Exclusive: Joonas Suotamo, who has played Chewbacca in the StarWars sequel trilogy and Solo, explains his new approach to playing TheAcolyte's Wookie Jedi:
Joonas Suotamo breaks down how he approached playing the new Wookie Jedi in The Acolyte to differentiate them from Chewbacca. Suotamo has portrayed Chewbacca throughout the sequel trilogy and Solo, continuing the character that Peter Mayhew originated in A New Hope. The Acolyte gave Suotamo an opportunity to originate his own character.
Screen Rant caught up with Suotamo after the Lucasfilm Showcase panel at Star Wars Celebration to talk about The Acolyte. Suotamo explained his approach to this new character and how he taps into their history to bring them to life. Suotamo also broke down how he differentiated this character from Chewbacca through his performance. Check out Suotamo's full quote below:
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT I had to approach it by thinking of what the background of this character was. Those are the choices that you make, and what differentiates one character is the little idiosyncrasies and tics and behaviors. I tried to incorporate those into this character. As to what those are, we're gonna have to wait and see. [Laughs]
Star Wars Had Wookiee Diversity Long Before The Acolyte Although Chewbacca is the most iconic Wookie in Star Wars, he isn't the only one to capture fans' attention. Clone Wars introduced a young Wookie Padawan with Gungi. It was revealed he survived Order 66 in The Bad Batch and, with their help, returned to his home planet of Kashyyyk. The Book of Boba Fett was the live-action debut of Krrsantan, who was first introduced in the comics.
One way that The Acolyte's Jedi Wookie could stand out from Suotamo's performance as Chewbacca is if they are more connected to the Force. This Wookie could be someone who is more tapped into the spiritual aspect of the Force, and their fighting style could have a fluidity and elegance to it that Chewbacca's more brute-force approach lacks.
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