Lumpawaroo / Legends Lumpawaroo , also known as Waroo , was a Wookiee male who emerged from the shadow of his famous father Chewbacca to become a brave , talented , and powerful warrior within the Rwookrrorro community on the planet Kashyyyk . Born Lumpawarrump in 1 BBY and known as Lumpy throughout his youth , he was raised by his mother Mallatobuck and his grandfather Attichitcuk while Chewbacca served a life debt to and traveled the galaxy with the Human smuggler Han Solo . Lumpawarrump idolized his father and constantly dreamed of the elder Wookiee ' s adventures while Chewbacca was away . While gathering wasaka berries in Kashyyyk ' s dangerous Shadowlands in preparation for Chewbacca ' s 200th birthday , a young Lumpawarrump hoped to be as brave as his father but ended up hiding , terrified , from the various creatures that lurked in the forest . Although his father rescued him and brought him home , the ordeal caused Lumpawarrump considerable trauma . Coupled with the absence of a father figure to help him grow into a brave young man , the experience turned Lumpawarrump into a shy and timid Wookiee who rarely left his home . Unless Chewbacca was around for Lumpawarrump to attempt to impress , he stayed away from danger and did not find his rrakktorr , the eager and defiant strength of a male Wookiee ' s heart . In 1 ABY , two years after Lumpawarrump ' s misadventure in the Shadowlands , he and his family were visited by members of the Galactic Empire on the Wookiee holiday Life Day . The Imperials were searching Kashyyyk for ties between its inhabitants and the Rebel Alliance and remained in Lumpawarrump ' s home for some time before Chewbacca and Solo arrived to celebrate the holiday . Chewbacca and Solo helped free Lumpawarrump and many other Wookiees from slavery at the hands of the Nagai Knife three years later , and in 8 ABY , Lumpawarrump and Mallatobuck visited Chewbacca at his apartment on the galactic capital of Coruscant . The three became tangled in an Imperial scheme to destroy the New Republic that Chewbacca and Solo served , and Lumpawarrump was kidnapped by several Coruscanti underdweller s and taken to a secret Imperial detention center in the planet ' s underlevels . After his parents rescued him , the three Wookiees were able to prevent the underdwellers from unleashing a nerve toxin at an upcoming New Republic governmental banquet . In 16 ABY , Lumpawarrump ' s coming - of - age hrrtayyk ceremony was interrupted when Chewbacca , who was guiding his son through it , learned that Solo had been kidnapped by the Yevetha n Duskhan League . Lumpawarrump tagged along on the rescue mission so that he might prove himself , and father and son stormed the Yevethan Star Destroyer " Pride of Yevetha " and rescued the captive Solo . Lumpawarrump found his rrakktorr , passed his hrrtayyk , and earned his new name , Lumpawaroo , after receiving a blaster wound in the leg and meeting it without flinching . Chewbacca was able to spend more time with Lumpawaroo over the next several years , but when the elder Wookiee was killed in 25 ABY , Lumpawaroo and his cousin Lowbacca pledged to take over Chewbacca ' s life debt to Solo . Solo delayed them for four years in order to grieve the loss of his best friend , but in 29 ABY , they reaffirmed their convictions and attached themselves to Solo , although they ultimately served him for less than six years . In 40 ABY , Solo and his wife Leia Organa Solo came to Kashyyyk to speak with the planet ' s Rock Council , and Lumpawaroo guided them across Wroshyr trees for four days as they made their way to Council Rock . Lumpawaroo later crewed the Solos ' starship " Millennium Falcon " and worked to extinguish forest fires that raged across Kashyyyk after an orbital bombardment by the Galactic Alliance Fifth Fleet . Biography . Mischievous youth . The Wookiee male Lumpawarrump was born in 1 BBY in the Kashyyyk city of Rwookrrorro to Mallatobuck , a teacher and caregiver who worked in a nearby village ' s nursery ring . Mallatobuck had recently wed Chewbacca , a mechanic and co - pilot to the Human smuggler Han Solo , and the newlyweds had conceived Lumpawarrump during their honeymoon . Chewbacca had then left the planet with Solo , to whom he had sworn a Wookiee life debt of protection , and Lumpawarrump was born nearly one year later . Chewbacca and Solo returned to Kashyyyk shortly thereafter while on a supply run to the Corporate Sector , and both were overjoyed to discover Mallatobuck holding the newborn Lumpawarrump in her Rwookrrorro home . Chewbacca roared with pride as he realized that he had become a father , and the new parents immediately began to discuss baby names . They ultimately settled on Lumpawarrump , or " Lumpy " for short . Chewbacca was unable to remain with his new son for long and quickly left with Solo for the Corporate Sector , but he returned to Kashyyyk as often as he could over the subsequent years to visit his family , including a several - week - long visit in 0 BBY . Lumpawarrump , Mallatobuck , and Chewbacca ' s father Attichitcuk were designated as a Wookiee honor family and were looked after by Chewbacca ' s close friends on Kashyyyk . While Chewbacca and Solo roamed the galaxy , Lumpawarrump was raised on Kashyyyk by his mother and grandfather . Attichitcuk lived with Lumpawarrump and Mallatobuck in their treetop dwelling and was content to live out his elder years playing with his young grandson . Circa 0 BBY , Chewbacca was on his way home to celebrate his 200th birthday with his family , and Mallatobuck began to plan a surprise party for her husband . Lumpawarrump was dismayed when she forbade him to venture into the dangerous Shadowlands of Kashyyyk ' s forest floor to gather wasaka berries , an essential ingredient of Chewbacca ' s favorite dessert , but he was cheered up when Attichitcuk told him a story of Chewbacca and Solo battling Trandoshan slavers . Inspired , Lumpawarrump sneaked out of his house to hunt for wasaka berries in the hope of becoming as heroic as his father . The young Wookiee was unable to find any berries near his house , and he began to cautiously descend a rope ladder into the jungle ' s lower levels . He soon lost his footing and tumbled down a Wroshyr tree into the Shadowlands , landing in a swamp and attracting the attention of several creatures . Lumpawarrump was very frightened , but he ignored the creatures and continued to search for berries among the swamp ' s tree roots , confident that his father would not have give up if faced with a similar predicament . When a furry ball - shaped creature lunged at him , Lumpawarrump abandoned his quest and dove into a hollow log . He remained there , shaking with fear , until he heard the sound of a passing starship . Lumpawarrump poked his head out of the log and saw his father flying an explorer craft through the Shadowlands ; Chewbacca had been sent to the swamps by Mallatobuck to search for their missing son . Lumpawarrump climbed into his father ' s craft but quickly began to cry , disheartened that he had failed to find any wasaka berries . As they sped toward their home , Chewbacca told his son that his persistence in the face of fear was a telltale sign of a hero , and Lumpawarrump immediately brightened . He avoided a scolding from his mother when they were greeted at their home by hundreds of Wookiees who had gathered for Chewbacca ' s surprise party . Along with Han Solo , the gathered Wookiees celebrated well into the night , dancing , playing games , eating Mallatobuck ' s soufflé s , and watching fireworks . A Life Day to remember . In the following years , Chewbacca and Solo became key members of the Rebel Alliance during its struggle against the Galactic Empire . Lumpawarrump ' s adventure in the Shadowlands become a family fable that further exaggerated the danger posed by the creatures in the Shadowlands with each retelling . In 1 ABY , Lumpawarrump was at home with his mother and grandfather on the Wookiee holiday Life Day as they prepared to receive Chewbacca and Solo for a celebration . Lumpawarrump happily ran through the house and played with a wooden model of an X - wing starfighter , but he was reprimanded by Mallatobuck for bothering his grandfather and for trying to sneak one of the Wookiee - ookiee s that she had baked . Mallatobuck assigned him the task of taking out the garbage ; once outside , Lumpawarrump playfully walked along the top of the railing that surrounded his home ' s balcony before going back inside . After he completed his task , Lumpawarrump was treated to a tabletop performance by some holographic tumbler s , which Attichitcuk turned on for the delighted young Wookiee . After the performance , his elation was interrupted by his mother ' s insistence that he clean dishes in the kitchen sink . When he finished with the dishes , an Imperial officer appeared on the home ' s viewscreen and announced that the Empire had declared martial law on the planet due to suspected Rebel activity . Lumpawarrump grew worried and hid when he heard a knock on the front door , but the visitor was merely Saun Dann , a Human trader and a friend of the family . He brought Life Day gifts for all three Wookiees , including a mini - transmitter for Lumpawarrump . The young Wookiee rushed upstairs to his room to open the gift , but he raced down to the foyer even faster when he heard the sound of Solo ' s starship , the " Millennium Falcon " , flying overhead . When he and Mallatobuck opened the front door , they were shocked to find two Imperial stormtroopers pointing blaster rifles at them . Seeking evidence of ties to the Rebellion , the stormtroopers entered the house along with a technician and an Imperial commander . As the troopers searched the home , the technician asked Lumpawarrump about his father ' s whereabouts , only to have his fingers bitten in response . Mallatobuck and Dann prevented him from striking Lumpawarrump , and Dann was soon told to leave by the Imperials . Lumpawarrump protested when the Commander ordered his room to be searched , and when Attichitcuk attempted to block the trooper ' s path , the elderly Wookiee was thrown aside . The Commander then intervened and calmed a furious Mallatobuck down . The search proceeded , and Mallatobuck consoled her son by letting him watch a cartoon that featured Chewbacca , his Rebel companions , and the bounty hunter Boba Fett . When the cartoon caused him to scream , Lumpawarrump quickly changed the screen of his video book to display a simple game in order to fool the curious Commander . Although he enjoyed the cartoon , his dismay returned afterward when he discovered that the Imperials had beheaded his stuffed bantha . Alone in his room , Lumpawarrump cheered himself up by turning on his mini - transmitter and watching an instruction cassette that taught him how to assemble it . After Lumpawarrump followed the instructions given by the Amorphiian Dromboid , he transmitted a " return to base " signal to the Imperial officer ' s comlink . The gambit worked , and the Commander departed the home with the technician and one trooper , but , suspecting that Chewbacca was a Rebel , left the stormtrooper B4711 behind to apprehend the Wookiee upon his return . When the " return to base " signal continued to chime , B4711 entered his room , discovered the tricky , and broke the device . Frightened , Lumpawarrump rushed outside and into the arms of Chewbacca , who had just arrived home . B4711 pointed his blaster rifle at the Wookiees , but Han Solo snuck up behind him and batted the rifle away . B4711 then tripped over a log and fell to the forest floor below . Lumpawarrump , Chewbacca , and Solo went inside for a joyous reunion , but Solo quickly left to ensure that the Imperials did not find the " Millennium Falcon " . As Lumpawarrump and his family delighted in Chewbacca ' s presence , Dann returned ; when an Imperial officer appeared on the viewscreen and inquired about B4711 , Dann convinced him that the stormtrooper had stolen some of Mallatobuck ' s food and fled . Dann then departed , and Lumpawarrump and his family donned red robes , gathered Life Day orb s , and made their way to the celebratory Tree of Life to enjoy Life Day among a large gathering of Wookiees . Solo and his companions Luke Skywalker , Leia Organa , and the droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 joined them , and Organa sang a song . Afterward , Lumpawarrump and his family returned home for a Life Day feast . At some point between 0 BBY and 3 ABY , a painting of them dressed in their Life Day robes was available in the galaxy . At some point before or during 4 ABY , Lumpawarrump drew a picture of a Wookiee surrounded by planets and stars and gave it to Chewbacca . The picture was taped to an interior bulkhead of the " Millennium Falcon " . Enslaved . In 4 ABY , Solo and Chewbacca participated in the Battle of Endor , which saw Galactic Emperor Palpatine killed and the remainder of the Imperial fleet fragmented . The Rebel Alliance was reorganized into the Alliance of Free Planets . However , the Empire ' s Wookiee slave trade was taken over early in 4 ABY by the Nagai Ozrei N ' takkilomandrife , known to the Wookiees as " Knife , " who teamed up with Mallatobuck ' s traitorous brother Vargi and began to round up Wookiees as slaves . The Nagai were from the satellite galaxy Firefist and had dispatched Knife to create a slave trade that would distract the Alliance while the Nagai invaded the galaxy . When Vargi informed Knife of Chewbacca ' s status as a Wookiee hero , Knife kidnapped Lumpawarrump , Mallatobuck , and Attichitcuk , hoping to use them as bait and to capture Chewbacca himself . Chewbacca , along with Solo and their friend Lando Calrissian , soon arrived on Kashyyyk for a visit and were brought to Chewbacca ' s home by Knife and Vargi under the pretense of waiting for Mallatobuck to arrive . Knife ' s other Wookiee companions brought Lumpawarrump and Mallatobuck inside at blasterpoint , fitted Chewbacca with stun cuffs , led all three captives to a nearby spaceport , and left Solo and Calrissian under guard inside the home . The two Humans escaped , however , and Calrissian managed to free Lumpawarrump , his mother , and his grandfather . The four of them made their way to the starship that Chewbacca and several other Wookiee captives were boarding and found Chewbacca and Solo in a brawl with Vargi . Calrissian fired his blaster at a combat knife that Knife was preparing to throw at Chewbacca , who then overpowered a distracted Vargi as his fellow captives rose up against Knife ' s Wookiee allies . Knife fled the planet in the " Cobra " , Calrissian ' s starship , but his attempts to subjugate the Wookiees had failed . The Nagai ' s invasion of the galaxy was later averted by the Alliance of Free Planets when the two groups joined forces to defeat the Nagai ' s oldest enemy , the Tof s . As Lumpawarrump grew up , his love for his father grew into an idolization . He often played as Chewbacca in the hologame " Galactic Rebels " and constantly boasted to his peers that he was as strong as his father . His friends grew bored of his attitude , and his enemies challenged him to back up his words . Lumpawarrump often came home bloodied after the resulting fights and grew more insular as a result . Coupled with lingering trauma from his childhood trip to the Shadowlands , these experiences caused the young Wookiee to rarely leave home , content to remain close to his house and to the Rwookrrorro nursery ring where young Wookiees were raised . Mallatobuck and Attichitcuk did not encourage Lumpawarrump to take part in the unstructured rough - and - tumble play that occurred in the nursery ring , and as such , he did not develop the fearlessly headlong fighting style that was characteristic of Wookiee males . Lumpawarrump did not become close friends with other Wookiees , and he preferred to stay at home playing hologames and dreaming of his father ' s adventures . His father ' s son . In 8 ABY , Chewbacca and Solo were serving the New Republic , which had succeeded the Alliance of Free Planets , and Lumpawarrump and Mallatobuck visited Chewbacca at his home on the New Republic capital planet Coruscant . Lumpawarrump gathered several souvenirs during his time on the ecumenopolis , and , during the family ' s final hours together , Mallatobuck informed Chewbacca of their son ' s troubles with other young Wookiees . The two resolved that Lumpawarrump would spend one or two years with Chewbacca in order to overcome his timidity and learn that his father ' s life was not one constant holoadventure . As they privately came to their decision , Lumpawarrump left his father ' s quarters after