Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca. Photo credit: Andrea Raffin / Shutterstock.com When May 4 rolls around each year, it's traditionally that cringe-worthy moment when those non-Star Wars fans grin and bear it when someone says goodbye by saying 'may the fourth be with you'. Cringe-worthy or not, it is a day born out of the Hallmark playbook warranting some sort of greeting card. On this May 4, we remember London-born Peter Mayhew who played Chewbacca, the furry warrior, smuggler, mechanic, pilot, and resistance fighter who fought in the Clone Wars, the Galactic Civil War, and the conflict and subsequent war between the First Order and the Resistance. In his spare time, Chewie was Hans Solo's Millennium Falcon co-pilot and was part of a core group of Rebels who restored freedom to the galaxy. Mayhew portrayed the most well-known Wookiee from from the 1977 original Star Wars film to 2015's The Force Awakens when he shared the role with Finnish actor and former professional basketball player,
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