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Chewbacca action figure
Lucas Film Ltd, 1977, Toy
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Chewbacca action figure
Chewbacca action figure
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Item no
20881
Title
Chewbacca the Wookie action figure
Description
An action figure of Chewbacca the Wookie. The toy has brown plastic fur covering the whole of the body, with blue eyes and white teeth. The figure also wears a white and brown strap across the chest, and a brown hip bag. The arms and legs are jointed for movement. Originally the figure would have been sold with a black plastic 'bowcaster' weapon.
Artist / maker
Lucas Film Ltd
Date
1977
Size
10.5 x 4.2 cm
Type
Toy
Location
Museum of Childhood
Accession number
MC476.2001
The character's creation as a gentle, hairy co-pilot, was inspired by George Lucas seeing his own Alaskan Malamute dog sitting up on the passenger seat of his car. The dog called Indiana, also inspired the name of the lead character in another series of Lucas films, Indiana Jones.
Chewbacca is best known as the first mate of Han Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon, in the original Star Wars trilogy.
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1970s - Five Decades of Toys (1950 - 2000).
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