Zarro Zarro was a human female who lived during the time of the Galactic Civil War . Around the time of the Battle of Yavin , her homeworld of Andelm IV was dominated by the gangster Jaum ; who forced her and her father Arrax to work as slaves in the Andelm beetle caverns after they defaulted on a loan . To increase productivity , Jaum intended to sell his slave labor force to the Galactic Empire so that he could buy droids . Seeking to free her family and the other miner s , Zarro stood against Jaum and enlisted the help of the Wookiee warrior Chewbacca . Together , they succeeded in defeating Jaum and keeping the Empire from establishing a presence on the Outer Rim world . Biography . Enslavement . Zarro was a young human girl who lived on the planet Andelm IV during the Age of the Empire . She was the daughter of Arrax . At a young age , Zarro ' s mother left her and Arrax to travel on a starship offworld . Following the Battle of Yavin , Zarro and Arrax became indebted to the local gangster Jaum when they failed to repay a loan . The loan was pegged to Imperial Credit s , which had taken a hit as a result of the events at Yavin 4 . With her father unable to repay their loan , Jaum forced Zarro and her father to work as slave miner s in the Andelm beetle caverns . Zarro employed debtors as forced laborers to harvest Andelm beetle larvae , who were processed into Dedlanite , a substance used in the manufacture of blaster s . Unwilling to see his daughter suffer , Arrax smuggled his daughter out of the mine in a crate full of larvae . He warned her not to go home and never to return to the mine . Despite reaching the surface , Jaum ' s guards soon noticed her disappearance and tried to pursue her . Zarro managed to flee on a speeder to a city on Andelm IV . She went to the Andelm IV council for help only to discover that Jaum had also bribed the council to turn a blind eye to his mining operations . In desperation , Zarro tried to sell her stolen air speeder to a Besalisk junk dealer . However , the junk dealer was in the pay of Jaum and tried to apprehend her . One of Jaum ' s henchmen tried to pursue her but he was elbowed in the face by a Wookiee traveler named Chewbacca , who had come to buy a flight stabilizer for his damaged A - wing starfighter . However , Chewie lacked sufficient funds to buy the stabilizer and was forced to gamble at a casino where he managed to double his funds . Shortly later , Zarro fled into the casino while being pursued by Jaum ' s Shistavanen enforcer Tyvak and several guards . A new ally . Sensing the young girl ' s plight , the Wookiee motioned for her to hide under his table under the gangsters had left . Despite not being able to speak the Wookiee language , Zarro managed to befriend Chewie and shared a bowl of stew with him . After the Wookiee had purchased his flight stabilizer , Zarro tried to lead him back to Jaum ' s camp . However , the Wookiee instead returned to his A - wing fighter and began repairing the damaged vessel . While Chewie was repairing the fighter , Zarro tried to appeal for him to free her dad and the other miners . Preoccupied with reaching the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk for a family reunion , Chewie expressed indifference until Zarro mentioned that she had escaped slavery . With the Wookiee willing to help , Zarro hugged him . The following day , Zarro and Chewbacca returned to Jaum ' s beetle caverns . Zarro came up with a plan which involved Chewie searching for a stable air vent . Her role was to allow herself to be recaptured by Jaum ' s men so that she could enter a hollowed - out section of the mine . The two kept in touch with transmitter . As planned , Zarro was brought before Jaum , who doubled her shifts and halves her rations . Upon finding her father and the other miners , Zarro reassured them she had come back to rescue them . While digging through the hollowed out section , Zarro was stopped by Jaum and his enforcers . Assembling his slaves , Jaum informed them that he would be selling them to the Galactic Empire in return for buying droid s to man his factory . When the miners objected , Jaum shot one man and then ordered his guards to execute the other miners . Before the guards could execute them , Chewie dug through the tunnel and ambushed them from behind . Using his strength and muscles , the Wookiee overpowers the guards . After thanking Chewie , Zarro warned the Wookiee that he could not fire his bowcaster in the mine due to the flammable nature of the larvae . Instead , the Wookiee used a decrepit GNK - series power droid to refashion an improvised rod . Chewie then used the rod to disable Jaum ' s wheeled battle droid , knocking the machine out of service . Chewie then quickly incapacitated another guard by crushing him with the GNK droid . Zarro and her father followed their rescuer with Arrax handing the Wookiee back his bowcaster . However , Jaum ' s enforcer Tyvak used a blaster to ignite a stockpile of