Anyway, since Chewbacca and Tojjevvuk are both in love with Chewie's future spouse Mallatobuck, they enter into a duel for her affections. Lumpy scrambles to lure the troopers away, succeeding with all but one. Do they have long chats sometimes? When Han and Chewie finally get home, Lumpy has to watch Han kill the last remaining stormtrooper right before his eyes. As a slave, he was prized by his Imperial masters for his small hands and ability to climb high. Daniel made the news prior to his death from cancer when Disney allowed him to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens prior to its theatrical release. [18][19][20], The 1978 television program Star Wars Holiday Special introduces Chewbacca's family: Mallatobuck (his wife), Lumpawarrump (his son) and Attichitcuk, Chief of the Kaapauku Tribe (his father). [1] Waroo was originally created for The Star Wars Holiday Special, a Star Wars Legends TV movie released in 1978. “He fought his way back from being wheelchair-bound to stand tall and portray Chewbacca once more in Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” a family statement said. Mallatobuck, also known as Malla, was the wife of Chewbacca, the Wookiee co-pilot of the Corellian smuggler Han Solo. According to their website, the organization started by Peter is “a 501(c)(3) nonprofit devoted to the alleviation of disease, pain, suffering and the financial toll brought on by life’s traumatic events. During preproduction of The Force Awakens, Creature Effects Supervisor Neal Scanlan commented that the original suit was far more sophisticated than they had originally realized, leading him to entirely scrap their first attempt at making the new suit, go back and study Freeborn's work in order to better appreciate how it worked, and attempt to emulate it.[12]. As Starkiller Base blows up, Chewbacca escapes in the Falcon with Finn and Rey, and later, along with R2-D2, helps Rey find Luke on the planet Ahch-To. The species has females and males — and even though every wookiee is covered in fur, only the males grow beards. They live together on Kashyyyk. Sure, they know the way the movies are going to unfold, but that doesn't stop them from going back time and time again to experience them as if for the very first time. In his first six screen appearances, Chewbacca was played by Peter Mayhew, who was chosen for his height of 7'3" (2.2 m). When Lando explains that they still have a chance to save Han, Leia has Chewbacca stop choking him. Chewbacca accompanies Rey, Finn, Poe, and C-3PO to the planet Passana, where they search for a clue to the location of a Sith Wayfinder. In The Empire Strikes Back (1980), set three years later, Chewbacca tries to leave the Rebellion along with Han in order to repay Jabba, but is drawn back into the war when the Empire invaded the Rebel base on Hoth. But to him, the Star Wars family meant so much more than a role in a film," said his family in a statement issued following his death. They also help Yoda escape the clone troopers that had been ordered to kill him. Chewbacca (/tʃuːˈbɑːkə/), nicknamed "Chewie", is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Chewbacca appears in The Rise of Skywalker, now played solely by Suotamo. Historically, it was thought that only Wookiees had the strength to operate a bowcaster properly, but as we saw in The Force Awakens, Han had the pleasure of using it in battle. As Starkiller Base blows up, Chewbacca escapes in the Falcon with Finn and Rey, and later, along with R2-D2, helps Rey find Luke on the planet Ahch-To. Upon regaining consciousness, Chewbacca swears a "life-debt" to Han, and the two become business partners and best friends.[23]. The level is where Chewbacca's home is under attack, Yoda helps him and so at the end of the level Chewbacca and another Wookiee lead him to a space pod to escape, just as in the film. In the film's climactic battle scene, Chewbacca and Han save Luke from being killed by Darth Vader and give him time to destroy the Death Star. He and other Wookiee children were forced to work at a slave labor camp run by Commandant Dessard. Wookieepedia is a FANDOM Movies Community. Mayhew shares the role with his body double, Joonas Suotamo, in the first episode of the sequel trilogy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In the film's final scene, Princess Leia awards Chewbacca a medal alongside Luke and Han.