Gallery: NSFW Burlesque Battle: Star Trek vs. Star Wars
Bryan Derballa01stardebateburlesque1251
BB Heart bids farewell to audience members outside the show, imploring them to come back for a second performance the following night. Yes, a second night. All the raffle tickets and boobie tassels in the world couldn't settle this great geek debate.
Bryan Derballa02stardebateburlesque0111
Lefty Lucy kicks off the show with a dance inspired by the opening credits to *Star Trek*. Given her high comfort level in underwear and fishnets, it's pretty clear she's gone boldly burlesque before.
Bryan Derballa03stardebateburlesque0187
During the *Trek* versus *Wars* debate, Schaffer the Darklord counters any criticism of the *Star Wars* prequels by embracing them, which resulted in the strangest number of the night — a very enthusiastic BB Heart as Darth Maul set to Barry Manilow's "Copacabana."
Bryan Derballa04stardebateburlesque0218
Approaching Warp factor 9, the Force is strong with this one. You can't make this stuff up.
Bryan Derballa05stardebateburlesque0299
In an effort to showcase the complexities of *Star Trek*'s characters, Miss Mary Cyn portrays Data in a bionic strip tease.
Bryan Derballa06stardebateburlesque0324
Complete with panty tassel!
Bryan Derballa07stardebateburlesque0366
The *Star Wars* team counters Data with R2-D2, maybe the most lovable droid of them all. Victoria Privates manned the bot before emerging in lace underwear.
Bryan Derballa08stardebateburlesque0579
With raffle tickets sales established as the method for determining the debate's winner, Danger Doll hawks tickets for the *Trek* camp. With only Starfleet insignias covering her breasts, it wasn’t a very hard sell.
Bryan Derballa09stardebateburlesque0595
Bonnie Voy'age merges grotesque with burlesque, dancing to Roy Orbison’s "Pretty Woman" and ending her piece by displaying what a Klingon nether region might look like. (It's best left to the imagination.)
Bryan Derballa10stardebateburlesque0732
In a second reference to the ill-received *Star Wars* prequels, Magdalena Fox channels Queen Amidala in a beautiful performance set to a Björk song. Her wonderfully ornate dress was left on the floor.
Bryan Derballa11stardebateburlesque0772
The audience takes in what is probably the galaxy's most bizarre nerd battle.
Bryan Derballa12stardebateburlesque0828
Fem Appeal demonstrates her commitment to space stud Captain Kirk.
Bryan Derballa13stardebateburlesque0917
The grand finale features Princess Leia in slave attire from *The Return of the Jedi*. Since the monstrous Jabba the Hutt would prove hard to re-create, Rosey La Rouge enlists Darth Vader for an incestuous lap dance that would make daddy proud.
Bryan Derballa14stardebateburlesque1120
The show comes to a close with *Star Trek* edging out *Star Wars* in raffle ticket sales. Was it a pair of persuasive ta-tas or just William Shatner's intergalactic sex appeal? Either way, the Epic Win Burlesque members make an impressive case for both sides, with creative performances, good costuming (or lack thereof) and an indomitable nerd spirit.
Bryan Derballa15stardebateburlesque0053
For decades, the debate has raged in dorm rooms, sweaty convention centers and parents' basements: Which sci-fi franchise — *Star Wars* or *Star Trek* — rules the geek galaxy? Now the nerd fight has been taken to a whole new battleground: a burlesque show. The members of New York City's [Epic Win Burlesque](http://epicwinburlesque.com/) troupe are unabashedly nerdy, and often unabashedly naked. They've tackled other geek-themed performances, including "videogame vixens" and *Ghostbusters*, but few topics could inspire such fervor as their performance of *The Star Debate: Trek vs. Wars,* which took place earlier this month in New York City. __Above:__ In a theater not far from Times Square, Nelson Lugo (representing *Trek*) and Schaffer the Darklord (vulgarly representing *Wars*) plead their cases with the help of some scantily clad dancers.
