emails but he was aware of the hashtag that the fans wanted to make solo to happen so I was at some you know well I am a crazed fan yes but not that crazy so anyway I had a chance to meet him toys or you know I guess once you meet them and I saw a pony over and over again but I didn't want to interrupt he was hanging out with Matt Martin from Lucasfilm and I've known Matt since I did the engagement with unboxing of millennium falcon at Lucasfilm headquarters Matt's been great I'm so glad he's doing what he's doing so a funny thing about Matt I would kept I kept DMing him on Twitter and every time I would do I would run into him in person like true this happened like two or three times it was hilarious it's like black magic then anyway missing words on on Twitter so the the next thing that happened this was yesterday that was all then I'm trying to think through of course I met you know fellow fans naturally it which was great the the the next one person that I ran into that I recognized was Tandy Newton and so she was walking around with kids so I didn't want to interrupt you know and you know it was like you know gee I really loved Val from solos and when after I said thank you for you know being someone else that my daughter can look up to and I showed her a picture of Jedi and she was like oh I didn't take a picture asked for an autograph or anything but she was really really gracious it was awesome but then when we were going into the preview theater where you would go to they were like setting the stage for what you would expect to see galaxies edge there were a whole bunch of us from media and I guess some people from ABC and I turn around and a couple of rows back behind Peter from slash film the I saw a couple of people's faces and like oh my god I know who that is those those are people from cloak-and-dagger like Olivia and Aubrey and I'm like oh my god I love the show huh just wanted to say hi you know I know thank you they keep doing what you do and that was I was really a crazed fan but then I turned around in my seat and they had to stare uncomfortably at the back of my head there were a couple rows back but that's important too because I knew back then later I tagged him both on Twitter and I look back with them and because they were also at galaxy's edge and I said you know thank you I was I was being sincere I enjoyed the most recent episode as a retro gamer I loved story I love the carrot I love what you're doing very very you're talented skilled and I was genuine I mean I watch cloak and dagger you can ask Diana but they were really nice Olivia ended up quote tweeting me which is cool so I favor did that and retweeted to that hey I'm back in Tomorrowland around the customer they got a couple of unique pins here at launch Bay that's where I took my picture with Darth Vader yesterday so anyway so so I met them they were really nice everyone was really nice pretty some fire food off and that's when I look like an idiot cuz I said hey I just watched Lego - or like a movie - the other day and you were great it was awesome and she was I think kind of taken aback because she was walking one direction I was walking another but really I know that was funny so yeah I'm pretty sure she was a little freaked out but then like I said I've met so many people and I think that's that's part of the fandom that I enjoy just the spirit of belonging and sharing my experiences and reveling in the fandom Jen Murray if I can I can't get it I'm gonna have to tweet it Anakin and as an angel was one of her handles she's handing out these little sparkly pins like exclusives personal exclusives and so we ran into each other at the front gate she gave me one she took a picture and she'll probably tag me and I'll end up retweeting it there's hyperspace mountain my next reservation is soon like this afternoon but I mean they're gonna get popcorn in a special bucket for lunch the the a dat bucket or another juice like a smoothie being vegan has been easy here but anyway so I've enjoyed meeting people and that to me is as much about Star Wars as anything just meeting people and I've had a blast I mean I was allowed to do this again who wouldn't honestly I to meet more of the people that I follow online or whose work I've admired so that's it those those are my ruminations as of this moment they divorced me with you I'm going to go see some droids\n"