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WILD ATLANTIC REY

Cosplay on the coast of Ireland

here are cosplayers, and there between the light and the dark my Dark Rey on the Wild Atlantic
are cosplayers willing to go sides of the Force, and express it in Way. Our trip turned into a full-on
Tthat extra mile—or many my costumes.” cos-vacation and we did multiple
hundreds of miles in the case of Sara The trip to Ireland was initially cosplay shoots.
Parker—to grab the perfect photo planned for another cosplay shoot “I’m from a small town in
opportunity. But which came fi rst— entirely, as Parker is also a fan of Germany originally,” adds Parker.
Parker’s Rey costume, or the idea of epic TV series Vikings. “We were “Growing up there, you are
visiting the stunning Irish coastline planning a photoshoot at the exposed to stories of knights and
of the Wild Atlantic Way, where location where Vikings was shot in swords becasue of our annual
scenes for Star Wars: The Last Jedi Ireland, for my Lagertha cosplay medieval festival. As a kid I was a
were fi lmed? [Lagertha is a Viking queen in the sucker for heroic tales, so it’s not
“When the first promo photos series, played by actor Katheryn surprising that I fell in love with the

for Star Wars: The Force Awakens Winnick],” says Parker, who admits world of Jedi Knights, rebels with
came out, everybody was doing she has been running around in barely a hope, kickass princesses,
the ‘light’ version of Rey,” Parker costumes since she was three in a beautifully set-up universe.”
explains, “but I toyed with the years old. “At the same time the You can discover more of
thought of a Dark Rey and turned trailer for The Last Jedi rolled out, Parker’s cosplay adventures via
it into a cosplay. I love the interplay and I saw an opportunity to shoot instagram @nerdishcosplay.

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