In Star Wars: the revenge of the Sith appears briefly one of the most loved characters not only of the original trilogy, but of the entire franchise. Too bad that his presence created a controversial plot hole in the first chapters of the saga.
In Star Wars: The Sith’s Vesselthe emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) puts i Jedi horsemen in serious difficulty. Despite some successes brought home during the Clone warsthe great army of the Republic is unable to get the better of the separatists, in particular on one of their new leaders, the General Grievous (Matthew Wood). The latter kidnaps Palpatine at the beginning of Episodio 3 and flees when Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) e Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) They rush to save the leader of the Republic.
With him in command, the Jedi must disperse for the galaxy. Even the Grand Master Yoda an assignment is self -deployed and heads on Kashyyykthe Christmas planet of the Wookiee. Include people of Chewbacca in the last chapter of the Trilogy Prequel It certainly makes the character’s struggle against the empire more personal. After all, the Republic He arrives on Kashyyyk with the intention of helping, and then throwing the mask and becoming the oppressor of the Wookiee. This does not mean that George Lucasin this case, has gone too far. Assign an important role to Chewbacca in The revenge of Sith It was not a good idea and, to follow, let’s explain why.
The revenge of the Sith, the Chewbacca cameo weakens its relationship with Han Solo
Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) will meet Han Solo (Harrison Ford) only much further in the temporal line, so his presence on Kashyyyk doesn’t make sense. Instead of relegating the short appearance of the character to a figure in the background, Lucas decides to appoint him Lieutenant of the Wookiee army and the right arm of the chief of course Tarfful. Chewbie plays a decisive role in the development of the attack plan and spends most of the time to observe the battle with Yodathere to guide the clones.
While the conflict turns to the end, Chewbacca assists the disturbance of the Forza perceived by Yoda after the fall of Anakin on the dark side. In front of him, the master Jedi extracts the Spada Laser And it makes out a couple of clones that try to kill him because of theOrder 66who activated their inhibitors. When, finally, Chewbacca and Tarfful help Yoda To escape from the planet, the three share an exciting moment, aware that the galaxy will no longer be the same.
Let’s move on to Original trilogy. Chewbacca never mentions YodaDespite Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) say openly to have left to look for him on Obi-Wan’s order. It is easy to forgive him, in this case. It may not have paid attention when Luke pronounced the name of his old friend. However, what does not go unnoticed is Han’s belief, at the beginning of A new hopethat the force is a hoax. His co-pilot has a lot of experience with the Jedi and has seen with his eyes of what they are capable. Is it possible that he never mentioned them with his friend?
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At animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars It ran chronologically between The attack of the clones e The revenge of Sith and reveals that, years before episode III, Chewbacca was captured by the tradoshani. Even Anakin’s apprentice, Ahsoka Tano, He finds himself at the mercy of the hunters, so allies with the Wookiee To find a way of escaping from the planet. Ahsoka knows the Wookiee language, lo Shyriiwookand this helps her to descend a good plan, leading to the battle against the Trandoshani, to whom Tarfful and other Wookiee also join.
With secure prisoners, everyone returns to Coruscant and Chewbacca can visit the Tempio Jedi Before returning to Kashyyyk. The appearance of the character in The Clone Wars is consistent with his cameo in the revenge of the Sithbut does not improve its position in the original trilogy. Chewbacca visited the place where the Jedi are trained, yet he lets his best friend make the figure of the fool in front of Obi-Wan and Luke. Of course, Han is stubborn: he probably wouldn’t have listened to chewbie. But the latter could at least recall it and show affection to the Jedi who helped him in the past.
