Force will be strong in Cork as thousands expected to descend on town for ‘Star Wars’ exhibition

Up to 5,000 will be in Dunmanway as they pay homage to epic sci-fi saga

Nuri Bakry and Caroline Walsh dress as Tusken Raiders from the ‘Star Wars’ films at their home in Dunmanway, Co Cork. Photo: David Creedon

Ralph Riegel

Thousands of Star Wars fans dressed as their favourite characters will flock to west Cork for a festival dedicated to the sci-fi film series.

Costume designer and YouTuber Nuri ‘Newry’ Bakry, who came up with the ‘Feel the Force’ festival in Dunmanway, said it will be one of the biggest exhibitions on George Lucas’s space movies ever staged in Ireland.