Because she’s about the same height as Harrison Ford, the actor who played Solo, Hannalee served as model while her mother traced an outline around her. This year, they chose to re-create Solo after he was frozen into carbonite-induced hibernation at the end of the 1980 film “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,” capitalizing on the nostalgia evoked by a highly recognizable image from a 42-year-old classic.Ĭatherine, 64, and Hannalee, 37, started their project more than a month ago with a sheet of plywood, their eyes set on finally winning the Benicia Main Street Downtown Scarecrow Contest, in which voters decide which business has the best deterrent of birds. The Pervans, who co-own the One House Bakery in Benicia, California, made the Han Solo sculpture as an entry for a local scarecrow contest, their fourth in as many years. Now, the mother-daughter duo have created a 6-foot baked version of an even more iconic Star Wars character: the lovable space scoundrel and captain of the Millennium Falcon, his face and hands contorted in agony as he was frozen in carbonite. And last year, they sculpted their dough into Baby Yoda. In 2020, the bakery made "Pain-dough-lorian," accompanied by "baby dough-da" and a "pandroid." And, last year, they created "Dough-ki," inspired by Marvel's Alligator Loki.Catherine and Hannalee Pervan have used their baking powers for years to unleash bread-related madness upon the world.įirst, they made an ice zombie from the TV show “Game of Thrones.” Then came the alligator form of the mischievous Norse god Loki. And this isn't the first time One House Bakery has gotten creative with impressive, bready replicas for the contest. Hannalee and Catherine Pervan are dedicated participants. Space 'fingerprint?': NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures rings formed by star duo This year, visitors can vote for their favorite through Oct. Pan Solo is part of the Benicia's annual Scarecrow Contest, an event where businesses downtown display "scarecrows" for much of October. "We have a camera outside so we can see people here at like 1 or 2 a.m." They've seen people posing for photos, smelling the structure and poking it. "The response has been just crazy, people are fascinated by it," Catherine added. "People come by day and night," Catherine said. Pan Solo will be on display outside One House Bakery until after Halloween, Hannalee and Catherine said. It was like 11 o'clock at night (and) I was like, 'Just trace me this is gonna work.'" "I'm basically the same height as (Harrison Ford)," she said. Hannalee also served as a model for Pan's body in the process. What's everyone talking about? Sign up for our trending newsletter to get the latest news of the day "It's just that it would taste very gross at this point – because we shellacked it (so the birds and squirrels wouldn't eat Pan Solo)."Īutumn leaves? You probably don't need to rake your leaves this fall, experts say. "You could eat it," Hannalee said, laughing. Otherwise, he's pretty much a mixture of flour, water and sugar. Pan Solo is made of "dead dough," which doesn't contain yeast. They then built and baked layers and layers of dough to form the body and Pan Solo's details. They started with plywood and a Harrison Ford mask to get the body ratio right, the Pervans explained. "Then it took about a month working after hours," Hannalee said, noting they worked several hours each night after the bakery closed to build the 6-foot structure. The two started planning their creation three months ago. "We're super fan girls when it comes to science fiction, and the Star Wars franchise obviously is just so iconic," Catherine told USA TODAY, adding that Han Solo frozen in carbonite is "an image everybody knows, and I don't think anyone's ever done it out of bread." Halloween 2022: Here's when (and why!) we celebrate the spooky season. One House's co-owner and head baker Hannalee Pervan and her mother Catherine Pervan, the bakery's chocolatier and co-owner, created Pan Solo. The bread sculpture is an entry for a local scarecrow contest, the bakery said. we’re giant nerds!" One House Bakery wrote in a Sunday Instagram post. "Pan Solo has been encased in levainite ☺️□. has created an impressive, life-sized replica of the frozen Han Solo made entirely out of bread dough – mirroring the fate that the hero, played by Harrison Ford, meets at the end of the 1980 film "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back." That's right, "Star Wars'" legendary scoundrel Han Solo is in another sticky spot, this one more glutinous than the last. From frozen in fictional carbonite to trapped in bread?
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