Mallatobuck/Legends

"I know we'll be together again. It's just a matter of time."

- Mallatobuck

Mallatobuck, also known as Malla, was a female Wookiee from Kashyyyk. She was the wife of Chewbacca, and mother of their son Lumpawaroo. Malla had a brother named Vargi.

First acquaintance
Malla first met Chewbacca on Kashyyyk when they were adolescents. She saw him for the first time as he made what she referred to as "&hellip;a reckless, show-off jump from a Wroshyr tree, made over a needlessly long distance, flirting with death, and an utterly childish thing to do". Chewbacca's jump was quite impressive, and right then at that moment she knew Chewbacca had to be hers. Their first acquaintance was followed by a traditional courtship, and actually some of the flirtation did not go so well. Later on, they were caught by Trandoshan slavers, but Chewbacca confronted these slavers, pulling a few arms off along the way. However, after these events they maintained only a close friendship.

Romantic relationship
Chewbacca was later enslaved by the Galactic Empire and only after his rescue by Han Solo and his return, his relationship with Malla became more romanticaly involved. When Chewbacca finally decided he wanted to marry Malla, an albino Wookiee named Tojjevvuk also wanted her for himself. Chewbacca killed Tojjevvuk, and his clan placed a death mark on Chewbacca. Mallatobuck and Chewbacca did not finally marry until Tojjevvuk's father called off the death mark.

A mother and a wife


Eventually Malla and Chewbacca had a son named Lumpawarrump. However, Malla did not see much of her husband, due to the life debt he had to Han Solo. Despite this, Chewbacca returned once per year (with Han's blessing) to celebrate Life Day with Malla and their son. She constantly worried about her son's growing desire to be like his father during the New Republic's early years. Because of this, Malla considered letting Lumpy stay with the Solos on Coruscant. During a trip to Coruscant with his father, Lumpawarrump was captured while trying to capture thieves that broke into the Solos' apartment. Lumpawarrump became captured and in the process of saving him, Malla was also captured. Shortly afterwards, Chewbacca and Lumpawarrump discovered that the burglars were planning to assassinate the New Republic's leaders. Determined to stop them, Chewie and his son infiltrated the enemies' base to find an advanced IT-3 interrogation droid attempting to brainwash Malla into believing that the Solos were a danger to her child. Enraged, Chewbacca attacked the burglars and freed Mallatobuck. After the incident, Malla decided that Lumpy would be safer on Kashyyyk. While in mourning after Chewbacca's death, Malla agreed to allow Lumpawaroo to assume his father's life debt to Han Solo.

Malla enjoyed cooking, and was known for her meal of bantha surprise, and her famous Wookiee-ookiees.

Behind the scenes



 * In The Star Wars Holiday Special, Malla was played by Mickey Morton.
 * One of Malla's notable appearances is in the comic series Chewbacca, where she is the narrator for the first episode. She tells the story of how she and Chewbacca met and functions as a means to portray the grief over Chewbacca's death.
 * Both Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary and Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary misspell the character's name as "Mala".

Appearances

 * The Hutt Gambit
 * Rebel Dawn
 * The Wookiee Storybook
 * The Star Wars Holiday Special
 * Marvel Star Wars 91: Wookiee World
 * A Forest Apart
 * Tyrant's Test
 * Chewbacca
 * Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
 * The Unifying Force