Christ the Redeemer vs TIE Fighter: the size gap, measured
Christ the Redeemer measures 38 m (124.7 ft) from the ground up, and a TIE Fighter measures 8.8 m (28.9 ft) from the ground up. Christ the Redeemer comes to 4.32 times the height of a TIE Fighter, a difference of 29.2 m (95.8 ft). Take 4 TIE Fighters stacked up and you reach 35.2 m (115.5 ft), still 2.8 m (9.19 ft) short of Christ the Redeemer; one more would overshoot by 6 m (19.7 ft). Christ the Redeemer is written in tens of metres and a TIE Fighter in single metres, a whole band of scale apart.
| Object | Real size | Axis measured | What the figure covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ the Redeemer | 38 m 124.7 ft |
Height | Ground to highest point |
| TIE Fighter | 8.8 m 28.9 ft |
Height | Star Wars |
Both figures, Christ the Redeemer and TIE Fighter, come from the Size It Up measurement set, one real-world size and one measured axis per object, last checked in September 2026; outline provenance is listed on the sources page.
Why this one is hard to judge by eye
A TIE Fighter has never been measured, only stated: the figure comes from its source and moves when the source is redrawn, while Christ the Redeemer can be checked with a tape, so this pair sets a decision against a measurement. Christ the Redeemer is drawn about 5.44 times as wide as a TIE Fighter as well as 4.32 times its height, so the area it takes in the frame grows faster than the figure anyone quotes. Christ the Redeemer sits in the range with no handy yardstick: too big to hold against anything you have carried, too small to need a horizon, so it and a TIE Fighter end up filed under the same vague heading of very large.
What each figure covers
Christ the Redeemer. The 38 m includes the eight-metre pedestal. The statue alone is thirty metres, which is the figure most often quoted without the qualifier that makes it correct.
TIE Fighter. The figure is the height across the panel edges, which is the widest part of the fighter. The cockpit ball between them is barely two metres across.
Christ the Redeemer and a TIE Fighter are both quoted as a height, which is what makes the ratio above a like-for-like figure.
What else is about that size?
Measured the same way, Christ the Redeemer at 38 m sits within a quarter of Boeing 737 at 39.5 m and Chichen Itza at 30 m. TIE Fighter at 8.8 m has AT-ST Walker at 8.6 m and Optimus Prime at 8.5 m for company, within a tenth. Swapping any of those in for Christ the Redeemer would move its ratio to a TIE Fighter by less than 25%.