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The actor who played Chewbacca just gave a lovely shout-out to the Chewbacca lady
Candace Payne / Facebook Candace Payne / Facebook / Facebook
YESTERDAY, A VIDEO showing a woman’s excitable reaction to her new Chewbacca mask set the internet alight.
Candace Payne bought a Chewbacca mask and shot a video for Facebook Live in which she cackled, squealed and made the whole world fall in love with her.
https://www.facebook.com/candaceSpayne/videos/10209653193067040/
The video has since been viewed an incredible 101 million times and liked over 1.85 million times.
Payne’s video is that rare viral sensation that it’s impossible to be a cynical grouch about.
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Everyone loves it… even Peter Mayhew. (You know, the guy who played Chewbacca?)
And the fun didn’t end there.
Yesterday, Kohl’s, the department store mentioned in the video, surprised Candace and her family with a rake of Star Wars merchandise including, you guessed it, more Chewbacca masks.
Kohl's / Facebook Kohl's / Facebook / Facebook
She was also presented with $2,500 worth of vouchers for Kohl’s, which she was clearly chuffed with…
Payne has since described the whole experience as a “whirlwind” and said that she was enormously grateful for the attention the video received.
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