Chewbacca’s warmth clearly did not come from his fur alone.
I was the one who moderatedThe Force Awakenspanel atStar WarsCelebration in Anaheim.
And it’s just nice to talk to you again.Peter:That’s wonderful.
You know, that will always stick in my mind as the highlight of that particular meeting.
And the reaction was so unbelievable!
Did we get a chance to meet in April?
Is it your first?Angie:Absolutely our first.Peter:And spoiled!
We were talking, making plans and things, looking forward to the red carpets.
It will be great.
People don’t have many relationships like that.
It’s kind of like Laurel and Hardy!
One of the things that fans have noticed is Chewie looks great.
He has a wonderful diet!
He just enjoys life.
How much were you able to play Chewbacca inThe Force Awakens?
I know you had surgery on your knees there.
So, a lot of my stuff was by a large person [Suotamo.]
He’s about 6' 9", 6' 10".
And by the time he got the costume on, there is not that much difference between us.
The stuff that he did was stuff that I physically could not do.
Obviously, the older ones, Harrison and Mark and Carrie, were there.
Mark is a wonderful, wonderful guy.
Looked after everybody, and he played the character pretty well… John and Daisy are great.
You’ll see such a difference going on with him.
All the others are pretty good together, and we all seemed to mix together.
Walking carpet, where are you?!'
As loudly as you could possibly guess.
And he just grabbed me, we had a big hug, ‘How you doing, blah-blah-blah’.
And he was wonderful.
It was lovely to see him back.
It was so sweet.
So Harrison heals up, he takes a few months.
Tell me about the feeling of performing that first scene with him.
Was it in the cockpit of the Falcon?Peter:Yeah, it was.
It was in the sick bay, actually.
Where I am trying to be restrained by John.
Let’s leave it at that.
You’re the keeper of this character.
They look after him whenever he goes home.
He doesn’t go home that often, but they feed him pretty well.
It’s a lot of good food and a happy family.
