A New Hope

Actor Peter Mayhew, best known for playing the Wookiee Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" original trilogy and this year’s "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith", became an American.  Mayhew, 61, who is currently married to an American native and lives in Texas, has ended the three-year resident period required to become an American citizen.  Peter joined over 400 others in an Arlington ceremony Monday.