Andelm beetle larvae in the loading bay which caused an explosion that trapped the miners underground . Escaping Jaum ' s mine . Despite Jaum and Tyvak ' s best efforts , Zarro , Chewie , Arrax , and the other miners survived the cave - in . Zarro helped to douse a flame on the Wookiee ' s left leg . After helping the Wookiee to lift up a girder , Zarro and her father led the Wookiee to find the other miners . On they way , they escaped a swarm of adult Andelm beetles , which had been let loose by the break down of electricity . Chewie managed to save them from being devoured by the beetles by using his bowcaster to shoot down a girder , causing tons of soil and rock to crush the insects . Shortly later , they managed to find the other miners and the guard whim Chewbacca had crushed with the old GNK power droid . While the other miners met to discuss how to dig themselves out of the mine , Chewie came up with an idea to climb through a sinkhole . While skeptical that the Wookie ' s plan would succeed , Zarro and her dad still supported it . With much effort , Chewbacca managed to crawl through the sinkhole and topple a dead tree above . Chewie succeeded in digging out a pit wide enough for Zarro and the other miners to climb out with a rope . When her father Arrax suggested fleeing offworld on the next ship off Andelm IV , Zarro insisted that the planet was their home and refused to consider being a refugee offworld . Pointing out to the ruined forest around them , Zarro reiterated that if they failed to stop Jaum , they would lose everything . When Arrax responded that he did not like the Empire but was unwilling to lose his daughter to the Rebellion , she responded that she was not trying to join the Rebellion but rather wanted to keep the Empire off Andelm IV . Arrax asked his daughter to assist with treating the wounded but Zarro pointed out they had plenty of help . Unable to get her father ' s permission to fight Jaum , she made up the lie that she was going to help the Wookiee repair his ship . Unwilling to argue with his strong - willed daughter , Arrax relented . Stopping Jaum . That evening , Zarro and Chewbacca traveled to her friend Sevox ' s bunker , which was located near the spaceport . Sevox was a blind mechanic who relied on a protocol droid named I - 7 . Zarro ran errands for the reclusive mechanic , who rarely left his bunker . Sevox was initially alarmed by Zarro and the Wookiee ' s presence but he agreed to let them borrow some gear for a " special project " and to share his food . Chewie eventually found an old broken - down R5 repair droid , which he fitted with explosives . Zarro nicknamed the droid " Boomer " . Despite thinking that Chewie and Zarro ' s plan was foolish , Sevox and his droid agreed to let Zarro drive the group to the spaceport . On the way , the companions learned that an Imperial Star Destroyer was orbiting Andelm IV . Sevox allowed Zarro and Chewie to use his lab as a hiding place but not to tell the Empire that he had hidden them . As a final favor , Zarro agreed to bring Sevox the head of an Imperial RA - 7 protocol droid since Sevox was interested in its optics . In addition , Sevox also advised her not to let the Imperials think that she was part of Rebel Alliance . Unknown to Zarro , Chewie was part of the Rebellion and had played a role in the destruction of the Death Star . Despite Zarro ' s optimism that they would have taken care of Jaum before Imperial forces arrived , she and Chewie found that the Andelm IV spaceport had been locked down by Imperial stormtrooper s and scout trooper s . The spaceport had been locked down in order to allow Jaum to deliver a shipment of dedlanite to the Imperial Commander Kai . Zarro and Chewie managed to secure entry into the spaceport by disguising themselves as one of his henchmen and a war droid respectively . The two companions tried to plant " Boomer " aboard the waiting Imperial landing craft but were stopped by Jaum , who demanded that she take off her helmet . At that point , Chewie attacked the stormtroopers and exchanged fire with Jaum and his men . Zarro then sent Boomer up the landing craft ' s ramp but the droid was knocked out by a stray blaster bolt . While telling Chewie to distract Jaum and Tyvak , she pushed the droid aboard the shuttle and set a timer . Meanwhile , Chewie unleashed an engine which burned Tyvak and knocked out the AT - ST walker . Before Jaum could flee aboard the landing craft , Zarro sneaked down the ramp and rejoined Chewie . As Jaum departed , they exchanged fire to his shuttle . Having achieved their mission to bomb Jaum ' s shipment and maybe take out the Star Destroyer , the two embraced . Zarro praised the Wookiee for taking out the Imperials and their walker . Their victory celebration was short - lived because they were then detained by several Scout troopers . Zarro feigned delight and claims that they had survived a firefight with a spice - addicted Jaum . However , the scout troopers