Talk:Wookiee

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Where does this spelling come from? -- Zoe

All the official Star Wars stuff I've ever seen, including books and promotional material. This is the canonical spelling. Stormwriter

Wow, you're right. I found it at http://www.starwars.com/databank/species/wookiee/. The vast majority of the Internet is wrong in their spelling.  :-) -- Zoe

Popular Culture

Added a popular culture section; it's pretty small & quite frankly worded a bit weird. Any additions and comments on this section are welcome. -- Falmarin

The Law

Is there any documented evidence of the word "Wookiee" being used in a legal sense, or is this pure speculation? If its speculation, it should be removed.

Ibuki 20:05, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I believe it was meant as speculation, so I've removed the speculative part of that section. - UtherSRG 20:30, Mar 24, 2005 (UTC)

Taxobox

Wookiee
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata SubPhylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Hominidae Genus: Homo Species: Wookiee
Species
Wookiee

This classification table does not belong in the article. Wookiees are entirely fictional, and the usual methods of taxonomy simply cannot apply to such creatures -- unless there's some canonical Star Wars material that gives this information, which I doubt. --MIRV (talk) 21:12, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)

"classification table does not belong"? the FICTIONAL Wookiee species is cited in several start wars sources (see existing link; other are possible) ...

Wookiees are entirely fictional? yes ...

Usual methods of taxonomy simply cannot apply to such creatures? ummm no, it can be ... and has been ...

"canonical Star Wars material"? yes, several exist .... "Star Wars: The Wookiee Storybook", "Heir to the Empire", "Skywalking - The Life and Films of George" ... among other sites that gather this type of information ... JDR

I never disputed that Wookiees as a species exist within the Star Wars universe. However, it is important to remember that said universe is fictional: it is a work of imagination by many different contributors and bears only tangential relation to our universe. The taxotable, as it stands, places Wookiees within a taxonomic system developed for creatures of Earth. There is nothing within the Star Wars background material -- as far as I know -- to suggest that evolution on Kashyyyk was in any way similar to evolution on Earth. --MIRV (talk) 21:32, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I agree that SW is a work of imagination by many different contributors, though it has been under analysis with tools of the "real world" (similar to the Physics and Star Wars has). Ans yes, this places Wookiees within a taxonomic system developed for creatures of Earth.

It has everything to do the Star Wars background material and it's suggestions that evolution on Kashyyyk (or any place in the SW universe) is similar to evolution on Earth. Sinmcerely, JDR

Reddi, You do not understand what you are talking about. You do not understand what an encyclopedia is. You do not know how to work in a consensus atmosphere. Please cease editting articles until you understand better. - UtherSRG 21:48, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Show me the canonical Star Wars material that describes Wookiees as having, at some stage in their life, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, a tail extending past the anus, and bands of muscles that go around the body (all distinguishing characteristics of the Chordata, from Chordate). I bet you can't -- and you'll have to do the same for every step on the taxotable before it can be considered a worthy addition to the article. --MIRV (talk) 21:51, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Canonical Star Wars material? I cited the books / sources, you look it up ... also, look @ all the surrounding non-conical literature on them (ie., sites that have info them) ...

"I bet you can't"? you'd have lost that bet ....

Do the same for every step? ummm not really ... JDR

He'll have to do even more than that. He'll have to show that they are directly related to the primitive Hominidae that is the ancestor to all hominids. That's what the table says. - UtherSRG 21:57, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I did say "every step on the taxotable", didn't I? --MIRV (talk) 21:58, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Yes, though showing the lowest proves the higher. Besides, the table's data is incorrect: Hominidae is a family, not a genus, Primates is an order, Mammalia is a class. Vertebrata is a subphylum. - UtherSRG 22:01, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction on the labels (needed a shift up on most of them; just adjusted it) JDR

Given that in fact it's just a bloke in a not very convincing hairy-carpet suit, the taxotable is actually valid ;-) (ducks)

