Posted by Dragonstar at spider-tm011.proxy.aol.com on October 23, 1999 at 16:31:46:
In Reply to: A sad day for Star Wars fans posted by Not-So-Silent Bob Red on October 23, 1999 at 14:32:58:
: This morning the Entertainment section of my local newspaper carried an obituary, one I definately thought I would never read. Imagine my surprise as with breakfast I saw the words: "Galaxies mourn the Mighty Chewbacca"
: At first I feared that Peter Mayhew had died, but no... this article really did mean Chewbacca. According to the article, he died attempting to save a planet from destruction. However, that planet collided with its own moon... killing the valiant wookiee.
: This death appears in the latest Star Wars novel, and his death is a plotpoint concieved of by George Lucas himself.
: It is indeed a sad day.
: Unless of course he isn't your favorite character in the trilogy like he was mine. Hell... the only other fictional character death that even remotely upset me was the death of Spock.
: And just so this is all nice and askewie: Snootchie Bootchies Boardie Nootchies