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Actor Who Played Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader is Coming to Denver

Mar 7, 2023, 4:48 PM

If you love Star Wars, and you live near Denver, you’ll likely have plans Friday, June 30 through Sunday, July 2.

Hayden Christensen, who portrayed Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader, in “Attack of the Clones,” “Revenge of the Sith,” and “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” has been announced as part of the celebrity guest lineup at Fan Expo Denver.

“The Mandalorian” actors Giancarlo Esposito and Katee Sackhoff are also scheduled to appear at the festival.

They join other pop culture celebrities like “The Addams Family” star Christina Ricci, Vincent D’Onofrio of “Daredevil,” Bonnie Wright from “Harry Potter,” Gates McFadden of “Star Trek,” Leslie David Baker of “The Office,” Vivien Lyra Blair from “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” Emily Bett Rickards of “Arrow” fame, “The Mandalorian” actor Emily Swallow, “Blue’s Clues” host Steve Burns, and “Stranger Things” actors Joseph Quinn and Grace Van Dien, “The Punisher” and “The Walking Dead” actor Jon Bernthal, “Daredevil” star Charlie Cox, longtime “Arrow” actor Stephen Amell, and Gabriel Luna from HBO’s “The Last of Us.”

Fan Expo Denver runs from Friday, June 30, to Sunday, July 2, at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver.

Tickets for Fan Expo Denver are on sale now.

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