*laughs* Well yeah, except for the incorrect data! - UtherSRG 22:05, 10 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Well, I'm a rabid Star Wars fan, and I think the table should go down. Wookiee's evolved light-years away from humans. They're not related to any of the ancestors of humans. Putting them in the same genus implies that they're near-human, and they're not, at least not in an evolutionary sense. Furthermore, the taxodermic table really isn't useful or meaningful in any way. -LtNOWIS 23:04, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Yes... and this is an old conversation. - UtherSRG 01:04, Jan 21, 2005 (UTC)

Oops. I didn't look look at the dates. So did everyone just stop caring or what? I still think it should go down. Also, I think the spoiler warning should be moved down two paragraphs, to allow those averse to spoilers read the first half of the article. -LtNOWIS 01:12, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

By what do you mean "go down". The taxobox should not be included in the article, at least not in any format the resembles the taxobox used for non-fictional organisms. - UtherSRG 01:37, Jan 21, 2005 (UTC)

I mean it should be removed. If nobody protests, than I eventually will.-LtNOWIS 19:46, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

It's been removed from the article ages ago. - UtherSRG 22:29, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)

Nomination for Deletion

This article is entirely pointless and serves no purpose, practical or otherwise.

• Neither does saying so. but since you didn't actually nominate you can be safely ignored. SchmuckyTheCat 15:58, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

VfD

On May 9, this article was nominated for deletion. The discussion can be found at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Wookiee. The result was, naturally, keep.

Mammalians?

Um - a member of the class mammalia would be a mammal, wouldn't it? I don't think mammalian exists as a noun, just as an adjective. I then saw the whole discussion about whether you should be using these terms for fictional creatures at all. I think 'mammal' is OK, as the basic definition (hairy, live young, milk) is confirmed by the source material, although you can't go any more detailed than that. I've changed it to mammal anyway. Feel free to change it back if there is some special Star Wars reason for the use of 'mammalian'. Cheers 4u1e 08:24, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Tarfful

Tarfful, trying to get the links to redirect to Tarfful, but without and external link, how do I do this without the link being List_of_Star_Wars_Old_Republic_characters#Tarfful?

Write it like this: [[List of Star Wars Old Republic characters#Tarfful|Tarfful]] Gurko 11:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

Could someone please delete the WOOKIEE MATING section? I would believe (and hope) I'm safe in assuming that it's fake, and when I attempted to edit it, the words were not in the EDIT THIS PAGE section, as far as I could see. Could someone more experienced do this?

wookiee extinction

i remember in episode 3 that 2 droids were saying "all the wookiees are dead" only tarful and chewie are left. still how come in star wars battlefront there are wookiee warriors?71.2.38.191 11:14, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

It was the clones that said that.Darth Anzeruthi (talk) 01:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely Terrible Grammar

point made

Repeated vandalism

Has no one observed the rampant repeated vandalism by 142.222.0.0/16 ? There have been 8 vandal edits in the last 10 days. It's apparently (a) student(s) at Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology in Ontario, Canada. Someone really wants to get this idea across that someone they know is a wookiee. --Fashnek (talk) 21:22, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Wow

So after working so hard on this article, I leave, come back after half a year, and this is what I find. Amazing! Needs more improvement!Astroview120mm (talk) 06:10, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Langauge

I took out the reference to the wookiee that could speak basic. In Heir to the Empire, Leia mets a wookiee with a speech impediment that makes it easier for her to understand him, but the brackets [] placed around his dialogue indicates that he is not speaking basic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Monkeysocks2 (talk • contribs) 21:15, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Another question about spelling

Is there a reason for changing the spelling when the word is in plural? The article uses 'Wookiee' consistantly, but has both 'Wookiees' and 'Wookies.' I had edited the article so they were all spelled with double Es, but someone reverted my edits the first time.

