Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew was cautioned against wandering from the filming locations for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of ...

Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca, arrives at the December 2015 world premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss / Associated Press) Peter Mayhew's widow was ...

BOYD, Texas -- Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca in Star Wars, has died, his family announced Thursday. He was 74. Family members said in a statement posted to Mayhew's Twitter account that ...

She explained her husband couldn't retrieve the items due to his ill health before his death. But now his wife, Angie Mayhew, says that some of the actor's personal "Star Wars" memorabilia is being ...

"You have some giant shoes to fill... Peter would have loved seeing a Wookiee truly unleashed," wrote Angie Mayhew Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has ...

For the upcoming young Han Solo film, producers needed a young Chewbacca -- and the filmmakers found their star in 29-year-old Finnish basketball player Joonas Suotamo. This won't be the first time ...

A new Wookiee entered the Star Wars scene with a warm welcome from Angie Mayhew, the widow of Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew. On Wednesday Angie Mayhew tweeted a “warmest Wookiee welcome” to Carey Jones ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “The Peter Mayhew Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization devoted to the alleviation of ...

Angie Mayhew, the wife of the late “Star Wars” actor Peter Mayhew, is speaking out against an upcoming auction in which Peter’s “Star Wars” memorabilia will be sold. Ryedale Auctioneers is selling ...

Peter Mayhew, the original Chewbacca, has died, according to his agent. Mayhew, 74, died on April 30 with his family by his side in his North Texas home. He is survived by his wife, Angie, and three ...

Peter Mayhew’s widow was distressed that an auction house in the U.K. was preparing to sell off a bunch of the Chewbacca actor’s “Star Wars” memorabilia without the permission of the family. But after ...

"Star Wars" memorabilia belonging to Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew is being auctioned off. His wife Angie said the auction "breaks my heart." She explained her husband couldn't retrieve the items due ...