Chewbacca Needed Protection From Hunters While Filming
17 Feb, 2023
During the filming of Return of the Jedi, Peter Mayhew, the rather tall actor who has played Chewbacca had to be protected while in the forest in the fears that someone might confuse him for "Big Foot" and try to shoot him... A group of production assistants in brightly colored vests was assigned to go around with him to make sure people knew he wasn't a Sasquatch.