Thank you so much for writing these reports. It's been really interesting reading... and it's actually made me glad that I DIDN'T go.

I've been to a lot of conventions and none of them have been remotely as 'security conscious' as what you've described here. Making people hand over their bags and lightsabers before a show at a *convention*? Nazi-like security guards who don't want to let someone out of line to get a sandwhich? Endless lines and being treated like cattle rather than people? An air of secrecy on how to get freebies? And guests who are rude to fans?

I'm a little bit horrified.