47. Quick: who “talked” for Chewbacca? Answer: A brown bear! The sound crew found the perfect brown bear at the San Diego Zoo and began recording his “talk.” They recorded him in all of his moods: happy and sad, hungry and full. According to Chewbacca actor Peter Meyhew, some of Chewbacca’s sounds were also that of a dog. However, the majority of Chewbacca’s lines are courtesy of a brown bear in Southern California.
68. Did You Know: Lando was almost a clone rather than the suave smuggler turned head of Cloud City? George Lucas had originally considered making Lando one of the sole survivors of a planet of clones. Regardless of what happened to the planet, Lando would have been perceived as its lost leader. However, in the end, Lando became Han’s buddy, a former smuggler and eventually a member of the Rebellion.
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