{"id":513,"date":"2013-01-05T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/2013\/01\/chewbacca-facts.html"},"modified":"2025-02-16T22:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T22:38:34","slug":"chewbacca-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/chewbacca-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Cheerful Facts About Chewbacca"},"content":{"rendered":"
Is your favorite Wookiee from all of Star Wars Chewbacca?\n If so, you’re in for a treat as we’ve rounded up the top twenty most wook-tastic facts for your entertainment.\n Chewbacca was known as “Chewie” by his friends.\n He was a Wookiee from Kashyyyk.\n Mallatobuck (Also known as Malla) was the wife of Chewbacca.\n Chewie and Malla had a son called Lumpawaroo.\n In 25ABY (After the Battle of Yavin), Chewbacca died at the age of 225, in Sernpidal.\n Chewbacca was Han Solo‘s co-pilot for the Millennium Falcon – Han Solo’s ship.\n The creation of Chewbacca was inspired by George Lucas, when he saw his dog sitting up on the passenger seat of his car.\n Chewbacca was played by Peter Mayhew, who is 7’3″ tall. He was chosen to play Chewie because of his height.\n The sound effects for Chewbacca’s voice were created from a mix of recordings of walruses, lions, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers, and badgers!\n