Wednesday, 19 May 2010

Two beautiful women and a furry beast

Quote of today
"It's not wise to upset a Wookiee."

Han Solo explaines why R2-D2 should let the Wookiee win.
A New Hope
Today we celebrate...
Peter Mayhew at his 66th birthday (born 1944)
Claudia Karvan at her 38th birthday (born 1972)
Caroline de Souza Correa at her 31st birthday (born 1979)

Peter Mayhew was born in England, UK and played Chewbacca. He got the role because of his hight, he stands 221 cm  or 7'3". Before filming began on Star Wars, Mayhew visited a zoo where he studied the movement of bears, monkeys, gorillas and other animals with traits reminiscent of a Wookiee. And he created the walk and movements of the wookiee Chewbacca. In The Empire Strikes Back was ill a day during filming and director Irvin Kershner substituted another extremely tall actor in Mayhew's place. This proved to be a mistake because the substitute was unable to accurately portray Chewbacca. Kershner was forced to discard all of the footage and re-shoot once Mayhew regained his health.
Read more about Peter Mayhew at his official website.

Claudia Karvan was born in Sydney, Australia and played Sola Naberrie in Revenge of the Sith and in deleted scenes in Attack of the Clones. Claudia Karvan is one of Australia's most recognized actresses. Read more about what she have done in this fan website and what she thought about the deleted scene with Naberrie family reunion in Attack of the Clones.

Caroline de Souza Correa was born in Paraná, Brazil and played Bail Organa’s aide #1 in Revenge of the Sith.

Chewbacca is a Wookiee and Han Solo's fur covered co-pilot. A warrior of great strenght from Kashyyyk.

George Lucas' inspiration for Chewbacca was his loyal pet, an Alaskan malamute.
Chewbacca's voice is a combination of numerous animal sounds from Sound Designer Ben Burrt's personal library. Walruses, camels, bears and badger is mixed with the sound of Tarik, a black bear from the Happy Hollow Zoo in San José, California.

Sola Naberrie is Padmé's elder sister and finds happiness in marriage and motherhood. She have two daughters, Ryoo and Pooja.

Sheltay Retrac is one of Bail Organa’s aides.

The dress Sheltay wear was intended to be one of Pdmés sets of clothing.

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