chewbacca

Candace Payne more commonly known as Chewbacca Mom took the internet by storm when she shared this video a while ago of her amazingly entertaining reaction to the Chewbacca Mask:



Millions of views later Chewbacca Mom is getting her very own Star Wars action figure courtesy of Hasbro. She visited the Hasbro headquarters, where she was then presented with the figure. Following the presentation she shared her thoughts back on Facebook regarding the whole experience:

"So the weekend after this happened, I was able to go to the Facebook headquarters, and meet an incredible and integral part of this story and this journey, and I feel like today, right now, this moment, is a second divine moment that's happening. So, I want you, if you know how to use Emoji's, all of you out there in Facebook live world, I want you to do the handclap for these amazing people that develop stuff that your kids have...thrown at you and played with."

This might be the best and most unanticipated voice swap of all time.

Man, that guy is talkative! 

If you've ever wondered how Chewie's voice was really acheived, sound designer Ben Burtt mixed various sounds from bears, lions, badgers, and tons of other animals:

The completely flightless Weevil, a type of beetle, was discovered in Papua New Guinea this week. The scales stood out to the discoverers as listed in their report, and 'reminded the authors of Chewbacca's dense fur.' 

Awesome. The force is strong in this one.