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Peter William Mayhew[2] (19 May 1944 – 30 April 2019) was a British actor. He was best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series. He played the character in all of his live-action appearances from the 1977 original to 2015's The Force Awakens before his retirement from the role.
It was the role of Chewbacca, the faithful 200 year-old Wookiee in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and his life was changed forever. Following the original Star Wars trilogy, he made several television commercials in the Wookiee costume.
3 maj 2019 · See photos of Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew over the years from Star Wars: A New Hope to Solo.
3 maj 2019 · Mayhew was the man behind Chewbacca, Han Solo’s loyal Wookiee sidekick, a role that he played from his first appearance in 1977’s A New Hope until 2015’s The Force Awakens. But here are five ...
He returned to the role in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) [6] and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Suotamo made his first non-Chewbacca appearance in the franchise by playing Kelnacca, a Wookiee Jedi in the High Republic era, in The Acolyte.
3 maj 2019 · Peter Mayhew played Chewbacca, the gentle giant with a distinctive growl, in Star Wars films for almost 40 years - but how did he find himself inside that huge, hairy costume? The London-born...
Solo: A Star Wars Story: Directed by Ron Howard. With Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke. During an adventure in the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebel Alliance.
