Chewbacca met the hobbits, but there was a problem

This is the crossover we want.
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Angie Han
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Move over, Infinity War – there's a new cinematic crossover in town.

Joonas Suotamo, a.k.a. Chewbacca from Solo: A Star Wars Story, recently spent some time with Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, and Billy Boyd, a.k.a. Sam, Frodo, and Pippin from Lord of the Rings.

There's just one problem.

Suotamo isn't actually Chewbacca-sized, and Astin, Wood, and Boyd aren't actually hobbit-sized. But at 6'10", Suotamo is certainly tall enough to make a photo opp with three guys around 5'6" to 5'7" seem like a serious challenge.

Not that that stopped the group from having a good time anyway.

At the end of the day, Suotamo came to the only obvious conclusion:

That's okay, Newbacca. Just as long as you aren't too tall to be in our movies.

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Angie Han

Angie Han is the Deputy Entertainment Editor at Mashable. Previously, she was the managing editor of Slashfilm.com. She writes about all things pop culture, but mostly movies, which is too bad since she has terrible taste in movies.

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