Star Wars, Star Wars Holiday Special, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Ewok, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Yesterday Was a Lie, Killer Ink, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
TV Shows
“Star Wars Holiday Special”, “The Muppet Show”
Star Sign
Taurus
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Trademark
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Towering height and slender frame
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Chewbacca from the Star Wars films
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Quote
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When I go to restaurants I can never get my legs under a table. I bump my head in planes. People who sit behind me in the theater hate me. But I have given up apologizing to the world.
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It's curious that when you look down at people you see their defects, their irregularities more clearly. I like my bird's-eye view. I think it's what gives Chewie his pride, his bigness. Bigness of heart.
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Fact
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When Disney bought the rights to Star Wars From George Lucas, they decided to scrap the expanded universe, in which Chewbacca was killed in the first novel "Vector Prime" of the new Jedi order.
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In 2013, he was forced to undergo double knee replacement surgery as a result of gigantism.
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(May 7-8, 2005) Attended the Scandinavian Sci-Fi, Game and Film Convention in Malmõ, Sweden.
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Attended OmegaCon in Birmingham, Alabama. [March 2008]
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(November 14-16, 2008) Attended the Big Apple Comic Con.
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Currently resides in the town of Boyd, Texas and is a business owner. [April 2013]
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Became a naturalized United States citizen, along with 441 other people from 77 countries, in Arlington, Texas on October 17, 2005.
Had the option of either playing Darth Vader or Chewbacca, as did David Prowse. Mayhew chose Chewbacca because he wanted to play a hero, whilst Prowse chose Darth Vader because he wanted to play a villain.
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Fell sick during the filming of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), which prompted director Irvin Kershner to bring in another extremely tall actor to fill in for him as Chewbacca. All the footage with the double was scrapped and reshot after Mayhew recovered because Irvin Kershner found that the double's body movements did not match Mayhew's.
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After getting the role of Chewbacca, Mayhew went to the zoo and began studying the movements and mannerisms of various large animals to incorporate into the character Chewbacca.
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Mayhew, like many actors connected with the Star Wars universe, makes frequent appearances at sci-fi conventions. Although famous guests at these events normally make a charge for autographs, some actors connected with famous movies from the past make their living touring different conventions.
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Chewbacca won a Lifetime Achievement award at the MTV Movie Awards.
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Prior to starring as Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy, he was an orderly at London's King's College Hospital.
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