Thank The Maker brings 17 Rogue One and Andor crew to St Swithun's School, Winchester, on 17 October. Run from Fordingbridge; tickets £35 with parking.
A Fordingbridge toy shop is bringing 17 people who made Rogue One and Andor to Winchester for a day of talks on Saturday 17 October.
Thank The Maker runs from 9.30am to 6pm in The Harvey Hall at St Swithun’s School, about 17 miles north-east of Lyndhurst. It marks ten years since Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The organiser is All The Cool Stuff, an independent toy retailer and event organiser based in Fordingbridge.
The guests are not the actors. They are the crew: the people who drew the storyboards, painted the blasters, dressed the sets and built the visual effects. Across the day they will give presentations, sit on panels and take questions from the audience.
Who is coming
The organisers have confirmed this line-up:
- Adam Teeuw, production supervisor, Rogue One
- Col Goudie, co-editor, Rogue One
- TJ Falls, visual effects producer, Rogue One and Andor
- Mohen Leo, visual effects supervisor, Rogue One and Andor
- Yannick Lorvo, senior generalist, Rogue One
- Jamie Wilkinson, property master, Rogue One
- Rut Villamagna, hand props and weapons painter, Rogue One
- Lee Sandales, set decorator, Rogue One
- Duncan Fegredo, storyboard artist, Rogue One
- Dominic Sikking, graphic designer, Rogue One and Andor
- Barry Gingell, graphic designer, Andor
- Tereza Hudakova, graphic assistant, Andor
- Claudio Bassi, compositing supervisor, Andor
- Scott Pritchard, visual effects supervisor, Andor
- Marcus Dryden, on-set visual effects supervisor, Andor
- Josh Lee, senior animatronics designer, Rogue One and Andor
- Matt Denton, electronic design and development supervisor, Rogue One and Andor
The ticket page says more guests and “surprises may be revealed along the way”.
Why behind the camera
Event organiser David Tree said the point has always been the crew.
“Thank The Maker has always been about shining a light on the people behind the camera: the artists, designers, craftspeople and technicians whose work is absolutely essential to bringing these incredible worlds to life,” he said.
“For the 10th anniversary of Rogue One, we wanted to create something really special, and bringing together 17 people from such a diverse range of departments gives our audience an extraordinary opportunity to understand how a film like this is actually made.
“There are so many different skills involved in filmmaking that audiences never get to see. You might watch a finished scene and never realise how much work went into a prop, a piece of graphics, a storyboard, a visual effect or a set before the camera even rolled.
“That is what makes Thank The Maker different. It is a chance to hear those stories directly from the people who were there.”
The ticket page puts it more bluntly: this is “not a traditional comic con or celebrity meet-and-greet”.
Not only for Star Wars fans
The organisers say the day is meant to reach beyond the Star Wars crowd. They particularly want film students, aspiring filmmakers, artists, designers and anyone curious about the creative industries.
Earlier Thank The Maker events looked at the making of Andor and The Force Awakens. All The Cool Stuff says those events also raised money for Moyles Court Wildlife Rescue.
The event is fan-organised. Its website says it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lucasfilm or Disney.
Tickets
- When: Saturday 17 October 2026, 9.30am to 6pm
- Where: The Harvey Hall, St Swithun’s School, Winchester, SO21 1HA
- General admission: £35, including parking
- Stardust VIP: £65, with preferred seating, an exclusive event poster, priority autographs, an exclusive pin badge and a licensed Rogue One baseball cap
Tickets are sold through the Thank The Maker ticket page. There is more on the guests at thankthemaker.co.uk.
For more to do closer to home this month, see What’s On in the New Forest.
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