Chewbacca in Star Wars Clone Wars

Is that a Wookiee yell I just heard? EW.com has the latest news regarding your favorite fury Star Wars character. He’s going to appear in the season finale of Cartoon Network’s animated offering, Star Wars: The Clone Wars on April 1st. No foolin’.

“We’ve wanted to have Chewbacca on the show from the beginning,” says supervising director Dave Filoni. “But the technical side just wasn’t there, until we devoted extra resources into researching how to animate fur when George said Chewbacca had to appear this season.” But animating hair wasn’t their only obstacle. “As part of that research, Filoni and the animation team brought in original Chewbacca actor, Peter Mayhew, to advise how to capture the Wookiee’s movements and gait, although they did not use motion capture or rotoscope techniques.”

“When I played Chewie, I was just being myself,” the 7-foot-3 actor adds. “He has a peculiar walk, because his walk is my walk. I didn’t add anything different.” Filoni adds, “You can’t have Chewbacca without Peter being involved. His movements and his mannerisms make that character.” Score!

Here at BSC we prove how strong the Force is with us by providing lot’s of Clone Wars news. We update you all about Tarkin, speculated about Darth Maul, and delivered the skinny on voice actor, Liam Neeson. When we hear more, you will, too!