Lumpawaroo Lumpawaroo , also known as Waroo , was a Wookiee male whose parent s were Chewbacca and his wife Malla . During the Age of the Empire , Waroo and his species were enslaved by the Galactic Empire . He and other Wookiee children were forced to work at a slave labor camp run by Commandant Dessard . Following the liberation of Kashyyyk , Waroo escaped his labor camp . He was pursued by Dessard and his men , who caught up with him . However , the Imperials were killed by a joint party of Wookiees and New Republic soldier s . Waroo reunited with his father Chewbacca . Biography . Lumpawaroo was the son of Chewbacca and his wife Malla . During the Age of the Empire , the Wookiee s of Kashyyyk were enslaved by the Galactic Empire . As a child , his mother Malla was taken from him and he was separated from his father . Waroo and other Wookiee children were forced to work as slave laborers at an Imperial child labor camp on the slopes of Mount Arayakyak . The Imperials prized the Wookiees for their small hands and their ability to climb for high altitudes . Waroo was a slave for most of his childhood and toiled under the supervision of Commandant Dessard . The Empire controlled the Wookiees by using inhibitor chips which sounded like a song of fire and terror . On one occasion , Waroo witnessed a female friend dying while trying to scale the walls of the daubcrete bunker . Following the liberation of Kashyyyk by New Republic forces in 5 ABY , the inhibitor chips in Waroo and the other child slaves were disabled . While Dessard and his subordinates managed to reassert their authority by using shock - lance s and blaster s , Waroo was encouraged by the demoralized state of the Imperial slave masters . Desiring liberty , Waroo made a dash for freedom while Commandant Dessard tried to close the pylon - gate . Waroo fled through the jungle by leaping through trees and branches . However , he came into contact with a spore - pod that had defoliated much of the surrounding jungle . Dessard and his men caught up with Waroo and prepared to execute him . However , the Imperials were then shot by several adult Wookiees including his father Chewbacca and Greybok , and New Republic soldier s . Dessard managed to escape the barrage of blaster bolts and was taken prisoner by New Republic soldiers . Waroo recognized his father and the two embraced each other after years of separation . Personality and traits . Lumpawaroo was a male Wookiee child who lived during the Age of the Empire . As a slave , he was prized by his Imperial masters for his small hands and ability to climb high . Waroo hated his Imperial captors and nicknamed them " milk - skins . " He regarded the signals created by the Imperial inhibitor chips as a song that could drive one insane . He also had a strong sense of smell and could smell his Imperial captors from afar . Waroo took delight in the disabling of the inhibitor chips and the despondent state of his Imperial captors . Waroo once made a desperate dash for freedom . He loved his father Chewbacca and mother Malla . Waroo experienced an emotional reunion with his father following the Liberation of Kashyyyk . Behind the scenes . Lumpawaroo first appeared in the 1978 Star Wars musical spinoff film " The Star Wars Holiday Special " . He has also appeared in several Legends literature including Michael P . Kube - McDowell ' s " Tyrant ' s Test " and " " novel series . Waroo made his first canon ical debut in a stand - alone point of view passage in Chuck Wendig ' s 2017 " " , the last installment in " " .