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Chewbacca , nicknamed "Chewie", is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He is a Wookiee , a tall, hirsute, bipedal, intelligent species originating from the fictional planet of Kashyyyk . Chewbacca is the loyal friend and first mate of Han Solo , and serves as co-pilot on Solo's spaceship, the Millennium Falcon ; together they help the Rebel Alliance defeat the Galactic Empire and restore freedom to the galaxy . In the original trilogy , Chewbacca is portrayed by Peter Mayhew (Mayhew shares the role with his body double, Joonas Suotamo , in Star Wars: The Force Awakens ). Suotamo took over the role alone in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and reprised the role in Solo: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker . The character has also appeared in the series‘ non-canon ”Expanded Universe ” of television, books, comics, and video games. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewbacca ------------------------------ Star Wars  is an Ameri...

Han Solo  is a fictional character in the  Star Wars franchise . Han is a pilot from the planet  Corellia , who is depicted as the second owner of the  Millennium Falcon  after winning the ship from  Lando Calrissian  in events prior to the films. In the  original film trilogy , Han pilots the Falcon, along with his  Wookiee  co-pilot  Chewbacca , whereby both pilots became involved in the  Rebel Alliance 's struggle against the  Galactic Empire . During the course of the Star Wars narrative, Han becomes a chief figure in the Alliance and succeeding galactic governments. In the  sequel trilogy  Han is portrayed as the husband of  Princess Leia Organa  and the father of fallen  Jedi , Ben Solo, who, after falling to the  dark side  of  the Force , became  Kylo Ren .  Harrison Ford  portrayed Han in the original Star Wars trilogy as well as  the first film  in...