Chewbacca To Return For Star Wars Ep VII.

Chewbacca will feature in the new Star Wars movie and will once more be played by Peter Mayhew according to The Hollywood Reporter.

If this story is true then Mayhew, who played the iconic wookie in the first three original Star Wars movies,will appear in the Star Wars: Episode VII which is to be directed by J.J. Abrams, (Cloverfield, Star Trek), alongside fellow original cast members Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher.

Earlier this year Disney confirmed that the plot of the new movie will take place 30 years after the Return Of The Jedi making it a straight sequel from the original movies.