Joonas Suotamo is a Finnish actor and a former professional basketball player. He is best known for his role as Chewbacca in the Star Wars saga – first as a body double in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and later as the lead in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).
The story will focus on the New Republic, and close out the interconnected stories that are told in "The Mandalorian," "The Book of Boba Fett," "Ahsoka," and other Disney+ shows.