Elisa Guimarães is a senior writer at Collider specializing in sci-fi, Doctor Who, Star Wars, and, occasionally, romance and horror.
The Big Picture A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away , George Lucas, who would eventually become the creator of the most successful science fiction franchise in the known universe, was struggling to come up with the definitive version of his most famous film. Later renamed Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope as the franchise expanded, Star Wars started its life as the tale of Annikin Starkiller and his frog-like friend Han Solo.
Release Date May 25, 1977 Director George Lucas Cast Mark Hamill , Harrison Ford , Carrie Fisher , Peter Cushing , Alec Guinness , Anthony Daniels Runtime 121 minutes Main Genre Sci-Fi Writers George Lucas Studio Lucasfilm Ltd Tagline A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Expand George Lucas Had a Very Different Vision for Chewbacca According to Slash Film, beloved gentle giant Chewbacca, played originally by Peter Mayhew, barely made it into the script that was finally getting shot.
The canine inspiration did not stop studio execs from being concerned over Chewie's furry nakedness. Mark Hamill once took to the website formerly known as Twitter to share a story about how a couple of higher-ups wanted Chewbacca to wear a pair of lederhosen. "That they would focus on this amidst all the grotesque elements in the script made us laugh ," he stated.
That we know so much about Chewie without ever actually hearing him speak — well, okay, we hear him, we just don't understand him — is another merit of how Mayhew helped conceive the character. Again, Lucas spoke about it to The Hollywood Reporter in 2019:
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