'Star Wars' Fans Remember The Late Angie Mayhew

Many "Star Wars" fans are reflecting on the loss of Angie Mayhew, the wife of late Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew.

Peter Mayhew was best known for playing Chewbacca in 1977's "A New Hope." He reprised the role in every on-screen appearance up until 2015's "The Force Awakens" and ceded the role to Finnish actor Joonas Suotamo.

Peter and Angie were well-known in the Star Wars community for their charity work through The Peter Mayhew Foundation, which they started more than a decade ago.

On Sunday morning, The Peter Mayhew Foundation took to social media to announce her passing. "It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our beloved Angie Mayhew," they tweeted in a short statement.

"After complications from a double heart valve replacement surgery, she has joined her beloved, Peter Mayhew, in the stars," they added. "Her kindness, love, and generosity will always be remembered." Peter Mayhew passed away several years ago on April 30, 2019.

Many fans and famous friends took to social media to pay tribute to her passing and remember her impact on the "Star Wars" community.

Many fans, friends, and organizations took to social media to pay tribute to the late Angie Mayhew. Rancho Obi-Wan, a museum housing the world’s largest Star Wars memorabilia collection, tweeted, "We send our deepest sympathies to the family and many friends of Angie Mayhew."

"Fans could always count on a fond greeting and embracing hug from Angie," they continued. "She will be sorely missed for what she represented, but more importantly for who she was. "

Nicole Martin, author of her memoir “Years To Grow” and mother to a hepatoblastoma cancer survivor, tweeted, "Their family helped our family. Their love and compassion will never be forgotten."

Artist and illustrator Drew Struzan, who has created movie posters for over 150 movies, including “Star Wars,” tweeted, "The sadness of losing Angie is only diminished by knowing she and Peter are once again united. Sweet love never fails."

“Jurassic World” actor Colby Boothman, who also voiced Luke Skywalker (as Colby Boothman Shepard) in 2015’s “Star Wars: Battlefront” video game, also took to Twitter to share a sweet snap of the two together.

"Angie Mayhew will always be a light in this world, forever an anchor of @Lucasfilm & @starwars community, & everyone that crossed her path," Boothman tweeted. "Grateful for every moment in more cities than I can count. Thank you for everything. MTFBWY Angie, Always."

Host and producer of “Our Star Wars Stories” Jordan Hembrough also tweeted a photo of him posing alongside the late Peter Mayhew with Angie smiling over his shoulder. “No words I have... no words,” he tweeted alongside a broken heart emoji.

The Peter Mayhew Foundation also shared a touching thread full of photos of Angie at the Star Wars Celebration event in Anaheim. “Her only wish was to see everyone and love on her friends,” they tweeted. She passed only a week before Star Wars Celebration 2023, which takes place in London this year from April 7 – April 10.