yellowmarlin

I only went on Saturday. Joined the queue outside just before 08:00 and was in the building by 09:15. I met everyone that I wanted to thanks to diamond passes for Pom and Varada. Another 8 Star Wars guests. All lovely, although Pom didn’t seem to be enjoying herself. However, I did not enjoy the experience. Saturday was just far too crowded and the layout was exacerbating the problem. I was relieved to finally get away at 15:30. Queuing outside meant the bag checks slowed the entry process, Faye Marsay should have been VQ from the start, the diamond pass queue was disorganised (initially) and the photoshoots had too many people blocking access while waiting for their batch to be called, partly because they wouldn’t have heard anything from farther away.

Yeah, I’m packed and ready to go as well. The Santa hat is taking up more space than anticipated.

Aiming for 3 photoshoots and 9-12 autographs on Saturday. If I have to come back on Sunday to finish off, I’ll add in the TNG duo photoshoot.

Danny Glover fixed my clash for me. The Lethal Weapon duo photoshoot bumped Pom’s photoshoot until after the Andor duo photoshoot. Now we await the last minute cancellations.

Photoshoots A and B are usually pretty close together, right? I’ve got a slight clash on the Saturday, but a diamond pass for the earlier start, so it should be doable. Right?

Not worth your while? I’ve had a few years like that. I once showed up with a few maybes on my list but left without meeting any of them. I bought a £40 Lego minifig so that it wasn’t a wasted trip.

Great guest. Shame about Ravi. Hope you can also get Ryan and/or Kyriana.

Melissa Navia and Rebecca Romijn Dafne Keen and Ariana Greenblatt Kyriana Kratter, Ryan Kiera Armstrong and Robert Timothy Smith Sophie Thatcher and Sofia Boutella Robert Emms and Anton Lesser

I added 3 but lost Elizabeth Dulau.

I’m not yet trimming, but I’m conscious that I may have to if I add many more, both for budgetary and time considerations.

Oddly, this is shaping up to be my best LFCC in years. Guest list in double figures, more than one diamond pass for the first time ever, eyeing up a couple of duo photoshoots and I’ve even ordered a commission from one of the comic artists. I’m starting to wonder if I might need to come back on the Sunday to finish off.

Lovely person to meet. I’ve become a big fan of Kleya Marki after rewatching Andor.

Melissa Navia and Rebecca Romijn Dafne Keen and Ariana Greenblatt Kyriana Kratter, Ryan Kiera Armstrong and Robert Timothy Smith Sophie Thatcher and Sofia Boutella

How about Nick Blood’s Much Ado co-star Freema Agyeman? And as many from the Disney+ Star Wars series as possible.

I’m hoping that SM have come up with an upgrade option for DP photoshoots. A solo with Varada is of little interest to me, but a duo with Faye is a different matter entirely.

Might be getting two autographs from Faye. Also need an upgrade option for my Varada DP photoshoot to a duo with Faye.

One for my Ahsoka poster, possibly.

One for my Andor poster, possibly.

Saturday entry ticket and diamond passes for Pom & Varada all purchased. There’s about 5 other Star Wars guests on my autograph list and I’m eyeing up a couple of photoshoots but I might wait for the schedule to be announced before committing to those.

I’ve settled on Saturday now that Varada Sethu has been announced. Just trying to decide if I want diamond passes for her and Pom or if I should take my chances with VQ tickets and standard photoshoots.

Would love to see Alan Ritchson announced.

I met her last time but she was lovely so I think I might meet her again.

Anything else you can do while you’re in London? Make a day/weekend of it? I'm pretty definitely going but haven’t settled on a day yet. Leaning towards Saturday; Pom Klementieff’s diamond pass is slightly cheaper.

I’m going to again ask for Sophie Thatcher. She’s amazing in Companion.

Brian Blessed (if I attend on the Saturday and I haven’t met him elsewhere a month earlier), Pom Klementieff (diamond pass?), Brendan Wayne, Ming Qiu, Ravi Cabot-Conyers and the TNG duo photoshoot.