Star Wars and Chewbacca's design

Featuring a lot of Star Wars and a little about Paul Alexander

Wow, I can’t believe I haven’t checked out Kitbashed before, a blog dedicated to the origins of Star Wars.

It really rolls around in the details of who did what when. The whole thing is great, and namechecks a lot of 70s sci-fi artists, but the blog post on the creation of Chewbacca is a particular standout.

Here’s what Chewbacca looked like in early Ra…