Chewbacca , Part V Chewbacca , Part V is a Marvel comic book by Gerry Duggan , with art by Phil Noto . It is the fifth and final issue of the miniseries " " and features Chewbacca in the midst of an uprising against the Galactic Empire . The comic was published on December 30 , 2015 . Plot summary . Commander Kai and an Imperial RA - 7 protocol droid wait aboard his Imperial Star Destroyer for an Imperial shuttle carrying the local girl Zarro and the Wookiee Chewbacca that the scout trooper s had captured . The RA - 7 droid had been dispatched to translate by the scout commander and he is perturbed that they have ceased communication . Kai thinks that the Star Destroyer ' s superstructure is interfering with the antenna . However , he is proven wrong when a stormtrooper helmet rolls out of the gangplank . Inside , Chewie and Zarro knock out the stormtroopers . Upon exiting the gangplank , Chewie also beheads and rips apart the RA - 7 droid . Before the fight can escalate , Zarro addresses the Imperial commander and tells him that she is here to help the Empire . She tells Kai that Jaum is a gangster who is running a scam and that he is a rebel spy . Zarro claims that Jaum does not own an operation and that his R5 repair droid " Boomer " is loaded with explosives . Shortly later , Jaum arrives with two stormtroopers carrying boxes of sample . He is planning to leave so that he can settle other debts . However , Zarro tells Jaum that she has told the Empire the truth about his " scam " . Shortly later , the Imperial landing craft carrying the Andelm beetle larvae and Boomer go up in flames . The explosion damages the ship ' s force - field . Chewie and Zarro take advantage of the chaos to flee on a TIE / sa bomber . After some difficulty , they manage to free the ship by starting the launch cycle . However , Zarro accidentally releases a thermal detonator which damages the right - wing of the bomber . Despite the bombing catching fire on re - entry , Zarro and the Wookiee still manage to crash - land the craft . Shortly later , the two walk back to Chewie ' s RZ - 1 A - wing interceptor . Chewie plans to leave Andelm IV to complete a special mission . While Zarro is thankful to Chewbacca for saving her planet from Imperial conquest , she is sad that he is leaving . She also notices that the Wookiee is transporting a box . Before leaving , the two embrace and Chewie gives her his gold medallion that he received for his services during the Battle of Yavin . Back aboard the Star Destroyer , Commander Kai dismisses Jaum ' s mining deal as a scam . As punishment for endangering Imperial personnel and trying to scam the Empire , Kai has Jaum tortured by his IT - O Interrogator . With the ship ' s main hyperdrive damaged by the explosion , Kai tells him that it will be a long journey back to the nearest Imperial base and that the interrogator droid will be his companion . Stealing Jaum ' s green landspeeder , Zarro returns to her family home and tells her dad Arrax that the Empire had taken care of Jaum . When Arrax asks about her friend , she tells him that Chewie had to leave for an important mission . This " mission " turns out to be a family reunion back to the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk . There , in the presence of his family , Chewie presents his child with a bandolier . Shortly later , Chewbacca is picked up by the " Millennium Falcon " .