Chewbacca is one of the iconic characters of the Star Wars franchise not using the regular language. In a recently shared video, the wookie is heard using the English language. Read More »
Britain’s Prince William and Prince Harry KCVO stopped by the Star Wars Episode VIII to meet Mark Hamill, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley as well as interstellar celebrity wookie Chewbacca. Read More »
It's been three months since the seventh episode of George Lucas' space saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, hit theaters, and it might be safe at this point to start openly discussing theories behind the meaning of certain scenes. One of them, when General/Princess Leia hugs Rey, has been running wild in the months since the film's release -- but Lost director J.J. Abrams regrets shooting it. Read More »
Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford in the original Star Wars trilogy and in last year's Force Awakens will be joined by everyone's favorite Wookiee, Chewbacca, in his own prequel story. Read More »
It’s an urban legend that is backed by reality. In Star Wars, Harrison Ford’s Han Solo was shot at by the Hutt bounty hunter Greedo in the Mos Eisley cantina but ends up being killed by the smuggler. However, audiences who saw the original film back in 1977 insist that they saw Han shoot at Greedo first although there is barely any surviving footage of the said scene. Now it looks like Peter Mayhew, the man who played Chewbacca has revealed some evidence that Han indeed shot first! Read More »
You have no idea how big of a Star Wars fan Tina Fey and Kurt Russell are! Both Russell and Fey appeared on The Graham Norton Show on Friday, where the two found a common denominator between them, as per Realty Today: Star Wars. Read More »
America's favorite New York City teen turned web-crawling superhero, Spider-Man, will make his debut as a Disneyland resort character. His appearance will be part of the Super Hero HQ attraction opening at Tomorrowland on November 16. Marvel announced Wednesday that park visitors will get to meet the autograph-signing Spidey as part of the Marvel comic's first theme park venture outside of Orlando. Read More »
Known as Chewbacca to many Star Wars fans, the man behind the Wookiee costume has just been sent to the hospital. Actor Peter Mayhew, who will be back in the upcoming "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in the same role, has been hospitalized for pneumonia. Read More »
Earlier this week, we learned that Star Wars: Episode VII had already started filming but the casting process is still incomplete. Well casting has taken a pretty great step forward since this news broke, with Peter Mayhew signing on for the J.J. Abrams film to reprise his iconic role of Chewbacca! Read More »
Peter Mayhew portrayed the character of Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy and has forever become an icon to fans all over the world. These days the actor has had his fair share of health issues due to his immense stature, but has kept his spirits up and those of his fans on the popular social media website, Twitter. His latest Tweets involved a large collection of set photos from his days filming the original trilogy. Let’s take a look at some of the photos the actor decided to share with us! Read More »