Lachichuk / Legends Lachichuk was a male Wookiee warrior and a famed hunter from the planet Kashyyyk . In 19 BBY , he served under Captain Merumeru in a volunteer army during the Battle of Kashyyyk in the final year of the galaxy - spanning Clone Wars . When a droid army belonging to the Confederacy of Independent Systems attacked the coastal city of Kachirho , Lachichuk , Merumeru , and dozens of other Wookiees fought on the beachfront alongside Jedi Masters and clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic in an effort to resist the assault . After a fierce battle , the Confederate force surrendered , and the war itself ended shortly thereafter . At the conclusion of the war , all Confederate battle droids were shut down , and the Galactic Republic ' s Supreme Chancellor declared all Jedi enemies of the state and had them executed . The Republic troopers departed Kashyyyk , and Lachichuk joined in a massive Wookiee effort to clean up the battleground and salvage leftover machinery . Several days later , Lachichuk and three other Wookiees were alerted by the Human liaison Cudgel that several traders had arrived onworld seeking knowledge about Jedi . The Wookiees interrogated the newcomers at bowcasterpoint until they learned that the traders were Jedi on the run ; at that point Lachichuk and the others brought the fugitives to see the Wookiee General Tarfful and his comrade Chewbacca . Biography . Defending Kachirho . Lachichuk was a male Wookiee warrior who lived on the planet Kashyyyk at the end of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY . By that year , he had gained fame across the world as a hunter . The Confederacy of Independent Systems began to land their droid armies on Kashyyyk in 19 BBY in a bid to secure secret hyperspace routes from a guild of navigators who lived in the city of Kachirho and to subjugate the entire planet . An invasion force prepared to attack Kachirho , and , when word spread of the impending battle , Wookiees from across the world rushed to the coastal city to aid in its defense . Lachichuk volunteered to serve as a soldier under Captain Merumeru , who was preparing to lead ground resistance from the city ' s beachfront . When the Galactic Republic — the Confederacy ' s opponent in the galactic war — learned of Kachirho ' s plight , it sent four Jedi Masters and an army of clone troopers to fight alongside the Wookiees . As defensive positions were established on the shoreline , Merumeru ' s army of volunteer warriors stationed themselves behind armored revetments that overlooked the water . When the droid army , which was crossing Kachirho ' s lagoon in assault vehicles , neared its target , Lachichuk and the rest of Merumeru ' s army emerged from their hiding place and rushed at the invaders with weapons in hand . Along with the Jedi and clone troopers , they fought on foot during the battle . After a fierce skirmish , the Republic and Wookiee forces gained enough of an edge to force the Confederate army to surrender . Battle ' s aftermath . Shortly after the battle ' s end , all members of the Jedi Order were declared enemies of the Republic by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , and clone troopers across the galaxy attacked their Jedi Generals . Many Jedi , including Master Luminara Unduli on Kashyyyk , were killed as part of the Chancellor ' s ploy to seize unchallenged control of the Republic ; his scheme also included having the Confederacy ' s Separatist Council murdered and the war brought to an end . All Confederate battle droids were shut down , which prompted the Republic forces to depart Kashyyyk . Lachichuk and the other Wookiees began to clean up the site of the battle and salvage the leftover machinery . Days after the battle , Lachichuk was at a busy landing platform outside of Kachirho where a variety of business deals and trades were taking place . Cudgel , a Human liaison who could understand the Wookiees ' Shyriiwook language , approached Lachichuk , the male Wookiee Guania , and two other Wookiees to inform them that a newly - arrived group of traders were asking questions about Jedi . The four of them followed Cudgel to the traders ' ship and brandished their bowcasters , demanding to know the newcomers ' interest in Jedi . Olee Starstone , one of the traders , stated that they were themselves Jedi on the run , but her defiant companion Siadem Forte contradicted her . Starstone then mentioned her knowledge of the Jedi Generals who had fought in the recent battle and pleaded with the Wookiees to help her crew locate them . The sympathetic Wookiees responded by disabling their weapons , and Lachichuk suggested to Cudgel that they relocate to a private place in Kachirho . The Wookiees and Cudgel then led Starstone and her companions to a giant Wroshyr tree that stood in the center of the city , and they rode a turbolift up the tree to a central control room where the Wookiees Chewbacca and General Tarfful were working . The two were