39 Facts About Chewbacca

Chewbacca, nicknamed "Chewie", is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise.

Chewbacca is the loyal friend and first mate of Han Solo, and serves as co-pilot on Solo's spaceship, the Millennium Falcon; together they help the Rebel Alliance defeat the Galactic Empire and restore freedom to the galaxy.

Chewbacca speaks only in his native language, Shyriiwook ; he is able to understand English, but is physically unable to speak it.

Chewbacca was named one of the "greatest sidekicks" in film history by Entertainment Weekly.

Chewbacca's voice was created by the original films' sound designer, Ben Burtt, from recordings of walruses, lions, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers, and badgers in Burtt's personal menagerie.

Chewbacca finds a dismantled C-3PO, blasted by an Imperial stormtrooper, in a junk pile, and rescues him from being melted down.

Chewbacca tries to repair him, to no avail, shortly before Vader takes Chewbacca and the others prisoner.

When Lando is able to save Leia and Chewbacca from being taken to Vader's ship, he uncuffs the Wookiee, who upon release starts strangling him for selling them out.

When Lando explains that they still have a chance to save Han, Leia has Chewbacca stop choking him.

Chewbacca carries C-3PO on his back throughout their escape to the Falcon.

When Leia hears Luke's cry for help, she has Chewbacca turn the ship around to rescue him.

In Return of the Jedi, Chewbacca pretends to be the prisoner of a bounty hunter named Boushh, who is actually Leia in disguise.

Chewbacca helps Leia, Luke and the others rescue Han and escape.

Chewbacca is not identified until Yoda says goodbye to him at the end of a scene.

Chewbacca helps in the fight between the Resistance and the First Order.

Chewbacca is seen in and around the Falcon throughout the Ahch-To scenes, where he develops a relationship with the planet's indigenous seabirds known as Porgs.

Chewbacca later helps the Resistance fight the First Order's army; he pilots the Falcon as part of a plan to distract the First Order TIE fighters.

Chewbacca appears in The Rise of Skywalker, now played solely by Suotamo.

Chewbacca accompanies Rey, Finn, Poe, and C-3PO to the planet Passana, where they search for a clue to the location of a Sith wayfinder.

Chewbacca is in reality taken to the command ship, where he is questioned about his friends' whereabouts; Rey senses his presence when the ship arrives on Kijimi, and Finn and Poe stow aboard the ship to rescue him.

Later on, after Rey abandons them on Kef-Bir, they return to the Resistance base, where Chewbacca is distraught to learn of Leia's death.

Chewbacca joins the Resistance in defeating and destroying the Sith Eternal forces.

Chewbacca is last seen receiving Han's old medal from Maz Kanata.

Chewbacca appears in the 2018 anthology film Solo: A Star Wars Story, which details his first meeting with Han.

Chewbacca first appears as a "beast" captured by Imperials on the planet Mimban, where he is held captive in a small pit.

Han, considered a "troublemaker" by the other Imperials, is thrown into the pit and chained to Chewbacca to be eaten by the Wookiee.

Chewbacca emerges and attacks Han, but stops when Han reveals he can speak Shyriiwook.

Chewbacca later helps Han and Beckett's crew on their failed mission to steal coaxium for the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate.

However, while making a choice whether to go with them or with Han, Chewbacca decides to assist Han instead, and helps him throughout the rest of the mission.

Han and Chewbacca then set off on more adventures in the Falcon.

In 2015, Marvel Comics published a five-issue miniseries titled Chewbacca written by Gerry Duggan and art by Phil Noto.

Chewbacca appears in the Han Solo Adventures trilogy of books written by Brian Daley, including Han Solo at Stars' End, Han Solo's Revenge and Han Solo and the Lost Legacy, originally published between 1979 and 1980.

Chewbacca appears in the third book of the Origami Yoda series, The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee and in some of the subsequent books of the series.

In Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Chewbacca appears briefly at the Mos Eisley spaceport as an NPC, assisting Jaden Korr in disabling the tractor beams holding both the Millennium Falcon and the Raven's Claw captive.

In Star Wars Battlefront II, Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron and Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron, Chewbacca is a playable hero on the rebels side.

Chewbacca is playable the 2015 reboot of the series, through the Death Star DLC, and its 2017 sequel.

Chewbacca is a playable character in the Lego-themed video games Lego Star Wars: The Video Game, Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.

Chewbacca is one of the few fictional characters to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 MTV Movie Awards.

The Chewbacca defense, a term derived from the "Chef Aid" episode of South Park, is a legal strategy focused on confusing the jury rather than refuting an argument.