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'Star Wars' actors join Denver Fan Expo lineup

The Force is strong with the newest additions to Denver's largest pop culture celebration.

DENVER — Members of the "Star Wars" universe are joining Colorado's largest pop culture celebration.

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.

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

"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" are also set to appear at the Denver festival.

Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard and Jamie Kennedy, stars of the 1996 slasher film "Scream," will also reunite on Saturday and Sunday of Fan Expo Denver.

"After an incredible event in 2022, we are very excited to kick-off 2023’s Fan Expo Denver with such a strong lineup of popular celebrities," said Andrew Moyes, vice president of Fan Expo HQ. "Our Denver fans have proven to be huge supporters of pop culture conventions, and we can’t wait to bring the Fan Expo experience to everyone for the third year."

Tickets for Fan Expo Denver are on sale now.

Credit: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
Hayden Christensen visits the Empire State Building in celebration of New York Comic Con on Friday, Oct, 8, 2021, in New York.
Credit: AP
This image released by Disney+ shows Ewan McGrego as Obi-Wan Kenobi, left, and Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader in Lucasfilm's "Obi-Wan Kenobi." (Lucasfilm Ltd./Disney+ via AP)

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