The second day of San Diego Comic-Con is over, and with it came the much-awaited Game of Thrones panel, featuring the likes of Maisie Williams (Arya), Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark), John Bradley (Sam Tarly), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth) and Conleth Hill (Varys.) Unfortunately, a few other people — including showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss — had to drop out before the event, but there were more than enough cast members here to make for an interesting discussion.
FanSided’s own Amy Kaplan was there live-tweeting the whole thing from the WiC Twitter account! Below are her observations, moment by moment:
The #SDCC head is prepping the crowd to be nice to the #GOT people
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LOL
To open the panel is a clip, Bran talking "I can see things happening all over the world"
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Clips from all seasons in a montage. #GOT
Huge cheers when Arya comes on the screen#GOT #SDCC #SDCC2019
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Someone left some coffee cups here, and they drink in jest #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Isaac says he asks his family and friends to call him "his majesty" #SDCC #GOT
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Maisie says Arya is probably off like Dora the Explorer #GOT #SDCC
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Jacob thinks Greyworm is off building a new society. #SDCC #GOT
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Jacob says he doesn't think Greyworm could find the same kind of love again#SDCC #GOT
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Liam Cunningham jokes that the spin-off should be called "Better Call Davos" #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau says that he thinks dying in the arms of Cersei was perfect #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Conleth Hill "I don't regret starting the petition" #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Conleth Hill says he loves all 10 years he was on GOT#GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Conleth Hill says the last season of GOT was about the pointlessness of war #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Conleth Hill says the hate was media-led, the fans here prove that#GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau says every single season had controversy. #GOT #SDCC
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau says the end of a show you love will always piss you off.
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
At the end of the day, it's fine. Don't call people names. #GOT #SDCC
Liam says it's not about the end, it's about the journey#GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Here we have the cast addressing some of the blowback to the final season. I’m sure it’s not as in depth as some fans want, but I wholeheartedly endorse Coster-Waldau’s prohibition on name-calling. There’s a way to discuss this stuff and still be civil; Con of Thrones proved it.
Liam jokes that he should have been on the throne at the end #GOT #SDCC
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Nikolaj says if he had survived and Cersei hadn't, that Brienne would have not wanted to be with Jamie because of all his baggage#GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Jacob: On why he didn't kill Jon ..
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(puts on Spiderman mask)
... towards the end he probably thought enough was enough.#SDCC #GOT
Conleth Hill: Daenerys was "cray-cray there are the end" #SDCC #GOT
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Isaac: On the evil-Bran theory
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Bran isn't a fortune teller, his vision of the future is cloudy. He likes that his character is left up for interpretation#SDCC #GOT
Isaac says that the ending is left open and he likes that #SDCC #GOT
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Arya always has been a lone wolf, she won't be with a partner #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Maisie says Arya killed the Night King on her own, it was not Jon Snow telling her to do it #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
I think this refers to the idea that Jon distracted Viserion by yelling at him and giving Arya a moment to dart into the godswood where she killed the Night King. I think they can work in tandem.
Favorite line from #GOT
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When we found out why Hodor was called Hodor
- Nikolaj #SDCC
Favorite line from #GOT
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"Nothing fucks you hard than time"
- Liam#SDCC
Favorite line from #GOT
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
"Not today"
- Maisie#SDCC
Favorite line from #GOT
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"I always wanted to be a wizard"
- John Bradley#SDCC
Favorite line from #GOT
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
"I drink and I know things"
- Conleth#SDCC
Favorite line from #GOT
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
"chaos is a ladder"
- Isaac#SDCC
Isaac says he took a wooden spoon from the set #GOT #SDCC
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Conleth on what he stole from #GOT set
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"Most of the scenes" #SDCC
That’s a quality one-liner, right there.
John Bradley says he didn't take anything from the set because he's too afraid of getting in trouble #SDCC #GOT
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Maisie says she didn't steal anything from the set but she says she stole fake blood and left it all over her trailer's bathroom #SDCC #GOT
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Jacob says "Dick, no balls" and says he won't explain it again #SDCC #GOT
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
And the mystery of Grey Worm’s anatomy is solved.
John Bradley on the water bottle. Says he felt a lot of blame for things, but wasn't his water bottle because he's right handed. It wouldn't have been on the other side. #SDCC #GOT
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Liam says it wasn't his, he doesn't drink water#SDCC #GOT
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Nikolaj says he'll miss the gold hand #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Liam says there was a "magical" sense on set and it was very rare #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Jacob says he has a reckless mind and he misses how in control and still, calm his character was #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Maisie says she'll miss the swords and fighting #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
John Bradley says he'll miss charting his character's journey to finding his confidence #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Conleth says he's proud that all kinds of people worked together to create something special #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
Isaac says he'll miss the calmness and how difficult it was to not be moving for hours at a time. Like meditation #SDCC #GOT
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
No fan questions, the panel was closed #GOT #SDCC
— Winter is Coming (@WiCnet) July 20, 2019
If you want to see some fan questions, check out the videos from Con of Thrones this past weekend, where fans got to ask Coster-Waldau and other cast members all sorts of stuff.
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UPDATE: Watch the panel below!
Thanks to Amy for tweeting this, thanks to the cast members for showing up, and thanks to Game of Thrones for eight years of entertainment!
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