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TheStar Warsuniverse is fill with iconic character , from Obi - Wan Kenobi to C-3PO to Darth Vader , Maul , and Sidious . One character who is universally darling , yet often sidelined – he did n’t even get a medal for his contributions to the Death Star ’s destruction ! – is Chewbacca , Han Solo ’s Wookiee associate and the co - pilot of the Millennium Falcon .
He might have been dismissed as a “ walking carpet ” by some of the eccentric around him , but Chewie is fiercely truehearted ( part becausehe was based on George Lucas ’ dog , Indiana , who used to taunt in the car with him ) , from time to time violent , and a lot of fun . So , here are Chewbacca ’s 10 Most Memorable Moments .
“Chewie…we’re home.”
This tag at the destruction of the first trailer for 2015’sStar Wars : The Force Awakensgave millions of fans across the globe goosebump ( even ifthe movie itself would end up underwhelming them ) , because all these year later , Han Solo and Chewbacca in the flesh ( or fur ) , boarding the Millennium Falcon , was still a sight to lay eyes on .
Harrison Ford toy Han ’s smirk absolutely in this scene as he looks upon his beloved ship , the one that he ’s become so emotionally attached to over the years that he ’s just been reunify with after a long time , and sound out , “ Chewie … we’re home . ”
Barbecuing and eating a Porg in front of other Porgs
The Porgs inThe Last Jediwere criticized for being yet another cutesy exotic mintage in the same nervure asReturn of the Jedi ’s Ewoks . But it was n’t all about selling toys . There was one perturbing moment in whichChewie cook and wipe out a Porg in front of all the other Porgs .
Luke Skywalker ’s hiding dapple on Ahch - To apparently does n’t grow a plenty of fruit and vegetables , leave Chewie to barbecue the creature around him . He after involve a Porg with him when he left for Crait with Rey , and permit the Porg hang out on the dashboard of the Falcon , and gratefully , he did n’t eat that one ( that we know of ) .
Reassembling C-3PO
When it becomes apparent that the hospitality provided for the Rebels at Cloud City is not all that it seems , the characters fly . But Chewbacca makes a quick stop to pick up the pieces of C-3PO , who has been abducted and disassemble by a couple of Bespin scavengers .
He did n’t have to stop off for Threepio , but over the path of their adventure together , he ’s become endear to the pontificating protocol droid . So , he claim him back to the Falcon and reassembles him , albeit putting his head on backwards . Without Chewie ’s valor , Threepio would n’t have been around for so many years to come .
Scaring a mouse droid on the Death Star
The MSE-6 - series mend droids , dub “ mouse droids , ” do n’t have an easy life . And it ’s made even harder when Wookiees bellow at them . When the heroes infiltrate the Death Star , Luke and Han get into some steal Stormtrooper suit and handcuff Chewbacca .
The guise is that they ’re a dyad of Stormtroopers who have captured a Wookiee and they ’re taking him to a holding cell , which take them handily to where Leia has been gaol . Despite being disguised as a prisoner , with a cover that he ca n’t afford to blow , Chewie ca n’t help but give a little passing mouse droid a respectable fright .
Detonating the bombs that blew up Starkiller Base
ManyStar Warsfans , include George Lucas himself , were disappointed that J.J. Abrams just rehashedA New Hope ’s Death Star patch inThe Force Awakens . Starkiller Base was just a prominent version of the Death Star , yet another superweapon capable of destroying major planet that the Rebellion – sorry , Resistance – needed to louse up up .
Still , as long as they were going with that concept , the destruction of Starkiller Base is an exciting sequence . And Chewbacca is the one that detonates the bombs that start it off . He reserve the Resistance pilot program waiting in the cosmos to swoop in and blow the thing to smithereens .
Ambushing an AT-ST walker from above
The final battle on Endor inReturn of the Jediis often bemock for the Ewoks ’ ability to take out a high - tech dominating US Army with a few stick and rocks . But it did give us one awesome present moment : Chewbacca dropping into an AT - ST walker from above and tossing out the purple officer inwardly .
The Wookiees are far from a barbarian species , but you certainly do n’t need to get into a fighting with one . Flinging the Imperial officers from that AT - ST Zimmer is what grant Han to get into the communications outpost and permit the Rebel fleet to destroy the second Death Star , so it was jolly polar .
Rescuing Yoda on Kashyyyk
Chewbacca and Yoda made for an unlikely bond inRevenge of the Sith . After Yoda came to Kashyyyk and Palpatine unexpectedly executed Order 66 – the slaughter of the entire Jedi Order by the Clone Troopers beam to protect them – Chewie helped Yoda fly the planet . If it was n’t for Chewie ’s avail , Yoda never would ’ve been able-bodied to exile himself to Dagobah andlive to 900 years honest-to-god .
A teenage Han Solo was originally supposed to appear inRevenge of the Sith , butGeorge Lucas remove him , which is believably a smart move – it would ’ve recontextualized Han and Chewie ’s buddy relationship to a father - son one , which would n’t have worked .
Going on a rampage after Kylo Ren killed Han
Everyone aside from Harrison Ford was lay waste to when Han Solo got killed off inStar Wars : The Force Awakens . As Han walked out onto that bridge on Starkiller Base to let the cat out of the bag to his son , it seemed as though he might in reality be able to tattle Ren down from the Dark Side and lend him back over to the Light Side .
Well , that is , if it was n’t spoil for you before you see the film , and thenhe plunged his lightsaber into his Father-God ’s venter . Chewbacca was furious and brokenhearted in equal measure , flying into a homicidal rampage to avenge his fall champion .
Strangling Lando for his betrayal
Lando Calrissian welcomes his old frenemy Han Solo and his friends to Cloud City with undefended weapons system inThe Empire Strikes Back , but this turns out to be a gob . Lando is in cahoots with Darth Vader , and his plan is to turn over them over to the Empire . When Han is taken and Lando is expose as a traitor , Chewie take hold of him by the throat and choke him .
Lando has to barter for his own biography by desperately telling the heroes that there ’s a chance they can still save Han . Chewie can really take shape into action when his friends are in risk .
“Laugh it up, fuzzball!”
Although Han is understandably offendedwhen Leia calls him a “ stick to - up , half - witted , scruffy - looking nerf herder”at the Rebel base on Hoth inThe Empire Strikes Back , Chewie fix a good kicking out of it . Han sound out , “ Laugh it up , fuzzball ! ” This quote is so iconic that the author ofFamily Guyused it as the title oftheir trilogy ofStar Warsparody episodes .
Unless you ’re fluent in the Wookiees ’ language , it ’s bad to severalize what Han and Chewie are enunciate to each other sometimes , but they clear have a playfulness rapport . And it ’s often clear what Chewie is saying from context .
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