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Best Chewbacca Halloween Costume Guide
Chewbacca is one of the main characters of the Star Wars movie franchise. The tall and hairy creature is the faithful sidekick of Han Solo and is a co-pilot of the Millennial Falcon starship. Chewie, the nickname he goes by, is a Wookiee, a species of hirsute humanoids from the planet Kashyyk. Wookiees are taller and stronger than most humans, and they age very slowly. Han Solo and Chewbacca joined the Rebel Alliance, with the rescue of Princess Leia as the initial plan. With Solo, Chewie helped the Rebel Alliance restore freedom to the galaxy from the power of the evil Galactic Empire. In the second Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back, Chewbacca helped in rescuing Han Solo, who was frozen in carbonite. Get the look of the loyal Wookiee with this Chewbacca cosplay guide.
Dressing up like Chewbacca is relatively effortless with the right costume pieces. Transform yourself into a Wookie with a Chewbacca Costume, which provides all the hair you need. Complete the look with his essentials by adding a Chewbacca Bowcaster, Chewbacca Sound Mask, Han Solo Blaster, and Utility Belt.
Chewbacca Cosplay Costumes
Chewbacca stands 8-feet-tall and has long hair covering his entire body. Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca, stands 7 feet and 3 inches tall. He was made to wear a costume made of mohair and yak hair. Stars Wars creator George Lucas used his dog Indiana as the inspiration for his Wookiee characters. Lucas often referred to Indiana as the prototype for the Wookiee. During an episode of the show the Animal Planet series Animal Icons, it was revealed that lemurs and orangutans also inspired the look of Wookiees.
Chewbacca uses minimal accessories—a bandolier and his weapon of choice, the Wookiee Bowcaster. If you already have the Chewbacca costume set, you don’t need any other accessories. Perhaps a pair of blue contact lenses if you have a different eye color. Blue was the natural eye color of Peter Mayhew, who donned the original Chewbacca suit in the Star Wars franchise.
About Chewbacca
Chewbacca first appeared in the original Star Wars film, A New Hope, and then starred in four additional movies in the franchise, the last being The Force Awakens. Chewie can understand English, but can not speak it. His bleating voice was created from recordings of various animal sounds, which include tigers, camels, lions, bears, and walruses. Chewbacca was already 200 years old when he first appeared in the Star Wars movie, A New Hope. Wookies have retractable claws, but Chewie only used them for climbing. He thinks using his claws in combat is not honorable.
His personal life, aside from his time spent with Han Solo, is not expounded in the Star Wars movies. But, Chewie has a wife named Malla and a son named Lumparawoo. As the faithful partner of Han Solo, Chewie was named by Entertainment Weekly magazine as one of the greatest sidekicks in film history.
