Peter Mayhew

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Peter Mayhew (May 19, 1944 – April 30, 2019) was a British-American actor, best known for playing Chewbacca in the Star Wars films. Mayhew was born on 19 May 1944 in Barnes, Surrey, where he was also raised. His height was a product not of gigantism — "I don't have the big head" — but of an overactive pituitary gland secondary to a genetic disease called Marfan Syndrome. The overactive pituitary gland was treated successfully in his mid-teens. His peak height was 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m)

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Peter Mayhew

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for Chewbecca in A New Hope

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A New Hope

Darth Vader is chasing the Senator and princess from Alderaan, Leia Organa, who has the Death Star plans. Leia sneakily hides the plans alongside a message for Obi-Wan Kenobi, a former Jedi who her father knew, in her droid R2-D2. Artoo went to the escape pods with his protocol droid C-3P0 and jettisoned to Tatooine. There, they found Luke Skywalker, son of Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala and unknowingly the sister of Leia Organa. R2-D2 found Obi-Wan and gave him the message. Luke is pulled into a world he is unfamiliar with, as Obi-Wan tells him to join him on his journey to the Death Star to save Leia from Imperial imprisonment. Releases after Rogue One and before Superior Spider-Man: Troubled Mind

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Peter Mayhew

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A New Hope

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