Day Two of Starfest

Written By: John

Saturday at Starfest is without a doubt, the busiest day of the event.  Panels are in full swing, the guests have all arrived and everyone attending is ready to go out and about see everything that they can. 

For us, we started out with the smaller sights, spending a little bit of time over at Robofest to check out what amazing robots were on display this year. The highlight of the room as usual were “Robby the Robot” from Lost in Space and the fully functional R2-D2.  Both attractions seemed to delight anyone who spent a few moments in their presence.   This year Robofest shared space with the model room, allowing us to revel in the amazing craftsmanship that goes into the finite details of model making.

After our stop there, Girls of Geek spent a little time on the second floor balcony, checking out what programming would be coming up in the panels rooms later in the day and take a walk through the art show. 

Of course all of this is simply to kill a little time before heading into the Main Event room to check out the headlining guests, and today did not disappoint.  We kicked off with J.G. Hertzler and Robert O’Reilly, and for the details of that amazing performance, check out our earlier post. 

Immediately following that it was time for the actor who brought one of science fiction’s greatest villains to life, the man behind the Darth Vader mask, David Prowse.  He was a gentle and soft-spoken man, and that’s all I will go into when it comes to David right now, we have a larger post coming for his event so please stay tuned. 

Following David’s presentation the buzz around the facility continued to grow as Jewel Staite from Firefly arrived to greet her fans before Jonathan Frakes, Commander William Riker from Star Trek:  The Next Generation made his way through the halls of the Denver Marriot. 

The draw of these two stars was evident as the north end of the hotel, where the two of them were signing autographs, quickly filled up with eager fans hoping to snag a signature on their collectibles. 

But the highlight of the day was of course the costume contest, where at last you get to see the best of the best take the stage, and this year did not disappoint with an amazing Davros chair from Doctor Who, a full scale Skeksis from The Dark Crystal and the best Bender from Futurama that I have ever seen. 

There was so much to see today, that sadly we missed out on too many panels and other such events, but such is life at Starfest, too much to see and never quite enough time.  Sadly the end is near but not before Jonathan Frakes, John Noble and Jewel Staite take the main stage.  We’ll be there to cover it for you.  Until tomorrow Starfestians!