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ongtime Star Wars Insider reader
Stuart Trevorrow captured the
Lultimate bounty in October 2017 at
a small but mighty film and memorabilia

FUNKO FILONI
festival in the historic market town of
Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, England.
Trevorrow describes the event as “a
small and sleepy but superb sci-fi con Rebels showrunner goes Pop!
that usually gets a great guest in.”
Each year he takes his daughter, his tar Wars Rebels executive The next problem was how to
best friend, and his son to meet the likes producer Dave Filoni was get the figure to Filoni. Luckily,

of Paul Blake and Dave Prowse. Most S feeling left out. Macias had been invited to host a
recently, they spent a few moments with During the “Heroines of Star Wars” Q&A with the showrunner at a Star
Boba Fett himself, actor Jeremy Bulloch, panel at Orlando’s 2017 Star Wars Wars Rebels fan screening during
who was happy to sign the cover of a Celebration, the reveal of the new February—a deadline that helped
Fett comic book, chatted about Zuckuss Forces of Destiny adventure fi gures inspire her to put the fi nal touches
(emblazoned on Trevorrow’s T-shirt that left Filoni as the only guest on stage to the piece in time for her trip to
day), and even made some restaurant who didn’t have his very own action Lucasfi lm headquarters.

recommendations in the area. “He was figure. His vocal disappointment was “It was my first attempt at
charming and a true gent,” Trevorrow only meant in jest, but the quip gave creating a custom Funko Pop!
told Insider. long-time fan Johnamarie Macias, 31, figure,” says Macias, “and it was

an idea. worth it because he looked so
The Bronx-based creative force overjoyed when I was fi nally able
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behind The Wookiee Gunner fan to present it to him.”
site, Macias gathered the materials The experience brought Macias
to make a custom Funko Pop! vinyl full circle as a Star Wars fan, she

figure, watched as many tutorial says. “I remember sitting down in

videos as she could find, and then the theater in 2008 and being so
set to work. After one false start, captivated by the Star Wars: The
Macias spent a fortnight, painting, Clone Wars movie, a fi lm that Dave
sculpting hair, and attaching the Filoni had a hand in creating. Ten
miniature cowboy hat (because no years later, I found myself on the

Filoni figure would be complete same stage with him, and it was
without his ever-present hat!). such a surreal experience.”

01 Stuart Trevorrow and his children meet Jeremy
Bulloch, AKA bounty hunter Boba Fett.

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