StarFest 2012 brings out Denver's Star Wars fans...and Tebowba Fett

Denver certainly has no shortage of Star Wars fans and they were out in, um, Force, this weekend to take in all the geeky fun that was StarFest 2012. The convention is an annual tribute to all things sci-fi, comics and horror, but every year the Star Wars franchise seems...

By Claire Delahorne

April 24, 2012

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Denver certainly has no shortage of Star Wars fans and they were out in, um, Force, this weekend to take in all the geeky fun that was StarFest 2012. The convention is an annual tribute to all things sci-fi, comics and horror, but every year the Star Wars franchise seems to remain tops, besting the Hunger Games or Harry Potter or any other thing that's the steampunk of the moment.

Photos by Javid Rezvani for Westword -- see the full slideshow for StarFest 2012, and below are some of our favorite looks from a galaxy far, far away.

Full slide show: StarFest 2012 Full slide show: StarFest 2012

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