--- description: As part of marketing for the upcoming Star Wars film, Disney put 500 Stormtrooper figurines on the steps of the Great Wall of China. title: 'Star Wars' Stormtroopers Take Over the Great Wall of China image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta469c0cb14fe44b9/698869575f570f7231b1df79/star-wars-great-wall-china.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Star Wars_ Stormtroopers Take Over the Great Wall of China  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2015 1:54 PM CUT  Five hundred replicas of the Stormtroopers characters from "Star Wars" are seen on the steps at the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall of China during a promotional event for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" film, on the outskirts of Beijing, Oct. 20, 2015. Five hundred replicas of the Stormtroopers characters from "Star Wars" are seen on the steps at the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall of China during a promotional event for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" film, on the outskirts of Beijing, Oct. 20, 2015.Jason Lee—Reuters  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2015 1:54 PM CUT Disney put 500 Stormtrooper figurines on the steps of the Great Wall of China, in the latest marketing push for the upcoming _Star Wars_ sequel_._ Along with the hundreds of marching stormtroopers, Disney also handed out lightsabers to the Chinese fans who showed up for the spectacle, [according to the Hollywood _Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-storm-troopers-china-833526 "undefined"). It was all part of promoting J.J. Abrams’ _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_, which is set to open in the United States and other countries on Dec. 18, but has not yet been given a release date for China. None of the first six _Star Wars_ movies were screened in China, but Disney is betting that hundreds of Stormtroopers taking the Great Wall will pique the Chinese market’s interest. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-storm-troopers-china-833526 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4083078/star-wars-force-awakens-great-wall-china/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4083078/star-wars-force-awakens-great-wall-china/"},"headline":"Star Wars Stormtroopers Take Over the Great Wall of China","datePublished":"2015-10-22T13:54:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:00:12.398Z","description":"But the sequel doesn't have a release date there yet","url":"https://time.com/4083078/star-wars-force-awakens-great-wall-china/","keywords":["movies","China","Star Wars topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta469c0cb14fe44b9/698869575f570f7231b1df79/star-wars-great-wall-china.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta469c0cb14fe44b9/698869575f570f7231b1df79/star-wars-great-wall-china.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Star Wars Great Wall China","caption":"Star Wars Great Wall China","creditText":"Jason Lee—Reuters","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4083078/star-wars-force-awakens-great-wall-china/","name":"Star Wars Stormtroopers Take Over the Great Wall of China"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer","description":"Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/UyGxWpXw/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-20T02:40:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/UyGxWpXw.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4083078/star-wars-force-awakens-great-wall-china/","duration":"PT2M35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4083078/star-wars-force-awakens-great-wall-china/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```