The Story of the Faithful Wookiee The Story of the Faithful Wookiee is an animated story that aired as part of the 1978 made - for - TV - film " The Star Wars Holiday Special " . It was produced by Nelvana and is notable for being the first appearance of Boba Fett , as well as having most of the original " Star Wars " cast voicing their respective characters . In the " Holiday Special " , the young Wookiee Lumpawarrump watches the cartoon while waiting for his father Chewbacca to return home for Life Day . In the cartoon , a mysterious figure ( Boba Fett ) befriends Luke and his friends . Soon , it is revealed that Boba was working for Darth Vader and the Empire . Chewbacca , who was not fooled , says ( through C - 3PO ' s translation ) that the bounty hunter " didn ' t smell right . " The animation quality and graphics are generally considered to be good for their time ( 1978 ) . However , Nelvana gave the " Star Wars " universe a unique interpretation . For example , R2 - D2 is quite flexible for a droid , and Han Solo is nearly unrecognizable . The animation style , as well as some of these character models , were used nearly a decade later in the " " animated series , which served as a spin - off of sorts to the segment . The " " animated series also used these techniques . Plot summary . Han Solo and Chewbacca have been on a mission to recover a mystical Talisman thought to be a powerful artifact . Chewbacca comes out of Hyperspace nearly colliding with the Rebel base . Luke , R2 - D2 , and C - 3PO come out after him , in a Y - wing , to see what is wrong . When Chewbacca eventually lands on Panna , Luke following him crashes on its surface and is nearly eaten by a Panna dragon , when Boba Fett rescues them . They find the " Falcon " with Han , probably unconscious from the talisman , and Chewbacca , who carelessly throws the Talisman down the garbage chute . Luke faints due to the talisman and R2 - D2 tells them that he was infected by a sleeping virus that only worked on humans . Boba Fett and Chewbacca then go to acquire the serum for that virus , located on Panna City to cure Luke and Han . Once they get into the city , which is occupied by Imperials , Boba instructs Chewbacca to stay behind while he gets the cure . Meanwhile , back on the Falcon , as C - 3PO is caring for Han and Luke , R2 intercepts a transmission between Darth Vader and Boba Fett : Once away from Chewbacca , Boba contacts Darth Vader to inform him of the situation . He reveals that he and Vader are in a plan to reveal the location of the Rebels so that Vader can stop them , like he tried and failed . When they get back , the two humans recover and everyone learns of Boba ' s true allegiances . Boba ignites his jet pack , and blasts away , promising that he will meet them all again . Chewbacca then explains ( through C - 3PO ' s translation ) his suspicions by saying that , " the bounty hunter didn ' t smell right . " Development . During development of " The Star Wars Holiday Special " , director David Acomba showed George Lucas the 1976 Nelvana film " " . Lucas then met with Nelvana and provided them with a story outline , which Clive A . Smith and Frank Nissen turned into storyboards . After approving their work , Lucas proceeded to work with Smith on streamlining the story . The segment was to introduce a new character Boba Fett , who was modeled after Joe Johnston ' s sketches , as well as Ben Burtt ' s VHS costume test . Release . A few seconds of the segment were included in the " Bucket Head " web documentary ( that premiered on StarWars . com ) , which was later released on the " Attack of the Clones " DVD . In the documentary , Jeremy Bulloch , who wore the suit for the Fett character in and , notes that Fett first appeared in the holiday special segment . Boba Fett uses a Sacros K - 11 blaster , which is very similar to the WESTAR - 34 blaster pistols used by his father Jango in " Attack of the Clones " . The complete segment was finally included in an official release as an Easter egg hidden in the Blu - Ray release of the Complete " Star Wars " Saga . Luke wears the same jacket he wears at the end of . Although Nelvana later worked on the " " and " " animated series , Ken Stephenson , the uncredited animation director for the animated segment , was the only crew member of the " Holiday Special " to return to work on those two shows — of which he directed several episodes . Legacy . Although this story ' s exact timeline placement is unknown , it can be assumed that it is after the events of the Rebel Force series of books , but before the events of the " Holiday Special " . In this cartoon , Boba pronounces his name as Boe - ba . This is how Kaminoan Taun We says it as well . Jango Fett pronounces it as Bob - a . When animating C - 3PO for his " " animated series in 2003 , Genndy Tartakovsky paid homage to Nelvana ' s animation style by making C - 3PO ' s eyes move as Nelvana did . The planet Nelvaan is also an homage to Nelvana . The band sampled several of Boba Fett ' s lines from the short for their songs " Bloodstain " and " Unreal " , which were on their debut album .