Star Wars: Chewbacca (Marvel)

"He was an important character that they had sort of marked for this honor. It was Leia, Lando and now Chewy from the old cast that were getting their turns in the spotlight &mdash; and I couldn't be more delighted about helping bring this story out into the world."

- Gerry Duggan, on Lucasfilm's decision to create Star Wars: Chewbacca

Star Wars: Chewbacca is an upcoming five-issue comic book miniseries by Gerry Duggan, with art by Phil Noto. The series, set directly after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, will began on October 14, 2015. The story sees Chewbacca, the titular character, temporarily stranded on a planet during a mission for the Rebel Alliance. With the help of a friend, he comes into conflict with the Galactic Empire.

Development
Star Wars: Chewbacca was first announced in an MTV exclusive on July 10, 2015. The limited run series, which began releasing in October 2015, is written by Gerry Duggan with art by Phil Noto. Marvel Comics editor Jordan D. White offered Duggan the chance to write a series about Chewbacca, and Duggan jumped at the chance to work on the property. According to Duggan, Lucasfilm considers Chewbacca important enough to have his own solo series, following in the footsteps of Star Wars: Princess Leia and Star Wars: Lando.

One of the first things that the creative team talked about for the series was how to handle Chewbacca's dialogue, as he does not speak in Basic. Duggan told MTV that Noto has the right talent to be able to tell the story with or without dialogue from the main character. For internal Lucasfilm and Marvel use, however, Duggan did write two versions of each roar, including one in English.