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Peter Mayhew played Chewbacca in five Star Wars films, beginning with 1977's Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. He reprised the role in the sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), and the prequels Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005).