Months to get ready have turned into days or even hours. What are you going to do? Do you compromise just to have something ready?  

Why do they insist on making us sit through the credits? Is there a point or is it just 'the way we've always done it?' Which extra scenes do we think were worth it?  

A discussion of all things Mandalorian  

Are they a strong foundation or obstacles to progress?  

For years, fandom worried about where the next generation of fans would come from as convention committees and attendees grew older. Now that geeks have been mainstreamed, is it still an issue? Is the wave of younger fans anxious to pick up the load and run the cons and clubs in the future?  

Learn where it came from, what the first costumes were, and how it's evolved!  

When do you need physical effects over visual effects? When do they work together? Will visual effects ever take over completely?  

Staging your own light saber battle? Want to create your own Ghostbusters franchise? Have a driving need to be a super hero? Join local filmmaker Wyatt Weed (The Dark Knight Returns) for some helpful tips and creative advice on how to create your own fan film. Clips and images will be shown, along with some words of wisdom from other fan-film makers, interviewed just for this panel...

Archon 44’s Media Guest of Honor, Evil Ted, has had an extensive career in the film industry. Find out what his favorite jobs were and the opportunities he was able to make happen.

In 2006, Archon favorite “Evil” Ted Smith’s first feature film, Guardian Of The Realm, was released. Sadly, this ambitious project, created in the early days of “digital video” was misrepresented by distributors and carried none of the special features created, including behind the scenes clips and a director’s commentary. Guardian has now been remastered and is being re-released with a refurbished 16x9 image, new effects, and all the special features. Come see “Guardian 2.0” with director...