Rebellion on Kashyyyk The Rebellion on Kashyyyk was an uprising of the native Wookiees against the slavemasters of Czerka Corporation , which took place during the Jedi Civil War . The seeds of the rebellion were planted when the amnesiac Revan and the crew of the " Ebon Hawk " came to Kashyyyk on a mission for the Jedi Council to search for the Star Map that was located deep in the Shadowlands . Prologue . Some years prior to this , the son of the Wookiee chieftain , Chuundar , made a deal with slavers of Czerka Corporation , an ally of the Sith Empire . When he heard of the deal , his brother Zaalbar went insane with rage and attacked him with his claws , breaking an important Wookiee code that stated that their claws were not to be used as weapons . As such , Zaalbar was branded a ' Madclaw ' and exiled from the planet . However , when their father , Freyyr , discovered the truth and the dealings that his son had been made , he confronted him . But Chuundar had managed to gain the support of a number of Wookiees and so Freyyr was exiled to the Shadowlands . With no opposition , Czerka took over the capital and began to make the use of the Wookiee slaves that Chuundar had given them . Chuundar had made it so that all Wookiees would be required to learn to understand Basic like their Czerka slavers , to make it easier for them to obey . However , the Jedi Civil War erupted when the former Jedi Revan and Malak returned to the Galactic Republic at the head of a massive Sith fleet and began their conquest of the galaxy . Revan was captured by the Jedi but his mind was damaged and so programmed with a new one while his apprentice Malak took his place at the head of the Sith Empire . With the mind - altered Revan having dreams of Star Maps on the planets Dantooine , Tatooine , Kashyyyk , Manaan , and Korriban , he and another Jedi , Bastila Shan set out to find these Star Maps to lead them to the source of the Sith Armada , the Star Forge , along with a team , including Republic War Hero , Carth Onasi and Mandalorian Canderous Ordo . Before being given this assignment , Revan had met the exiled Zaalbar on Taris just before it ' s destruction . Inciting the rebellion . When arriving on Kashyyyk at the Czerka Landing Port , being greeted by Czerka employees , Zaalbar revealed his worries about returning . Looking for the Star Map , Revan crossed into the Wookiee capital Rwookrrorro where Zaalbar discovered his brother as chieftain and being flanked by Czerka guards . Zaalbar was forced to stay with Chuundar while Revan was allowed to scale down into the Shadowlands to search for the Star Map , but also to kill Freyyr . While in the Shadowlands , Revan encountered Jolee Bindo , an old former Jedi living there in a hermitage . Jolee assisted in getting Revan to the Star Map he was looking for . When the two found Freyyr deeper in the Shadowlands , he was almost feral , and immediately attacked them , thinking them as slavers . When he was defeated , Revan spared him despite Freyyr ' s protests . Revan revealed that his son had returned to Kashyyyk , and the two devised a plan to remove Czerka from the planet . Revan would need to find the blade of Bacca ' s Ceremonial Blade . Kashyyyk tradition held that whoever held the blade would be the chieftain . Revan accomplished this task by killing one of the many kinrath in the area and tying it to a vine where he would draw out a terentatek in which the blade was stuck . The terentatek was killed and the blade was retrieved . When brought to Freyyr , he immediately climbed back up to the top of trees in order to gain support for a rebellion , while Revan went to find the Star Map . On his way out Revan was forced to trek back through the Shadowlands , only to be attacked by the lift operator who discovered that Revan did not do as Chuundar ordered . The fighting begins . When reaching Rwookrrorro , Revan was confronted by a Wookiee who took him to Chuundar ' s throne room . Freyyr was already present and the entire Wookiee population split on who should rule . While Freyyr had the blade of Bacca , Chuundar held the grip of the broken sword . Zaalbar , who was listening to his brother for some time now was torn on who to support , be it his father or his brother . Revan convinced Zaalbar to side with his father , the honorable one , as his brother was a slaver . And so the fighting had started . In the throne room , Chuundar and his Czerka guards were killed and Freyyr was placed back on the throne as chieftain . However , the rebellion did not end there . Czerka still had a presence on Kashyyyk and needed to be driven out . All over the entire planet , wherever Czerka was , Wookiees rebelled against the slavers . Czerka had no choice in the end but to pull out of Kashyyyk . Behind the scenes . If the player chose the dark side path for Revan , Chuundar remained alive , Freyyr died and the rebellion never took place . The Wookiee village Rwookrrorro was then sealed off from Revan .