What was interesting, however, was that even as other major casting decisions were announced, we never heard anything about Peter Mayhew, the man who has played Chewbacca in every film up until now, joining the spinoff film.
It was announced very early on the Chewbacca would be part of the Han Solo Star Wars Story that’s set for release in 2018.
He was the second character that we knew would be there, right behind Han Solo himself.
To that end, it wasn’t completely shocking when we heard somebody else was taking on the role.