Chewbacca

Warrior. Husband. Father. Best friend. These are just a few of the hats that Chewbacca wears (although, technically speaking, he doesn’t wear anything but that bandolier).

Ever since his first appearance in A New Hope, Chewbacca has captured the imagination of fans. In fact, there are very few characters who are as widely adored. Whether it’s his warm, gentle, benevolent side, his teeth-baring, arm-tearing, kickass warrior side, or both, Chewie always seems to find a way into our hearts. After all, the half-gorilla, half-family dog is kind of hard not to love.

Unfortunately, Chewie often takes a back seat in the novels, likely because it's quite difficult to write dialogue for him. However, while Chewbacca has been described as a “big walking carpet,” that doesn’t mean he deserves to get walked all over! This collection gives Chewbacca the hero treatment he deserves by placing him in the spotlight and laying out all of the must-read Chewie material the Expanded Universe has to offer.

Despite their many differences, one major theme becomes apparent through all of those stories: it’s much less “let the Wookie win,” and much more “the Wookie will win, and there’s nothing you can do about it!”