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the Star Wars Encyclopedia Chewbacca Chewbacca is supposed to be 200 years old and 2
metres tall. He is from Kashyyk. When the Empire took over Kashyyk, it
declared Wookies to be slave species. At the time a young Imperial officer
named Han Solo, at the risk of his own job,
rescued him and kept him with himself ever since. Strong, fearless, and an able pilot and
mechanic, Chewbacca the Wookiee makes a capable ally to his friends and to the
Rebel Alliance. A loyal friend to Corellian smuggler Han Solo, Chewbacca is
his co-pilot when Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan
Kenobi, and two droids come aboard the Millennium
Falcon for a fateful trip to Alderaan. Chewbacca is a key part of the rescue
plan for Princess Leia, acting as an 'alien
prisoner,' allowing Han and Luke to infiltrate Detention Block AA-23 of the Death
Star. It is also Chewie who persuades Han to go back to help Luke during
his critical attack run on the Death Star's fatal exhaust port. It is later, during the events on Bespin
that perhaps the greatest change takes place in Chewbacca. Roaring in rage as
the Imperials began to lower Han into the carbon-freeze
chamber, the Wookiee lashes out at the stormtroopers.
It is Han himself who calms his friend and ends the berserker rage. "Save your strength," Solo calls out.
"There'll be another time. The Princess. You have to take care of
her." His faith and belief in his friends
continues throughout the war. Whether he is cramped inside a ship designed for
beings much smaller than Wookiees, tied to a stake and at the mercy of the Ewoks,
or battling a legion of the Empire's best troops, Chewbacca remains confident
that he and his comrades will eventually triumph. click
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