Quick Fire Questions - Matt Booker Of Jedi News

This week we have Matt Booker who contributes to the number one Star Wars daily news site, Jedi News. Matt also owns Automattic Comics, an Independant Comics/ Toys retailer based in Corsham, Wiltshire. They have the biggest selection of Star Wars toys in the south west of the UK. On top of all this Matt is part of the team that runs Corsham Scifi day.

Lets get straight into it and fire those questions at Matt. Here we go

You're stuck in a swamp on Dagobah. What one movie, TV show, album and book would you take?
Empire Strikes Back, Clone Wars, Orbital - Snivilisation, Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo

If you could invite any three people (alive or not, fictitious or not) to a dinner party, who would they be?
George Lucas, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Jeremy Bulloch.

What is your favourite John Williams soundtrack?
Empire Strikes Back

If you were invisible for a day what would be the first thing you would do?
Haunt George Lucas and tell him he should never have sold up to Disney.

When was the last time you cried?
Last episode of The Clone Wars when Ashoka left

What is your biggest fear?
Spiders and Wampas

What was the most embarrassing moment of your life?
Recently when driving my dalek at Cardiff comic Expo and it broke - tyre blew out with a loud bang

Excluding search engines, what three website would you choose if no other websites were available?
Jedinews.co.uk, Bleedingcool.com and Brickset.com

Do you have any guilty pleasures?
Lego, Boba Fett collecting, Potato chips and my full size Dalek

What are you looking forward to the most in the next six months?
SW Celebration Europe 2 and the Jedi News Caravan of Courage

What is your most treasured possession?
SW Autograph book - 120+ in person OT Autos and a lotta memories

What is your biggest regret?

I have no regrets just lessons learned.

What are you most proud of?
My Children

What is your favourite Spielberg movie?
AI

Where can people keep in touch or follow you?
www.facebook.com/automatticcomics or jedinews.co.uk

Brilliant! Thanks Matt. Make sure you check out his AutomatticComics Facebook page and of course JediNews. Next week we have Mike Rondeau of the fantastic podcast, The Cantina Cast.

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Rob
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