friends of the Jedi and had even helped Master Yoda flee the planet ; Lachichuk briefed the two on the situation , and they in turn informed Starstone that none of the surviving Jedi Generals had remained on Kashyyyk . Starstone was keen to leave and continue her search for more scattered Jedi , but Tarfful offered her and her crew safe haven on Kashyyyk . A chime from one of the control room ' s consoles interrupted the conversation at that moment , and the room ' s occupants learned that forces of the Galactic Empire — a new government that had succeeded the Republic at the conclusion of the war — were making planetfall , as Galactic Emperor Palpatine had earlier learned that Jedi were en route to Kashyyyk . Imperial stormtroopers back at the landing platform demanded that the fugitives be turned over to them , and a resulting brawl escalated into a full - scale battle that the Empire quickly won . Thousands of Wookiees were rounded up to be used as slaves in Imperial construction projects . Personality and traits . Lachichuk was a famed hunter and a capable warrior who volunteered to serve under Captain Merumeru in the Battle of Kashyyyk . Loyally fighting under Merumeru ' s leadership , Lachichuk survived the battle . He had dark brown skin , brown eyes , and brown fur that was streaked with black , as well as sharp fangs that could puncture durable Trandoshan skin . Lachichuk was right - handed , could speak Shyriiwook , and could understand Galactic Basic Standard . Like other Wookiees who fought alongside Jedi during the battle , Lachichuk was sympathetic to surviving members of the Jedi Order during the early days of the Great Jedi Purge . Lachichuk was suspicious when Olee Starstone arrived on Kashyyyk and began to ask questions about the Jedi , but when it was revealed that Starstone was herself a Jedi , Lachichuk relaxed and suggested that she and her comrades be brought to see Tarfful , a war chief of Kachirho who had helped Jedi Master Yoda flee the planet . Behind the scenes . The character of Lachichuk was created for use in George Lucas ' s 2005 film , which features a large number of Wookiees participating in the Battle of Kashyyyk . Lachichuk ' s Wookiee costume was constructed by Industrial Light & Magic ' s creature department and was one of eight that were built and photographed for the film . In , , local , including several basketball players and a corrections officer , were recruited to play Wookiees in " Revenge of the Sith " — save for Chewbacca , who was portrayed by actor Peter Mayhew , the film ' s credits do not state which actors played which Wookiees , but other official sources have connected four of the extras to their respective roles . Lachichuk is not one of those roles , but process of elimination reveals that Lachichuk was played by either Steven Foy , James Rowland , or Julian Khazzouh . Each Wookiee extra had a full body and head cast made for use in a fitted muscle suit that was then covered in an elastic material knitted with hair . " Revenge of the Sith " Kashyyyk scenes were filmed at Fox Studios in Sydney over two days in the summer of 2004 after principal photography for the film had already been completed . Lachichuk ' s scenes were directed by Animation Supervisor Rob Coleman , who had Lachichuk and four other Wookiee characters repeatedly rush over a barrier with a behind them . Each time the scene was filmed , the Wookiees took new positions and carried different weapons and accessories . The shots were then digitally combined to fill out the front row of the Wookiee army , and the Wookiees were afterward digitally duplicated so as to present dozens of additional warriors standing behind them and participating in the beachfront battle . Lachichuk also appears briefly in James Luceno ' s 2005 novel " " , and is additionally discussed in several sourcebooks , most of which are directly related to " Revenge of the Sith " . He was first mentioned in " " , which was released a month prior to the film . Several of these sources include a photo from " Revenge of the Sith " of Merumeru leading Wookiees into battle ; although many of the Wookiees in the photo are digital duplicates of Lachichuk , an image caption in " " explicitly states that Lachichuk is present in the frame . Lachichuk ' s sex was not explicitly stated to be male until his inclusion in 2013 ' s " " digital card game . An action figure called " Wookiee Warrior " that uses Lachichuk ' s likeness and that was packaged with a photo of Lachichuk was released as part of the in 2005 . A second " Wookiee Warrior " figure is a repainted model of the first and was packaged with the same photo of Lachichuk ; the figure is a Wookiee with light - tan fur , however , and thus represents a separate character . A third figure , this one called " Wookiee Commando , " is yet another repainted model of Lachichuk ' s figure , and was packaged with the same photo , this time digitally darkened to represent a black - and gray - furred Wookiee .