Sunchoo

"I may be young, but I am as brave as the great hunters and I know every tree in this forest."

- Sunchoo

Sunchoo was a female Wookiee living on Kashyyyk during the Clone Wars. Stolen from her village by bounty hunter Crovan Dane, she was sold to a life of slavery in the service of a Neimoidian Trade Federation official, Gama Bankor. By 21 BBY, she was about to taken off the planet by the Neimoidian when she encountered youngling Jaylen Kos and Jedi Master Bant Eerin's Padawan during their search for Dane.

Biography
"Crovan Dane? He calls himself a bounty hunter, but he is really nothing more than a slaver. That black-hearted cur is the one who stole me from my village!"

- Sunchoo, on Crovan Dane

Sunchoo was a female Wookiee who lived before and during the Clone Wars, a galaxy-wide conflict fought between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic. At some point after her birth in 64 BBY, Sunchoo was kidnapped from her village on the Mid Rim jungle planet Kashyyyk by Crovan Dane, a bounty hunter. Sunchoo was eventually sold as a slave to Gama Bankor, a Neimoidian member of the Trade Federation. By 21 BBY, she was already in possession of Bankor and was being taken away from Kashyyyk.

Also at the Kashyyyk spaceport while Sunchoo was being taken away were Jedi Master Bant Eerin's Padawan and his youngling friend Jaylen Kos. Noticing the captive Wookiee, they confront Gama Bankor about his prisoner, and he begrudgingly let Sunchoo free. Sunchoo then aided the young Jedi pair with their search for Crovan Dane.

Personality and traits
"I am only forty-three years old, but the elders say I am mature for my age."

- Sunchoo

Sunchoo, while young, was seen by her elders as very mature for her age. She was able to be courageous, roaring defiantly into the face of one of one of Gama Bankor's IG-100 MagnaGuards, even with the possibility she might be attacked, and was even willing to turn herself in to bounty hunters if needed. Sunchoo was also loyal to Wookiee customs, making sure her Life Debt to the Padawan and his friend was paid off properly, regardless of the danger associated with their mission.

Behind the scenes
Sunchoo's only appearance to date was in The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Way of the Jedi, a 2008 Decide Your Destiny novel by Jake Forbes which was based on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film.

Alternative outcomes
Because the novel is a Decide Your Destiny book, there are several story strands in which Sunchoo appears, and the actions she takes in these strands are decided upon by the reader. This article assumes the strand in which she is featured most prominently, and any other possible ones are noted here. While Sunchoo is being taken away from Kashyyyk by Gama Bankor, Bant Eerin's Padawan and Jaylen Kos, while searching for Crovan Dane, come across a Toydarian who has information on the elusive bounty hunter. At the same time, they notice Sunchoo being taken away by Gama Bankor. The Jedi pair then has a choice to make: to confront Bankor about Sunchoo or stay with the Neimoidian, who has threatened to leave if the Jedi don't pay him immediately for his information. If they decide to ignore Sunchoo and pay the Toydarian engineer, he brings them to a cantina to meet another who is searching Dane. If they decide to confront Bankor, he will eventually reluctantly release Sunchoo. Thankful for her rescue, she joins them on their mission.

Together, the three of them travel to the Shadowlands, where Crovan Dane and his Wookiee partner Tahnchukka were loading specimens if various species&mdash;including a terentatek and a family of Wookiees&mdash;for shipment to the Trandoshan moon Akoshissss on behalf of Muun cyberneticist Bitt Panith. However, Tahnchukka smelt Sunchoo and began to seek her out. Realizing this, Sunchoo offers to turn herself in to Tahnchukka, giving the Jedi time to release the captives and arrest Dane. The reader then has to make a decision as to whether to remain hidden and let Sunchoo make a distraction, or to directly confront Dane and Tahnchukka. If the reader decides to not let Sunchoo turn herself in, the Jedi will be discovered. The two Jedi try to disarm the bounty hunter duo using the Force, but the terentatek's power of repelling the force make this attempt fail. The Jedi, not wanting to engage the two bounty hunters without the Force, run, but Dane stuns them. Sunchoo and the two Jedi later come to in an arena, on the cusp of being executed. If the reader chooses to listen to Sunchoo, she will be brought by Dane and Tahnchukka to their ship, giving the youngling and the Padawan time to release the captives. However, the bounty hunters return, and begin to fire upon the two Jedi, when Dane is eaten whole by the released terentatek. While Tahnchukka tries to kill the dangerous animal, the Jedi go to Dane's ship and release Sunchoo along with the other Wookiee prisoners. Sunchoo and the Wookiee family then bring the Jedi back to their village, where both Jedi and Wookiee celebrate their success. After the party, the two Jedi leave Kashyyyk, though Sunchoo promises to give them aid whenever they call for it.

Appearances

 * The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Way of the Jedi

Notes and references
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