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 ATLANTA — Exactly two years after Tony Todd left Axanar doubting producer Alec Peters' accountability for more than a million dollars of fans' money, some fans continued to use his image to sell merchandise made by Axanar Productions. Todd was not pleased. ATLANTA — Exactly two years after Tony Todd left Axanar doubting producer Alec Peters' accountability for more than a million dollars of fans' money, some fans continued to use his image to sell merchandise made by Axanar Productions. Todd was not pleased.
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-<wrap lo><wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> The day after this article was posted, the Axanar fan table was no longer operating at Dragon*Con.</wrap> 
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 An Axanar fan table in Atlanta's Hilton Hotel as part of the large Dragon*Con convention in September 2017 prominently featured a banner with Todd's picture under the title "Axanar," the never-to-be-produced feature film Todd [[tony_todd|walked away from]] in September 2015. An Axanar fan table in Atlanta's Hilton Hotel as part of the large Dragon*Con convention in September 2017 prominently featured a banner with Todd's picture under the title "Axanar," the never-to-be-produced feature film Todd [[tony_todd|walked away from]] in September 2015.
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 +<wrap lo><wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> The day after this article was posted, the Axanar fan table was no longer operating at Dragon*Con.</wrap>
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 [{{ :tony-todd.jpg?300|**Actor Tony Todd on [[twit>TonyTodd54|Twitter]]**}}] [{{ :tony-todd.jpg?300|**Actor Tony Todd on [[twit>TonyTodd54|Twitter]]**}}]
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 Todd left Axanar in September 2015,(([[http://www.prlog.org/12489801-tony-todd-exits-star-trek-axanar.html|PRLog press release, "Tony Todd Exits Star Trek Axanar"]], 9/1/15.)) though his departure from the project was not publicly acknowledged by Axanar producer Alec Peters for several months, even though Todd’s photo remained a prominent part of Axanar’s ongoing Indiegogo campaign. Todd left Axanar in September 2015,(([[http://www.prlog.org/12489801-tony-todd-exits-star-trek-axanar.html|PRLog press release, "Tony Todd Exits Star Trek Axanar"]], 9/1/15.)) though his departure from the project was not publicly acknowledged by Axanar producer Alec Peters for several months, even though Todd’s photo remained a prominent part of Axanar’s ongoing Indiegogo campaign.
  
-Indeed, despite Todd's two-year-old [[tony_todd|disavowal]] of the long-delayed project and Peters himself, the actor's image continued to appear prominently on Axanar Productions' homepage throughout the lawsuit and even until September 2017.+<wrap lo>//See also: [[tony_todd|Why Tony Todd left Axanar and why it took so long for fans to find out]]//</wrap>
  
-[{{::todd-prelude-actors.jpg|**DISAVOWAL** Star Trek actor Tony Todd (second from right) still appeared on Axanar's homepage when this screenshot was taken on September 2, 2017, despite his condemnation of the project and its producer, Alec Peters, }}]+Indeed, despite Todd's two-year-old [[tony_todd|disavowal]] of the long-delayed project and Peters himself, the actor's image continued to appear prominently on Axanar Productions' homepage throughout the lawsuit and even until September 2017.
  
 +[{{::todd-prelude-actors.jpg|**DISAVOWAL** Star Trek actor Tony Todd (second from right) still appeared on Axanar's homepage when this screenshot was taken on September 2, 2017, despite his condemnation of the project and its producer, Alec Peters.}}]
 ===== Todd's Image 'Not Affiliated' with Axanar ===== ===== Todd's Image 'Not Affiliated' with Axanar =====
  
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 However, Axanar's supposed lack of affiliation with the fan group appeared doubtful given: However, Axanar's supposed lack of affiliation with the fan group appeared doubtful given:
  
