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. At the end of the film, Chewbacca joins the other Rebels in celebrating the destruction of the Death Star and the downfall of the Empire.

Hop into the fun with a thread dedicated to Chewbacca and other Wookiee warriors and get into the battle action!Like 'Please someone else out there in the universe or Internet tell me I'm not the only one who finds this funny. In contrast, Roger Ebert in his 1997 review of the Special Edition re-release of The Empire Strikes Back declared that the character gave the worst performance of the film: "This character was thrown into the first film as window dressing, was never thought through, and as a result has been saddled with one facial expression and one mournful yelp. In France, in the original Star Wars film, his name was changed to " Chiktabba" and his nickname to " Chiko", [5] because the English name was similar to "chewing tobacco", which in French is "tabac à mâcher" or "tabac à chiquer", similar to "Chiquetabac".

The original costume was created by Stuart Freeborn and his wife Kay Freeborn, who hand-knitted the torso section. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy , external and privacy policy , external before accepting. Chewbacca’s ready for action with this costume and thanks to animated masks and authentic costumes, you can be, too! In the season 3 finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Chewbacca is captured by Trandoshan hunters, but is freed by Ahsoka Tano and agrees to help her and two younglings escape.

Chewbacca ( / tʃ uː ˈ b ɑː k ə/ choo- BAH-kə), nicknamed " Chewie", is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. The 1978 television program Star Wars Holiday Special introduced Chewbacca's family, namely his wife Mallatobuck, son Lumpawarrump, and father Attichitcuk, who is also the Chief of the Kaapauku Tribe. The comic is part of the canon developed subsequent to Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, and the end of Dark Horse Comics' publication of Star Wars comics. Now, you don’t need to worry yourself of collecting the bounty on Chewbacca or trying to talk with Chewbacca only when in the Millennium Falcon. After a series of adventures on Vandor and Kessel, Chewbacca embarks on the smuggling trade, serving as Han's co-pilot on the Millennium Falcon for the rest of Han's life.

Even though they are unsuccessful at saving the frozen Han, they make it back to the Falcon with R2-D2. He is also playable the 2015 reboot of the series, through the Death Star DLC, [25] and its 2017 sequel.The latex mask groans and our collection of Chewbacca costumes will transform you into the best sexy Chewy costume at Comic Con this year! Later on, Chewbacca and Rey set off on the Falcon to Supreme Leader Snoke's flagship, the Mega-class Star Dreadnought Supremacy, during Rey's attempt to turn Kylo Ren back to the light. Chewbacca is one of the few fictional characters to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 MTV Movie Awards.

As Rey confronts Kylo Ren, Chewbacca, who has the dagger, is captured by the Knights of Ren and taken aboard a transport to the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Steadfast. 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. He first appears as a "beast" captured by Imperials on the planet Mimban, where he is held captive in a small pit.Later, on Kessel, during an effort to retrieve more coaxium to make up for the amount lost during the previous mission, Chewbacca spots several other Wookiees being held as slaves, and manages to free them. Whether you’re meeting Chewbacca on the muddy world of Mimban or just want to take a look at our easy Halloween costumes, they make Chewbacca costumes for men and women alike. Later, he goes with the others to the forest moon of Endor on a mission to destroy the second Death Star's shield generator, and is instrumental in the mission's success by commandeering an AT-ST walker. Han, considered a "troublemaker" by the other Imperials, is thrown into the pit and chained to Chewbacca to be eaten by the Wookiee.