- "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 — 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 a five-issue comic book miniseries[6] by Gerry Duggan, with art by Phil Noto. The series, set directly after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, began on October 14, 2015, and concluded on December 30, 2015.[4] 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.[1]
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, was 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 considered Chewbacca important enough to have his own solo series, following in the footsteps of Star Wars: Princess Leia and Star Wars: Lando.[1]
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 Galactic Basic Standard. 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.[1]
Media[]
| Color code key: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Collected (TPB) issue | Released issue | Future issue |
| Issue | Title | Publication date | Trade paperback | Hardcover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Part I[1] | October 14, 2015[4] |  Chewbacca[8] March 8, 2016[9] |
 Heroes For a New Hope[10] November 15, 2016[10] |
| 2 | Part II | October 28, 2015[11] | ||
| 3 | Part III | November 11, 2015[12] | ||
| 4 | Part IV | November 25, 2015[12] | ||
| 5 | Part V | December 30, 2015[13] |
Sources[]
SDCC 2015: Star Wars Publishing Panel Liveblog on StarWars.com (backup link)- "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 159
- Open Phil Noto's Chewbacca Sketchbook, Part 2 on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 160
- Bucket's List: "Station Theta Black" – Star Wars Resistance on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Bucket's List #1.11: "Station Theta Black" | Star Wars Resistance on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (January 12, 2019) (content now obsolete; backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Exclusive: 'Star Wars' Spins Off 'Chewbacca' Into His Own Solo Adventures by Zalben, Alex on MTV (July 10, 2015) (archived from the original on August 2, 2020)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
SDCC 2015: Chewbacca on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Star Wars: Chewbacca (Star Wars (Marvel)) on Amazon.com (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2
CHEWBACCA #1 (OF 5) on the official Previews World website (backup link)
- ↑ MARVEL COMICS December 2015 Solicitations on Newsarama.com (September 15, 2015) (archived from the original on September 19, 2015)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: Chewbacca Series Announced At Comic-Con on comicbook.com (July 10, 2015) (archived from the original on September 11, 2020)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Star Wars: Chewbacca to 0 ABY.
- ↑ Marvel Book Previews: Jan.–Apr. 2016 on images.abovethetreeline.com (archived from the original on October 11, 2017)
- ↑ Star Wars : Chewbacca on the official Edelweiss website (backup link)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars: Heroes For a New Hope on Amazon.com (backup link)
- ↑ CHEWBACCA #2 (OF 5) on the official Previews World website (backup link)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 MARVEL COMICS November 2015 Solicitations on www.newsarama.com (archived from the original on May 13, 2020)
- ↑ CHEWBACCA #5 (OF 5) on the official Previews World website (backup link)
