Chewbacca

The Wookiee

Giant Hairy Thing

*Han Solo's Strike Team*

 *Resistance*

## Appearances

### Movie

*Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope**Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back*

*Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi*

*Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith*

*Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens*

*Untitled Han Solo Film*

### TV Series

*Star Wars: The Clone Wars* * *Wookiee Hunt*

### Video Game

*Star Wars Battlefront**Star Wars Battlefront II*

## Portrayed By

### Portrayed By

*Peter Mayhew*

**Chewbacca**, known affectionately to his friends as **Chewie**, was a male Wookiee warrior, smuggler, and resistance fighter who fought in the Clone Wars, the Galactic Civil War, and the conflict between the First Order and the Resistance. He hailed from the planet Kashyyykand became a Wookiee military leader. During the Clone Wars, he was captured by Trandoshan slavers and held captive on Wasskah, but he worked with a fellow captive, Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano, to escape. He later commanded Wookiee forces during the Battle of Kashyyyk alongside the Grand Army of the Republic, led by Jedi Master Yoda. During the battle, one of the last ones of the war, Yoda's clone troopers received Order 66 from Supreme Chancellor Palpatineand, with the help of Chewbacca, Yoda escaped Kashyyyk and the destruction of the Jedi Order.

In the years that followed, during the rule of the Galactic Empire, Chewbacca became a smuggler and the co-pilot of Captain Han Soloaboard the *Millennium Falcon*. They worked in the employ of crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure until Solo was forced to dump a shipment of spice to avoid trouble with the Empire, at which point a bounty was placed on their heads. Soon thereafter, Chewbacca and Solo were hired by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi to ferry him, Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, and R2-D2 to Alderaan on a mission vital to the survival of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. After finding Alderaan was destroyed, the group was brought aboard the Death Star, where they helped Princess Leia Organa escape from captivity and return to the Rebel base on Yavin 4. Though Chewbacca and Solo initially chose to leave Yavin 4 and not join the Rebellion, they ended up fighting in the Battle of Yavin and were instrumental in Skywalker's destruction of the Death Star, a major victory for the Rebellion.

Throughout the war, Chewbacca and Solo fought the Empire in a number of engagements, including an assault on Cymoon 1 and the battle on Vrogas Vas. Along with Princess Organa and C-3PO, they escaped from Echo Base on the planet Hoth after the Empire tracked the Rebel Alliance there. The group sought refuge with Lando Calrissian, an old friend of Solo's, on Cloud City, but Calrissian betrayed them and turned them over to Darth Vader, the Emperor'schief enforcer, after his city was threatened. Solo was frozen in carbonite and Calrissian helped the others escape, but they were too late to save the frozen Solo from being taken by Boba Fett to Jabba the Hutt. Chewbacca and Calrissian set off to find Solo and located him in Jabba's Palace on Tatooine, where Chewbacca and his friends saved Solo and destroyed Jabba. Shortly thereafter, they fought in the Battle of Endor, where Chewbacca helped destroy the shield generator and allowed the Alliance Fleet to destroy the Death Star II. The Emperor was killed aboard the battle station, delivering a crippling blow to the Empire.

After Endor and the rise of the New Republic, Chewbacca and Solo fought to liberate Kashyyyk from the Empire. When the war finally came to a close, Chewbacca returned home to Kashyyyk with his family. After Solo's son Ben, turned to the dark side and destroyed Skywalker's new generation of Jedi, Chewbacca reunited with his old friend and the two spent many years as smugglers once more. They lost the *Millennium Falcon* and ended up smuggling aboard a ship called the *Eravana*, but they eventually found the *Falcon* and, with it, stowaways named Rey, Finn, and the droid BB-8. The droid had part of a map that led to the exiled Luke Skywalker, so the group brought the map to the Resistance that opposed the First Order, which had risen from the ashes of the Galactic Empire. Chewbacca soon fought in the assault to destroy Starkiller Base, a devastating First Order superweapon, a conflict in which Solo lost his life at the hands of his son. After the base was destroyed, Chewbacca joined Rey in traveling to the planet Ahch-To, where she found Luke Skywalker.

## Powers & Abilities

### Equipment

* **Bowcaster** - Besides the characteristic strength of his species, Chewbacca possessed exceptional skills in piloting as well as mechanic repairs, from his experience of piloting the *Millennium Falcon*, of which he had a great understanding of the temperamental nature of its systems. Although not particularly meticulous, Chewbacca's technical skill allowed him to understand the inner workings of a great number of devices, including droids and transmitters, being able to build one out of a wrecked starship.

## Relationships

Allies* Han Solo ✝ - Best Friend
* Tarfful - Ally
* Galactic Republic
	+ Yoda ✝ - Friend
	+ Ahsoka Tano
	+ Jinx
	+ O-Mer
* Rebel Alliance
	+ Mon Mothma
		- Han Solo's Strike Team
			* Luke Skywalker - Ally and Friend
			* Leia Organa - Ally and Friend
			* C-3PO
			* R2-D2
	+ Lando Calrissian - Ally turned Enemy turned Ally
	+ Nien Nunb
* Obi-Wan Kenobi ✝ - Ally
* Ewoks
	+ Wicket W. Warrick
* Resistance
	+ U.O Statura
	+ Kaydel Ko Connix
	+ Poe Dameron
	+ Rey - Friend
	+ Finn - Friend
	+ BB-8
* Maz Kanata - Girlfriend
	+ Scout Troopers
		- Commander Gree ✝
* Hutt Clan
	+ Jabba The Hutt ✝ - Enemy
	+ Bib Fortuna ✝
	+ Boba Fett
* Galactic Empire
	+ Darth Vader - Enemy
	+ Stormtroopers
		- Stormtroopers
		- Snow Troopers
		- Desert Troopers
		- Scout Troopers
		- Magma Troopers
		- Shock Troopers
		- Shadow Troopers
* First Order
	+ General Hux
	+ Captain Phasma
	+ First Order Stormtroopers
		- Stormtroopers
			* FN Corps
				+ FN-417 ✝
				+ FN-2000
				+ FN-2003 ✝
				+ FN-2198
				+ FN-2199
				+ FN-3156
				+ FN-3181
				+ FN-9330
			* HX-1072
			* JY-834
		- Megablaster Heavy Assault Troopers
		- Riot Control Stormtroopers
		- Snow Troopers
		- Flamethrower Troopers
		- TIE Pilot
* Guavian Death Gang
	+ Bala-Tik - Enemy
* Sepratists
	+ Battle Droids

## Gallery

### Movies

Chewbacca in *A New Hope*Chewbacca in *Empire Strikes Back*Chewbacca in *Return of the Jedi*Chewbacca in *Rvenge of the Sith*Chewbacca in *Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens*
### Merchandise

Chewbacca as a Hot ToyChewbacca in *Lego*
### Video Games

Chewbacca in *Star Wars Battlefront*Chewbacca in *Disney Infinity*