TV Guide: Peter Mayhew

Video: Trailer

Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A second trailer for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Nineteen years after the formation of the Empire, Luke Skywalker is thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has lived for years in seclusion on the desert planet of Tatooine. Obi-Wan begins Luke's Jedi training as Luke joins him on a daring mission to rescue the beautiful Rebel leader Princess Leia from the clutches of the evil Empire. Although Obi-Wan sacrifices himself in a lightsaber duel with Darth Vader, his former apprentice, Luke proves that the Force is with him by destroying the Empire's dreaded Death Star.

Video: Trailer B

Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A second trailer for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. In a galaxy far, far away, a psychopathic emperor and his most trusted servant - a former Jedi Knight known as Darth Vader - are ruling a universe with fear. They have built a horrifying weapon known as the Death Star, a giant battle station capable of annihilating a world in less than a second. When the Death Star's master plans are captured by the fledgling Rebel Alliance, Vader starts a pursuit of the ship carrying them. A young dissident Senator, Leia Organa, is aboard the ship & puts the plans into a maintenance robot named R2-D2. Although she is captured, the Death Star plans cannot be found, as R2 & his companion, a tall robot named C-3PO, have escaped to the desert world of Tatooine below. Through a series of mishaps, the robots end up in the hands of a farm boy named Luke Skywalker, who lives with his Uncle Owen & Aunt Beru. Owen & Beru are viciously murdered by the Empire's stormtroopers who are trying to recover the pl

Video: Commemorating Citizenship

Colbert Nation — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Stephen Colbert celebrates the citizenship of actor Peter Mayhew by adding a Chewbacca doll to his set.

Video: Peter Mayhew and David Prowse Interview

G4 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Chewbacca and Darth Vader from the original Star Wars films, Peter Mayhew and David Prowse, tell us what it was like to inhabit those iconic characters.