hearing noises in the adjacent apartment of Solo and Leia Organa Solo , the former smuggler ' s new wife . Lumpawarrump discovered the Coruscanti underdweller Rath within , who overpowered him and drew a hold - out blaster on the young Wookiee . Rath then forced Lumpawarrump to rifle through Organa Solo ' s belongings in search of a datapad . When Chewbacca and Mallatobuck entered the apartment in search of their son , they located and threatened Rath , who did not understand their native Shyriiwook tongue . Lumpawarrump , eager for an opportunity to impress his father , charged at Rath , but his foe easily pulled him into a chokehold and retrieved the datapad from a garment bag on the floor . Rath prepared to pull Lumpawarrump into the hole in the wall through which he had entered , and claimed that he would return the young Wookiee in three minutes if Chewbacca and Mallatobuck walked away . Lumpawarrump ' s parents ignored him and ordered their son to attempt to escape ; they then charged at Rath just as Lumpawarrump began to struggle . Rath lost both Lumpawarrump and his blaster in the ensuing chaos , but he escaped through the hole into a service run with the datapad . Chewbacca ascertained that Rath had been a spy in search of valuable information contained on the datapad , and he prepared to call New Republic Security as he praised his son for slowing the spy down . Lumpawarrump , enthused by the compliment and convinced that he was in the middle of a " Galactic Rebels " – like scenario , leaped into the hole in the wall . He disobeyed his parents ' commands to stop and instructed them to meet him at the bottom of the service run as he climbed down after Rath . Chewbacca and Mallatobuck were too large to fit into the hole and thus made their way to its drop - off point in the Level 2012 Physical Plant below . At the bottom of the service run , Lumpawarrump observed Rath arguing with two of his underdweller companions about the approval of their boss . When they stated that they had only ten hours to slice the datapad and hurried away , Lumpawarrump began to follow a trail of blood left by Rath rather than wait for his parents . He left distinctive footprints in the blood puddles so that they could track him , however . When Rath and his companions entered a clean - out door on an overpressure pipe , Lumpawarrump grabbed the left feet of the last two to enter and held on , hoping to take them prisoner . Chewbacca and Mallatobuck caught up to him at that point , but desperate blaster shots fired from Rath and his companions startled Lumpawarrump , caused him to let go of the feet and to stumble away from the pipes . After Chewbacca ensured that their enemies were gone , he and Mallatobuck scolded Lumpawarrump for rushing ahead without them . Lumpawarrump told his parents what he had overheard , and as they began to plan their next move , a member of Rath ' s group reached out from the clean - out door , grabbed Lumpawarrump , and drew him inside the pipe and away from his parents . Lumpawarrump was brought into an airspeeder where Rath ' s boss , an Imperial IT - 3 Interrogator droid nicknamed " It , " was waiting . The droid predicted that Chewbacca and Mallatobuck would follow them to the Imperial detention center for which they were headed , and it instructed its underlings to hold the young Wookiee in the center ' s hangar until his parents arrived . They then discussed a nerve toxin called zemex . After arriving at the hangar , several of the underdwellers attempted to hold the young Wookiee still . Lumpawarrump put up a fight , however , breaking noses and dislocating jaws of his captors . His parents were close behind him , and Mallatobuck chased the underdwellers off . With the knowledge that a trap had been set for them , Lumpawarrump tried to drag his parents deeper into the complex , but they interrupted his attempts to warn them and refused to budge until laser turrets appeared and fired at them . Lumpawarrump and Mallatobuck raced through a security door and into a group of underdwellers ; Lumpawarrump grabbed the arms of two of them and pointed them to the floor in an effort to prevent them from accurately firing their blasters . Mallatobuck bent bodies in wrong directions , and Chewbacca entered close behind them and finished off the group with a heavy blaster . The three found themselves in a prisoner - processing area , and Chewbacca blasted their way into an adjacent guard station before asking Lumpawarrump what he had learned while in the underdwellers ' custody . When Lumpawarrump told them about the interrogator droid , Chewbacca began to search for a way to escape that would allow them to avoid the guns of the turrets . When he climbed a ladder into a command deck overlooking the hangar , he discovered ISBy , an ISB - 120 slicer droid , working on a datapad . Lumpawarrump wanted to rush up behind Chewbacca and subdue it , but a firm reprimand from his father dampened his resolve . Lumpawarrump and Mallatobuck waited as Chewbacca entered the command deck , but they eventually followed him up when they heard the sound of blasterfire . They found the droid and the datapad destroyed , Rath unconscious , and a female underdweller pointing a blaster at Chewbacca . As they silently approached , the underdweller was contacted by " It , " and the ensuing conversation revealed that the destroyed datapad was a decoy . Mallatobuck snuck up behind the underdweller and thieved her weapon , and Lumpawarrump used Rath ' s blaster to fire three shots at a desk to convince " It " that the underdweller had shot the three Wookiees . " It " ended the conversation , and Chewbacca knocked the underdweller unconscious . Chewbacca and Mallatobuck were ready to escape , but when Lumpawarrump mentioned that he had overheard the underdwellers talking about zemex , Chewbacca realized that they were planning to release it at an upcoming governmental banquet , about which Organa Solo ' s datapad had given them information . The Wookiees spotted the underdwellers loading the toxin into an airspeeder in the hangar , and Lumpawarrump offered to enter the hangar and act as bait while his parents attacked . With no better idea of his own , Chewbacca reluctantly approved , and Lumpawarrump climbed out of a hole that had earlier been blasted in the command deck and down into the hangar . After he was spotted , his parents rushed into the hangar from the corridor and downed several distracted underdwellers with their blasters . The three Wookiees cut off the return fire by taking shelter behind a row of zemex canisters ; Chewbacca then lifted a canister and began to make his way to the airspeeder , with Lumpawarrump and Mallatobuck close behind him . Terrified of hitting the canister with their blaster bolts , the underdwellers fled into the corridor when Mallatobuck opened fire at them . " It , " damaged from the earlier firefight , floated over to the Wookiees and attacked Chewbacca with its fusioncutter , but Chewbacca and Mallatobuck were able to destroy it and retrieve the datapad . The Wookiees then commandeered the airspeeder and left the detention center . The incident convinced Chewbacca that his life was too dangerous for Lumpawarrump to stay with him , but he vowed to return home for several weeks and teach his son to clench fight . Rite of passage . One year later , Organa Solo gave birth to twin babies : Jacen and Jaina Solo , who were followed by Anakin Solo another year after that . For the following seven years , Chewbacca spent much of his time helping raise and look after the Solo children , and he found less and less time to return home and visit his own family . His absence had a large impact on Lumpawarrump , who grew even more insular and timid . Lumpawarrump still idolized his father , but without Chewbacca there for him to emulate and impress , he had few reasons to seek out trouble or to rush headlong into danger . In 16 ABY , he grew to adult Wookiee height and was deemed ready to undergo his coming - of - age hrrtayyk ceremony . Completion of the hrrtayyk would grant him a new name as well as the right to wear a baldric . With the Solos ' blessings , Chewbacca took a leave of absence from his service to their family in order to return to Kashyyyk and guide his son through the hrrtayyk process . The elder Wookiee took the " Millennium Falcon " ; the