Princess Bride, Star Wars & Marvel Universe stars coming to Fan Expo Vancouver

Katie Cassidy plays the DC Comics heroine Black Canary on the CW series Arrow. She’s at this year’s Fan Expo Vancouver.

Katie Cassidy, who plays DC Comics superhero Black Canary on the CW TV series Arrow, is one of the many celebrity guests coming to this year’s Fan Expo Vancouver.

The annual celebration of all things nerdy comes to the Vancouver Convention Centre March 1-3. Along with celebrity guests, the expo features panels, exhibitors, and more. See below for some highlights from this year’s event.

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Princess Bride, Star Wars & Marvel Universe stars coming to Fan Expo Vancouver

Vancouver TheatreSports League Crowns The Laugh Jedi

Sourced from VTSL’s website

With the new Star Wars trailer now released, anticipation is growing for the movie’s big screen debut in December.

In the meantime, you can indulge your Star Wars geekery in the Vancouver TheatreSports League’s (VTSL) latest show: Improv Wars – The Laugh Jedi.

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Vancouver TheatreSports League Crowns The Laugh Jedi

Where can you see half-naked Stormtroopers this spring in Vancouver?

Star Wars Burlesque at the Rio Theatre, Vancouver, Nov 23 2013. Kirk Chantraine photo.

Star Wars Burlesque at the Rio Theatre, Vancouver, Nov 23 2013. Kirk Chantraine photo.

A new Star Wars movie can only mean one thing. Well, actually, it can mean a lot of things.

But one of the side-products of The Force Awakens, the hugely successful 2015 addition to the Star Wars movie canon, is burlesque routines inspired by the adventures of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. And it looks like April is going to give fans plenty of opportunity to see half-naked Stormtroopers as both a local company and a U.S.-based troupe bring some raunch to the family-friendly franchise.

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Where can you see half-naked Stormtroopers this spring in Vancouver?