The role of Solo’s best friend Chewbacca is one that had to passed off to someone else as well.
With Han Solo, Suotamo has officially taken over as the full-time Chewbacca, and he’s now issued a statement about that development.
Lucasfilm’s second Star Wars spinoff film, a prequel centering around young Han Solo, is now in principal photography ahead of its scheduled May 2018 premiere.
But they aren’t the only newcomers injecting new life into familiar faces of a galaxy far, far away.