Chewbacca Actor To Become American In Texas Ceremony
Monday’s Ceremony To Be Held In Arlington
POSTED: 10:00 am CDT October 13, 2005
UPDATED: 10:13 am CDT October 13, 2005ARLINGTON, Texas — The actor who played Chewbacca in the “Star Wars” movies is becoming an American citizen.
British-born Peter Mayhew says he’ll recite what part of the citizenship oath he can remember, but that “it will be a Chewie growl for the other parts.”
Mayhew says he’s feeling happy about becoming an American. He says “despite the politics, religion and everything else that goes on” America’s still one of the most wonderful countries in the world.
He says he’s buying a suit for Monday’s ceremony in Arlington, and that it will be the conventional type — not the brown furry sort.
