SAN DIEGO — Comic-Con International is like a box of chocolates. It's fattening and gets sticky when it gets hot. And, yes, you never know what you're going to get — from day to day, hour to hour, especially when you're press — covering the endless events, news conferences, panels and merchandisers.
Now that the insanity is more than 24 hours in the rear-view mirror, this reporter is filing his last bit of local color from the convention.
Wired.com will feature an exclusive interview with Anthony Daniels (C-3PO, right) Tuesday in which he'll discuss his career giving voice to that iconic gold faceplate and his hosting gig on the new Star Wars: in Concert tour.
Daniels is a soft-spoken gentleman who carefully considers his answers, so the interview took a little longer than expected. But, as it wrapped up, Daniels mentioned the power that John Williams' classic scores still have on people of all ages.
This reporter agreed and mentioned that my 5-year-old Godson (Tyler) listens to Star Wars soundtrack CDs every night before he goes to sleep.
Since Daniels was so generous with his time, I went for broke and shattered an unwritten law of journalism. I asked the celebrity for a personal favor. Would he record a "hello" to Tyler in character? After all, the kid is still at that magical age where Star Wars characters really exist.
Daniels' response caught me off-guard.
"Can you call him?" It's hard not to describe Daniels' expression as "impish."
Yes, I could call Tyler. And when C-3PO tells you do something, you do it.
So, between Press Room 28D in the San Diego Convention Center and South 77th Street in Milwaukee, Tyler had a phone chat with C-3PO, Human/Cyborg Relations. You won't find too many speechless 5-year-olds in the world, but I'm told Tyler was happily silent and in awe after he hung up with "a galaxy far, far away."
So, amidst all the complaints that the convention is too big, too crowded, too noisy, too stinky, too commercial, too Hollywood, etc., it takes something like this to remind us that Comic-Con exists to honor everything that can leave a kid wide-eyed with wonder — no matter the age of the kid.
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