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 ...

Peter Mayhew, the man who spent three Star Wars movie probably sweating away half of his body weight in a Chewbacca costume, must have a wealth of sci-fi history hiding in his Boyd, Texas, home. This ...

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

Actor Peter Mayhew, who depicted the character of 'Chewbacca' in the first three sci-fi "Star Wars" movies, poses for the media at the premiere of "Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of The Sith", at ...

Disney’s latest Star Wars film starting last Wednesday, and the cast and crew is full of rumors. But the Hollywood Reporter finally confirmed one cast member, and it’s none other than 69-year-old ...

Peter Mayhew, the actor best known for portraying Chewbacca in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, died at his home in Texas on Tuesday. He was 74. Peter Mayhew, the actor behind Chewbacca's mask, dies ...

A lot of last-minute changes went into making Star Wars the beloved series we all know today and not a potentially stranger adventure featuring a hero named Luke Starkiller and a weapon called a ...