Talk:Wookiee/Legends

Vehicles?
do the wookiee's have any vehicle's??? i heard that they used helicopter like vehicles... --Hexhunter 19:24, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, I believe they use some sort of flying catamaran in Episode III. -- Riffsyphon1024 19:26, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * That's kind of like asking "Does Earth have life?". The wookiees have many vehicles.

Hawaiian?
Can anyone confirm the rumor that "Wookiee" is based on the Hawaiian word for "very hairy person?" JimRaynor55 09:09, 21 Aug 2005 (UTC)

I've never heard that one. I'll look it up. Admrial Warrior 23:38, 15 December 2007 (UTC)Starwarrior555

Name
Here is a off the wall Question for someone to answer, my friend and I are wondering way they are called Wookiees and not Kashyyykians (I know Chewie was created by GL after he looked at his dog Indy) but the Kaminoan come from Kamino, Coruscanti's come from Coruscant ect. any thoughts as to my the planet is not called something like "Wooki" or the race is called Kashyyykians? or are they called Kashyyykians and Wookiee is easier for Humans in the SW Universe to say?
 * Probably for historical reasons like the reasons people from the Netherlands are called Dutch, or Humans come from Earth.  &mdash; Silly Dan 21:45, 4 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Well what about the Neimoidi&mdash;no wait...Manda&mdash;no that doesn't work either...um...Twi'leks! They're from Ryloth. MarcK 21:53, 4 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * And Quarren are from Dac, Zabrak are from Iridonia, Kurtzen are from Bakura, Herglics are from Giju, Ewoks are from the Forest Moon of Endor . . . jSarek 02:18, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * . . . Bith are from Clak'dor VII, Givin are from Yag'Dhul, Squibs are from Skor II, Baragwin are from nowhere in particular. . . 8) &mdash; Silly Dan  02:35, 5 Oct 2005 (UTC)

....Vippits are from Nal Hutta, the Mandalorians are from Coruscant, the Killiks are from Alderaan, the Ssi-Ruuk are from Lwhekk, the Myneyrshi are from Wayland.... Hell, I could go on forever. Θ 20:18, 30 Nov 2005 (UTC) i assumed it was because they were smart enough to name there species before an alein race came in and named them and there planet for them
 * The real reason why its not "Kashyyykians" is because it would be hard as hell to pronounce. -- Riffsyphon1024 20:20, 30 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Works for me! :-) White bishop 20:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Madclaws
The Madclaw reference is strictly from the Knights of the Old Republic (Video Game), however other aspects of Wookiee history found witin KOTOR is not in the article itself. Yet the Czerka Corporation reference is here, which I believe to be from KOTOR only. -Arono
 * Right. We should've added both KOTOR games to the appearance section before.  &mdash; Silly Dan  04:43, 31 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Vocal Structure
I was under the impression that Wookiees can, in fact, speak Basic. I seem to recall a Wookiee speaking Basic to Leia when she hides from the Noghri, I think that must be somewhere in the Thrawn trilogy. Can anyone confirm if this is true? DanRiley 11:43, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC) It is pretty funny a wookie with a speech impediment. Maybe he is the only one without a speech impediment --Dumac 03:02, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * That one had a speech impediment. QuentinGeorge 11:49, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Aaah, I see then. Thanks for clearing that up :) DanRiley 12:00, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Kind of ironic, innit, that a Wookiee with a speech impediment learns how to speak Basic? But, yeah, it's true that there's a wookiee that speaks basic, and its name is Ralrra I think KEJ 12:14, 23 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, that Wookiee doesnt speak Basic. It's his speech impediment that makes Leia able to understand his Wookiee growling. --Imp 13:50, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * If you reread [i]Heir to the Empire[/i], you will note, as Imp said, that Leia has a hard time understanding Chewie's [i]Shrywook[/i],(sp) and upon meeting Ralraa beleives Chewie has a speech impediment because Ralraa's Shrywook(sp) was much easier to understand. I'm going to fix it once and for all, now. I would rather not have to quote [i]Heir[/i] to prove my point, so please do not change it back. Thankyou. PsychoInfiltrator 03:05, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Hmmmmmmmm.......thats like the Wookiee in the book Rebel Dawn. I don't remember her name though.Admrial Warrior 23:35, 15 December 2007 (UTC)Starwarrior555

oh wait that was Ralraa. Admrial Warrior 23:41, 15 December 2007 (UTC)Starwarrior555