Solos hoped that the legendary starship would act as a symbol of the important work he did and would help ease the pain Lumpawarrump felt at his absence . When Chewbacca returned home and rushed at his son with a growl of greeting , Lumpawarrump shied away from him in fright . Only then did Chewbacca realize that his absence had prevented Lumpawarrump from discovering his rrakktorr , the eager and defiant strength of a Wookiee ' s heart . The first task of Lumpawarrump ' s hrrtayyk was to construct a bowcaster , a traditional Wookiee projectile weapon . It took him nine days to complete , but the quality of the finished product greatly impressed Chewbacca . Lumpawarrump was then required to hunt kroyie birds with his new weapon ; the younger Wookiee performed adequately at knocking them from the sky . The next challenge , trapping and killing a scuttle grazer , took longer than the construction of the bowcaster and caused Lumpawarrump considerable hardship . His final task was to hunt a predatory katarn in the Well of the Dead , a location deep within the Shadowlands . Chewbacca guided him there across the Rryatt Trail from Rwookrrorro into the forest depths and shared stories of his own days hunting the well ' s dangerous inhabitants . While they walked , Chewbacca asked questions to test Lumpawarrump ' s knowledge of the reasons why Wookiees hunted katarns , and he cautioned his son patience during the forthcoming challenge . As they reached the Well of the Dead , Lumpawarrump stood petrified , but he proceeded inside after he received encouragement from his father . After he took about one hundred steps , Lumpawarrump sought out a hiding place and sat with his back to the stump of a Wroshyr tree . He occasionally scanned his surroundings for a katarn , but he was content to stay put and hide himself from any potential predator . Chewbacca covertly followed him in to observe and had no trouble staying hidden from his son , but he was soon interrupted by the arrival of his second cousin Freyrr . The relative told Chewbacca that Han Solo had been taken prisoner in the Koornacht Cluster by the Duskhan League , the Yevetha n government that had recently come into conflict with the New Republic . Chewbacca knew that his duty to Solo superseded his responsibility to his son and immediately decided to mount a rescue attempt . Lumpawarrump was startled when his father called out to him and told him to stop the hunt . It would be considered an embarrassment if Lumpawarrump returned to Rwookrrorro without having completed his hrrtayyk , but Chewbacca felt that his son was not ready and insisted on waiting until he could return and guide Lumpawarrump through the process . Lumpawarrump , Chewbacca , Freyrr , and Chewbacca ' s cousin Shoran returned to the site of the " Millennium Falcon " and met with Mallatobuck , who instructed her son to return to their home and retrieve a food bundle that the tracker Kriyystak had prepared for Chewbacca ' s mission . Lumpawarrump returned to the ship with both the food and his bowcaster , insistent that he be allowed to accompany his father on the mission . Mallatobuck protested , but Chewbacca simply asked his son ' s reasons why . Lumpawarrump not only wanted an opportunity to earn his baldric and new name , but also to do it at Chewbacca ' s side and to prove his worth to his father . Chewbacca accepted his son ' s reasons and allowed Lumpawarrump to join him , Shoran , and Chewbacca ' s cousins Jowdrrl and Dryanta on the rescue mission . Their first stop aboard the " Millennium Falcon " was Esau ' s Ridge , a private smuggler ' s sanctuary on the planet Tholatin open only to elite veterans of the trade . Chewbacca sought information on the Koornacht Cluster and specialized supplies for the mission , and he ordered Lumpawarrump to remain aboard the ship as he visited the information broker Formayj . It took Formayj several days to acquire the information that Chewbacca requested , and Lumpawarrump grew bored and impatient . He studied the " Millennium Falcon " and practiced his fighting skills on Chewbacca ' s advice . After constantly giving his father pleading looks , he was allowed out of the ship on their fifth day at the ridge . As he and Chewbacca wandered around , Lumpawarrump curiously inspected a Trandoshan ' s parked starship and received singed fur on his right shoulder from a blaster bolt fired by the angry owner . Chewbacca dragged him to safety and advised his son that Esau ' s Ridge was not a place where curiosity was rewarded . Two days later , Formayj provided Chewbacca with a navigational map of the Koornacht Cluster , a recording of an address made to the New Republic Senate by the Yevethan Viceroy Nil Spaar , and other documents that provided intelligence on the Yevetha . The information had been channeled to Formayj by the clandestine New Republic Intelligence agency Alpha Blue , which also hoped to see Solo rescued . Chewbacca returned to the " Millennium Falcon " and played for the others a forty - hour - old recording of Spaar addressing members of the New Republic on the HoloNet ' s Channel 81 . The planet N ' zoth was visible in the background of the recording and became the Wookiees ' destination as they lifted off from Esau ' s Ridge . Finding his rrakktorr . Lumpawarrump sat in the " Millennium Falcon " lower quad laser cannon turret as the ship arrived in the outer reaches of the N ' zoth system . Many ships orbited the planet ; from the " Millennium Falcon " cockpit , Chewbacca recognized the " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought " Pride of Yevetha " from the recording that the Wookiees had seen ; he calculated the orbital data required to micro - jump to within one thousand meters of it . After being relieved from the turret by Dryanta , Lumpawarrump joined his father and Shoran in the cockpit , and the three of them viewed and studied new information sent to them from Formayj : a New Republic Fleet Intelligence assault plan for an " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought , complete with marked locations of cell blocks and points on the hull that could effectively be breached . Lumpawarrump grew excited and called Jowdrrl and Dryanta down from the turrets so that they could study the new information too . The " Millennium Falcon " then launched a series of firecracker mine s and executed its micro - jump . The ship emerged from hyperspace off the Star Destroyer ' s starboard bow , as the light and radiation from the exploding firecracker mines masked the cronau radiation produced by its jump and flooded the sensors of the Yevethan defense grid . Chewbacca took the " Millennium Falcon " inside the " Pride of Yevetha " shields and launched the remaining mines as Jowdrrl and Dryanta fired at Yevethan starfighters from the quad batteries . Lumpawarrump and Shoran made their way to the ship ' s hatch as Chewbacca landed on the Star Destroyer ' s hull , and Shoran used a hull - cutting ring to burn through the " Pride of Yevetha " side and create a way inside . Lumpawarrump gave a blaster rifle to his father before he returned to the quad turrets and traded places with Jowdrrl . As Chewbacca and Shoran stormed the Star Destroyer and Jowdrrl guarded the hatch , Lumpawarrump and Dryanta waited in the turrets . They sat bewildered as dozens of Yevethan starfighters flew over their location but did not locate them , and as Jowdrrl reported a group of Yevethan guards who walked past her location without noticing her . The Wookiees were unaware that their presence was being disguised in the Force by Enara , a Fallanassi adept of the White Current who was being held prisoner along with Solo . Enara also placed an image inside Lumpawarrump ' s mind : Solo inside a large room , surrounded by beings of various species . When Shoran was killed by Yevethan guards , Chewbacca contacted the " Millennium Falcon " and requested Dryanta ' s assistance . Lumpawarrump raced to the hatch with several weapons in hand and insisted that he go along , citing the apparent lack of need for quad gunners and his familiarity with the map of the Star Destroyer . Jowdrrl did not argue , and Lumpawarrump led Dryanta through the " Pride of Yevetha " corridors toward detention block two , where they rendezvoused with Chewbacca . Dryanta picked up Shoran ' s corpse and returned to the " Millennium Falcon " . Chewbacca searched for strength in his son ' s eyes before he accepted Lumpawarrump ' s presence and proceeded toward the next detention block with a command for Lumpawarrump to guard his back . The Wookiees met armed resistance at the entrance to detention block one but blasted their way through the six Yevethan guards ; they found no prisoners inside , however , as the vessel ' s detention blocks had been converted into breederies for Nil Spaar ' s offspring . Lumpawarrump told his father of the images in his mind , and the vision manifested in Chewbacca ' s brain as well . He asked Lumpawarrump if he could see any markings in the room , and Lumpawarrump concentrated on the vision before he identified the words " D TWO . " The two Wookiees proceeded to the D2 cargo hold . Lumpawarrump and Chewbacca fought back - to - back through Yevethan resistance ; they cut down groups of tenacious guards whose courage made them easy targets . The Wookiees fired on anything that moved , which reduced the power in their hand blasters to critical levels by the time they reached the cargo hold . Six Yevethan guards who carried portable shields guarded the entrance , which prompted Chewbacca to give his son several explosive quarrels with which to arm his bowcaster . The elder Wookiee gave Lumpawarrump several quick words of advice and rushed toward the doors as Lumpawarrump opened fire . The quarrels destroyed the portable shields and killed three of the guards ; the remaining three were critically wounded and were finished off by Chewbacca in bouts of unarmed combat . Lumpawarrump received a wound in his right leg from the Yevethans ' blaster fire but shrugged off the pain and kept firing — Chewbacca was impressed that his son had met his " katarn " without flinching and that his aim had been true , and he decided that Lumpawarrump had found his rrakktorr and completed his hrrtayyk ceremony . The Wookiees immediately entered the cargo hold , and Lumpawarrump stood guard at the hatchway while Chewbacca spotted Solo among a large group of prisoners and retrieved his friend . Save for Solo and Enara , the prisoners were all in fact Force illusions created by the Fallanassi adept — they had escaped from the Yevetha before being taken aboard the Star Destroyer , and Enara had protected them by making it appear as though they were still with her . Lumpawarrump cried out as they all vanished from sight and then reappeared with an illusory Solo among them . Enara implored Solo and the Wookiees to flee while she maintained the ruse , and they met the " Millennium Falcon " at a nearby flight deck , to which Jowdrrl had piloted the ship after she had been contacted by Chewbacca . Lumpawarrump and Chewbacca brought Solo aboard his ship and blasted off under the cover of more firecracker mines . The New Republic Fifth Battle Group was stationed nearby , and Chewbacca took the " Millennium Falcon " toward the " Intrepid " , the flagship of General Etahn A ' baht . The " Millennium Falcon " was allowed to dock after Chewbacca ' s Shyriiwook hails were recognized and deciphered by Luke Skywalker , who was aboard the General ' s ship . Solo was immediately taken to a bacta tank , while Shoran was brought to the ship ' s morgue . Lumpawarrump limped off the " Millennium Falcon " with a second - degree blaster burn on his right calf and joined Skywalker and the other Wookiees in the medical ward . They stood by Solo ' s bedside as he rested in between bacta sessions , and a K - 1B medical droid diagnosed Lumpawarrump ' s injury with the aid of a translator droid . K - 1B discovered serious damage to Lumpawarrump ' s skin and hair cells , as well as to his fat and muscle tissue , and it prescribed a ten - hour session in a bacta tank . Lumpawarrump declined , as he found scarring to be socially desirable , but a protective Chewbacca nevertheless demanded that the medical droid use topical treatments to effectively heal his son . Lumpawarrump was granted a new name after having completed his hrrtayyk ceremony : Lumpawaroo , with Waroo , meaning " Son of courage , " as the familiar . Chewbacca prepared the " Millennium Falcon " for use in an upcoming New Republic strike against N ' zoth , but Lumpawaroo was transferred to a medical frigate with Solo and other noncombatants . The New Republic was victorious , and the threat that the Yevetha posed to the galaxy was ended . Loss of a hero . In 19 ABY , the New Republic ' s continuing war against the remnants of the Empire was brought to a close with the signing of a peace treaty . In the following years of peace , Chewbacca was able to spend much more time with his family than he had during the hostilities . He remained at Solo ' s side most of the time , however , and the two were on the planet Sernpidal in 25 ABY when its moon Dobido was drawn toward the planet as part of a military tactic employed by an extra - galactic species of religious zealots known as the Yuuzhan Vong . Chewbacca gave his life by helping usher civilians onto the " Millennium Falcon " — he was still on Sernpidal ' s surface as the ship sped away from the exploding planet with the refugees . In the wake of the tragedy , Lumpawaroo and his cousin Lowbacca were selected to assume Chewbacca ' s life debt , continuing their family ' s commitment to serve Solo until the day he died . Six months later , a funeral was held for the legendary Wookiee outside of Rwookrrorro , and Lumpawaroo was one of several dozen attendees who came to mourn . Friends and family of Chewbacca comprised the twenty - four Wookiees in attendance , who were joined by the Solo family , Luke Skywalker , C - 3PO , and R2 - D2 . The group stood around a circular wooden table as a Wookiee named Ralrracheen gave a eulogy . Following the services , the table was covered with foodstuffs , and the guests ate and drank while they recalled fond memories of Chewbacca . Lumpawaroo , Mallatobuck , and several other members of Chewbacca ' s family approached Solo , who sat alone and dejected . Mallatobuck gave him a bowcaster that Chewbacca had crafted shortly after marrying her , and Lumpawaroo presented him with an animal - hide carry pouch that had once belonged to his father . Jowdrrl and Dryanta intended to arrange a farewell feast for Lumpawaroo and Lowbacca , but when Solo was told that they would be assuming the life debt , he refused the offer . He was not yet ready to replace Chewbacca , who had been his closest friend , and he did not want to risk the lives of Lumpawaroo and Lowbacca and ultimately feel responsible for the deaths of even more friends . Mallatobuck and Attichitcuk agreed to grant him more time to grieve , but Lumpawaroo and Lowbacca intended to assume Chewbacca ' s life debt as soon as circumstances allowed . The Solos , Skywalker , and the droids left Kashyyyk and continued to aid the New Republic in its war against the Yuuzhan Vong , who were intent on conquering the galaxy . The war raged for four years , and although the invaders laid siege to much of the galaxy and even took Coruscant , Kashyyyk remained relatively untouched . The Wookiee world was turned into a New Republic base three years into the war for further defense of the surrounding Mid Rim area of space . However , by the time that the invaders were defeated in 29 ABY , Kashyyyk still stood lush and gleaming . Seven weeks after the war ' s conclusion , the Solos , as well as Luke Skywalker and his wife Mara Jade , again came to Rwookrrorro , and Lumpawaroo joined them and several members of his own family as they returned to the site of Chewbacca ' s funeral . Solo plunged the lightsaber of his son Anakin , who had died two years previously , into a fallen tree branch at the site , and everyone afterward returned to Rwookrrorro to enjoy a celebratory feast . Lumpawaroo and Lowbacca decided that the time was right to assume Chewbacca ' s life debt , and they informed Solo that they would be traveling with him from then on whether he liked it or not . Solo attempted to protest but eventually gave in and began to chuckle ; everyone present added their voices to the chorus of laughter that now permeated the feast . Lumpawaroo and Lowbacca ' s service to Solo lasted for less than six years ; by 35 ABY , they were no longer with him . Aiding the Solos . In 40 ABY , several member worlds broke away from the Galactic Alliance , the New Republic ' s successor state , and a war erupted between the Alliance and the newly - formed Confederation . Jacen Solo seized power within the Alliance and became one of its two Chiefs of State , and Kashyyyk ' s Rock Council convened at the planet ' s Council Rock to discuss whether they should lend him their fleet . Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo , recently declared enemies of the state by their son Jacen , traveled to Kashyyyk to persuade the council not to support the Chief of State . Lumpawaroo acted as their guide during a traditional four - day hike through the Wroshyr trees toward Council Rock . When the trio arrived at the porch which the rock overlooked , the Wookiee leader Tojjelnoot stood alone atop Council Rock and addressed a large gathering of Wookiees below . Lumpawaroo pushed through the crowd and led the Solos toward the rock , where they were met by the Sullustan Jae Juun and the Ewok Tarfang , two Galactic Alliance Intelligence operatives who were monitoring the Rock Council on behalf of the Alliance . Solo intended to climb the rock and address the council , and Lumpawaroo assured the two guards who protected the path to the top that the Wookiees would want to hear what he had to say . Lumpawaroo also appealed to Solo ' s longstanding good relationship with the Wookiee people . The guards moved aside to admit Solo , but Juun and Tarfang intervened and reminded them that the Solos were enemies of the Galactic Alliance . The Wookiees conceded the point and demanded the Solos ' weapons ; the Solos handed them to Lumpawaroo , but Tarfang insisted that aiding them would deem the Wookiees traitors as well . One of the guards kicked the diminutive Tarfang away , and the Ewok responded with a blaster bolt that narrowly missed Lumpawaroo ' s head . Organa Solo , who was a trained Jedi Knight , retrieved Tarfang ' s blaster with the Force and held him suspended in the air while Solo attempted to physically snatch Juun ' s blaster away . The Solos were then seized by several Wookiees due to their assault on duly authorized officers of the Galactic Alliance . Lumpawaroo was separated from his allies by a crowd that eagerly encroached , and the Solos were taken to a nearby prison . The Wookiees were sympathetic to the Solos and assigned Lumpawaroo to guard them . When Chewbacca ' s son took a lunch break after a short time , he told the Solos that he expected them to be in their cell when he returned . He left their weapons unguarded when he departed and fully expected Organa Solo to use the Force to open the lock and return to the Rock Council while he was gone . The Solos did just that and were joined by several Jedi at Council Rock who were led by Jedi Master Luke Skywalker . The Jedi had deserted the Galactic Alliance during a recent battle at Kuat due to the increasingly brutal tactics employed by Jacen Solo , and the Chief of State followed them to Kashyyyk — the Galactic Alliance Fifth Fleet arrived in orbit , and Jacen demanded that the Wookiees turn the Jedi over to him . When Wookiee leaders denied that there were any Jedi onworld , the Fifth Fleet began to bombard the planet ' s surface . The attackers were only driven away in the ensuing battle due to intervention from several Confederate fleets and of the Hapes Consortium , allies of the Galactic Alliance who withdrew their support during the battle out of disgust at the burning planet they saw below them . Kashyyyk did not join the Confederation afterward but did strike an informal coalition with the Jedi and the Hapan s . The fires on Kashyyyk left behind by the bombardment raged across the Wroshyr forests , and Confederate and volunteer starships worked to control them . Lumpawaroo helped crew the " Millennium Falcon " as the Solos planted beacons throughout the forest . Several days after the battle , Solo flew the ship while Organa Solo planted the beacons , and Lumpawaroo stood ready at the " Millennium Falcon " docking ring to bring her back aboard after each beacon was planted . The beacons were planted in lines across the planet and fired upon by the turbolasers of Confederate cruisers ; the surgical strikes caused precise columns of forest to ignite . The volunteer vessels then controlled the blazes with fire - snuffing foam . When they were extinguished , the char left in their wake checked the advancing wildfires caused by the Fifth Fleet , which , thus contained , would eventually die out . After Organa Solo planted the final beacon of one line , Lumpawaroo was helping her aboard when the " Millennium Falcon " artificial gravity failed and slammed them both against a bulkhead . When Organa Solo heard the laughter of the Dark Jedi Alema Rar , an old nemesis of hers , she told Lumpawaroo to make his way to the cockpit and protect her husband . Lumpawaroo leaped through the high gravity while Organa Solo ignited her lightsaber and hunted for Rar . Solo was aware of the Dark Jedi ' s presence and had turned off the artificial gravity to stop an attempt of hers to kill him ; when Lumpawaroo reached the cockpit , Solo immediately told him to leave and go protect Organa Solo . The Confederate cruiser " Lillibanca " began to fire on their beacons at that instant , and Solo ' s evasive maneuvers caused Lumpawaroo to tumble backward through the cockpit access corridor . Organa Solo slowed his descent with the Force as he hurtled past the engineering bay , where she had engaged Rar in a lightsaber duel . After a bulkhead broke his fall , Organa Solo blocked a strike by Rar that was aimed at the Wookiee ' s prone form ; Lumpawaroo quickly recovered and fired his bowcaster at the Dark Jedi . Organa Solo deflected it with her blade , however , having been unable to find Rar ' s presence in the Force — where it should have been was merely a duplicate of Lumpawaroo ' s presence . Lumpawaroo ceased firing on Organa Solo ' s instructions . When her opponent began to only fight defensively , Rar fled the engineering bay and disappeared from the ship entirely . Lumpawaroo and Organa Solo both pursued her before they realized that she had vanished . When the " Millennium Falcon " landed in a hangar in the Maitell Base spaceport , it was searched by Jaina Solo and her friends Jagged Fel and Zekk , who found no trace of Rar . The Solos later discovered that Rar had projected her presence from across the galaxy using the Force phantom technique with the use of Lumpawaroo ' s presence as an anchor — Rar ' s use of the arcane Sith technique meant that any harm caused to her phantom would have been harm caused to Lumpawaroo as well . The Solos remained on Kashyyyk for some time to perform more firefighting missions , and several days after the Force phantom incident , Lumpawaroo received a package that was addressed to Han Solo . He performed a routine scan on the metal case and found nothing harmful before he gave it to Solo , who was surprised to receive it . The package turned out to be Mandalorian armor and crushgaunts sent to Solo by his old enemy Boba Fett , intended as a sympathy gift for the monster that Solo ' s son had become and a weapon with which to kill Jacen if the need arose . Solo refused the gift and passed it on to Fel , who had formed a task force with Jaina and Zekk to hunt down Rar . Fel was able to use the crushgaunts to kill Rar while battling her on an asteroid , and both the war and Jacen ' s reign of terror were brought to an end when Jaina killed her twin brother weeks later . Personality and traits . As a young Wookiee , Lumpawarrump was a mischievous , adventurous boy who loved to play with toys , eat Wookiee - ookiees , and watch holographic videos . He was very fond of his stuffed bantha but was not at all fond of cleaning dishes . The presence of Imperials in his home on Life Day greatly distressed him , and when an Imperial technician came too close to him , he responded by biting the man ' s fingers . The young Lumpawarrump was in awe of his father and enjoyed hearing stories of Chewbacca ' s adventures ; early on , he came to idolize his father , a fascination that lasted for years . When he entered the Shadowlands to gather wasaka berries for Chewbacca ' s 200th birthday , Lumpawarrump hoped that he could be as brave as his father and pretended to be adventuring on a far - off planet . He ignored the fright that enveloped him while he searched , firm in his belief that Chewbacca would never be conquered by fear , and he was devastated when he was unable to collect any berries . Lumpawarrump was cheered up immensely when his father told him that he was a hero due to his having pressed on in the face of fear . When several Imperials searched his home during the Life Day of 1 ABY , Lumpawarrump used his mini - transmitter to trick them into leaving . As a teenager , Lumpawarrump tried to emulate Chewbacca rather than assert his own identity . He often played under the name " Lumpacca " in the hologame " Galactic Rebels " and boasted to his friends that he was as strong as his father . While chasing a burglar through the depths of Coruscant , he proceeded exactly how he thought Chewbacca would and was very ashamed when his plans did not succeed , feeling that he had let his father down and that he was not as strong or as independent as Chewbacca . He lost some of his energy when Chewbacca scolded him but gained it back whenever he received praise from his father . Although Chewbacca was not able to visit his family on Kashyyyk very often over the following eight years , Lumpawarrump was still deeply anxious for his father ' s approval during his hrrtayyk ceremony in 16 ABY . He insisted on accompanying Chewbacca to the Koornacht Cluster in that year to rescue Han Solo , eager for the chance to pass his hrrtayyk at his father ' s side . Lumpawarrump knew that death possibly awaited him , but the idea of failing his father was a fear that loomed larger in his mind . By this point in his life , Lumpawarrump felt the heavy burden of being the son of a legendary warrior and desperately wanted to prove his worth to both Chewbacca and to his community in Rwookrrorro . When in Chewbacca ' s presence , Lumpawarrump sought praise only from his father and ignored instructions issued to him by Mallatobuck . He was not rebellious toward his mother when at home , however , and he never yelled at her . He was considerate of her feelings and did not tell her about his plans to gather wasaka berries in the Shadowlands so as to not hurt her , as she had expressly forbidden him from going . Lumpawarrump was additionally very fond of Solo , the man to whom Chewbacca owed a life debt . He loved to hear stories from Solo whenever the smuggler visited Kashyyyk and believed Solo to be just as brave as his father . Solo in turn cared deeply for the young Wookiee , having found the chunky baby cute right from his birth . Solo thought of all of Lumpawarrump ' s family as his own , and in 40 ABY , he mused that Lumpawaroo and Jacen Solo could have one day inherited the " Millennium Falcon " from him had Jacen not fallen to the dark side of the Force . Lumpawarrump ' s early adventure in the Shadowlands was responsible for a great deal of trauma that caused him to start staying close to his home and the Rwookrrorro nursery ring . When he asserted to other young Wookiees that he was as strong as his father , his bluff was called and he was beaten up . Mallatobuck and Attichitcuk did not encourage him to participate in the nursery ring ' s rough unstructured play , and as such , Lumpawarrump did not develop the typically fearless fighting style of Wookiee males . Without any close friends , he grew insular and soft - spoken and rarely left home . Chewbacca felt guilty about not being able to be at home and instruct his son in the ways of the Wookiees , but Lumpawarrump did not begrudge his father . He dreamed of his father ' s adventures while he stayed at home , and he overcame his timidity while in Chewbacca ' s presence in an effort to impress him . The lack of a present father figure to teach Lumpawarrump Wookiee ways nearly spelled doom for him during his misadventure on Coruscant : while chasing the burglars , he constantly rushed headlong into danger without considering that real life was dissimilar to " Galactic Rebels . " Lumpawarrump often ran right into his enemy ' s line of fire , thinking only of being as brave as his father . Although he had neither Chewbacca nor any good friends to test himself against in clench fighting , Lumpawarrump did have raw talent . He constructed an excellent bowcaster during his hrrtayyk ceremony and proved adept at shooting kroyie birds with it . He did not excel at hunting a scuttle grazer , however , and while in the Well of the Dead , he chose a hiding spot that had a large blind spot — he did not detect the presence of Chewbacca , Freyrr , or a katarn , all of whom came close to him in the well . Lumpawarrump ' s rrakktorr bloomed late in his heart ; while in the Well of the Dead , he was terrified of the katarns that awaited him . Lumpawarrump finally found his rrakktorr when his talent and his eagerness to prove himself manifested in displays of measured skill and fearlessness aboard the " Pride of Yevetha " . He and his father fought back - to - back through legions of Yevethan guards , and when a blaster bolt struck the younger Wookiee ' s leg , he met it without flinching or uttering a sound of complaint . Lumpawarrump maintained a steady aim , impressing his father and completing his hrrtayyk . He fought like an experienced warrior and even joked with Chewbacca in the midst of a dangerous situation . Proud of his accomplishment , he afterward wished to keep the scar on his leg . By 40 ABY , Lumpawaroo was clever , lanky , and a good and powerful warrior who had golden - brown fur and shades of Chewbacca in his face . He was strong and agile and was able to leap through the " Millennium Falcon " after its artificial gravity was turned off , even if he was still about 100 kilograms too light to bellow and demand his way through the Rock Council . At that time , Lumpawaroo ' s Shyriiwook speech often emerged as moans and groans when things were not going well for him . In addition to being able to speak Shyriiwook , Lumpawaroo could understand Galactic Basic Standard . As with many Wookiees , family and honor were very important to Lumpawaroo . He insisted on continuing Chewbacca ' s life debt to Solo after his father ' s death , and when Solo delayed it in order to fully grieve , Lumpawaroo did not allow himself to forget about it . After the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War , he and Lowbacca intended to continue the life debt regardless of whether or not Solo wished it . Lumpawaroo was still very dedicated to Solo and his wife in 40 ABY when he guided them to Council Rock and when he helped them break out of prison . The latter incident was done according to his own code of honor . Behind the scenes . Creation . The character that would eventually be called Lumpawaroo was conceived by George Lucas in 1978 as one of the principal characters of " The Star Wars Holiday Special " , a television that was of " " , Lucas ' s film of the previous year . Chewbacca was one of " Star Wars " main characters , and Lucas crafted a plot for the " Holiday Special " that centered and focused entirely on his family . He named all three new Wookiee characters , christening Chewbacca ' s son " Lumpy . " The and of the special added , , and characters that spoke Basic to the plot , which turned the finished product into a variety show typical of 1970s television but still used the Wookiee family as its focal point . A " Wookiee Bible " providing backstory on Lumpy and his family was written by representatives of Lucasfilm Ltd . and given to the special ' s various ; Steve Binder , the final director to come aboard the project , had no direct contact with Lucas and relied on the bible to accurately direct the Wookiees according to Lucas ' s vision . The " Holiday Special " states that Lumpy ' s full name is " Lumwarrump " and calls the character a " plump , feisty 10 - year old . " The final draft of the script sees Lumpy , his mother , and his grandfather spend the majority of the " Holiday Special " awaiting Chewbacca ' s Life Day homecoming , but in early story treatments , Chewbacca arrives home near the beginning of the story and interacts with Lumpy . Upset about not being able to receive a Life Day gift immediately , Lumpy stows away aboard a trader ' s ship and ends up in the Mos Eisley Cantina on the planet Tatooine . He is then discovered by the trader and taken to a Kashyyyk - bound vessel called the " Starship Musica " , where he meets an entertainer , written to be