I made the fondant figures in advance: Jawas untangling a box of Christmas lights, a Wookie and Ewok family decorating a tree with imperial helmets...
The wookie looked like he might have been in the eggnog. (Plus he was a little tipsy on the cake!)
Secure the standing figures to the cake with skewers or toothpicks. (The baby ewok is just sitting on the cake, with her candy cane, as is the kneeling jawa. The standing jawa is built on a part of a sugar cone, so very stable. I used orange nonpareils for the eyes.)
I baked a 14" round cake plus the small paisley cake. I used 3 box mixes across the 2 pans. Let cool and cover with white buttercream.
To make the tree, cover a plain sugar cone with green stars (using #16 Wilton tip and a tube of green icing) - pull the stars a bit as you release, to make "branches." Decorate with small lights from a craft store, candies, and helmets. Affix Lego helmets with a bit of green icing.
On the top layer, we had Darth "I find your lack of Festivus disturbing" Vader with a Festivus pole.
Just because. Happy Holidays! (And may the Force be with you, throughout the year!)
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