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Chewbacca
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An
immense, fur covered warrior of great strength and loyalty, Chewbacca the
Wookiee was a well known figure in both the underworld and in the Rebel
Alliance. Born on Kashyyyk over two centuries before the Battle of Yavin, Chewbacca
was a wise, sophisticated being with exceptional skills in starship piloting
and repair. For their brutish strength and technological savvy, Wookiees were
enslaved by the Empire for use as labor. For a time, Chewbacca was a slave,
toiling away for the betterment of the Empire until an impudent Imperial cadet
named Han Solo freed him.
Drummed out of
the military, Solo had few options but to return to the fringe lifestyle he
knew so well. Chewbacca swore loyalty to Han, and became his partner in crime.
The two of them became a well known smuggling duo. When they came into
ownership of the freighter Millennium Falcon, their exploits became
legendary.
Chewbacca and
Solo spent hours modifying and tinkering on their beloved Falcon,
souping it up far beyond its original performance specs. Although the Falcon's
upkeep was a labor of love, many a time Chewie unleashed his legendary temper
on the recalcitrant freighter, banging his massive furry hands against delicate
components that refused to behave.
Chewbacca
became Solo's conscience of sorts. Though the smuggler maintained a mercenary
air of bravado that refused to adhere to any ideals other than
self-preservation, Chewie was openly the more compassionate of the two. Perhaps
it was the ordeal suffered by his people at the hands of the Empire that caused
Chewie to feel this way. Although Solo steered clear of any allegiance during
the Galactic Civil War, Chewbacca definitely supported the Rebel cause, though
the two of them tried to avoid the struggle altogether.
Ironically, a
simple steerage assignment landed them in the heart of the Rebel Alliance.
Desperate for cash, Chewie and Han took on a charter of two passengers and
their droids from Tatooine to Alderaan. Little did the two smugglers realize
that their cargo consisted of a legendary Jedi Knight, the son of the
prophesied Chosen One in Jedi mythology, and a pair of droids containing
information vital to both the Empire and the Alliance. This trip inextricably
drew Chewbacca and Solo into the Rebel fold, and they continued flying missions
for the Rebellion for years after that.
Chewbacca
stood over two meters tall and had a coat of ginger-brown fur. He wore nothing,
save for a bandoleer that carried specialized ammunition for the bowcaster that
he carried, and a simple tool pouch so that he could enact the many repairs the
chronically malfunctioning Falcon required.
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