As something of a latecomer to Disney, my level of excitement rarely reaches the incandescent levels of some of my contemporaries when new films from the widely-loved animated film studio are released.

Yes, 'You're Welcome' from Moana is a certified banger (unpopular opinion, 'Shiny' is actually way more of a certified banger), and yes, it was fun to watch Ellen Degeneres play a loveable fish with short term memory loss, but that's about as far as my excitement typically stretches.

Having said that, Disney's up-coming live-action remake of Aladdin did pique my interest, not least since they released the first image of Will Smith in his role as the genie with a quite astonishingly panto-esque beard.

Take a look for yourself:

However, there's one particular character that's got movie fans decidedly hot under the collar, and it's the villain, Jafar, who is so attractive that he's got Disney fans seriously questioning their allegiance to good versus evil.

It's really thrown people.

I mean, some people have just gone all out and declared their loyalty to Jafar and his eternal hotness.

It seems that there's only going to be one star of the new Aladdin film as far as these fans are concerned.

It's Jafar's world now, people, and we're all just living in it.

Chewbacca is renowned for being one of the silver screen's most lovable characters.

So it's unsurprising that one woman provoked furious backlash when she was caught on camera shoving Chewy.

In a video taken at Walt Disney World and posted to TikTok, the tourist can be seen interrupting the Star Wars character's interaction with a group of children by screaming and shoving him.

Shared by travel blogger Maria (@nightmareadventures), the clip begins by showing Chewbacca and fellow Star Wars character Rey chatting to some kids at the Hollywood Studios section of Disney World.

However, midway through Rey giving a speech to the kids, a woman sneaks up behind Chewbacca and screams in his ear. She even gives him a gentle shove.

Rey quickly steps in and lets the crowd know that they'll be moving elsewhere because of the guest's rowdy behavior. "May the force be with you," she tells the kids, before both she and Chewy head to another area of the theme park.

Maria made it perfectly clear how she felt about the woman's interruption in overlay text which read: "When a grown adult ruins the experience for the kids because she thought she was being 'funny!'"

"Poor kids stood there confused when Rey and Chewie walked away," Maria added.

In the video's caption, she reiterated: "Don’t be that adult that ruins a nice interaction between kids and characters because you think you’re being funny."

Many people agreed with Maria and were outraged by the clip, which has racked up over 3.5 million views.

"She could have seriously hurt the actor. They’re on stilts," one person wrote in the comments. "Should be a lifetime ban for putting hands on cast members" another added, while a third question: "What exactly was she trying to do?"

However, others defended the woman and claimed that it was the cast members' fault for not handling the situation better.

"No. The cast members ruined it for the kids by not being able to handle the moment better. They could've continued," one person commented. Another agreed, writing: "Nah that’s when you ask the lady to leave and you keep on doing your job. Cast members didn’t want to be there so they used that as an excuse to leave."

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A hipster dog named Chewbacca has gone viral for his incredible fully-grown beard of dreams.

Like so many well-known animals on the Internet, Chewbeacca found his fame on Instagram where he boasts over 2K followers (but we all know that number is going to skyrocket).

The adorable pooch got his namesake from his beard which, for obvious reasons, has been likened to the hairiest character in the Star Wars franchise.

Watch Chewbacca's adorableness in the video below: 

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Now, his owner Tatiana Kovalenok, from Moscow, has opened up about her dog's incredible look, explaining that it doesn't require regular trips to the groomers like you might imagine.

She revealed that Chewbacca's incredible beard didn't become a noticeable part of his appearance until he was eight months old.

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In an interview with The Dodo, she said: "Almost every day when we walk, we get reactions from random people regarding his appearance and his beard. Kids usually say that he's a 'funny dog' or 'looks like a grandpa'. Older people always mention him as a stylish dog, saying something like: 'Look at the beard he has.' Some people call him hipster or even Chewbacca."

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Tatiana added: "I never actually paid attention to his beard. I would even ask my groomer to make his beard it a little shorter because he looked too old to me. One day I decided not to touch the beard and posted the photo after grooming to Instagram and I started to receive a lot of comments from my followers about the beard being so big.

Another dog that turned heads was this puppy who was born with a tail on his face: 

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"We don't do any special treatment for the beard, we just wash it when Nuts takes a shower. It grows by itself and the hair is so smooth we don't even have to comb it and it never tangled. Many people say that Nuts is very trendy as it's very popular nowadays for men to wear thick beards."

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Chewbacca is a Belgian Griffon. A breed famed for having bearded faces, much like the Brussels Griffons.

However, despite his rough and ready appearance, Tatiana said of her pooch: "He is kind, as a matter of fact, he doesn't even bite. He is an overly attached dog, that's his main trait. He always has to be near me. If I watch a movie he just has to jump on my lap, he follows me everywhere," she said.

Peter Mayhew, the actor best known for playing Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died at 74.

That actor's family released a statement on his Twitter account on Thursday: "The family of Peter Mayhew, with deep love and sadness, regrets to share the news that Peter has passed away. He left us the evening of April 30, 2019 with his family by his side in his North Texas home."

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George Lucas cast Mayhew, who stood 7 feet 3 inches tall, to play the 200-year-old Wookie Chewbacca in 1977's Star Wars: A New Hope. The character was a fan favorite, providing the perfect companion to Harrison Ford's reckless, cocky pilot Han Solo. Mayhew reprised the role in several more Star Wars movies, including The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Revenge of the Sith and The Force Awakens.

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In the statement, his family noted that Mayhew faced challenges while filming 2015's The Force Awakens.  "He fought his way back from being wheelchair-bound to stand tall and portray Chewbacca once more," they wrote. They added that he "consulted" on 2017's The Last Jedi.

"[He] put his heart and soul into the role of Chewbacca and it showed in every frame of the films from his knock-kneed running, firing his bowcaster from the hip, his bright blue eyes, down to each subtle movement of his head and mouth," his family wrote. "But to him, the Star Wars family meant so much more to him than a role in a film."

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Mayhew was born in Barnes, Surrey in 1944, and was discovered by a movie producer while working as a hospital attendant. While he described himself as a giant, his towering height was not actually the result of giantism.  "I don't have the big head,'' he told the Sydney Morning Herald in 2014. "There was an overactive pituitary gland ... I had treatment when I was about 15 that slowed it down, they stopped it.''

Without that treatment, he said, "'I'd have been eight foot. Life would have been terrible."

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Over his four-decade career, Mayhew appeared as Chewbacca on popular TV shows, like Donnie and Marie, The Muppet Show and Glee. At comic book conventions, he was a regular figure, taking photos with fans. He also wrote two books for children, Growing Up Giant and My Favorite Giant.

Of course, the world will always remember Mayhew for playing the gentle giant, Chewbacca. At the end of A New Hope, Princess Leia gives heroes Luke Skywalker and Han Solo gold medals, but not the beloved Wookie - a point of contention for many Star Wars fans. When asked by Australia’s BMag why Chewie didn’t get a medal, he said:

"I think it was one of two reasons. One, they didn’t have enough money to buy me a medal. Or two, Carrie couldn’t reach my neck, and it was probably too expensive to build a little step so that I could step down or she could step up and give me the medal."

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On social media, Mark Hamill, aka Luke Skywalker, mourned his friend and co-star. "He was the gentlest of giants," tweeted Hamill. "A big man with an even bigger heart who never failed to make me smile & a loyal friend who I loved dearly. I'm grateful for the memories we shared & I'm a better man for just having known him. Thanks Pete."