Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Chewbacca The Wookie

Star Wars Costume Spotlight: Chewbacca The Wookie

Still continuing with the next Star Wars costumes, lets look at the costume of the great hero who served in the Clone Wars, the Rebellion, and the Resistance—Chewbacca the Wookie! 

I’d say Peter Mayhew was great at Chewie’s voice and movements, even though the costume was hot and uncomfortable.

Before we get to the costume, first lets look at these concept sketches of Chewbacca:

In this first sketch it shows that Chewbacca looks more like a humanoid-like alien. The way he looks in the sketch reminds me of Zeb the Lasan from the Star Wars Rebels TV show. In the sketch he appears to be wearing a vest with pockets, two ammunitions belts in an X shape, and a big belt around his waist with a blaster in a holster.

 

In this second sketch Chewie looks more furry and dog-like with one ammunition belt and holding what appears to be a Stormtrooper blaster:

 

And here in the third sketch we see the size perspective:

 

Now lets move on to the actual Chewbacca costume:

In this photo it shows a vest with a hydration tube, which is used by the person wearing the costume so they don’t get dehydrated. Also it shows the furry feet.

 

Here is a close up of Chewie’s feet from the Han and Chewbacca costume display:

 

Now here’s the full Chewbacca costume: