--- ---  # Madame Tussauds Recreates Famous _Star Wars_ Scenes With Wax Figures  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney May 13, 2015 1:38 PM UTC  Members of staff put the finishing touches to the wax figure of Star Wars character Chewbacca at the Star Wars At Madame Tussauds attraction in London on May 12, 2015. Members of staff put the finishing touches to the wax figure of Star Wars character Chewbacca at the Star Wars At Madame Tussauds attraction in London on May 12, 2015.Justin Tallis—AFP/Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney May 13, 2015 1:38 PM UTC It takes about four months for the Madame Tussauds crew to create life-like wax figures of people. But when you’re recreating entire scenes from _Star Wars,_ including characters like Jabba the Hutt and Chewbacca, it’s a completely different story. Around 180 wax sculptors, hair stylists and set and prop designers spent more than a year designing the 11 scenes that make up [the new _Star Wars_ exhibit](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/13/madame-tussauds-star-wars-force-awakens), opening May 16 in London, _The Guardian_ reports. The museum says the figures are worth close to $4 million U.S. (or £2.5 million). It took 10 people 1,000 hours to make Chewbacca with yak hair, while Jabba the Hutt’s massive size meant the team had to build the 485-pound alien sculpture in a warehouse. Sculptors even traveled to George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch to measure Princess Leia’s iconic bikini. “We approached Lucas\[film\] to say we want to create an experience that’s never been done before,” general manager Ben Sweet said. \[[_The Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/13/madame-tussauds-star-wars-force-awakens)\] Star Wars Scenes Recreated by Madame Tussauds Wax Figures ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3857008/madame-tussauds-star-wars-wax-figures/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3857008/madame-tussauds-star-wars-wax-figures/"},"headline":"Madame Tussauds Recreates Famous Star Wars Scenes With Wax Figures","datePublished":"2015-05-13T13:38:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:44.327Z","description":"The new exhibit opens May 16","url":"https://time.com/3857008/madame-tussauds-star-wars-wax-figures/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55af092ef02bd424/6987ef8b06f2c120d833831a/star-wars-madame-tussauds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55af092ef02bd424/6987ef8b06f2c120d833831a/star-wars-madame-tussauds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Star Wars","caption":"Members of staff put the finishing touches to the wax figure of Star Wars character Chewbacca at the Star Wars At Madame Tussauds attraction in London on May 12, 2015.","creditText":"Justin Tallis—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3857008/madame-tussauds-star-wars-wax-figures/","name":"Madame Tussauds Recreates Famous Star Wars Scenes With Wax Figures"}}]}] ```