Guanta Guanta was a male Wookiee warrior who lived on the planet Kashyyyk during the Clone Wars . By 19 BBY , Guanta was a seasoned and skilled combatant and an elder in his community . He was broad - shouldered , brawny , and covered in brown fur that he bound into knots about his chin . His teeth were yellowed and not all present . At the end of the Clone Wars , Guanta answered a call for warriors put out by the Wookiee captain Merumeru . As Confederate battle droids stormed the beach near the city of Kachirho , Guanta stood behind Merumeru and alongside other warriors as they defended the city during the battle of Kachirho . In the Shyriiwook language , the suffix " - anta " in Guanta ' s name meant " judge " and " leader . " Biography . Guanta was a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk who had become an elder in his culture by 19 BBY . That year , as the Clone Wars raged throughout the galaxy , a force of battle droids from the Confederacy of Independent Systems attacked Guanta ' s homeworld . A rival force of clone troopers from the Galactic Republic , under the leadership of Jedi Master Yoda , arrived on Kashyyyk to help the Wookiees resist the invasion . As the Separatist forces neared the beachfront of the city of Kachirho , the Wookiee captain Merumeru issued a clarion call for soldiers to defend the settlement . Guanta was among the many volunteers who answered the summons . As the assemblage waited behind a set of revetments for the droid army to draw near and for Merumeru to issue the call to attack , Guanta was in the front row immediately behind the leader . As the droids approached , the Wookiee leader stood atop the barricades and roared for his comrades to charge into battle ; Guanta and the others then rushed to meet their opponents in combat . The combined force of Wookiees and clone troopers bested the Separatist war machine and won the battle of Kachirho . Nevertheless , the Galactic Republic gave way to the Galactic Empire soon thereafter . In the aftermath , the Wookiees of Kashyyyk were enslaved into Imperial work camps . Personality and traits . By the end of the Clone Wars , Guanta was a seasoned warrior , skilled in battle . The suffix " - anta " in his name meant " judge " and " leader " in his native language , Shyriiwook . When his fellow Wookiee Merumeru sounded the call for volunteer soldiers , Guanta became a loyal member of the captain ' s volunteer army . At the time he fought in the Battle of Kachirho , Guanta had a stocky , well - muscled build that afforded him the ability to pull arms out of their sockets . His brown fur was streaked with blond , especially in the area around his face and head . The Wookiee bound his chin and neck fur into six ponytails with black bands . His skin was dark brown in color . An aged specimen of his species , Guanta ' s teeth had yellowed by the time of the Clone Wars . He was missing his top right incisor , and he had a gap between his two bottom front teeth . Guanta was right - handed . Behind the scenes . Guanta , originally referred to as either Wookiee # 1 , 2 , or 6 , was one of six Wookiees created by the Industrial Light & Magic creature department under the supervision of Rebecca Hunt for 2005 ' s . Constructing the costumes for Guanta and the other Wookiees was the largest and most difficult task for the department during the film ' s pre - production . The suit had two main parts : a lower body suit to provide the character ' s musculature and an outer suit of modacrylic hair . A mask , hands , and feet completed the ensemble . The muscle layer and mask were based on a body cast of an actor — either Steven Foy , Julian Khazzouh , or James Rowland — and thus tailored specifically to his physique . The Creature Shop team added the Wookiee ' s hair by hand under the guidance of Fabrication Supervisor Lou Elsey . The labor - intensive process needed to create the suits for Guanta and the other Wookiees pushed the filming of the Battle of Kashyyyk scenes into the summer of 2004 , making them some of the final live - action sequences shot for the movie . The scenes were directed by Animation Supervisor Rob Coleman and marked his live - action directorial debut . On May 17 , against a greenscreen at Fox Studios in , , Coleman had the costumed Australian actors repeatedly rush over a green barrier that would later be replaced by a computer - generated barricade . Each take , the actors switched weapons and accessories but kept the same Wookiee suits . Coleman and his team later composited the shots to create the scene in " Revenge of the Sith " where the Wookiee volunteer army charges at Merumeru ' s command . However , Guanta and the other Wookiee characters were filmed numerous times to fill the front row of Wookiees in the shot , and no source has identified exactly which of the assembled Wookiees is Guanta and which are merely Wookiees that look like him . Guanta is named as having been one of the Wookiees in the crowd with Merumeru , so this article counts any " Star Wars " publication that features an image of the Wookiee army behind the barricade as an appearance of Guanta . Similarly , Hasbro released a Wookiee action figure called " Wookiee Heavy Gunner " in 2005 as part of its . The portrait used for the card depicts Guanta ; however , the toy itself is a repaint of a previous action figure based on the costume of Grakchawwaa , another Wookiee from the film . Guanta was first mentioned in " " , which was released a month prior to the film . The novel " " , first published in 2005 by Del Rey , features a Wookiee character named Guania who participates in the cleanup effort following the Battle of Kashyyyk . Because several other Wookiees who appear in the book are characters from " Revenge of the Sith " , such as Chewbacca , Lachichuk , and Tarfful , " Star Wars " writer Bob Vitas has suggested that Guania ' s name is an error , and that Luceno intended the character to be Guanta . However , the 2008 reference work " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " includes entries for both Guanta and Guania , establishing the two as distinct individuals .