The British actor was working in a London hospital when movie creator George Lucas personally chose him to play the iconic character.
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Goodbye, Chewbacca. Miss you, i will.
He is not chewbacca I am Chewbacca
RIP Peter Mayhew. You were the best Chewbacca character ðŸ˜Ââ¤ï¸Â
0:17 any one notice his eyes a bit black. Might be errors in movie or just super dark room. Look scary and odd, sorry.
In Loving Memory Of
Peter William Mayhew
(5/19/1944-4/30/2019)
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R.I.P. Peter William Mayhew 1944-2019 for Playing Chewbacca in Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope, Star Wars The Holiday Special, Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Return Of The Ewok, Star Wars Episode VI Return Of The Jedi, Star Wars Episode III Revenge Of The Sith, and Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens has Died at the age of 74 you will be missed Chewy my favorite Star Wars Character I like and May The Force Be With You
We miss you chewie Peter thanks for making your character to be so lovable
May the force be with you…
boy. the next new actor to play as Chewy has some pretty big shoes to fill in. No pressure.
Respect to those who left us first. May the force be with us all.
So inside the Chewy was an actor?hummmmmmmm  I always thought we had Chewy acting as Chewy.
He's now together with the clumsy stormtrooper
Here is a song written for Peter Mayhew
https://youtu.be/Up1S4oOzhRI
why was this news cut half into the story???
RAWRGWAWGGR  R.I.P and TY Peter
R.I.P the walking carpet
R.I.P., Peter Mayhew, Chewbacca aka "Walking Carpet" – Princess Leia
Have fun in Heaven with Carrie Fisher, Sir Alec Guinness, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing. May The Force Be With You (All).
GOD i miss him.rest in peace my friend(Chewey)!
How did he die tho?
Legends Never Die!!!💪ðŸÂ»
Thank you for an Awesome character in the Greatest movies!! ðŸ™ÂðŸÂ»
@ABC News You guys need a new outro. First and foremost it needs a volume that matches the volume of the rest of the video. Second, someone needs to direct Mr Stephanopoulos so he doesn't put his hand into the area devoted to the overlay, necessitating the movement of the camera to attempt to keep it in frame.
Now it's going to be really hard to watch IX (aka The Rise of Skywalker) without crying. First Kenny Baker (R2-D2), then Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), and now Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca). All 3 will now rest in peace together. And May The Force be With You.
Everyone dies, Just like stan lee.
I was a little boy when my mom took me to see Star Wars back in 1977 and thought Chewbacca was the best characters in the movie and one of the best character's in the Star Wars franchise. R.I.P. Peter Mayhew. You will be missed.
the first May 4th without him
why
R.I.P.Sir you brought chewy to life you will be sadly missed.â¤
press F to pay respects my dudes
Rest in peace
Missed
RIP😞â¤
Damn. May the force(fourth)be with you.
ðŸ˜ÂðŸ˜Â😠chewbacca our greatest hero
He died before May 4th!
:'(
Rip Chewy
Rest In Peace Saint ðŸ˜â€Ã°Å¸â€™â€
Chewbacca would've made an awesome Jedi. â¤ðŸ™ÂRIP
Rip sir
My sincere condolences.
Rip Chewbacca 1976-2019
"…the day, Chewbaca died. We were singin', bye bye Solo's number one guy, brought the Falcon through the Kessel Run 'out blinkin' an eye. He don't like droids they're risky to fly, and singin' "raaaar raaaar raaar raaar raaar raaar raar raar".
Is ue alive wait hes dead so his dead without peter mathew whos going to do the voice of chewbacca now?
Peter was a hunk
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That's another Star Wars legend… Gone…