played by , who is on assignment from the Empire to sabotage the ship . Purportedly singing Lumpy a song about how a starship operates , she dances her way into the ship ' s control room and damages the controls . Chewbacca then takes a shuttle to the " Starship Musica " and pilots it safely to Kashyyyk ' s surface , where a Life Day celebration ensues . Concept art by Joe Johnston developed for the " Holiday Special " depicts Lumpy and Chewbacca interacting with an Environmental Transporter machine that can virtually take them to different locations across the galaxy . A painting by Ralph McQuarrie features Lumpy viewing a hologram of a figure that resembles . Both concepts went unused in the finished product of the " Holiday Special " . of Chewbacca ' s family developed by the Kenner toy company also went unproduced , although prototypes were constructed . Lumpy ' s figure was built around a family toy . An article published in " Tomart ' s Action Figure Digest " claims that the figures were not ultimately produced due to the selling window having been too small . Portrayal . In " The Star Wars Holiday Special " , Lumpy was portrayed by three - feet - eleven - inches - tall actress Patty Maloney . As both Lumpy and several of the characters he interacts with in the show speak Shyriiwook , Maloney attended a class that educated her on the language so that she could better respond to cues during filming . Lumpy ' s voice , provided by a baby named Tarik , was added during by Ben Burtt , a situation that forced Maloney to convey Lumpy ' s emotions through the use of during shooting . Burtt recorded Tarik ' s voice at the Baby Zoo in . He was searching for a bear with a cute growl and settled on Tarik after discovering that Pooh , the bear who had provided Chewbacca ' s voice for " Star Wars " , had grown from a toddler into a snarling adult . Lumpy ' s costume was created by makeup artist Stan Winston and two of his friends . The three constructed all three new Wookiee suits out of human hair , which resulted in the costumes being very hot for the actors to wear — Binder has speculated that Maloney lost ten pounds during filming . After Lumpy ' s costume was completed , it was tailored to Maloney ' s figure . Winston also developed Lumpy ' s mask , which made use of cutting - edge technology that he himself created . Wires ran from the mask down the arms of the costume , and Maloney pulled on rings at the ends of the wires to move Lumpy ' s nose and mouth . When Maloney was required to pick up props during closeup shots , Winston sat behind her and worked the strings . Although the area around them was painted black , Maloney ' s own eyes were visible through the mask ; she used them to convey as much expression as she could . The tightness of the mask around her eyes prevented her from breathing anywhere save through her mouth , however ; crew members were at hand to stick a straw through her mouth and provide her with oxygen after shooting scenes that required her to run . Lumpy ' s mask and feet are currently housed in the Lucasfilm archives , and special effects artist Don Bies has stated that the costume ' s entire bodysuit is as well . Lumpy ' s scenes were filmed over approximately ten days . Harrison Ford , the actor who played Han Solo , had to shoot a scene with Maloney several times due to his habit of forgetting that the character she played was male . Maloney remembers her time as Lumpy very fondly , and she has described the character as an impish and rebellious boy who is very active and curious . She has appeared at at least one autograph signing and she occasionally receives fan mail from a large " Star Wars " fanbase that is very interested in the character of Lumpy . Character development . " The Star Wars Holiday Special " aired once on television and was almost universally panned . Much of the criticism stemmed from the opening fifteen minutes of the special , which exclusively features Lumpy and his family speaking to each other in untranslated Shyriiwook . George Lucas himself has expressed regret that it was ever produced . Lumpy has garnered mockery specific to his character — " Star Wars " author Jon Bradley Snyder has called him " with fur , a long - haired gangly precursor to the Ewoks ( of 1983 ' s ) , " and " " magazine ranked him fourth on their 2010 list of " 30 stupidest [ sic ] Star Wars characters . " Nevertheless , Lumpy has since appeared in a number of works of the " Star Wars " Expanded Universe . One year after the " Holiday Special " aired , a companion children ' s book called " The Wookiee Storybook " was released . It centers around a misadventure of Lumpy ' s and was being written by Eleanor Ehrhardt during the " Holiday Special " production . Patricia Wynne was unaware of what the Wookiee costumes from the " Holiday Special " looked like and was forced to visually construct the characters from scratch . Her sketches were sent directly to Lucas , who allowed her a large amount of creative freedom under a tight deadline . " The Wookiee Storybook " introduced several new elements of Wookiee culture and was the first work to establish Lumpy ' s full name as " Lumpawarrump " rather than the earlier - asserted " Lumwarrump . " Lumpawarrump ' s next appearance was a small role in the of Marvel Comics ' ongoing " Star Wars " series . The Expanded Universe experienced a renaissance in 1991 , and early stories such as the " Holiday Special " and " The Wookiee Storybook " were only gradually accepted into canon . Lumpawarrump was mentioned in only a few sources throughout the 1990s . When Michael P . Kube - McDowell was contracted to write " The Black Fleet Crisis " Trilogy of novels in 1996 , he drafted a story outline that involved Chewbacca returning to Kashyyyk sixteen years after the events of the original " Star Wars " film in order to find a mate . He was subsequently told by Lucasfilm Ltd . that Chewbacca already had a family , and he accordingly revamped the plot to feature Chewbacca returning home to attend a coming - of - age ceremony for Lumpawarrump . McDowell has referred to the writing process as an effort to clean up the canon around Lumpawarrump , and he was pleased that he was able to " recast and redeem " Lumpawarrump ' s story . McDowell renamed the character " Lumpawaroo , " or " Waroo " for short , in the trilogy ' s final chapter , a name that Lumpawarrump earns after completing his coming - of - age ceremony . Lumpawaroo ' s birth was depicted in A . C . Crispin ' s 1998 novel " Rebel Dawn " at a point in time three years before the events of " The Star Wars Holiday Special " , contrary to the " Holiday Special " script ' s assertion that the character was ten years old . Lumpawaroo then made two brief appearances in " " book series after the death of his father , and a young Lumpawarrump played a large role in the 2003 eBook novella " A Forest Apart " , written by Troy Denning . Although Denning found it difficult to write a story starring almost exclusively Wookiees , he enjoyed the experience . Lumpawaroo ' s most recent appearances have been in the novels " " and " " , two volumes of the " Legacy of the Force " book series published in 2007 . Several discrepancies regarding Lumpawaroo exist within " Star Wars " canon . The 1997 trivia book " Diplomatic Corps Entrance Exam " misspells Lumpawarrump as Lumpawarump , and in " Before the Storm " , the first chapter of " The Black Fleet Crisis " Trilogy , Lumpawarrump is referred to as Lumpawaroo before undergoing his hrrtayyk ceremony and earning his new name . " A Forest Apart " asserts that he is eleven years old in 8 ABY , which is only ten years after his birth . Leland Chee , the Keeper of the Holocron continuity database , has confirmed that this is a mistake . Although Lumpawaroo ' s fur is described or depicted as brown or golden - brown in color in the majority of his appearances , " Inferno " describes it as bronze . In the 1998 novel " Vision of the Future " , Han Solo makes a reference to " Chewbacca ' s cubs . " Although " The Essential Guide to Alien Species " states that Wookiees traditionally bear two to three children , no other canonical source has ever indicated that Lumpawaroo has any siblings . However , a non - canon picture drawn by Maya Gohill in the 2010 art book " " depicts Chewbacca and a wife living in a home with three children .