Chewbaca died!?

[Scde2]

Wait they made books that happened after the movies?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars_novels

Is this canon?

It's on the same canonical level as KOTOR, to give some perspective.

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

If you really have respect for Chewbacca, you will spell mourn properly.

I did, as I have the utmost respect for him!

Excellent. On that note, NOOOOOOOOOOOO! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbeR6uYxU50]

 

[Macheteswordgun]

For those of you who don't know, IGN recently had a countdown of their top 100 Star Wars characters. Now, I know a lot of us don't like IGN, myself included, but I wanted to check it out anyways.

Chewbaca placed number 9, and in his character synopsis one of the IGN editors wrote, and I quote, "In the end, Chewie was able to make that ultimate sacrifice, and Han was left crushed. Chewie was a great friend to all, and his absence left a huge void in Han's life. Heck, it left a huge void in our lives, and we'll never forget the day we learned Chewbacca died."

WHAT!? Chewbacca died?
What the hell? When did this happen? So I looked it up on Wookipidia, and HE DID.

In one of the extended Star Wars Universe novels, HE DIES.

And not only does he die, he dies in a FUCKING EPIC way! He sacrifices himself to save Han Solo's son, Anakin Solo, from a giant fucking moon crashing into a planet!

Thats right, Chewbaca died because he got hit by a moon.
In the end, he got a giant monument on Kashyyyk, and Han stopped talking to his son because he blamed him for Chewie's death.

Oh, Chewbacca, I will miss you.​

Now, this is officially a Chewbacca funeral thread! So, post your pictures, your flowers, your goodbyes and your other funeral-related things. Mourn him!

[HEADING=1]MOURN HIM NOW DAMMIT![/HEADING]​

Lil late to the party arent we lol and he is considered the epic wookie because it took an entire moon to kill him so hes like god to wookies

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

I love the scene, he looks up at the moon about to come crashing down on him, he raises his arms and yells at it right before it crushes him.

Imagine that. the last thing you see is a 7 foot tall teddy bear shaking his fists at a moon and going BARRRRRGGGGHHH!!!!

 

[Naheal]

Wait they made books that happened after the movies?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars_novels

Is this canon?

It's on the same canonical level as KOTOR, to give some perspective.

So, according to Lucas, not canon?

 

[Shepard's Shadow]

This isn't really news unless you didn't read the books. If anyone is interested the book is called Vector Prime it was released in 1999.

 

[RickD3487]

I had that same problem, but it turned out that all I had to do was relive the same 3 days a few times and somehow everything turned out alright.

 

[GrimTuesday]

Yeah this is old news but sad none the less. I thought you were talking about the actor.

 

[Levitas1234]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...Chuck Norris stopped shaving. Hundreds of adventures later, he was knocked unconscious by a moon crashing onto him.

He woke up millenia later on Earth, as a Texas Ranger.

Exceptional tale

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Yes, I recall hearing that he dies. It's a tragedy. I've never read any of the Expanded Universe novels, but I did recall hearing that.

 

[Scde2]

Wait they made books that happened after the movies?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars_novels

Is this canon?

It's on the same canonical level as KOTOR, to give some perspective.

So, according to Lucas, not canon?

It depends on what you believe. Some fans believe that anything that wasn't in the movies isn't canon, while others believe that the Expanded Universe is.
Lucas Licensing created some kind of canon system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars_canon
Scroll down to The Holocron.

 

[Jfswift]

Son of a .. well that sucks, but yea, at least he died in a cool way. A freaking moon.. (that is kind of lame though, why would any writer kill him off)

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

*ahem*
[For the full effect, follow the link then come back.]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO5y2O_hv3I&feature=related

I have no idea why he's playing baseball in one of these.

 

[Naheal]

Wait they made books that happened after the movies?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars_novels

Is this canon?

It's on the same canonical level as KOTOR, to give some perspective.

So, according to Lucas, not canon?

It depends on what you believe. Some fans believe that anything that wasn't in the movies isn't canon, while others believe that the Expanded Universe is.
Lucas Licensing created some kind of canon system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars_canon
Scroll down to The Holocron.

In a December 6, 2006 post, Chee suggests the existence of a second continuity composed only of the films:
"The only relevant official continuities are the current versions of the films alone, and the combined current version of the films along with whatever else we've got in the Holocron. You're never going to know what George's view of the universe beyond the films at any given time because it is constantly evolving."
On a post made on the same day, Chee stated that:
"Anything not in the current version of the films is irrelevant to Film only continuity."

In other words, if it ain't in the movies, you can bet that god (in this case, Lucas) doesn't consider it cannon. The rest of us, however can do so as we wish.

 

[Irridium]

This is why I don't pay attention to the expanded universe.

Granted Chewie did die in a completely awesome way, but still.

 

[Glamorgan]

<color=black>Noooooooooooo!
I refuse to believe this. He is not dead! Not dead, I tell you.
But, since everything after the 6th film doesn't exist, I can safely say that he is still alive, some where out there.

 

[JWW]

:'(

^
^
^
Sad face is sad for Chewbacca's death.

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

Wait, Chewbacca's a lefty?

 

[Brad Shepard]

snip

On a brighter note, C3PO is dead too.

Spoiler: and a lot of others

And Luke, his wife, his kid named after his dad, i believe one of the Solo kids is dead too... FUCK THE EXPANDID UNIVERISE!!!! At least The Fett is still alive.