Life Day/Legends

Life Day was the Wookiee holiday celebrated by the inhabitants of Kashyyyk.

Behind the scenes
Wookiee Life Day made its first appearance in The Star Wars Holiday Special. Chewbacca's wife Mallatobuck prepares a feast of Bantha rump, gifts are exchanged between acquaintances, candles are burned ritualistically, and Wookiees don red robes and join into groups to observe the day. Singing is involved.

Another source which gives us a view of Life Day for the Wookiees is the 1979 children's book The Wookiee Storybook. This book tells us that on this holiday, a certain fruit is sacred to the Wookiees as part of their feasting ceremonies. In the 1979 Russ Manning newspaper comic strip The Kashyyyk Depths, the regular cast of A New Hope once again returned to Kashyyyk for another Life Day celebration.

In the video game Star Wars: Galaxies, players are given the opportunity to explore more thoroughly the Wookiee holiday of Life Day. Its customs are more thoroughly explored, and the player is encouraged to celebrate the holiday around the human time of December. The official site for Star Wars: Galaxies devotes an entire page to explaining this unique feature of the game.

In the game Star Wars: Republic Commando, when you are fighting for Kashyyk, every once in a while one of the delta squad will yell out "Yee-haw! Life days for all of us!"

Appearances

 * Rebel Dawn
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * The Star Wars Holiday Special
 * The Wookiee Storybook
 * The Kashyyyk Depths
 * Star Wars: Galaxies