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The most famous Wookiee is Chewbacca, a companion to Han Solo.
Wookiee homeworld and natural habitat is a forest world called Kashyyyk (though some sources do contend that they are immigrants to this planet). Kashyyyk is covered with massive Wroshyr tree s ( carnivorous flora), in which the Wookiees construct their homes. Reportedly, Wookiees are descended from tree-climbing mammalians.
Adult Wookiees are tall, in excess of two meters in height, and are covered with a uniform, mid-length coat of thick hair. Young Wookiees (pups) are large at birth (averaging slightly less than one meter). Wookiees possess vicious-looking retractable claws, but a cultural code of honor prohibits using them for anything but climbing trees. Wookies who use their claws in a fight are exiled from Kashyyyk and Wookiee society. Female Wookiees have six breasts. Female Wookiees give birth to "live-born" litters and their gestation period is nearly a year long. Reportedly, Wookiees have a strong bond with the Force. The average lifespan of Wookies is around 600 years. Chewbacca was over 200 years old at the time of his death. Although they resemble the terrestrial SasquatchThis article is about Bigfoot, the cryptid. For the monster truck, see Bigfoot (truck). Bigfoot is a large creature said to inhabit the remote wilderness areas of the US (the Pacific Northwest, the Great Lakes, the Rocky Mountains, the Southern forests, t, they are intelligent, have a varied culture, and are starfaring.
Wookiees are often short-tempered. When Chewbacca complained about a move that R2-D2R2-D2 (also spelled Artoo-Detoo called R2 for short), is an astromech droid and colleague of C-3PO in the fictional Star Wars universe. R2-D2 was played by Kenny Baker in all five Star Wars films, with many scenes filmed using mechanical versions of the c had made during their inital trip to AlderaanAlderaan is a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe. It is the home of Princess Leia, Bail Organa and also, in 4000 BBY, Ulic Qel Droma who fought in The Great Sith War. Its name is thought to be derived from that of the star Aldebaran. source materi, Han Solo told C3P0 why it was not a good idea to upset a Wookiee — namely, that a Wookiee who was upset would tear a person's arms out of their sockets.
The Wookie language is ShyriiwookShyriiwook is the language of the Wookiee people in the fictional Star Wars universe. To outsiders, a Wookiee speaking Shyriiwook would be making a series of growls and grunts. While many Wookiees are able to understand Galactic Basic, the structure of th. While they are capable of understanding Basic, most of them are incapable of speaking it.
Wookiees possess a fierce style of fighting, typically eschewing standard blasters and grenades for bladed weapons and powerful bowcasters - weapons physically weaker species cannot use effectively. Despite their valiant efforts, the entire race was enslaved by the Empire in company with Trandoshan hunters (the Alliance later released them from their bondage). Chewbacca was killed while trying to save Han Solo's son, Anakin SoloThis article is about minor characters in the fictional Star Wars universe. 2-1B 2-1B (also spelled out in literature as TooOnebee is an Imperial medical droid who decided voluntarily to work for the Rebel Alliance instead. 2-1B is the droid that attached, from a villain in the post-Empire novel Vector PrimeVector Prime is the first installment of the New Jedi Order series set in the Star Wars universe. It is a science fiction novel written by R. Salvatore and published in 2000. The Galactic Empire has ended the war with the New Republic, but the galaxy is f by R.A. Salvatore. His nephew, Lowbacca, plays an important role in the Young Jedi Knights series of novels.
Other Wookies: Zaalbar, Chuundar , Attichitcuk