Arya Moghaddam is a filmmaker from Tehran, Iran now based in Los Angeles. In his 2017 fan film, Star Wars: Destroyer, X-Wing pilots discover a crippled star destroyer crashing towards a nearby planet and have to intercept!

In this episode, Arya speaks passionately about what it takes to become a filmmaker, his journey from film fan as a child in Iran to a filmmaker in the US, and how important it is for upcoming filmmakers to educate themselves in the older methods and craft of filmmaking before digital video.