Actually that was the second time I met Roger. The first time was in 2013 when he came to Kuala Lumpur to shoot his film. He held a small exhibition for the benefit of the local fan club and I was there to meet him. We spoke briefly about his "scrap tech" approach for Episode IV. He told me how he went to the London West End to look and came across the Graflex handles and how the tracks were not windshield wipers
lol) but rather cupboard rails (no mention of draft excluders). He said currently he owns 8 Graflex handles and was looking for accurate tracks... he still had a strip from the old days and had gotten in touch with a guy in the US who had made accurate replicas (I assumed at that time that that was Gino).
Anyway, I brought along 3 of my most cherished SW props: my original Graflex which I converted into Luke ANH, my Greedo Killer blaster with a real M3 flash hider and of course, the Obi ANH which I got from scarf man. These items brought out a bit of nostalgia in him; he remarked that the Greedo Killer was the second blaster he built after the E-11 "to shoot George with" :lol. He also said he passed the modified Graflex to George, i.e. with bubbles and tracks, but it was George who drilled the d-ring holder into the base. But his eyes lit up when he saw the Obi ANH that I bought from scarf man ... he said that it was the best replica of it he's ever seen.
Here are some pics of Roger with the aforementioned props:
The second time was September 2014 when he came down to Kuala Lumpur again for KLConverge where he and a few other speakers (including J.W. Rizler) delivered a series of Masterclasses. I caught with him again and showed him more of my props as seen in the picture I attached in my earlier post, including the same Obi and Luke ANH sabers, a Rylo ROTJ hero which I finished as well as a Vader ROTJ stunt which I built from a vintage Graflex with Ken's (ElvisTrooper) parts. I also took the opportunity to give the roll of t-tracks; these are the same tracks that were offered by Saberfreak many years back, as well as James Kenobi's picture of the breakdown of parts of the Obi saber, just to show him how fanatical we here at the RPF can get in identifying the miscellaneous parts that make up our favorite weapon. We spoke again about the tracks, and again there was no mention of the draft exluders, just "cupboard rails". It was also at this event that another guy showed up and handed Roger what he claimed to be a screen used Vader ROTJ stunt. I had a look at it too: no doubt it looks totally battered and may be passed off as a vintage screen used saber, but upon close inspection, I saw that the bottom tube had no stamped GRAFLEX trades, which led me to believe that it was a Biskit. Also, the grips were obviously Blast-tech's.
Roger just smiled and said "very nice", probably humoring that guy. :lol
