Explaining han solo and chewbacca s classic origin this is the original backstory of han, chewie and lando from before solo. This all highly depends on soloa treatment of the life debt and bonding between han and chewie. Jump inside the millennium falcon and help han and chewie as they journey across the galaxy on a simple smuggling job. In this new scene, kylo ren is attempting to probe chewbacca s mind for information about rey and the resistance following chewbacca s capture on pasana. Choose your destiny a han and chewie adventure is a fun read. Here, han and chewie can be seen chained up and seemingly in prison and this is obviously where the two fanfavourite characters were supposed to meet in a previous version of the star wars spinoff. The fact that he failed the life debt could be made to have some significance in ep 9, as by chewbacca s cultural beliefs vengeance for han may be the only option left for chewie s honor. Anakins thoughts while being burned on mustafar and turning into darth vader star wars explained duration. A star wars story dropped and gave us some great moments between han and chewie. They then decide to join the thief tobias beckett and his crew, who can free them. Solo a star wars story han meets chewie scene han solo.
Rise of skywalker gives chewbacca justice for past star. Few friendships in not only star wars, but all of popular culture are more iconic than that of han solo and chewbacca. The book was published by disneylucasfilm press and released on april 17, 2018. Felt chewbacca s joy when his best friend married the woman hed come to love like a sister.
The rise of skywalker novelization digs into chewbaccas. Theres clear allusions to legends in how it goes down han as an imperial, helping free chewie, a captive, and being on the run from the empire afterwards. A clarion call to uncounted legions of dreamers, young and old alike, waiting in what often seemed merely vain hope for thirtytwo. Celebrate peter mayhew with the best chewbacca moments. Then it happened, like a tauntaun kick to the gut, the much anticipated scene where han and chewie step aboard the millennium falcon in the force awakens, and all fans everywhere gasped in unison at the fact that they were seeing their favorite heroes again for the first time. In the han solo adventures, han, chewie, and their loyal droids the elder maintenance droid blx5 and the boxlike computer probe blue max go on a series of adventures and heists before. In the books, han and chewie first meet on an empire slave ship while lt.
Ultimately, chewie ends up spending more time saving kids than looking after himself and gets left on the planet by anakin solo the youngest of three of han and leias kids. A star wars story a few weeks away now, a new tiein book titled star wars. The star wars galaxy is filled with unsung heroes, but few have had an impact across every trilogy in the franchise like chewbacca. Choose your destiny a han and chewie adventure has recently hit the shelves. He is a hero of the rebel alliance after successfully helping in the overthrow of the empire.
But nothing is ever simple with han solo, and when things go wrong, han pretends to be jabba the hutt to save himself, chewie, and the millennium falcon. During the book, han, leia, luke, chewie and the rest of the crew are in the process of rescuing people from a planet that is about to be impacted by its own moon. Chewbacca, han solos trusted copilot and the galaxys most welltraveled wookiee, is one of the most important and ubiquitous supporting characters in all of star wars. Han and chewbacca may be two fabled flying partners in the star wars universe, but they werent always that way a new clip from solo. Move over, qira chewbacca is ready to blast this ship into hyperdrive. Jump inside the millennium falcon and help han and chewie as they journey across the galaxy on a. When luke, leia, chewbacca, and lando devised their plan to free the frozen han solo from jabbas palace on tatooine, everyone had to take a fall in some way or another. How the pairs friendship began was previously told in a 2000 comic book miniseries. He often deferred to han, but chewie is a leader in his own right. Chewbacca emerges and attacks han, but stops when han reveals he can speak shyriiwook. Ambush at corellia immerses you into the smugglertype lifestyle of former captain han solo and his wookie pal chewbacca. Within its pages, han solo and chewbacca pilot their starship, the millennium falcon, blindly into hyperspace and end up crashing into the planet earths pacific northwest.
Han and chewbacca reunite after han is freed from carbonite star wars episode vi. The beauty of these books rests in the difference between what we think the character should do and what they actually need. A star wars story would contain plenty of back story on our favorite scoundrel han solo played by alden ehrenreich, but the. Han solo and chewbacca return in a heroic new adventure set in a galaxy fa. Also because chewie looked incredibly youthful, and han looked like hed spent his summers in a tatooine sandstorm. They were supposed to take obiwan, luke, and the droids from tatooine. The story has over twenty possible outcomes, one of which will be considered canon. A star wars story shows the exact moment when chewie officially takes the copilots seat on the millennium falcon in the video featured at the top of the post, han. Top 5 moments of han solo and chewbaccas friendship.
