While filming Return of the Jedi, Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca, needed protection from Bigfoot hunters.
The Big Picture Wookiees are creatures unlike anything of this galaxy... or are they? The giant, brown Kashyyyk-dwelling Star Wars species was inspired by George Lucas' dog; Chewbacca's fur is a combination of yak and human hair; and his iconic vocals are a blend of bear, lion, and badger recordings from the field. Throw these all together, and we don't necessarily get any animal on record, but perhaps one off the record.
Wookiees, on the other hand, were made up in the mind of George Lucas for the first Star Wars film. Lucas' dog used to accompany him on drives in the passenger seat. Liking the idea of a furry co-pilot, the director decided to write one into his budding space Western to complement Han Solo in the Millennium Falcon cockpit. Thus, Chewbacca was born. Lucas cast British actor Peter Mayhew for the part, partially for his imposing 7'3" height.
It may be the stuff of myth itself, but Star Wars comic writer and Force Unleashed project leader Haden Blackman relayed in a Vanity Fair interview that while filming Return of the Jedi, "Peter Mayhew... always had to be accompanied by a couple guys in brightly colored vests so that he wouldn’t accidentally get shot by somebody mistaking him for Bigfoot,” Blackman himself admits that this precautionary behind-the-scenes detail is somewhat "apocryphal.
Wookies live a long time — in A New Hope, Chewy is supposed to be in the prime of his life at 200 years old. In the comic, Chewbacca is thus still alive 126 years later, when three humans stumble upon the crashed Falcon's remains. The three humans are none other than Indiana Jones, Shortround, and a wilderness guide, making "Into The Great Unknown" the first and only narrative crossover between Indiana Jones and Star Wars — both Lucasfilm projects starring Harrison Ford.
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