Chewbacca
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First appearance | Star Wars (1977) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by | George Lucas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Species | New Republic Resistance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Homeworld | Kashyyyk.[6][7] He first appeared in the original film trilogy as the loyal friend of the smuggler Han Solo. He was also the co-pilot of Han's starship, the Millennium Falcon.[1][8] Chewbacca is portrayed by Peter Mayhew in five films. In The Force Awakens, Mayhew shares the role with Joonas Suotamo , who took over the portrayal for subsequent films. Chewbacca has also appeared in television series, books, comics, and video games.
ProfileChewbacca was born in the year 200 BBY on the planet Kashyyyk.[9][1] He is 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall, and he typically wears only a bandolier and a tool pouch.[1][10] He carries a bowcaster, a traditional Wookiee weapon, and he speaks the Wookiee language Shyriiwook.[11][12] During the Clone Wars, Chewbacca was captured and hunted for sport, but managed to escape with his fellow captive Ahsoka Tano. During one of the final battles of the Wars, he fought alongside Republic forces against Separatist droids. After the Wars, he was separated from his family and tribe, and became a fugitive. Betrayed by a bounty hunter, Chewbacca was imprisoned by the Empire. He escaped with a young Imperial deserter named Han Solo, an encounter that marked the beginning of a long friendship. After a series of perilous adventures, the two embarked on a career in the smuggling trade aboard Han's ship, the Millenium Falcon.[1] While on Tatooine, Chewbacca and Han were hired to transport Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker to Alderaan. When they reached their destination, they found that the planet had been obliterated by the Empire’s Death Star space station. After being captured by the station's tractor beam, the group infiltrated the station and rescued Princess Leia from captivity. Later, Chewbacca and Han helped Luke destroy the Death Star.[1] Chewbacca and Han planned to leave the Rebellion to pay off a debt to the crime lord Jabba the Hutt, but were drawn back into the war when the Empire assaulted the Rebel base. Chewbacca, Han and Leia sought refuge in Cloud City with Han's friend Lando Calrissian, unaware that Lando had unwillingly betrayed them to the Empire. Darth Vader froze Han in carbonite and gave him to the bounty hunter Boba Fett, who planned to sell him to Jabba.[1]
Chewbacca arrived at Jabba's palace in the custody of a bounty hunter, who was actually Leia in disguise. She liberated Han from the carbonite, but was quickly captured by Jabba, who tried to feed the group of friends to a sarlacc. They escaped, however, and rejoined the Rebels. Chewbacca then accompanied Han and Leia to the forest moon of Endor to deactivate the shield generator for the second Death Star. After the mission succeeded and Rebel pilots destroyed the space station, Chewbacca joined his friends in celebration. Later, the Wookiee played a key role in liberating Kashyyyk from Imperial forces.[1] Chewbacca returned to his family for a time, but rejoined Han in the smugglig trade after Han and Leia’s relationship foundered. When the galaxy was again engulfed by war, Chewbacca and Han recovered the Falcon—which they had lost—and helped the Exegol, Chewbacca and Lando recruited ordinary galactic citizens to the cause. Their makeshift fleet helped the Resistance defeat the First Order and its Sith allies.[1]
CreationGeorge Lucas, the creator of the Star Wars franchise, invented many fictional characters while writing the original 1977 Star Wars film (which was later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope).[13] Chewbacca was inspired by his dog, an Alaskan Malamute named Indiana. She would sit in the passenger seat of his car while he was driving, and he referred to her as his "co-pilot".[14][15] Chewbacca's name was derived from the Russian word sobaka (собака), which means "dog".[16][17] In France, the character's name was changed in the original French-language release of A New Hope. He was called Chiktabba, and his nickname was Chico.[18] PortrayalsChewbacca is portrayed by Peter Mayhew in the original Star Wars trilogy, the Appearances in the official canonFilmsOther
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Video gamesChewbacca is a playable character in the listed games. Other
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