Wookiee Jedi and SWG
"George Lucas has decreed that there can be no more Wookiee Jedi in the Expanded Universe." I have not played the game in well over a year but I'm pretty sure that Star Wars Galaxies has the jedi profession open to Wookiees. Is S-Canon considered Expanded Universe? If so Sony Online Entertainment may have a problem... Perhaps he thinks its being over-used. They should only be really really rare like one every 1000 years. --Dumac 03:03, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * It's probably not a concern, unless they want to add Wookiee Jedi NPCs. &mdash; Silly Dan 01:16, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

That's right, but he never said anything about Sith....... Admrial Warrior 23:32, 15 December 2007 (UTC)Starwarrior555

Why no Wookie Jedi?
Why no more Wookie Jedi? Not that I'm particularly dying to see them in that vocation, but it seems like a pretty arbitrary decree. Do the lightsabers singe their fur? Is giving a Wookie a lightsaber redundant, like giving a tiger a machine gun? That would be pretty cool too, come to think of it.
 * Horororibb, Kirlocca, Lowbacca, and Tyvokka are all Wookiee Jedi. We also have Warkin who's been given a gift by the dark side, though he's not Force-sensitive himself. &mdash;Jaymach Ral'Tir (talk) 00:50, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Where did GL state that no more Wookiee Jedi can appear? Duke Starhopper 00:08, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't remember, but I know he did somewhere. --Ryluk Shouja 10:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Sources/Appearance listing
Do we want every single source with Chewie in it to be listed here, or should we follow what was suggested in Talk:Cyborg and just go with the so-called "major" appearances and sources? (I tried to discuss this in Wookieepedia talk: Layout Guide a while back, but no one responded.) &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 05:18, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

I think we should just have the major sources with Chewie listed. Otherwise the sources list will go on forever. --Ryluk Shouja 10:58, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Evolution
I've been wondering about Wookiee evolution. So far, all I can think is that they are descended from sloth-like creatures. Any thoughts? --Andrettin 17:09, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * They're often described as apelike or "anthropoids" as I recall, so their ancestors are probably some sort of primates (or primate-like creatures who evolved in parallel to the primates of wherever it is Humans came from. 8) ) &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 21:52, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

First Appearance
On the appearance list, it says the first appearance is in Ep. IV. Are we basing it on the year or the Episode?
 * On the year the story, game, or reference book was released, not the in-universe chronology. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 20:48, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Infobox Image
Can we get a body shot of a single Wookiee to match precedent, please? --Thetoastman 00:34, 3 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I was thinking that a single wookiee image for the infobox might be better than this image? (put this image in the body of the text). For example an image of Chewbacca? - see below. Just wanted to see what people thought! -- Volemlock 09:55, 3 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I like the current 3 Wookiee image. It shows the different look and colors of Wookiees. -Fnlayson 19:22, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I have to agree with Finlayson. Chewbacca is well known enough. We don't need to make him the focal point of the wookiee article. This image shows the diversity of looks among wookiees. Leave it as is. - JMAS 01:55, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Table tags?
What's up with all the table tags? 70.177.68.209 02:41, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Are there any Wookiee Sith?
Until I found Wookieepedia, I NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THE EXPANDED UNIVERSE! Embarrassing, huh? So having only gained knowledge of that galaxy far, far, away from the movies and Wookieepedia, I ask,"Are there any Wookiee Sith?"
 * Apparently, there were plans to make Hanharr a Wookiee Dark Jedi, but that's the closest to a Wookiee Sith I'm aware of. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 02:56, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
 * There's Furellas, who's a Dark Side Marauder. I think that's the closest. Yrfeloran 05:28, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Text question
"At the advice of the Trandoshans (and possibly influenced by Yoda's escape and subsequent battle with Emperor Palpatine) the Empire enslaved the Wookiees for their strength."

Would anyone mind if I removed the part in parentheses. I don't see how Yoda fighting Palpatine would be a factor in enslaving Kashyyyk. - Angel Blue 451


 * The idea, I think, is that Palpatine was punishing the Wookiees for helping Yoda escape Order 66. For my part, I have no opinion as to whether the parenthetical clause stays or goes; anyone else care?

Female Wookiees
any known pics of female wookiees... i cant say ive ever seen one....
 * See Mallatobuck. Adamwankenobi 22:39, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Action Figure???

