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At the_Game of Thrones_ premiere event in San Francisico on Monday, HBO debuted a bigger version of its world-famous Iron Throne at its after-party at City Hall. Standing 11’ high and 8’ wide, it eclipses the original version (that’s 7’ high and 5’ wide). This is a bit more in line with George R.R. Martin’s original vision for the infamously uncomfortable Red Keep throne room’s chair forged from the countless swords of Aegon Targaryen’s conquered enemies. Here’s Dean-Charles Chapman (who plays King Tommen Baratheon) checking it out:  Dean-Charles Chapman attends the after party for HBO's "Game of Thrones" Season 5 in San Francisco on March 23, 2015. Jeff Kravitz—Getty Images For an even better sense of scale, here’s another partygoer getting swallowed up by the seat: By comparison, this is the original Iron Throne, as demonstrated by Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark):  Actress Sophie Turner attends the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences an evening with HBO's "Game Of Thrones" in Hollywood, Calif. on March 19, 2013. Jeff Kravitz—Getty Images But don’t expect to see this new version on the show (that would be weird if the Iron Throne just grew a few feet for no reason). For more _Thrones_ premiere coverage, see Gwedoline Christie’s [assessment of the upcoming season 5](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/23/game-thrones-actress-season-5-definitely-my-favorite) and Maisie Williams’ [red carpet survival tips](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/23/game-thrones-san-francisco-premiere). Thrones returns April 12. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/24/hbo-unveils-bigger-iron-throne-westeros?asdf) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com)_._ This New Iron Throne of Westeros Is Bigger Than Ever Before ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3758289/bigger-iron-throne/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3758289/bigger-iron-throne/"},"headline":"This New Iron Throne of Westeros Is Bigger Than Ever Before","datePublished":"2015-03-25T17:15:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:40:59.342Z","description":"But don’t expect to see this new version on Game of Thrones","url":"https://time.com/3758289/bigger-iron-throne/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Scott Leonard / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3758289/bigger-iron-throne/","name":"This New Iron Throne of Westeros Is Bigger Than Ever Before"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Game of Thrones Season 5","description":"Game of Thrones Season 5 Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/MwQ2DmCB/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-24T18:12:07.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/MwQ2DmCB.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3758289/bigger-iron-throne/","duration":"PT1M45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3758289/bigger-iron-throne/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```