MLP:FIM Jim Miller Director Commentary & Q&A Panel HarmonyCon 2020

Raw recording of Jim Miller, one of the directors of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, providing commentary for the series finale and answering questions from the audience. This took place February 7th 2020. During this panel Jim Miller talks a little about the finale, shares ideas which were scrapped, talks about Hasbro's influence on the show's direction, and much more.
Apologies for the poor video/audio quality. I was not planning to record this panel in full, but decided to do so in the moment once I realized how insightful and interesting it was. This archive contains minimal editing, so the cuts you see were either recorded at the time or are removal of incidental gaps. I'm not aware of any other recordings of this panel on KZbin, but please do share if you find any.
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Chapters:
00:00 Finale commentary clips
05:52 Q&A begins
06:13 Season 9 alternate ending
07:29 Scrapped plans for the Pillars
09:12 Indiscernible question
09:45 Ages of the Mane 6
10:23 Exclusion of secondary characters
11:06 Indiscernible question
11:52 Sunset Shimmer question
12:33 How lore is developed
14:09 Redemption for villains
15:15 Is Equestria Girls canon
15:59 Indiscernible question
16:34 Big Jim's role as King Sombra
17:06 Show became too lore-heavy
17:52 Big Jim's work on a new show
18:08 Indiscernible question
18:25 Is AppleDash canon
19:23 Discord, Grogar, and Q from Star Trek
20:31 Cozy Glow might not even be a pony
21:05 Appreciation for the show
21:20 Did Spike grow independent from Twilight?
22:13 Unsatisfactory character conclusions
22:38 No unreleased media other than clipshow
22:57 Pony Life
23:35 Equestria World-building & Zecora's Girafferica
24:19 Why didn't we see other Zebras?
24:50 Meaning of the book opening & closing
25:27 Indiscernible question about aging
26:48 No legal issues with Pinky and the Brain
26:59 Doesn't pick favorites with seasons or episodes
27:54 Starlight Glimmer's purpose
28:49 Hasbro and Flurry Heart
29:59 Why are princesses so tall?
30:52 Who is best pony?
31:03 Incorporation of toy placements
31:52 Indiscernible question about personal favorite ideas
32:23 Best Gift Ever holiday special insight
33:50 The end of Adobe Flash
34:16 Long work hours
34:48 King Vorak
35:42 Working with Hasbro
36:52 Hasbro didn't blow up Golden Oak Library
37:28 Who is worst pony & closing

[@brutusmuerto]

Thank you LittleShy! This is very entertaining and informative. Big jim is da Boss.🦄

[@Cantersoft]

30:52 Did he answer the best pony question? I see his mouth moving up and down and it looks maybe like "Applejack", but the crowd is laughing over him so much that I don't know.

[@Conus426]

Yes he said it on other panels before that applejack is his favourite

[@Lucios1995]

Who did he say was worst pony? I feel like the 9:12 indiscernible question might have had something to do with Twilight's height in Season 4 and after?

[@loneman5154]

Mr Miller, why did Sombra still have a deep voice in season 3 after getting his body back?