Mrebo
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This is not a lightsaber. Nor a euphemism.
SilverWook
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I am ready for the trials!They freaked out over a lightsaber cane? Idiots...
Bingowings
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Magister Pontifex MaximusFrom what I can make out it wasn't taken away because it was lightsaber shaped but because it was telescopic.
Lots of people have telescopic canes, especially blind people.
It's like taking someone's eyes away because they look a bit like hand grenades.

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I am ready for the trials!Mayhew refers to it as a lightsaber in one of his other tweets. The TSA are clearly working for the Empire!
I sincerely hope Peter will be up for the rigors of playing Chewie again. I can't even imagine someone else in the suit. He is to Chewie what the late Kevin Peter Hall was to the original Predator and Harry. You can't just put any bloke in that costume.
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I love Peter Mayhew, but I think his Chewy playing days are over unfortunately.
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Magister Pontifex MaximusChewie is older so I can't see why Peter can't keep playing him.
He we rarely see him actually run and they could use a stunt double for that.
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Twisted & EvilBingowings said:
Chewie is older so I can't see why Peter can't keep playing him.
Right. it's the same for the entire cast. Whatever signs of age the original actors bring is easily explained because they are the same age as the characters in the film. If Peter has bad legs now, why shouldn't Chewie?