It’s too bad. In my mind (and I hope this doesn’t come across as offensive) but the intense obsession of fanatics and the sight of washed-up or no-name actors sitting around signing autographs for money just seems inherently depressing to me. So I feel like these filmmakers should be reminding us how much happiness these people can get out of it.

One fandom doc that seemed to get it right was “Star Warriors.” That one did a great job of taking something that many (including myself) see as somewhat silly - the 501st - and showing how SW and costume making has actually brought a lot of people together in meaningful ways. It really focuses on the human element of these fans which I thought was very nice.

On the subject of this particular doc, it’s all from the perspective of the actors so a bit different. Based on what they all say it seems like SW was just one very small part of their life that’s just happened to have this long lasting effect. Rather than no-name actors trying to make a living off autographs (which is what I had assumed) it’s more like they’re just ordinary people who have by strange chance valuable autographs (which they happily take advantage of). Except the doc’s tone seems to favor the former impression.