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    These 'Star Wars' fans combine dressing up with doing good

    Dec 12, 2017 3 minutes

    On a rainy day in Woburn, Mass., Chewbacca was getting a hero’s welcome.

    His costumed head held against his side, the man playing Han Solo's buddy was ambling over to his spot to get ready for a parade when a group of boys from Woburn Youth Hockey, also ready to head out on the parade route, spotted him. “CHEWIE!” the young hockey players shouted, and the "big walking carpet" resistance hero accommodated the boys, doling out high fives.

    Dozens of members of the “Star Wars” fan groups – the 501st Legion and the Rebel

    'I kind of decided to become the action figure''His eyes just lit up'

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