Hronk Hronk was a male Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk . A member of the same clan as the albino Wookiee Tojjevvuk , who had been killed by a Wookiee named Chewbacca , Hronk was determined to uphold a blood feud declared against Chewbacca by Tojjevvuk ' s father , Tvrrdko . At one point , Hronk nearly defeated Chewbacca in combat , but their fight was broken up by Imperial forces , a new threat that prompted both combatants to escape from Kashyyyk . Tvrrdko eventually called off the blood feud , but Hronk was still determined to kill Chewbacca . Between 2 BBY and 0 BBY , Hronk was captured by the Empire on the planet Formos and was due to be transported to the Spice Mines of Kessel . However , Chewbacca was also present on the planet at the time with his smuggling partner , the Human Han Solo . Chewbacca rescued Hronk from an Imperial prison ship against Hronk ' s will and brought him to his and Solo ' s ship , the " Millennium Falcon " . Although the " Falcon " was detained by the prison ship , Chewbacca and Solo managed to slip Hronk out under the nose of its commanding officer , Colonel Quirt , by disguising Hronk as Chewbacca . Once they were out of danger , Chewbacca , instead of fighting Hronk , flew him to the nearest safe port , from which Hronk could find passage to Kashyyyk . According to the way of the Wookiee , Hronk ' s life had been saved by Chewbacca , so he had to forgive his rival . Biography . The blood feud . Hronk was a male Wookiee , native of his species ' homeworld of Kashyyyk , and a member of the same clan as the albino Wookiee Tojjevvuk . When Tojjevvuk and another Wookiee named Chewbacca fought over the right to marry the female Mallatobuck , Tojjevvuk was killed , and his father , Tvrrdko , swore a blood feud against Chewbacca . Thus Chewbacca became the target of assassination attempts by members of Tojjevvuk ' s clan , including Hronk . With the emergence of a new galactic government , the Galactic Empire , in 19 BBY , Kashyyyk was subjugated and occupied by Imperial forces , forcing Chewbacca to flee the planet . Between 19 BBY and 5 BBY , Chewbacca returned to Kashyyyk , and a battle erupted between him and Hronk . Hronk gained the upper hand , but their fight was interrupted by the appearance of an Imperial work force impressment crew . To avoid a year ' s service with an Imperial defoliation project , both Hronk and Chewbacca escaped from the planet . In 5 BBY , Chewbacca came back to Kashyyyk and rescued a number of Wookiee children from Trandoshan slavers . His selfless actions prompted Tvrrdko to call off the blood feud several years later ; however , Hronk refused to acknowledge the resolution of the conflict and remained intent on killing Chewbacca . At some point between 2 BBY and 0 BBY , Hronk was captured by the Empire on the planet Formos and was scheduled to be transported by an Imperial prison ship to the spice mines of the nearby planet Kessel . While he was being escorted through the streets of Formos by a squad of stormtroopers , Hronk passed near Chewbacca , who had become a smuggler and was present on Formos along with his Human partner , Han Solo , on a smuggling errand for Jabba the Hutt . As the Wookiee way dictated that the two rivals had to settle their dispute between themselves , Chewbacca attempted to attack the stormtroopers and rescue Hronk , forcing Solo to pacify his first mate with a shot in the back from a blaster set on stun . Hronk was then transported to the prison ship captained by Colonel Quirt , and the Imperials took a sample of Hronk ' s heart and respiratory patterns . Rescued by the enemy . Shortly afterward , while docked in the planet ' s spaceport , the prison ship holding Hronk was infiltrated by Chewbacca , who opened its detention hold , releasing all prisoners and starting a riot . With the Imperials preoccupied with fighting the prisoners , Chewbacca went for Hronk . The latter , however , refused to be rescued by his enemy , forcing Chewbacca to stun him . Chewbacca carried the unconscious Hronk to his and Solo ' s ship , the " Millennium Falcon " , arriving just as Solo had finished loading a shipment of spice from their contact , a non - Human named N ' Mrith . Chewbacca then hid Hronk in one of the " Falcon " secret smuggling compartments before quickly lifting off from the planet . However , Solo and Chewbacca had been sold out to Quirt by N ' Mrith , who told the Colonel about their cargo of spice ; an Imperial battle cruiser was waiting for them in orbit . While the cruiser kept the " Falcon " sensors busy , Quirt ' s prison ship gained on the smuggler ship and activated a tractor beam to tow the " Falcon " into its hangar . As they were pulled aboard , Chewbacca quickly came up with a plan to hide their new passenger , who had just come to his senses . He had Hronk cover the white streak in his fur with grease so that he looked indistinguishable from Chewbacca to Quirt and his men , who could not tell Wookiees apart . Unwilling to be recaptured , Hronk cooperated , while Chewbacca himself hid in a secret compartment . When the Falcon was brought aboard the Imperial ship , Hronk impersonated Chewbacca , exiting the Falcon and standing beside Solo as the Imperials scanned the ship for spice . They did not find any contraband aboard , as Chewbacca , unbeknownst to Solo , had dumped their cargo when they had lifted off from Formos . Seeing that Solo ' s copilot was a Wookiee , Quirt suspected that Solo might also be transporting the missing Wookiee prisoner . Quirt ' s men scanned the " Falcon " for Hronk ' s presence using his specific heart and respiratory patterns . Once again , the scanners did not detect anything , as Hronk was standing beside Quirt , outside of their range . Quirt then had no option but to let Solo go . The Human offered to take Chewbacca and Hronk to some place where they could settle their feud in battle , but Chewbacca thought otherwise and instead asked Solo to take them to the nearest safe port , from which Hronk could find a transport to Kashyyyk ; Solo did so . By breaking him out of the prison ship , Chewbacca had saved Hronk ' s life and , by Wookiee customs , wiped out the original grounds for the feud . Although he still felt uneasy at being indebted for his rescue to his former rival , Hronk left the two smugglers in peace and forgave Chewbacca . Personality and traits . Hronk was a large and powerfully built Wookiee with blue eyes . Aside from a white streak amidst his otherwise brown hair , Hronk looked very similar to Chewbacca , which allowed him to trick Quirt by impersonating his rival . Even after the blood feud was called off by Tvvrdko , Hronk still clung to the old ways and wanted to fight and kill Chewbacca . When Chewbacca came to rescue him from the prison ship , Hronk refused to go with him , prompting Chewbacca to stun him . However , when they were captured by Quirt , Hronk did not want to be sent to Kessel and agreed to play along with Chewbacca ' s plan . After his rescue , Hronk forgave Chewbacca , although he felt irritable at now being in his former enemy ' s debt . Overall , Solo found Hronk fiery - tempered and grouchy . Behind the scenes . Hronk first appeared in the short comic strip " Way of the Wookiee ! " , the first part of a three - part story published in " Star Wars Weekly 94 " on December 12 , 1979 . He appeared in the final two installments of the story , " Chewbacca Fights Alone ! " and " Switch ! " , published in " Star Wars Weekly 95 " and " Star Wars Weekly 96 " . The entire three - part story , written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Carmine Infantino and Pablo Marcos , was later reprinted under the collective title " Way of the Wookiee " in Marvel Illustrated Books ' " Star Wars " in November 1981 . In 2002 , Hronk was mentioned in " The New Essential Guide to Characters " , written by Daniel Wallace , which established him as a member of the same clan as the Wookiee Tojjevvuk from the 2000 " " comic series , tying Hronk ' s animosity toward Chewbacca to the blood feud featured in that series . In 2008 , Hronk received an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .