Star Wars Life Size Bust Chewbacca Statue Mask Prop Signed Sideshow for sale in Houston, Texas

Lucasfilm George Lucas Film Archive Collection CHEWBACCA Life Size Bust 1:1 Studio Scale Cinemaquette Statue Costume Mask Movie Prop Replica. Museum quality mixed media display model with signed Certificate of Authenticity. Authentic lifelike replica made from the screen used prop worn by actor Peter Mayhew, created by concept artist Ralph McQuarrie, costume designer John Mollo and makeup designer Stuart Freeborn. Mounted on a sturdy custom wooden base accented with brass numbered engraved plaque. Fits perfectly with Sideshow Collectibles, Master Replicas, Attakus and Icons Star Wars Trilogy collectible memorabilia. Limited Edition, less than half the 7500 run actually made due to the company going out of business! This is one of the very last production models, numbered #3677 in honor of the release date of the original STAR WARS 1977.
This full-size bust perfectly recreates the Lucasfilm original movie prop right down to the exact production process! Mario Chiodo, President/Artist of Illusive Concepts Originals, used measurements and photographs from the studio maquette, followed by a casting of foam-fill latex covered with hand-laid real camel and yak hair to replicate Chewie's shaggy fur. The eyes and mouth are an acrylic-based material, hand-painted in eight different colors, giving them a startlingly realistic and lifelike quality.
Chewbacca the Wookie is a hero of the Rebel Alliance, long time partner of Corellian smuggler Han Solo and co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon. Carrying his trusty bowcaster weapon, Chewie was pulled into the rescue mission to find Princess Leia Organa aboard the Death Star, but his sense of honor kept him a fierce ally in the struggle against the Galactic Empire, once responsible for a fierce attack on the wookiee's home planet.
Created by George Lucas in his original script for Star Wars, Chewbacca was designed as a combination of bear, monkey and Lucas' Malamute dog, Indiana. To create the mask, makeup supervisor Stuart Freeborn first sculpted the head using latex and yak hair to make a life-size reproduction known as a maquette bust. Freeborn had previously worked with Stanley Kubrick on 2001. The design has a fiercely realistic mouth, with eyes belying a gentle nature. Using the bust as a template, a latex and hair mask was created and applied to 7' 2" actor Peter Mayhew in a two hour makeup application. Chewbacca would become one of the most popular characters in the Star Wars Trilogy.
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