Chewbacca actor almost starred in a Bigfoot movie
If things had turned out differently , Peter Mayhew could have played Bigfoot , tote up to a resume that already include the coolest Wookiee in a galaxy far , far away . Sean Whitley , writer and director of Southern Fried Bigfoot , explains . While flash Return of the Jedi in the redwood forests of Northern California , Peter Mayhew , the seven foot , three inch actor who portray Chewbacca the Wookiee , was warn not to take the air off set in costume for fear of being shot by Hunter ....