Meeting Mark Hamill @ Comic Con - Saturday, July 24, 2004 (4 PM)



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I went to the Coolwaters booth on Saturday morning (approx. 10 AM) and picked up a ticket for $85. The ticket color was red and a receipt was given.

At approximately 3 PM, we stood in line near the Coolwaters booth. There were many people in line already. Most were people who wanted their Star Wars memorabilia signed. During the wait in line, we were asked "Mark Hamill trivia" in order to get a prize - a special edition Dark Horse Star Wars comic book. We were told to take out our "pink" tickets. My ticket was red! So I asked about the red tickets. The guy said that I was "in the wrong line" because "only pink tickets were for Mark Hamill signings". Well, this same person sold me the ticket, and I had the receipt. He said that he would "never" give out a red ticket (whatever). After being very rude, he said he'd take care of my case after the contest. I showed him my receipt, and then he realized that he was being a total idiot, so he gave me the Dark Horse comic for free and allowed me to obtain my ticket.

It was now 4 PM, and the signing began. Mark Hamill arrived around 3:55 or so. We were only in line about 15 minutes when it was my turn to get the signature! The guy who gave me a hard time earlier was the person who handed the Corvette Summer novelization.

Mark asked if it was Jenny with a y. I gave him a piece of paper with the Corvette Summer website address. He placed it in his left shirt pocket immediately! He said the book will be a collector's item now. He said he doesn't have the Corvette Summer novelization. I told him I got it on Yahoo! Auctions. I told him thanks. He said "thank you!" [The autograph read: "For Jenny (with a heart) - May your rides be the smoothest! XXX, OOO Mark Hamill"]

Later that night, at the Comic Book: The Movie panel (7 - 8:30 PM), Mark saw me in the audience and reached into his left pocket to see if the paper with the website Info was still there! [Paul, Mikk and George can verify this]

Was that cool, or what??! :)