RIP Chewbacca

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https://variety.com/2019/film/news/pete ... 203203816/

“Star Wars” actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbecca in the original trilogy, died on Tuesday, his family announced on his Twitter. He was 74.

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Nice article

How Peter Mayhew became Chewbacca

Once he was cast, Mayhew set about researching his character by studying bears, monkeys and gorillas in his local zoo - preparing to bring his character to life once he was encased in the yak hair costume.

In a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone, the actor summed up Chewbacca's role by saying: "My character is a teddy bear, basically.

"I bet you, if you looked around your office, how many people had a teddy bear as a youngster or a security blanket as a youngster? And that's what Chewie is, he looks after everybody."

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Nice article

How Peter Mayhew became Chewbacca

Once he was cast, Mayhew set about researching his character by studying bears, monkeys and gorillas in his local zoo - preparing to bring his character to life once he was encased in the yak hair costume.

In a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone, the actor summed up Chewbacca's role by saying: "My character is a teddy bear, basically.

"I bet you, if you looked around your office, how many people had a teddy bear as a youngster or a security blanket as a youngster? And that's what Chewie is, he looks after everybody."

That is funny - I had a stuffed Chewbacca as a kid, and it was my teddy bear.

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By kid do you mean when you were 31?

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By kid do you mean when you were 31?

Absolutely.

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He certainly made a lot of people happy.