.....74.....


Peter Mayhew Dies: ‘Star Wars’ Chewbacca Actor Was 74

.....Peter Mayhew, the actor known for playing Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy and two other films in the series, has died. He was 74.

Mayhew died April 30 at his North Texas home, his family announced on Twitter.

Born in Surrey, England, the hulking Mayhew played the Chewbacca character in all of his live-action appearances from the 1977 original to 2015’s The Force Awakens before his retirement from the role.

Mayhew got his first acting job in 1976, in the uncredited role of the minotar in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. He was discovered by the producers after they saw a photograph in a newspaper article about men with large feet. Mayhew stood 7-foot-3.

Star Wars creator George Lucas his future hairy Wookiee when Mayhew was working as an orderly in the radiology department of King’s College Hospital in London. It was reported that Lucas told him that all he had to do to be cast in the Chewie role was to stand up.

Mayhew played Chewbacca — Han Solo’s heroic right hand known for his plaintive howl/wail — in five Star Wars films: the original trilogy (Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi), Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, after which he retired. Mayhew also played the role in TV’s infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special; in appearances on Glee, The Muppet Show and Donny and Marie;and once while reading the Top 10 List on Late Show with David Letterman.

He also appeared as the iconic character in myriad short films, videos and video games — including 2015’s wildly popular Battlefront — and recorded dialogue for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 3 finale episode “Wookiee Hunt”

Mayhew worked sporadically as an actor outside the Star Wars universe. His biggest non-galactic role was as the Tall Knight in Dark Towers, the 1981 BBC series that was part of its “Look and Read” program. Other credits include Terror (1978), Yesterday Was a Lie (2008) and most recently Killer Ink (2016).


........to the Star Wars........in the sky......?!

---

_____________________________________

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

An incredibly nice guy, by all accounts. RIP.

I sense a great disturbance in the Force.

---

It is what it is.

ggggrrrrr! rrrrrgggg! RRRRRRGGGGG!!!

---

San Antonio, TX (in the old city)


"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
“Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Eli Weisel

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

"I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it." - Billy Graham 1981

"Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise" - Barry Goldwater

---

Sadness.

---

rj
AKA
Vreemac, Moth of the Future

"Mayhew got his first acting job in 1976, in the uncredited role of the minotar in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger."

<geek mode>
It seems to have been a requirement for the fully costumed British actors to have played the Minotar at some point in their pre-Star Wars lives; David Prowse, the body of Darth Vader in the original trilogy, played the Minotar in the Doctor Who episode "Time Monster" in the early '70s.
/<geek mode>

Quote
S. Pupp
"Mayhew got his first acting job in 1976, in the uncredited role of the minotar in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger."

<geek mode>
It seems to have been a requirement for the fully costumed British actors to have played the Minotar at some point in their pre-Star Wars lives; David Prowse, the body of Darth Vader in the original trilogy, played the Minotar in the Doctor Who episode "Time Monster" in the early '70s.
/<geek mode>

Or maybe it was just that they needed a much taller than average actor to play the Minotar and both those guys were much taller than average?

---

It is what it is.

Quote
Zoidberg

That's a really powerful photo.

---

It is what it is.