Attack on Attichitcuk ' s camp Sometime between 39 BBY and 36 BBY , on the moon Alaris Prime , four predatory gundarks attacked a camp built by the Wookiee Chieftain Attichitcuk . Shortly before the attack , a large number of Wookiee colonists had arrived on Alaris Prime to settle there , and Attichitcuk , who was their leader , had begun exploring the moon and had set up the camp as their first base . Attichitcuk remained alone at the camp for a short time until his nephew Shoran and son , Chewbacca , fellow leaders of the colonists who were being guided by Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn , arrived to assist him . At the same time , the gundarks began their attack on the camp , forcing the three Wookiees to fight and kill them . After the attack , the colonists explored Alaris Prime further and later successfully colonized it . Prelude . Sometime between the years 59 BBY and 56 BBY , Alaris Prime , a moon of the gas giant Alaris , was rediscovered by explorers of the Wookiee species from the planet Kashyyyk . The Wookiees , represented by Chieftan Attichitcuk , petitioned the Senate of the Galactic Republic to give them colonization rights to the moon , and they were finally awarded them after twenty years of political debate . Attichitcuk was given leadership of the colonists in honor of his success in the Senate and , along with his son , Chewbacca ; nephew Shoran ; and the rest of the colonists , headed for Alaris Prime aboard several transport ships , including the " Thalmussen " sometime between 39 BBY and 36 BBY . The Jedi High Council also sent Qui - Gon Jinn , a Master of the Jedi Order , to assist the Wookiees by instructing them in various techniques useful for colonization . Upon landing on the moon , Attichitcuk began exploring while the other colonists remained in their transports , leaving marker s so others could follow him and then constructing a camp . Shoran later began scouting but halted when he encountered a power core built by the Trade Federation , a galactic corporation that had ignored the Senate ' s ruling and was beginning its own colonization effort on Alaris Prime . The power core had been damaged by gundarks , a non - sentient predatory species on Alaris Prime , preventing the Federation from developing that area further . Shoran waited until Chewbacca arrived , and , acting on advice from Jinn , the Wookiees destroyed the power core and followed Attichitcuk ' s markers until they reached him at his camp . Shortly after the two Wookiees arrived , four gundarks headed into the base to attack it . The attack . Attichitcuk caught the scent of the gundarks and alerted the other Wookiees to their presence . Jinn also saw the approaching creatures but assured the colonists that the gundarks were no match for Wookiee warriors . Using their bowcasters — Wookiee projectile weapons — the three Wookiees fired at the attacking gundarks , killing all of them and successfully defending the camp . Aftermath . Immediately after the attack , Jinn speculated that the gundarks that the Wookiees had just defeated were the same ones that had damaged the power core they had encountered earlier . Later , the rest of the Wookiee colonists disembarked from the transports and began the process of colonizing Alaris Prime . After another Wookiee base was attacked , the colonists decided to rid Alaris Prime of the gundarks and led an attack on their nest , where the Wookiees discovered the Trade Federation ' s illegal presence on the moon . This led to a number of battles that culminated in the Wookiees defeating the Federation and claiming Alaris Prime as their own . Behind the scenes . The attack on Attichitcuk ' s camp was first mentioned in the 2001 for the PC video game " " and later appeared in the game itself and its 2002 expansion , " . " The attack is part of the first level of the Wookiee tutorial campaign , " Moving and Attacking , " in which the player is taught how to attack opponents by using the Wookiees to defeat the gundarks . It is possible for the player to lose the level if either Attichitcuk , Chewbacca , or Shoran is killed .