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RIP Peter Mayhew
Posted: Thu May 02, 2019 10:59 pm
by pilight
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/05/02 ... dead-at-74
Mayhew portrayed Chewbacca in the original Star Wars in 1977. He would reprise the role in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. He shared the role with Joonas Suotamo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, before letting Suotamo take on the role for StarWars: The Last Jedi, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
He has portrayed Chewbacca in a few other Star Wars projects, including the Star Wars Holiday Special.
Re: RIP Peter Mayhew
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 12:51 am
by PerrySimm
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Re: RIP Peter Mayhew
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 1:02 am
by BridgeConsoleMasher
A wonderful guy.
Re: RIP Peter Mayhew
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 3:45 am
by TGLS
Re: RIP Peter Mayhew
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 3:57 am
by Karha of Honor
Goodbye OG Chewie...
Your character was to awesome to be just the family dog.
Re: RIP Peter Mayhew
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 5:52 am
by Admiral X
That's too bad.
IIRC he's been in poor health for a while now, though.
Re: RIP Peter Mayhew
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 7:13 pm
by Fuzzy Necromancer
Goodnight, and may Hecate bless him.
Re: RIP Peter Mayhew
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 4:58 pm
by King Green
They can replace him but not the way he done it so well, let the Force guild him.