Economy News -SINGAPORE - Singapore's central bank is expected by economists to ease monetary policy on Wednesday (Oct14) - in effect, allowing the Singapore dollar to weaken - to support a struggling economy..
Gabriel OlsenâFilmMagic/Getty Images Peter Mayhew attends WonderCon Anaheim on March 30, 2013, in Anaheim, Calif. Peter Mayhew, the actor who plays Chewbacca in the iconic Star Wars franchise, has been taken to the hospital after suffering a bout of pneumonia. The news was confirmed by the administrator of Mayhewâs website on the actorâs Twitter account Monday, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Chewbacca, a 200-year-old Wookiee, becomes Han Solo 's companion after Han, then an Imperial officer, refused an order to kill him, for which Han was dismissed from the Imperial Navy and became a smuggler.he novel The Hutt Gambit explains how Chewbacca and Han first meet when Han, a lieutenant in the Imperial Navy, finds him unconscious aboard a slave ship. Han's commanding officer orders him to skin Chewbacca, but Han refuses and rescues the helpless prisoner.