A bakery in Benicia, California has recently gone viral due to a strange Star Wars-themed installation outside their doors. One House Bakery is owned by mother-daughter duo Catherine and Hannalee Pervan.
The bakery has been making giant bread sculptures for the past couple of years, bolstered by the enthusiasm of the public and their customers for the pieces.
This year, the piece outside the door is a life-sized sculpture of Star Warsβ Han Solo, trapped in carbonite as he was on Jabba the Hutβs ship in Return of the Jedi. The placard next to him read βOur hero Pan Solo has been trapped in Levainite by the evil Java the Hutβ.
But the giant βPan Soloβ (as heβs known) isnβt just a hit with Star Wars fans.
βPeople are just super interested by it, and you see people smelling it and poking it, and theyβre just like, βWhat is going on?ββ Hanalee Pervan, co-owner and principal baker of One House Bakery told The New York Times.
βThey kind of donβt believe you that itβs made of dough.β
The sculpture took the pair over a month to create. They worked at night after the bakery had closed. A dead bread, made without yeast, was used to create the sculpture, which was then baked before being propped up outside of the establishment.
This year’s sculpture of Han Solo is the bakeryβs latest entry in Beniciaβs Downtown Scarecrow Contest, which encourages local small businesses to display giant scarecrows in the lead up to Halloweenβthe more creative, the better.
Catherine Pervan said that it was great to be able to make something fun with her daughter away from the hustle of the business.
βItβs a little quiet time for us to have together when sheβs not the boss, and Iβm not the mom,β she told The New York Times.
βItβs just us, hanging out and working together.β


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