You Will Be Surprised When You See What These Heroes And Villains Look Like Behind The Mask

Chewbacca — Peter Mayhew

We daresay that no one else could have played Peter Mayhew. After all, it must be hard to find an actor who stands at 7’3.” It was not only the costume that made the character either. Mayhew perfected the body language of Chewy that when he fell ill during a shoot, the stand-in actor simply failed to get it right. Lucas did not use the footage they filmed with the stand-in. They simply waited until Mayhew felt better enough to return to the set.

Chewbacca — Peter Mayhew