 * I purchased a Wookiee figure a couple of years ago. It was the Sneak Peak Wookiee figure. Does anyone know what his name is??? thanks!!!  Quinlanfan 23:11, 8 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I think I have the same one and his name is Salporin look him up maybe he is your man.....wookiee. -user:Jonbacca

It's time for quotes!
Canderous's quote makes the Wookiees sound like a Full-Blown Warrior race. While I agree that they are warriors, that isn't all-encompassing and it's used in the wrong context.--Vladius Magnum(Clan Magnum)

Shaved Wookiee
Yubookoo--Somebody should stick this image in "Description" somewhere, since it's the only picture I know of that shows what a Wookiee physique looks like with the hair cut down to stubble.--Valin Kenobi 02:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Home Planet
How come the wookie's homeworld is listed as "Unknown"? In the The New Essential Guide to Alien Species, their homeworld is listed as Kashyyyk, not "Unknown." So shouldn't we remove the "Unknown" from their planet of origin? White bishop 19:28, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * If someone could remind us which obscure source it was which explained Wookiees weren't from Kashyyyk, but were transplanted there in the distant past, that would be great. Maybe it could be put in BtS as well, just for clarification's sake. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 23:08, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I just looked in the original The Essential Guide to Alien Species and in there it also lists the Wookiees' planet of origin as Kashyyyk. So unless someone can provide info that they did not originate on Kashyyyk fairly soon, I believe that their homeworld should be changed from "unknown" and listed as Kashyyyk.
 * In The Wookiee Storybook, Attichitcuk tells Lumpawarrump the story of how long ago, the Wookiees moved from their homeworld to Kashyyyk. Adamwankenobi 23:13, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay but is this book considered canon? Because I spent the weekend looking into this and several sources that are canon list their homeworld as Kashyyyk.  Such as the Star Wars Encyclopedia, and the main book of Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game and even the D20 main book of Star Wars Roleplaying Game lists their homeworld as being Kashyyyk.  I just don't buy that they are not native to Kashyyyk because all these reputable sources list their homeworld as being Kashyyyk, and the only counter arguement is the one book that says it's not their homeworld.  White bishop 17:14, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Notice that all of the sources you list are reference works based off of primary sources. The Wookiee Storybook is a primary source, therefore it is the reference books and the RPG that made the mistake. Adamwankenobi 17:23, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * He answered my question before I could ask it. 8) &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 23:15, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Would that be after Rakatan technology created the planet-wide forest?-- Lord Oblivion Sith holocron[[Image:Oldsith.png|30px]] 23:19, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I have no clue. The book doesn't specify when. :P Adamwankenobi 23:21, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't remember if KOTOR identifies them a one of the Infinite Empire's slave species or not. We would probably have it in the article if they were.-- Lord Oblivion Sith holocron[[Image:Oldsith.png|30px]] 23:25, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * In the Wookiee Storybook, is it just Attichitcuk who states the Wookiees moved to Kashyyyk? If so, it could be considered to be his misinformed point-of-view, and not an accurate history of the species - \\Captain Kwenn// &mdash; Ahoy! 18:16, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It seems to me, that if only one single source claims Kashyyyk is not the Wookiee homeworld, yet many other canon sources, including EGAS, NEGAS, SW Encyclopedia AND the SW.com databank entry say Kashyyyk is the wookiee homeworld, then the majority rules and the single contradictory source is incorrect. - JMAS 18:19, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Gotta say I agree with you. There is an overwhelming mountain of G and C canon sources that say the Wookies orignated on Kashyyyk, and only one book that says they don't.  So as far as I'm concerned, the rest of you can wave this piddly little children's book around all you want.  The cover art doesn't even look like Wookies, but more like a mutated version of the Berinstein Bears.  The rest of you say what you want to say, but their homeworld is Kashyyyk, NOT unknown, get over it and DEAL with it! White bishop 18:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC) (sorry, forgot to sign this)
 * The Wookiee Storybook came first. Since all of these sources are on an equal level of canonicity, it would be everything but The Wookiee Storybook which are in error. The authors simply weren't aware of the information in the storybook, I suppose. Adamwankenobi 13:43, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, we take newer sources as higher canon in the case of a contradiction. We have to assume that subsequent references are retcons to the original statement. And besides, as I said above, since it's a character stating this, the information is purely subjective anyway, whereas most reference books are objective sources - \\Captain Kwenn// &mdash; Ahoy! 17:23, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, I really don't agree with you, but I'm gonna stop arguing with you. I just read some of my earlier posts and saw that I was starting to sound like a real jerk.  So I will respect your opinions, and let bygones be bygones.  But in closing, you certainly do know your obscure sources! White bishop 19:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

