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THE STAR WARS SHOW

A WEEK ON THE ST AR W ARS SHOW
- Production Diary -
ANDI GUTIERREZ

CO-PRESENTER

Monday get to say hello to Brian Herring as he visits the office, and we

8:15am: Commute. I read some recent articles about Solo, schedule an impromptu interview for the next day.
and interviews with Ron Howard to try to come up with some
last-minute questions for tomorrow’s interview. I also do an Wednesday
initial read-through of the script. 10:00am: There’s a massive blizzard on the East Coast, and
9:30am: I arrive at work kind of late with no makeup on my connecting flight to London tomorrow morning is in NYC,

(standard), having a bad hair day (annoying). Great way to so… FREAK OUT ABOUT FLIGHTS AND WINTER STORMS!
start an absolutely insane week. I remind myself to try not Frantically change my flights to make sure I get to London on

to be nervous about interviewing Ron Howard tomorrow. time for a Facebook Live interview with Daisy Ridley. I’ll only
Too late. have a few hours on the ground before the stream.
5:00pm: We get word that the Howard interview has been 12:00pm: The show goes live, including the call for fan
moved. I cancel my fl ights. questions for Daisy’s Q&A.

5:30pm: Tonight is the Rebels series finale. It’s a bittersweet I spend the rest of the day with the social team, scanning
thing for me personally, because it’s also the last episode of all our channels to make sure that we get enough interesting,
Rebels Recon [which Gutierrez presents], ending an important different questions.
chapter in my life.
Thursday
Tuesday 11:30am: I get to the airport early, which is a good thing,
9:00am: Since today’s interview was rescheduled, it’s a pretty because I have trouble checking in due to my fl ight change.
light day at the office. The silver lining of the change is that I Minor stress out. We take off for Seattle and I fi nish the

proposed Q&A flow on the plane, before sending it off for
approvals.

5:30pm: I’m flying overnight from Seattle to London, and my
work is pretty much done, so I watch a few movies and try to
get as much sleep as possible. Tomorrow is going to be a very
long day.
Friday
11:00am in London, 3:00am at home: We land at

Heathrow. Since there’s traffic and I like the view from trains,
I take the Tube into London. It’s way more pleasant than my
BART [Bay Area Rapid Transit] commute.
3:00pm: I’ve talked with Daisy a few times before, and she’s
super cool, but I’m still nervous. I’m always nervous before this
01 / A visit by BB-8 operator Brian Herring is a good excuse for an interview. sort of thing. It will never feel old or boring or easy for me, and

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