Movies starring Peter Mayhew

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

121 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy, Sci-Fi      

Writing a movie review of "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" some 35 years after it came out actually sounds pretty pointless especially when it must be one of the most often watched and well known movies in the history of ...

The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

97 mins     Adventure , Family, Musical, Sci-Fi, TV Movie      

I'd read the reviews, I'd seen every single one warning people not to, I thought to myself surely it can't be that bad, nothing can be as bad as some people were saying it was. But I had to do it, I had to see for myself and ...

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

124 mins     Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi      

As a child "The Empire Strikes Back" was my least favourite of the original "Star Wars" trilogy, although trust me I still loved it. Now I never contemplated why that was until I watched it again many years later and that is ...

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

134 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy      

So we come to "Return of the Jedi" what for a long time was the final "Star Wars" and the movie which not only gave us the cuddly Ewoks but also gave us Carrie Fisher in that bikini. But that is me being distracted because wh...

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

140 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy      

So we get to "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" the final of the prequel movies which to be honest as a whole didn't live up to my expectations. Now "Revenge of the Sith" not only brings together everything which ...

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

136 mins     Action , Adventure , Fantasy, Sci-Fi      

Thank you J.J. Abrams for making me feel the excitement I felt as a child when I watched "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope" for the first time and in doing so reminding me why I love movies so much, I had started to forget....