![]() She didn’t mention it.)įinal math check: Anne met more Star Wars guests here at Cincinnati than she did at Star Wars Celebration Chicago. (He also told Anne the same anecdote that he had in Chicago, about an Indiana con he once attended that was held in February and ran afoul of a nasty snow emergency. SWC Chicago wouldn’t let John Morton offer photos at the table. Six months later, while I waited in Morena Baccarin’s considerable line, Anne went and had herself a grand old time with some Star Wars actors who actually appeared in Star Wars films, who largely had lines, and who were willing to mingle with the hoi polloi. That list was distressingly shorter than we’d hoped.Īll other Star Wars movie actors who set foot within McCormick Place that weekend were: (a) Star Wars stars we’d already met (b) actors whose characters never spoke words, which is a deal-breaker for Anne (c) charging fees beyond our budget (Forest Whitaker was fairly priced for his stature but would’ve required multiple sacrifices) or (d) several extremely awesome actors from current Star Wars films who were there only for special stage presentations far above the heads of us great unwashed masses, no autographs or photo ops offered because they might’ve caught fan cooties or whatever. We also met John Morton, a stuntman who appeared as a couple of characters in The Empire Strikes Back, including Dak the doomed snowspeeder pilot. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover, we attended Star Wars Celebration Chicago back in March, where we met a handful of talented actors who’ve contributed voices to Star Wars spin-off shows and who’ve entertained us in other works. ![]() To pass the time, Anne had her own quest to fulfill. I headed straight for Baccarin’s booth, which had a sizable line awaiting her arrival. ![]() We general-admission fans were permitted to stampede into the exhibit hall at 10:00. As two middle-aged customer service specialists, we appreciated those kindly assurances. Even the security detail manning the metal detectors were above-norm gregarious. Despite road construction we were in line at 8:45 inside the Duke Energy Convention Center, where a bevy of extremely friendly volunteers greeted us every 20-25 feet and made sure we felt welcomed and informed. In that sense this show was kind of a big deal for me, con fatigue or not. …and now, Baccarin and Maher at Cincinnati Comic Expo 2019.Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau, and Adam Baldwin at Wizard World Chicago 2015.Jewel Staite at the first and last Awesome Con Indianapolis 2014 (then complemented the autograph with a later photo op at Indiana Comic Con 2017).the late Ron Glass at the inaugural Indy Pop Con 2014.Alan Tudyk at Wizard World Chicago 2013.I’ve been a fan since its TV premiere ( MCC’s first real entry was named after the first episode that aired) and have slowly been encountering the cast at various cons over the past six years like so: ![]() Simon Tam, fugitive from evil space cops who acted as ship’s medic and as his sister River’s keeper in select moments when she’d let him. We were in danger of burnout, but we each had personal quests to complete.įor me, it was the opportunity to meet the only two costars of Joss Whedon’s Firefly that I’d never met - Morena Baccarin, who played Inara the Companion, a dignitary of sorts in their far-flung future and Sean Maher as Dr. After our great big Dragon Con experience and our happy return to HorrorHound Indianapolis, CCE was our third con in thirty days. Saturday morning my wife Anne and I drove two hours southeast of Indianapolis to attend the tenth annual Cincinnati Comic Expo in the heart of their downtown that’s not so different from ours. It’s convention time yet again! Yes, AGAIN. You might remember him from other goofy photos on this site. You might remember Morena Baccarin from such works as Firefly, Gotham, and Deadpool.
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