-/* [{{ ::peters-dragoncon-todd.jpg?direct&400|**UNTROUBLED** by the continued use of actor Tony Todd's image in a banner that could only have been created by Axanar and provided to the fan group, Axanar producer Alec Peters poses at the fan table with his girlfriend, Crysstal Hubbard.}}] +[{{ ::peters-dragoncon-todd.jpg?direct&400|**UNTROUBLED** by the continued use of actor Tony Todd's image in a banner that could only have been created by Axanar and provided to the fan group, Axanar producer Alec Peters poses at the fan table with his girlfriend, Crysstal Hubbard.}}]
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-  * **Merchandise** on display and for sale, all of which came from Axanar's Donor Store. While Peters had announced the formation of independent Axanar fan groups around the country, he never disclosed that he had given them his remaining stock of merchandise. That stock had been manufactured using donors' money that was supposed to have gone toward making the film.+  * **Merchandise** on display and for sale, all of which came from Axanar's [[merchandise|Donor Store]]. While Peters had announced the formation of independent Axanar fan groups around the country, he never disclosed that he had given them his remaining stock of merchandise. That stock had been manufactured using donors' money that was supposed to have gone toward making the film.
   * **Banner** Professionally printed, displaying the Axanar logo, not the logo of an "independent" organization.   * **Banner** Professionally printed, displaying the Axanar logo, not the logo of an "independent" organization.
-  * **Earnings** Apart from a portion of proceeds from sales of one of the patches supposedly destined for "animal charities," the allegedly independent fan group did not disclose what it would be doing with the money it was making from sales of merchandise that could only have been supplied by Axanar itself. Even the so-called charitable effort broke Dragon*Con's own rules governing fan tables (see [[#no sales for charity]]).+  * **Earnings** Apart from a portion of proceeds from sales of one of the patches supposedly destined for "animal charities," the allegedly independent fan group did not disclose what it would be doing with the money it was making from sales of merchandise that could only have been supplied by Axanar itself. Even the purported charitable effort broke Dragon*Con's own rules governing fan tables (see [[#no sales for charity]]).
   * **Peters' participation** at the fan table; he posed for photos right in front of Todd's image. He appeared untroubled by the use of Todd's photo.   * **Peters' participation** at the fan table; he posed for photos right in front of Todd's image. He appeared untroubled by the use of Todd's photo.
  
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 Yet there at the fan table was a sign labeled "Axanar Swag" advertising patches on sale for $8-$24. Sales of the patches appeared to go against the convention's rules about selling merchandise at fan tables. According to Dragon*Con's website: Yet there at the fan table was a sign labeled "Axanar Swag" advertising patches on sale for $8-$24. Sales of the patches appeared to go against the convention's rules about selling merchandise at fan tables. According to Dragon*Con's website:
  
-> Fan Tables are generally non-profit groups organized by members of a particular fandom or convention. … In deference to our dealers and exhibitors who purchase a table or sponsor the convention, <wrap hi>no general merchandise sales are permitted at concourse tables</wrap>. You may sell items imprinted with your organization’s name or logo only, such as pins, t-shirts, or bookmarks."(([[http://www.dragoncon.org/?q=fan_application_form|Dragon Con 2017 – Fan Table Application Form]], retrieved 9/2/17.)) [emphasis theirs]+> Fan Tables are generally non-profit groups organized by members of a particular fandom or convention. … In deference to our dealers and exhibitors who purchase a table or sponsor the convention, <wrap hi>no general merchandise sales are permitted at concourse tables</wrap>. You may sell items imprinted with your organization’s name or logo only, such as pins, t-shirts, or bookmarks.(([[http://www.dragoncon.org/?q=fan_application_form|Dragon Con 2017 – Fan Table Application Form]], retrieved 9/2/17.)) [emphasis theirs]
  
 [{{ ::no_logo_axanar_fan_club.jpg?direct&400|**NO LOGO** Despite the Axanar fan club's claims its merchandise was cleared for sale by Dragon*Con, the items did not feature either the fan club's name or logo as required by the convention's rules, only that of the ostensibly unaffiliated Axanar Productions.}}] [{{ ::no_logo_axanar_fan_club.jpg?direct&400|**NO LOGO** Despite the Axanar fan club's claims its merchandise was cleared for sale by Dragon*Con, the items did not feature either the fan club's name or logo as required by the convention's rules, only that of the ostensibly unaffiliated Axanar Productions.}}]