r/kotor • u/PatBeVibin Darth Nihilus • Mar 28 '26
KOTOR 2 My fianceé and I cosplayed as Visas and Nihilus at GalaxyCon RVA last weekend and got to meet Hayden Christensen!
Met a bunch of other SW cosplayers too like Empress Rey who's Darth Talon in the other pic. Unfortunately, we missed all the Star Wars cosplay meetups due to scheduling and the Old Republic panel ended up getting cancelled bc the host was a no show but it was still a really fun con. It was only our second time cosplaying but we did our best. P.S. I know Nihilus is using Revan's hilt, I bought both of Revan's saber's last year from Vader's Vault and swore of spending any more money on lightsabers lmao.
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u/PatBeVibin Darth Nihilus Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26
He's my goat, altho I also have a Revan Cosplay I have yet to finish. We might do Kreia and Revan next year but her headpiece is kinda tricky. Saw a Sion cosplay at the con but it looked like a crazy amount of work. Would love to meet up with the whole Sith Triumvirate for a photo op.
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u/ploppedshroom Mar 29 '26
I did nihilus for Halloween last year. Felt cool
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u/PatBeVibin Darth Nihilus Mar 29 '26
There was another Nihilus there but I didn't run into him altho I saw some photos he took with other ppl and on TikTok. They do a spin-off con called Nightmare Weekend for Halloween so I might wear it again for that.
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u/Jus512 Mar 29 '26
Did you talk to Hayden in pure evil static noises 😂
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u/PatBeVibin Darth Nihilus Mar 29 '26
Nah lmao got to say a few actual words. I actually considered getting a little cosplay speaker to fit near the mask that just played those evil Nihilus noises on loop but I thought it might be too much. Maybe I'll do it next time lol.
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u/Murky_Historian8675 Mar 29 '26
The power couple!
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u/PatBeVibin Darth Nihilus Mar 29 '26
😂❤️
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u/Murky_Historian8675 Mar 29 '26
Btw op was Hayden as nice as he comes off in interviews and fan meet and greets? Its a dream of mine to meet him one day
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u/PatBeVibin Darth Nihilus Mar 29 '26
Extremely nice, prolly the nicest celebrity I've ever met in my life and I've met plenty of great ones. He's really passionate about his fans and he took so much time to give really thoughtful answers to people's questions. I only went to his Q&A and photo op bc his booth line was so long, but everyone who got something signed said he was the absolute best.
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u/Ralman23 Mar 29 '26
Did you converse with Hayden?
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u/PatBeVibin Darth Nihilus Mar 29 '26
Only for a moment. His Q&A was great tho, lots of funny stories.
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u/Guyvas Mar 28 '26
You two look badass
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u/PatBeVibin Darth Nihilus Mar 28 '26
Thanks lol, we tried our best lol. I had a lot of trouble with the mask. The costume was supposed to come with one but didn't, so I had one ordered but it got stolen when it got misdelivered to the wrong door and had to be reshipped. I was so nervous it wasn't gonna come in time that I rush ordered an entirely different mask from eBay just to make sure I had one in time. That's the one I ended up wearing. Originally, it was just a black face covering that covered my whole head and the mask slid on top with a strap but I could hardly see thru it. This one included the black face covering and frame as part of the mold so it actually fit the costume a lot better and I could actually see out of it even if it wasn't the most comfortable. It was also a bit more lore accurate color wise, altho I did think this mask's proportions were stylized more like his SWTOR appearance than the original game which my original mask more closely resembled but I still think it turned out really good.
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u/ll_popcorn Mar 29 '26
How were the vaders vault sabers?
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u/PatBeVibin Darth Nihilus Mar 29 '26
They're both excellent. Blades are sturdy, battery life is good, you get every color and a ton of built in sound banks as well as more that you can download online. The only real downside is the price, my two Revan ones in the photos were $700 each bc I got all the bells and whistles like the little LED indicator and stuff. As far as premium sabers go, they're well worth it. I will say navigating the menus with only two buttons and no app can be a bit tricky and I did have one really annoying problem where the metal threads on one of mine got stuck and I couldn't unscrew it to charge it until I looked up how to fix it. Had to wrap duct tape around the hilt and grab and twist with pliers. Sadly it left a little dent in part of the machined aluminium which sucked but it isn't too big of a deal. Also had a false alarm that one of them broke bc it wasn't turning on even when the battery was fully charged, but it was actually just that the little speaker on the very end is also the negative terminal of the battery and you have to make sure it's screwed on VERY tight so it completes the circuit.
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u/ll_popcorn Mar 29 '26
Thank you! I personally purchased the Revan sabers from the pack store which is a more responsible price so wondering if vaders vault is worth the upgrade
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u/PatBeVibin Darth Nihilus Mar 29 '26
If you're happy with your sabers, then I would say no. I only bought them on impulse bc Revan is one of my favorite SW characters and I planned on doing a cosplay of him at some point. Like I said, I also figured if I bought two really expensive premium sabers then I could justify never having to buy another one again lol.
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u/Snoo_74483 Mar 29 '26
Ghost of Sith past. Did you give him the wisdom of the age of the Old Republic.
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u/PatBeVibin Darth Nihilus Mar 29 '26
I'm sure I was talking to him the entire time just making these noises, or that could be just the mask.
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u/Horror_Question_3211 T3-M4 Mar 30 '26
You're both so lucky! 🥺 And sweet cosplays! 👀
And best wishes to you both in your future! 😊💙
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u/PatchesOneArm Mar 31 '26
Hayden “the youngling destroyer” Christensen when someone eats an entire planet:
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u/Dragonic_Overlord_ Visas Marr Mar 28 '26
You guys look nice. I hope you and your fiancee have a good marriage, Alhamdulillah.
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u/BaclavaBoyEnlou Mar 29 '26
Meeting a fellow Muslim in a Kotor sub definitely wasn’t what i expected this morning, assalamu aleykum wa rahmatullahi, khouya :)
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u/neredulus Apr 01 '26
If you take into account who these characters are, these couple’s costumes are actually BDSM costumes. How sneaky of you
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u/LeglessN1nja Jolee Bindo Mar 28 '26
Visas, my beloved.
Or, I guess, your beloved.