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More Chewbacca! 20 Jul, 2001 / Comments: 2

By DJG


I never thought I'd see the day when there'd be four Chewbacca-Related news posts in four days. This is a snippit from Wednesday's StarWars.Com Classic. It tells the epic tale of the origins behind everybody's favorite wookie. Actually, it's not really epic, and probably not quite a tale, but read it anyway!

"My dog Indiana used to ride on the front seat of my car. He was a big dog, and when he sat there, he was bigger than a person, so I had this image in my mind of this huge furry animal riding with me. That's where the inspiration for Chewbacca came from."


George Lucas
Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays



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  • John Walker on 21 Jul, 2001, 15:44…
    This is news?? I thought everyone knew this?? And his face is half way between a dog and a cat, and he named it after his dog. And Indiana Jones was named after someone elses dog (which they then incorporated into the Last Crusade). Hmmmm! This is why there's a weird debate in LA adventure games about cats and dogs... you never noticed this?? Read my guide: I'm sure I explained a bit about it there: http://lastcrusade.mixnmojo.com Indy Last Crusaude = "Why would anyone want a cat over a dog?" Full Throttle = Big debate during the end credits over which is best (it seems that the general feeling over at LA has changed over the years!)
  • matt k. on 20 Jul, 2001, 21:59…
    Wow... he was inspired while he was on the road with his furry little friend - and his dog.