detained the two friends under orders from Commander Kai , who wanted to question them . Zarro and Chewie were taken aboard an Imperial shuttle to Kai ' s Star Destroyer . On the way , the two knocked out the stormtrooper escorts and the crew . Zarro also told the Wookiee to let her do the talking . Upon landing , Zarro slid down the ramp with her blaster and was greeted by Commander Kai , who demanded her and Chewie ' s surrender . However , Zarro defiantly replied that she took her orders from him . Chewie also destroyed an RA - 7 protocol droid and overpowered the three remaining stormtroopers around him . Having gained the Commander ' s complete attention , Kai claimed that she had come to help the Empire . She told him that Jaum was a gangster and a rebel spy who was trying to defraud the Empire ; adding that he did not even own a mine . She also pointed out that Jaum ' s droid " Boomer " was crammed with explosives . When Jaum arrives , she told him that she had told the truth about him to the Empire . At that moment , the Imperial landing craft exploded , damaging the hangar ' s force field . Zarro and Chewie managed to escape death by fleeing aboard a TIE / sa bomber . Before Chewie could free the starship from its moorings with his bowcaster , Zarro tried to start the launch cycle but accidentally activated a thermal detonator . The force of the decompression eventually broke the TIE bomber free of its moorings and it tumbled down to Andelm IV . Despite losing its left wing , the bomber managed to survive atmospheric re - entry and crash landed on Andelm IV . Meanwhile , Jaum was taken prisoner by Commander Kai , who believed that he was a rebel spy and had him tortured by an IT - O Interrogation Unit . Parting with a friend . Despite Zarro ' s pleas , Chewbacca was unable to stay on Andelm IV since he had to leave for a family reunion on Kashyyyk , the Wookiee homeworld . She also noticed that Chewie was carrying a box ; which turned out to be a gift for one of his children . Nevertheless , she thanked the Wookiee for saving her planet from being conquered by the Empire . Out of gratitude , Chewbacca gave her the golden medallion he had received for his services during the Battle of Yavin . Chewie had given it to her because the medal had clashed with his warrior vibe . Before parting , the two friends embraced one last time . Taking Jaum ' s green landspeeder , she greeted her father , who had initially mistaken her for Jaum . Arrax was troubled by the rumor that Zarro had been taken captive by the Empire . A jubilant Zarro then told her father that Jaum had been taken by the Empire and that they were going to give his speeder a " good home . " When her father asked about the Wookiee , she told Arrax that he had politely declined her offer to stay because he had an " important mission " to attend . While she did not know Chewie and his background , she surmised that he was fighting a greater war and had saved her homeworld from being taken over by the Empire . Personality and traits . Zarro was a brave , headstrong Human girl who had a strong sense of justice . While she loved her father Arrax , she could sometimes be stubborn and persistent in doing things her own way . She was small - build , thin , slim , and athletic . Zarro was also a good runner and was able to outrun several adult foes on more than one occasion . She also had a cheerful and friendly temperament . Despite not being able to speaking the Wookiee language , Zarro was able to form a friendship with the rebel Chewbacca , who could understand Galactic Basic Standard . Skills and abilities . Despite her young age , Zarro knew how to drive landspeeder s , a skill that came in handy on at least three occasions . Due to her time as a forced laborer in Jaum ' s mine , she was familiar with Andelm beetles and their incendiary larvae . She was also a master of disguises and came up with the idea of disguising herself as a hooded alien and Chewie as a " war droid " during their mission to sabotage Jaum ' s plan to open up Andelm IV to Imperial exploitation . Zarro was also a fesity fighter and fought stormtroopers on one occasion . Behind the scenes . Zarro is a character created for the Marvel comic book series " " , written by Gerry Duggan and with art by Phil Noto . In designing the look of the character , Noto described her as " kind of a skate - punk tomboy . " He felt it fun to create a teenaged " Star Wars " character from scratch , as most younger characters appeared as Padawan s or the kids in the 1980s " Star Wars : Ewoks " television films . Noto complimented Duggan ' s writing for the character , saying that pairing her with Chewbacca made it " easy to know the character . " On the cover of " Chewbacca , Part I " , Zarro ' s shirt has the word " TROUBLE " written in Aurebesh on its front . In the actual comic , her shirt actually says " ELBUOONGT " in upside - down Aurebesh , which is a misspelled version of " trouble " spelled backwards .