"Tropical"

Please cite a source describing the Wookiee "beaches" as tropical -- otherwise, it's conflating that shooting location with the in-universe description. --EEMIV (talk) 00:53, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Outside the fact that it looked fairly tropical in nearly all the media it's been mentioned in? Sure, i'll look around. Doc Quintana (talk) 00:57, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Here you go. Here's another. Doc Quintana (talk) 01:03, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Starwars.com's web site describes the shooting location; it doesn't assert that the Wookiee world was intended to have tropical locales (any more than the movie suggests the Wookiee homeworld is, in fact, Thailand). Does the in-universe (i.e. Databank) entry on Kashyyyk at starwars.com use the same description for the waterfront? As for the second: Wookieepedia is not a reliable source; I didn't bother looking. --EEMIV (talk) 01:07, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

The Wookiepedia page is referenced from a Dorling Kindersley book, and the database article uses describes biomes found in tropical areas (i.e- lush jungle). This is an ipso facto. They wouldn't have filmed in Thailand if Kashyyyk weren't meant to be tropical or hot or what have you. Doc Quintana (talk) 01:31, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Your thinking epitomizes original research. As you said on my talk page: you're still pretty new to this. So, rather than interpreting things ipso facto or making other inferences, merely find a reliable third-party source that describes Kashyyyk as having tropical beaches. It's really that simple. --EEMIV (talk) 01:34, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

I might be new, but I just mentioned a source that mentions it: the book that the Wookipedia page referenced. Doc Quintana (talk) 01:38, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

And even if that source didn't exist, calling a spade a spade isn't original research. Doc Quintana (talk) 01:39, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Great. Then go to the book store, or see if Amazon has a preview -- ascertain whether the Wookieepedia citation is for the whole paragraph or just the line and, if the former, whether they paraphrased accurately. If yes, then cite it properly. Really -- it's not that hard. (And, yes, it is utterly trivial; go ahead and keep your {{disputed}} tag, but really, try also to grow a thicker skin and not sulk when someone disagrees with you.) --EEMIV (talk) 01:41, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

And i'd suggest that you don't engage in personal attacks. Doc Quintana (talk) 01:43, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

If I remember next time I'm at Barnes & Noble, I'll even take a look. --EEMIV (talk) 01:42, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Neither "tropic" nor "tropical" appear when searching Tatooine Ghost, the paperback of which (ISBN 0-345-45669-6) includes "A Forest Apart" (the story cited at the end of the paragraph in which that latter term is used) and is on Google Books. It appears only the last sentence in the Wookieepedia article -- the one about Mount Korrokrrayyo -- is cited back to that short story (that word actually does appear in the story). If you can ponder another source in the next day or two, great; otherwise, the {{disputed}} tag can come down. (Which it should anyway -- the so-called dispute isn't about accuracy, but instead specificity. But, whatever. If it gives you a modicum of happines...) --EEMIV (talk) 01:54, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

You can believe what you like. Until we can come to a consensus, it's inappropriate to bring down the disputed tag. Please do not do so, or I will report the incident. Doc Quintana (talk) 02:14, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Beach envelopment

Kashyyyk is a world enveloped in immense forests and beaches. How could any place be enveloped in a beach, for starters?--Wetman (talk) 18:06, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Chewbacca screen shot

The screenshot from the films, that one, is currently, in the article, attributed to Revenge of the Sith... but in my humble opinion it is more likely a screenshot from A New Hope... Does anybody agree with me ? In that case, shouldn't this be fixed ? Kintaro (talk) 14:17, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

It's ok, somebody fixed it... Kintaro (talk) 22:36, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

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Looking into a “citation needed” + bonus lore

The following is an unfactual passage “the Rebel Alliance, before the destruction of the first Death Star, attempted to raid the planet with Han Solo. The plan is to free the Wookiee population from enslavement. The Empire stops them. Han Solo flees in the Millennium Falcon.”

The actual occurrence of events is from the PC video game Star Wars: Empire at War. In the 5th mission of the rebel campaign. The Rebel Alliance intercepts a garbled transmission from Kashyyyk of seemingly a crusader attempting to free wookiees from Imperial prisons. Once landing a ground force to assist the hero on Kashyyyk, it turns out he is a smuggler named Han Solo, there for personal reasons, looking for a particular wookiee. After the mission is complete Han Solo calls for Chewy to start up the Falcon and make a hasty retreat, not interested in joining the rebels cause unless the pay makes it worth his while. Once the mission is complete Kashyyyk comes under rebel control, the Empire being driven off the planet. While these events do occur before the destruction of the first death star, kashyyyk must of been retaken by the Empire during the Galactic Civil War at a later date.

