Every year Dragon*Con brings together costumed hordes of science fiction, anime, fantasy, film and role-playing game enthusiasts in the nation's largest gathering of its kind. Darth Vader's costume came together over the course of a year. When he's not leading the empire, Vader is a Computer Network Technology student at Harrison College and a part-time grocery bagger.

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