Curt Danners is a tad “off the wall” when it comes to his love for Star Wars — and now his home theatre room is too.

The average Jedi junkie may decorate their basement with a couple of movie posters, maybe a Darth Vader helmet on the shelf or a Luke Skywalker throw pillow.

Danners has constructed a life-sized Han Solo in carbonite replica, complete with electrical panels that light up.

“Everybody says it’s nuts,” said Danners, who built the project over two months in his garage. “You never walk into a house and see a guy hanging off the wall, so the shock value is pretty high.”

Danners, a musician who grew up as a Star Wars fan — yes, ewoks to a different beat — first discussed the Han Solo idea with a fellow bandmate. He originally considered taking a metal door frame, using a plywood background and constructing Solo’s shape out of paper mache, but realized that would be too much work.

His project sat on the back burner until he did some research on the Internet and discovered The Replica Prop Forum (therpf.com). It offered details on how to bring his idea to life, including where to buy various parts.

“If you wanted to see how Buck Rogers’ gun was made it’s probably on there somewhere,” Danners said. “There are (details on props) from every science fiction movie you can think of.”

In the Star Wars movie The Empire Strikes Back, Solo, portrayed by Harrison Ford, was frozen when gas was pumped into a freezing chamber, where it was mixed with molten carbonite into a solid block.

Danners opted for a simpler method.

He purchased Solo’s body mould online along with electrical panels and electronic kits.

“You can source all the parts right from a site like that then get them shipped to you,” he said.

Danners picked a gun metal colour for the frame and used three different silver paints for the carbonite. He stapled and screwed the Solo figure to the frame, then filled it with Elmers Glue, before letting it dry for a few days in his garage.

“I probably put in two four-litre jugs,” Danners said. “It smelled like elementary school. There was lots of sanding and body filling to get the contours.

“Then once you have all the nice silver done, I just took a black cloth and did a black wash over it with black paint, and it brought out all the highlights in the crevices and his hands. It was lots of work.”

Danners noted some hobbyists put their own face on Solo’s body, making the image by sticking straws up their nostrils and covering their face in plaster.

The frame is about 6 1/2 feet tall and 2 1/2 feet wide. It’s mounted on a wall with LED lighting behind it, giving it a realistic glow.

With his family moving to another property in Oakbank next year and their house going up for sale in the spring, Danners is willing to sell Solo with the home if the buyer is interested. Otherwise he’ll move it to their new home.

“Now that I know how to make one, I think there are some things I could do to make it a little bit easier the next time,” he said.

Sounds like there could be a sequel in the making.