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Chewbacca star's comment sends Star Wars fan into hyperdrive

The actor who plays Chewbacca responds to a Reddit thread showing two complementary Star Wars cars parked next to each other.

Gael Cooper
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Arggrgrgghghrgrgrrgr! I came out of a movie this afternoon and the Toyota was parked next to me, I have no idea who he/she is, but it made my day. from pics

Look, even the Millennium Falcon has to have a rest every so often. Go through the space wash, maybe get a new 8-track player installed, avoid any Imperial entanglements. And when it's in space dock, its famed pilots have to find other transport.

When Reddit user Acesfullofkings81 came out of a showing of "X-Men: Apocalypse" in Virginia this weekend and headed to his Jeep with a CHEWBCA license plate, he had no idea the best piloting team in the galaxy had been reunited.

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Yes, that's a Toyota with a HANSOLO license plate parked next to Chewie. "It really did happen to my surprise," the Jeep owner wrote on Reddit. "I'm sure when the Toyota parked the driver noticed and set it up. But I had no idea when I came out of the parking lot."

But what really sent this whole happy coincidence into another galaxy was when Reddit user Peter Mayhew, who plays Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies, jumped in with a comment evoking a famed Solo quote: "What are the odds of... wait, never tell me the odds. Wonderful picture."

That sent the Chewie car owner into hyperspace. "Oh my God!" he wrote. "Peter Mayhew commented on my pic! Seriously in total shock right now. Thank you sir for so making this fan's day/week/life."

Had the timing been right, turns out another Virginia driver could've helped get the band back together. The owner of a Volvo with a plate reading "MFALCN" posted a photo of that car, with the caption, "I can't believe you guys went to the movies without me again."