A Message From Our New Chewbacca

Peter Mayhew has been our “walking carpet” since 1977, and now, he has passed the torch to former basketball player and actor Joonas Suotamo. With the standalone Han Solo movie already in production, Joonas has a message for the Star Wars fandom;

I’m ecstatic. It’s official. And here is my statement to this terrific piece of news https://t.co/a1DPsNDb2P pic.twitter.com/r4EUZ2r17V

— Joonas Suotamo (@JoonasSuotamo) February 21, 2017

Welcome to Star Wars Joonas!