THE man who sculpted Darth Vader’s mask, an original Ewok and a Bond girl will be among the guests at Oxford’s first ever comic convention next month.

About 2,000 people are expected to flock to Oxcon at Oxford University’s High Street Examination Schools in High Street on March 5 and 6.

The convention has been organised by Oxford University students who hope to make it a celebration of science as much as fiction.

But the man behind it all could be a character from a comic book himself: the history PhD student refuses to reveal his identity and refers to himself only as “The Chief Architect”.

He told the Oxford Mail: “Like all great thing, this comes from from a great need: the need to have a fantastic comic book convention in Oxford.

“The view we will have from our venue is probably the most beautiful view from any comic con venue anywhere.

“Secondly, Charles Xavier from X-Men and [Marvel superhero] the Black Panther are both Oxford University alumni.

“There are two elements that really make it unique in my mind, and the interest we’ve had has been overwhelming.”

Among the speakers will be Living Daylights Bond girl Virginia Hey, who also played “Warrior Woman” in last year’s Mad Max reboot, but will be best known to sci-fi fans at the iconic blue priestess Zhaan in TV’s Farscape.

Also appearing will be Michael Henbury, who played one of the original Ewoks in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, and became a Gringott’s goblin banker in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Brian Muir, who sculpted the original Darth Vader mask and designed the Storm Troopers’ armour in the original Star Wars trilogy will also give a talk, as will graphic novelist Andrew Wildman.

The Chief Architect is also hoping the convention will be awash with costumed role-players to compete for the best “cosplay” prize.

But he and his team of 10 organisers are hoping to stimulate people’s brains as well as their imaginations, and several speakers will talk about the real science behind sci-fi.

Oxford University professor of experimental physics Ian Shipsey will give a talk about “the forces behind The Force” in Star Wars, such as how we could actually make a light sabre levitate.

Mr Architect said: “We are confident this is unique in the world.

“Because it’s Oxford, this is a perfect intellectual element at the heart of our event, so we want to bring academic debate and popular culture together.”