No More Wookiee Jedi?
Under the Behind the Scenes heading, it states that George Lucas has decreed that there can be no more Wookiee Jedi in the EU. Does anyone know when he said that, and why? - JMAS 18:56, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I want to say it's because if there were any Wookiee Jedi, they would have been defending Kashyyyk. Still, it does need a source, so I slapped a tag on it. -- Ozzel 20:26, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Not necessarily. Jedi didn't just defend their home planet.  They went where they were assigned, usually.  If there was a Wookiee Jedi or five during the Clone Wars, and he or she was already fighting elsewhere, he wouldn't abandon that place just to defend Kashyyyk.  Jedi normally think of themselves as Jedi first, and members of their species second.  At least, they're supposed to. Wookiee Jedi 13:22, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Infobox image
The Infobox image has been changed between the 3 images for the last couple week or so. I'm OK with the current 3 wookie image in the Infobox. I suggest we vote on an changes to the current image. -Fnlayson 20:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Guilty. I'm the one who changed it. I just feel that if a good quality "live" image is available, it should be used as is the infobox image before a NEGAS image. - JMAS 20:32, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * There were others. Also, the NEGAS is a very long image.  We should get a consensus for future changes in my opinion. -Fnlayson 21:08, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

GAAAH! or URRRR!?
What is a Wookiee roar or vocalization supposed to sound like? 64.12.117.10 15:51, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It varies. Depends on what they are saying. -Fnlayson 15:55, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I personally like - GGRRRrraaaaauhhrr!! 18:50, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Wookiee Average Height
According to the New Essential Guide to Alien Species by Lewis and Keier, the average height of Wookiees is 2.3 meters. Wookiee Jedi 01:07, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
 * FWIW, Ultimate Alien Anthology says average is "between 2 and 2.3 meters tall." Enochf 01:08, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
 * And now I look at it, the databank at www.starwars.com has it at 2.1 meters. I wonder if the real average height is 2 to 2.3 meters. Wookiee Jedi 01:17, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Leave 'Notable Wookiees' alone
The previous category link has been dealt with, now don't touch this. Inigo Montoya 06:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * There already is a list in the infobox at the top. --  Riffsyphon  1024 06:41, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * And you may notice this article can extend much further, and more ino can only help others have a greater knowledge. To name a couple Jawas and Tusken Raiders have the same 'Notable' section. I'm not telling you this so you can delete those as well, understand. I believe it's right to have this section. Inigo Montoya 07:05, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * But the trouble is identifying which are notable and which are not. --  Riffsyphon  1024 07:16, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
 * In all fairness the same can be said for the infobox: ie Kirlocca. I think they can co-exist, no harm. Inigo Montoya 07:29, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Speech...
I remember once reading a comic in which a Wookiee is depicted as being capable of speaking basic, except with elongated 'r's. Unfortunately, I can't remember the damn name of the comic. So I would appreciate it if someone could help...Unit 8311 14:10, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * That may have been Ralrracheen. In the novel Heir to the Empire, his "speech impediment" makes his Wookiee speech easier for humans to understand.  However, in the novel, he's still speaking a Wookiee language.  Perhaps he was depicted as speaking Basic in the comic adaptation? &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 23:08, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know the comics, but odds are that it was Ralrra. He's the only Wookiee I know of with a speech impediment.--Ryluk Shouja(Bounty Hunters Guild)07:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I think that was it. It was definitely the comic. Unit 8311 16:49, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Wookie weapons
If wookiees have primitive weapons, how did theys get bowcasters?
 * I think a bowcaster is a bit primative compared to a blaster. They have good mechanical skills and all.  Bowcasters among others are traditional Wookiee weapons.  -Fnlayson 20:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Bowcasters would definitly be primitive compared to blasters. It doesn't stop the fact that Wookiees are awesome!

Are there any Wookie Sith?
That would be interesting, though I don't think that any wookie could be evil enough for a sith.