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 eventually played Chewbacca again after the original Star Wars trilogy, but it took much longer than George Lucas had initially led him to believe.

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Peter Mayhew's widow is distressed that an auction house in the U.K. is preparing to sell off a bunch of the Chewbacca actor's "Star Wars" memorabilia next week without the permission of the family.