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Celebrities and Storm Troopers: Photos from the First Days of Comic-Con

Photo: Eric Charbonneau/2011 Eric Charbonneau
SAN DIEGO, CA - JULY 21:  Hugh Jackman makes a special appearance to promote DreamWorks SKG's "Real Steel" at the 2011 Comic-Con on July 21, 2011 in San Diego, California.  (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/WireImage)
Photo: Eric Charbonneau/2011 Eric Charbonneau

Comic-Con, that great annual nerd festival that takes place in San Diego, kicked off yesterday. Since then, Twilight fans have screeched loudly and asked after Robert Pattinson’s back muscles; Ridley Scott has opened up about his next movie and so has Robert Rodriguez ; Nicolas Winding Refn talked up Christina Hendricks and unveiled a new, great trailer for his movie Drive. And while all of that has been going on, there have also been great, great, great people watching. Only at Comic-Con do you get celebrities, regular people sporting very detailed costumes, and celebrities posing with regular people sporting very detailed costumes. Take a look.

This hot zombie has been proposed to seventeen times since Comic-Con started. Photo: Frazer Harrison/2011 Getty Images
Ryan Kwanten is trying to decide what’s prettier: Alexander Skarsgard’s face or Alexander Skarsgard’s ass? Photo: Michael Buckner/2011 Getty Images
“When I scrunch up my nose like this, the stench of excitement and BO gets tinged with gingerbread cookies!” Photo: Wendy Redfern/2011 Wendy Redfern
“Screw this, I’m going back to studying discrete mathematics at MIT.” Photo: John Shearer/2011 Getty Images
“Just prepping in case I’m ever horribly disfigured!” Photo: Jerod Harris/2011 WireImage
“Dude. I don’t know about the numbers. Or the light. Or the Dharma project.” Photo: Wendy Redfern/2011 Wendy Redfern
“Good thing this isn’t a real sword, because if it were, I’d use it to kill Stan Lee! Ha-ha!” Photo: Jerod Harris/2011 WireImage
The Pink Power Ranger will soon have to mighty morph into her uniform for her evening shift at Panda Express. Photo: Chelsea Lauren/2011 WireImage
Helpful dragon steps in to stave off nip slip. Photo: FilmMagic/2011 FilmMagic
​Twilight’s female cast members break hearts by displaying mouths full of non-pointy teeth. Photo: Kevin Winter/2011 Getty Images
Trio accidentally teleported in from hip Berlin hotel. Photo: John Shearer/2011 Getty Images
“Why, I’m an albino minotaur stand-up comedian, of course!” Photo: Michael Buckner/2011 Getty Images
Nerd discovers trucker hat. Photo: Wendy Redfern/2011 Wendy Redfern
“Pew! Pew! God, I love Comic-Con.” Photo: Frazer Harrison/2011 Getty Images
Pattinson busted staring at Tay Tay. Photo: Kevin Winter/2011 Getty Images
“Damn you, hot zombie.” Photo: Frazer Harrison/2011 Getty Images
Pretty people smiling at nerds. Photo: Frazer Harrison/2011 Getty Images
Not the face of a serial killer. Photo: Frazer Harrison/2011 Getty Images
“​Um, fellas, some bad news – you know the Death Star, right? Well, I’m afraid it’s … oh God, this is awkward … fully operational?” Photo: Michael Buckner/2011 Getty Images
“Did you see The Social Network?”“I did.” “Cool. Cool.” Photo: Chelsea Lauren/2011 Chelsea Lauren
“Scratch my back a little lower.” Photo: Eric Charbonneau/2011 Eric Charbonneau
“I could take this question much more seriously if you took off the Jabba the Hut mask.” Photo: Kevin Winter/2011 Getty Images
“Not sexting!” Photo: Todd Williamson/2011 WireImage
Celebrities and Storm Troopers: Photos from the First Days of Comic-Con