Chewbacca , Part III Chewbacca , Part III is the third of five issues of the Marvel comic book miniseries " " . It was published on November 11 , 2015 . Plot summary . On Andelm IV , the gangster Jaum and his Shistavanen henchman Tyvak write off the mine at the Andelm beetle caverns as a loss . However , Jaum ensures his henchman that once the Galactic Empire supports his plan , he would have access to slave labor , and droid s . Tyvak plans to transform the nearby forest into the most profitable prison in the Empire . When Tyvak expresses concern that the Empire could just steal it from them , Jaum expresses his concern that the Wookiee Chewbacca somehow survived the mine blast . Meanwhile , Chewie lifts up a fallen catwalk while Zarro douses his scorched left leg . Having put the fire out , the Wookiee and miners struggle to find a way out . Zarro is relieved to discover that her father Arrax has also survived the explosion . After embracing , Arrax tells his daughter that she should never have come back . Before Arrax can chastise his daughter , Zarro tells him and Chewie that they have to find their way out . Arrax is worried because now that the power grid is down , the Andelm beetle s are free to return to the caverns . Zarro then tells Chewie that the larvae turn into poisonous beetles . When Chewie grumbles , she tells him not to make that face because he crash landed on the planet . The three companions are soon pursued by a swarm on Andelm beetles but Chewie uses his bowcaster to shoot down one of the girders , causing the cavern to collapse on the beetles . However , Chewie ' s action causes the miners their only way out . Zarro reassures them that this is not the case . Chewie lifts the derelict GNK - series power droid from the guard he had knocked out earlier . After recognizing the guard , he throws the droid back onto the man . Meanwhile , Arrax leads the other forced laborers out of the mine . Later , the miners meet up to discuss finding a way out of the mine . One Human male suggests digging their way out while a female Human warns that doing so would cause the forest to collapse on them . An Aqualish adds that it is only a matter of time before the beetles catch up with them . In the end , they reluctantly settle for Chewie ' s plan to do a vertical climb out of the mine through a sinkhole . With much difficulty , Chewie manages to climb through the air vent and reach a hole beneath the roots of a large dead tree . Using his strength , the Wookiee manages to topple the tree , creating a pit large enough for the miners to climb out . Using a rope , Chewie is able to safely pull out Zarro , Arrax and all of the other miners . After thanking Chewie , Arrax tells his daughter that they have to flee offworld before the Empire arrives on Andelm IV . However , Zarro doesn ' t want to leave her home and become a refugee offworld . She points out that if they don ' t stop Jaum , they will lose everything including the planet ' s forests . When Arrax tells his daughter that he doesn ' t want to lose her to the Rebellion , she responds that she is only interested in keeping the Empire off Andelm IV . When Arrax suggests that Zarro could help treat the wounded , she points out that he has plenty of help . Unwilling to live under Jaum ' s oppression , Zarro plans to fight back but tells her father that she will help the Wookiee repair his ship . Zarro reluctantly supports his daughter and tells Chewbacca that she is all that he ' s got and to stay away from the spaceport . Zarro promises to stay away from the local spaceport . In secret , Zarro and the Wookiee travel to the spaceport . She finds the droid I - 7 , who serves as the eyes for his master Sevox . Zarro convinces her old friend Sevox , who lives in a secret bunker to let her and Chewie borrow some gear for a special project . The two companions find an old green R5 droid , which Chewbacca plans to use against Jaum . Meanwhile , at Jaum ' s nightclub , the gangster ' s guards bring in one of his former workers who was caught skulking outside . This worker turns out to be the former owner of the nightclub . After learning from the worker that the miners had escaped with the help of the Wookiee , Zarro burns the Human ' s face by with a tube linked to his life - support helmet . Jaum then orders Tyvak to assemble his men in the hangar and to redirect the array in order to make a deep space transmission . In space , the Imperial Commander Kai receives Jaum ' s call from the hangar bay of his Imperial Star Destroyer . Kai informs him that the samples that he sent are still undergoing testing . To deal with the escaped miners and the Wookie , Jaum asks Kai to send stormtrooper s to quell rebellious attitudes . Jaum tells the commander to consider it a payment . The commander accepts the payment but asks if his city streets are wide enough to accommodate AT - ST walkers .