Today on Echo Station we mourn the passing of Star Wars actor Peter Mayhew. Mayhew was of course known for his portrayal of the lovable Wookiee Chewbacca in the original trilogy, Revenge of the Sith, parts of The Force Awakens, and consulted on episodes 8 and 9 with Joonas Suotamo (The new Chewbacca) taking over the role due to Peters advanced age. Kris and Ian share personal stories about meeting Peter, we discuss a bit of Star Wars news, and we fondly remember the big walking carpet who is now watching over our Princess in the sky.

If you'd like to make a donation the the charity that Peter started follow the link: http://petermayhewfoundation.org

Comment or hit us up @EchoStationCast on Twitter or @HeroesPodcasts on Facebook!

Stop by our Patreon to see what kinds of cool perks you can get for being one of our contributors: patreon.com/HeroesPodcasts

Not ready for that kind of commitment? No problem! Buy us a coffee over at ko-fi.com/heroespodcasts because every dollar truly does help.

Echo Station Podcast Credits

A Heroes Podcast Network Production

Hosts: Kristina Davis & Ian Turner

Executive Producer & Editor: Derreck Mayer

Music: Flying Killer Robots

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/echo-station-a-star-wars-podcast/id1434248101

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/055Hy86EaxEdQdjJjswEPX

Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3360934

RSS Feed: http://heroespodcasts.com/feed/podcast/echostation

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ixlalgr5lliy6jt477iqzpwucde

Social Media: @EchoStationCast