Chewbacca

Chewbacca (or Chewie) (c. 200 BBY - c. 25 ABY), a fictional character of the Star Wars universe, is a seven-and-a-half-foot (2.28 metres) tall Wookiee and co-pilot of Han Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon. Chewbacca is the son of Attichitcuk, the husband of Mallatobuck, and the father of Lumpawarrump.

Appearances

The Films

Chewbacca plays a major role in Episodes III, IV, V, and VI of the Star Wars films. In Episode III, Chewbacca, along with Tarfful, fight in the Clone Wars when their planet is invaded. They also help to get Yoda to safety. In Episodes IV, V, and Vi, Chewbacca accompanies Han Solo and The Rebel Alliance in helping to defeat the Galactic Empire.

Related Topics:
Tarfful - The Rebel Alliance - Galactic Empire

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The Expanded Universe

The 1978 television program The Star Wars Holiday Special introduces Chewbacca's family of Malla, Itchy, and Lumpy. They live together on Kashyyyk, the Wookiee homeworld, where Chewbacca visits them on Life Day with other major characters. His family also appears in some Star Wars books, most notably The Wookiee Storybook, The Black Fleet Crisis trilogy by Michael P. Kube-McDowell (wherein Lumpy undergoes his rite of passage and chooses the adult name Lumpawaroo (Waroo)), and Rebel Dawn by A. C. Crispin. The latter also introduces other family members, including a sister named Kallabow and cousins named Dryanta and Jowdrrl.

Related Topics:
1978 - The Star Wars Holiday Special - Kashyyyk - Life Day - Michael P. Kube-McDowell - Kallabow - Dryanta - Jowdrrl

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Chewbacca also plays an important role In the 1999 novel Vector Prime by R.A. Salvatore (the first in the New Jedi Order series). However, the story is Chewbacca's final adventure, since the Wookiee actually dies. The event occurs when Chewbacca sacrifices his own life to save that of Han's son Anakin from a collision between a Yuuzhan Vong weapon and a moon of the planet Sernpidal. Afterward, the other core Star Wars characters are emotionally crushed by the loss, and Han Solo even seeks refuge for a time among alcohol and the stars. Chewie's death also opens a rift between Han and his son, as he believes the death to be Anakin's fault.

Related Topics:
1999 - Vector Prime - R.A. Salvatore - New Jedi Order - Anakin - Yuuzhan Vong - Sernpidal

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Lumpawaroo and Lowbacca (Chewie's nephew, who trained with Han's twin children at Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy) have since undertaken to assume Chewbacca's life debt to Han.

Related Topics:
Lumpawaroo - Lowbacca - Jedi Academy

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