Star Wars legend Mark Hamill has reminded fans of the franchise that studio bosses originally considered an early version of Chewbacca that had him looking like a hirsute Bavarian mountain man. “That they would focus on this amidst all the grotesque elements in the script made us laugh (& a bit worried. )”FUN FACT: Very early in the shooting of #SW studio execs expressed deep concern that Chewie didn't wear any pants & suggested he wear a pair of lederhosen. Still, a few fans pondered what could have been after Mark Hamill’s tweet. ”‘Can you put a pair of lederhosen on the Wookiee?’ All they could think of was, ‘This character has no pants on!’ This went back and forth.

Source: Huffington Post April 24, 2021 09:00 UTC