On ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, they had Harrison Ford on to promote his new movie Cowboys & Aliens. But while in the dressing room, he meets with a rather old friend, or at least we thought they were old friends.
Apparently Chewbacca has been a very naughty wookie over the years, according to the Kimmel skit written by C&A director Jon Favreau. The famed fuzzball has allegedly been sleeping with Ford’s wife and she is still coughing up hairballs, which is a little disgusting. Anyway, he comes to apologize to Ford while he’s in the makeup chair getting ready for the Kimmel taping. But it’s pretty clear that the ex-Han Solo is having nothing more to do with him. In fact, he’s mad from the moment his past partner walks into the room. Props to the hairdresser who hides with his ears cowered on the couch. Ford tells Chewy that he is done with the Star Wars crap and he’s done with him. And no, this has nothing to do with Peter Mayhew, but the actual character.
Now, Cowboys & Aliens is something that studio execs are hoping will stir up a lot of internet buzz, Favreau being a big fan of social media. So doing the skit is pretty genius actually. The scene is certainly going to get coverage in the blogosphere on just about every sci-fi related site, which is certainly the target audience for the film. Our only question is whether Ford’s comment will ruffle the feathers of the Star Wars fans, much like William Shatner questioning the sanity of Trekkies on SNL did.
For those of you that don’t know what Cowboys & Aliens is, it’s a film with Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig, two men on opposite sides of the law, that must work together to save the Earth from an alien invasion. The movie opens tonight (July 29) in theaters everywhere.