Hes had roles in all three trilogies and played a major role in one spinoff film alongside a younger version of han, but hes also a character we dont get to spend a lot of time with on an intimate level. Well it turns out han and chewie s introduction to one another wasnt always mapped out the way we saw it unfold in the final version of the movie, as there. The first uttered in darkness, the remainder as the lights come up and we behold the weathered features of han solo standing next to his furry, lifelong companion, in the aging corridors of the millennium falcon. This moment perfectly captures all of han and chewie s friendship and the adventures they have been on throughout the years. He is a wookiee, a tall, hirsute, bipedal, intelligent species originating from the fictional planet of kashyyyk. Solo is attacked and killed by a group of native americans, and, 126 years later, his skeleton is. Disney press continues its streak of excellent tiein work for star wars with the mighty chewbacca in the forest of fear. As han and chewie stood on the outside of the ship and formally introduced themselves, han. Some parts of it were in the hutt gambit second book in a. But in a new tv spot, we get to see even more of this classic duo bonding on the millenium falcon. Chewie s anguish can be felt, but he doesnt let it stop him. Its abundantly clear how affected he is by his best friends death, and yet, when chewie returns to takadona with rey and the rest of the resistance, the film decides to shows leia embracing rey instead of chewie.
Han solos relationship with chewbacca didnt exactly start off on the right foot. When han finds himself double crossed, its up to chewie. Explaining han solo and chewbaccas classic origin ign. Their connection begins when solo boards a derelict slaving craft to find that its cargo of wookiee children had escaped and all that was left on board was a severely wounded wookiee in the. Taking place 14 years after the fall of the empire, captain solo and his sidekick chewbacca are informed by new republic intelligence agent belindi kalenda that there is an unknown situation on solos home planet of corellia. A star wars story, the two met under involuntary circumstances but began working together rather quickly. The book ends with han and chewbacca taking the badlyreassembled falcon back into space, with plans to borrow money from jabba the hutt for. Kylo ren and chewbacca lost scene revealed in the rise of. In the expanded universe books, han solo and chewie first meet on an empire slave ship while lt. With threepios distress, chewbacca was the first to figure out that something smelled funny on bespin, and it wasnt just the gas. They form an instant bond, and escape their captors.
A star wars story was a masterclass in simple character moments, and this was a perfect example. A star wars story will feature an important moment in the history of a galaxy far, far away. But when the best illegal ship rebuilder in the galaxy disappears, han and chewbacca agree to go after himafter all, the millennium falcon needs some very special repairs. Chewbacca is the loyal friend and first mate of han solo, and serves as copilot on solos spaceship, the millennium falcon. With chewie by his side, han enters with his blaster ready to shoot and shoot first any intruders to their beloved spacecraft. While han solos death was one of the saddest moments in the entire saga, it inspired chewbacca to lose his cool and start blowing up crap left and right. Chewbacca is the copilot of the millennium falcon and friend of han solo. Han solo at stars end han solo trusts no one, and does no favors. Han solos extraordinary exploits continue in this awesome trilogy.
The longliving wookiee fought as a warrior and helped end the. In the force awakens, they discover the falcon after it had been considered garbage on jakku. The book is written by origami yoda author tom angleberger, who brings his humor and wit to bear on a story from chewie s perspective. The origin and details of the debt is from the books and mostly comics. Han and chewie s deft piloting skills allows them to avoid obstacles that destroys their pursuers, and they take temporary refuge in a tunnel. In the moments after hans shocking death, chewie loses it and goes on a rampage. He saw flashes of the wookiee laughing with a much younger han solo than he himself remembers. Into the great unknown is a tenpage noncanon comic story that was written by w. Solo boards a derelict slaving craft to find that its cargo of wookiee children had escaped. The original trilogy, for han and chewie, is all an extension of a choice they made within moments of appearing in the story.
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