BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Chewbacca star becomes US citizen

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Chewbacca star becomes US citizen: "The British-born actor who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies is to become a US citizen.

Peter Mayhew, 60, who played the hairy wookie in the original trilogy and this year's Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, will attend a ceremony on Monday."