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For the first time in decades, the original print of Star Wars, when it was simply titled Star Wars, and not Star Wars: ...

Mark Hamill is finally setting the record straight regarding recent rumors he “quit” the “Star Wars” franchise. The ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Standing from left are R2-D2, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca ... success of “Star Wars” in 1977 and the release of “The Empire ...

Peter Mayhew’s widow was distressed that an auction ... After being cast as Chewie in the original 1977 “Star Wars,” now known as “Star Wars: A New Hope,” Mayhew appeared in 1980 ...

Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977). Images courtesy of Lucasfilm Most fans adored him cleaning the house of Rebel scum to bookend A New Hope (1977) at the end of RO ...

Trapped in a giant, furry suit, Peter Mayhew had only his emotive blue eyes ... in the mirror and see the same Chewbacca you were in 1977. Yes, yes. I haven’t put that much weight on.

Covered from head to toe in fur, Mayhew’s distinct body language made the character as much as the costume. “For that, we have to go back to 1977 when George [Lucas] found Peter Mayhew to play ...

Harrison Ford remembered his old pal and Star Wars co-star Peter Mayhew ... Show last night. Mayhew, who played the Wookiee Chewbacca from the first installment in 1977 until 1983, died April ...

found him and cast him in 1977's "Star Wars." Lucas chose quickly when he saw Mayhew, who liked to say all he had to do to land the role was stand up. "Peter was a wonderful man," Lucas said in a ...

Actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the “Star ... orderly in London when George Lucas found him and cast him in 1977’s “Star Wars.” ...