A bunch of Stormtroopers came up. In costume, the new ones and the old ones. I was like, ‘This is a dream come true!’ It was like… remember Carrie, when she was at the prom? And she’s having a fucking blast? And everything’s slo-mo, and you’re like, ‘It’s working out for Carrie! Everything’s coming up Milhouse for Carrie!’ And then all of a sudden… [makes horrible dive-bombing sound]. And I watched it happen in slo-mo."

There’s no way not to feel bad for Kevin Smith . Even his worst enemy wouldn’t wish on anyone what happened to the filmmaker on Friday night at San Diego Comic-Con. Thankfully, if you missed the fireworks, Smith recounted the whole ordeal on his podcast, proving once again what an incredible verbal storyteller he can be.Here’s what happened in a nutshell, in case you have been offline for the past few days. Kevin Smith was set to follow thepanel in Hall H. Only, J.J. Abrams concluded his panel by inviting THE ENTIRE HALL to a free Star Wars concert … and basically everyone in the room got up and left, leaving Smith dumbfounded. Up to that point, however, Smith – a rabidfan – was having the time of his life. Then, it all went sour, which is why he made this incredible analogy on his Hollywood Babble-On podcast Kevin Smith went on to describe the horror of watching J.J. Abrams tell everyone in the hall that they should leave to attend a freeconcert. Smith, himself, admits that he wanted so bad to go to the concert that he contemplated canceling his panel to go attend theshow. As he joked, you can listen to Kevin Smith talk about his movies any day of the week on a dozen podcasts. This concert is a once-in-a-lifetime event! If you missed Abrams’ announcement, it looked like this: