A Brooklyn-based Star Wars fanatic spends his time making mosaics of his favorite characters…out of staples.

James Haggerty was playing with an old stapler when he realized the metal staples’ potential to create mosaics.

The unique pieces take about six months to complete with some using more than 33,000 colored staples. Haggerty has created portraits of Darth Vader, Greedo and C-3PO.

He is a self-described painter, printmaker and mosaic artist. He studied fine arts at Hunter College.