Speculation Will Chewbacca be in Episode VII ?

At least both deaths were better than Mara's death in Sacrifice. That one was bad. Chewie's death allowed Anakin to be the hero for a bit and give hope to the people and the Jedi Order.

Not only do I think Chewie will be in Episode VII, I'm starting to think he will be in all three movies of the new trilogy.

Wookies supposedly have a lifespan of several hundred years, so EU aside, it should be no problem for Chewie to survive another 30-50 years or so. Regardless of whether or not Luke has a child, there's an extremely high probability that one of Han and Leia's children will be among the main leads. I should think Chewbacca would keep associating with the Solo family for as long as he's alive. Even if Han and Leia both die in the first movie, Chewie could be a sidekick for their kid(s). Provides some continuity and keeps a fan-favorite character around, so why not?

Agreed, I'm really hoping of all the OT characters it's Chewie that sticks around. Clone Wars showed how he can still work as a great character independently of Han and alongside a younger female lead. Hope if we do get Solos daughter/granddaughter that he comes along for the ride.

I liked seeing Chewie in TCW. I was not bothered by that one.

Unless Chewie dies with Han (I still get the feeling Ford is gonna get his death scene he wanted decades ago) I can totally see him being a sidekick for the main protagonists. Hell, he'll probably end up having more screentime in the entire ST than Luke!

Quite so! Chewbacca was born around 200 BBY, and barring disease or death in battle (or Dovin Basal moon ), he could live to be 400 plus.

Although Chewie isn't as important to me as he obviously is to you, I wouldn't be surprised if the rumors about Mayhew signing up for the ST are true. That'd be just like LFL...jeeze, how's Leland going to explain that?

And the thing is, much as I hate to say it, they don't even really need Mayhew. Chewie's voice is fabricated and any really tall guy can wear that suit. But of course Peter should get first crack at the role if Chewie does return.

It's not like Chewbacca's dialogue would be difficult to write, or he's gonna take a lot of lines away from the main characters. A "raarghhh!" here and a couple of howls there, and we're good to go.

Any notable EU you like (TCW excluded)? I'm not baiting, just curious; you seem to be someone who hates all EU.

LFL messed with this

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and this

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Please don´t mess with this...

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Stover - the Shadows of Mindor I bought in Hardback (along with his Rot) - I picked up Shatterpoint when it became a TPB. I still have all three. Dark Lord was ok, and I read Labyrinth of Evil after buying a 'screener's copy (pre-published off Ebay) - Tatooine Ghost should have been written after Sith had been released. I've dabbled in the Legacy era and Dark Times a bit (Dark Horse) and keep an eye out for The Han Solo Adventures in thrift stores. Every other EU novel I've peek at as either left me 'meh', or laughing (Vector Prime) or (CotJ was so awful, I left it with the garbage after a few attempts to get past the horrible grammar.)

They are most likely going too.

it wouldn´t surprise me at all, but that´s why im asking please not to do that.... there´s anything left for an EU fan?

Chewie was killed because he is difficult to write.
He isn't difficult to film.

Sure, there will most likely be lots of new tie in's with the ST and the ST era thats coming.

Frankly, I have been waiting for years to correct the mistake of Vector Prime. Lets hope they get rid of this stain and get back to making good stories.

I don't know if you guys have noticed, but its been a really, really long time that we've seen the "badass bigfoot" side of Chewie. He's always been played as an ironically lovable giant teddy bear, which is all good and fun, but where's the promise of sheer badassery that we were given in ANH?

I wanna see Chewie actually beat the snot out of some henchmen. I want to see him grab two people, one with each hand, and effortlessly bash their heads together. And PLEASE OH PLEASE, let us see him snap some henchmens neck, Steven Segal style. Nothing too scary, of course, but just enough to remind us why it's so important to let the wookie win.

Mav Edit: There is already a thread discussing Chewie but since this one is several pages I'm going to go ahead and merge it with that one.

Chewie's going to be like 300 years old.

I concur with the OP.

Wookies don't age. That's just science.

Regardless, yes. I'd love to see Chewie rip off some limbs. If not on humans/aliens, then please at least on droids.

Just as long as he's scared of the vacuum cleaner droid right after

Last time we saw him he swung in on vine Tarzan-style, ripped two Imperials out of a scout-walker, and proceeded to lay waste to the Endor country-side. Pretty bad-ass behavior if you ask me.

Chewbacca is very much both a badass that will beat up some henchman and rip off droid arms when he loses a game of holo chess but hes also a big hairy lovable Wookie.