Chewbacca is dead

[kikie]

Peter Mayhew, the original Chewbacca actor in "Star Wars," dies at 74.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peter-...ead-age-74-family-announces-today-2019-05-02/

 

[TexRex]

 

[PocketZeven]

RIP

 

[DesertPenguin]

RIP Peter Mayhew

However the topic title isn't true. Chewbacca the character is still very much alive. I would retitle this as "Iconic 'Chewbacca' actor, Peter Mayhew, dies at *insert age*"

 

[TexRex]

However the topic title isn't true. Chewbacca the character is still very much alive. I would retitle this as "Iconic 'Chewbacca' actor, Peter Mayhew, dies at *insert age*"

It's the role for which he's best known and it's presented as a "Current Event" in the appropriate subforum; I think the title is just fine.

 

[DesertPenguin]

To me it seems a little crass but whatevs.

 

[PocketZeven]

To me it seems a little crass but whatevs.

So why post anything in this thread at all?!?

 

[DesertPenguin]

To voice my opinion? Sorry, I forgot people hate when I do that

 

[PocketZeven]

To voice my opinion? Sorry, I forgot people hate when I do that

But your opinion was that you dont have one???

 

[MatskiMonk]

Genuinely shed a tear once or twice when they mentioned this on the radio.

 

[kikie]

RIP Peter Mayhew

However the topic title isn't true. Chewbacca the character is still very much alive. I would retitle this as "Iconic 'Chewbacca' actor, Peter Mayhew, dies at *insert age*"

Don't take the thread title too seriously. It is a referral to Peter Mayhew.

 

[TenEightyOne]

RIP Peter Mayhew

Agreed.

However the topic title isn't true. Chewbacca the character is still very much alive.

Also agreed, Chewbacca isn't dead.

 

[Sanji Himura]

I happen to live just south of where he died. I didn't even know where he lived.

 

[kikie]

If you and @DesertPenguin want to go on that road, you are also (also meaning that I'm wrong as well) both wrong. Chewbacca has never been alive. It is a role in a film and only a costume.
It has never been and never will be a real person/creature.

Agreed.



Also agreed, Chewbacca isn't dead.

It was a wordplay and a referral to Peter Mayhew.

 

[DesertPenguin]

It was a wordplay and a referral to Peter Mayhew.

By all means, enlighten us.

 

[Famine]

"Hey, a famous guy's died. Let's argue the toss about whether it's appropriate to refer to him by the name of by far his most famous role or not in a thread about his death."

No-one, ever.

 

[kikie]

By all means, enlighten us.

If you don't get it, it is not worth it explaining.

Let's move on. Peter Mayhew died, as I said in the opening post and that is what this thread is about.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Or you could just tell me what you're on about. Peter Mayhew had a joke that he would say "Chewbacca is dead"? Did he not like the character for a little while? I'd like to know what that's about.

Yes, it sucks that he died, but let's celebrate his life. What was this joke?

 

[Famine]

To me it seems a little crass but whatevs.

*clears throat noisily*

"Hey, a famous guy's died. Let's argue the toss about whether it's appropriate to refer to him by the name of by far his most famous role or not in a thread about his death."

No-one, ever.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Sorry Famine, but we're not arguing about his name. I just wanna know what this joke is.

 

[Famine]

Sorry Famine, but we're not arguing about his name. I just wanna know what this joke is.

You say it's "crass" to refer to the actor by the name of his most famous role in the title of a thread about his death. Do you not think it's crass to fill 30% of that thread about his death to argue about it?

Pack it in. Or take it to PMs.

 

[TexRex]

 

[DesertPenguin]

Please delete. Misunderstanding with kikie and I has been resolved. English sucks as a language. Leave it at that