CHEWIE:

Height:L 2.28 m

Status: Rebel Co-Pilot, Starship Mechanic

Classification: Wookiee

Affiliation: Rebel Alliance

Weapon of Choice: Wookiee Bowcaster Blaster

    As Han Solo's partner, Chewbacca the Wookiee (or Chewie, as Solo calls him) distinguished himself as a talented pilot, starship mechanic and smuggler.   After being rescued from Imperial slavers by Solo, Chewbacca pledged a life debt to the rogue pilot and followed him to several different planets as their relationship grew and the two became close fiends and partners.  When Solo acquired the light freighter Millennium Falcon, he and Chewbacca began their successful career as intergalactic smugglers.  Chewbacca's reputation as a brawler gave him a distinct advantage in shady business negotiations, and it was he who initiated the deal to transport Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker from Tatooine to Alderaan.