In the PC RTS, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, Han and Chewbacca return to Liberate Kashyyyk on there own after the destruction of the second death star. “Chewbacca And the Liberation of Kashyyyk” spans 6 missions and 1 bonus mission on how the wookiees finally freed their homeworld from Imperial tyranny. 120.16.129.198 (talk) 16:21, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

Typo? It's news to me.

Where did the name rd-d2 come from? As far as I know, there is only R2D2 or perhaps it may sometimes be written R2-D2. I searched Wikipedia for the suspect name, but couldn't find it. Also couldn't get to it via Google. Please check and replace if it is a typo. P0M (talk) 07:16, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Is Wookiee the singular and Wookiei the plural, or is it simply Wookiees?

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GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Wookiee/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: An anonymous username, not my real name (talk · contribs) 02:56, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: ThaesOfereode (talk · contribs) 00:30, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @An anonymous username, not my real name: Happy to give you a hand for May 4th, especially given your review-to-GA ratio; I like to help editors who go above and beyond to review. I'm not the biggest Star Wars nerd, but I love the series so give me a little to mill through some of this and provide some feedback. ThaesOfereode (talk) 00:30, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

@An anonymous username, not my real name: Pinging in case you missed it. ThaesOfereode (talk) 19:58, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Sorry for the lack of response. This is definitely on my radar, though I might be a little slow. — An anonymous username, not my real name 23:00, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Not a problem; just wanted to make sure you saw, that's all. ThaesOfereode (talk) 23:28, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

@An anonymous username, not my real name: Great work on this. Any issues I might still have with this, if any, certainly don't disqualify this as a Good Article. Congrats on taking on such a big cultural page. Nihil obstat ; this page is passed. ThaesOfereode (talk) 01:12, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Lede

I'll come back to the lede at the end, but to start:

• Any reason you changed the lede to read "creatures" instead of "humanoid aliens"? They are aliens, after all.

  I would actually appreciate your opinion on this. I changed it because the term isn't especially widely used within the context of Star Wars (on the Wookiee Wookieepedia page they are simply called "furry humanoids"), except perhaps in contexts relating to discrimination against non-humans. At least to me (and this may only represent my personal opinion), the term invokes more routine Earth-centric sci-fi than a space opera like Star Wars (humans as they appear in the franchise could arguably be considered "aliens" in a strict sense as they hail from Coruscant rather than Earth). It can be tricky trying to balance in-universe and real-world perspectives. I could alternatively change "creatures" to "humanoids" as something that should satisfy everyone.

• To be honest with you, I think the sky is blue on this one. They're non-Earth creatures from another planet, which is functionally the definition of "alien" in the extraterrestrial sense so I don't think it really needs to be sourced here in the traditional way; it's a lot like WP:CALC. Also I think leaning too far into the space opera nomenclature rather than boilerplate alien talk may constitute a WP:IN-U vio. All this being a long-winded way to say: I think "humanoid aliens" or similar is the right approach. ThaesOfereode (talk) 12:39, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Fair enough; I'll change it. I'm also curious about your thoughts on "Star Wars universe" vs "Star Wars franchise" (the former being what the lead originally said and the second what I changed it to during my rewrite). To me, 'universe' seems to lean into pop culture jargon (excluding cases where it's unambiguously correct, like the Marvel Cinematic Universe) and it seems like it could potentially confuse a very casual fan who's more familiar with the Star Wars galaxy. I suppose it may not make a great difference. — An anonymous username, not my real name 02:39, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

I would certainly prefer "franchise" here, especially since it distinguishes the concept from the space theme of the series. It's not the be-all-end-all but it's good to consider. ThaesOfereode (talk) 12:27, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

• Similarly, you name their planet in the lede but don't make any comments on it at all, but is it not worth describing the kind of planet they come from?

  Surprisingly, there wasn't much of a description in the body either. I added a brief description in Fictional culture and added the word "forested" to the lead (hopefully, that's a sufficient description).

• It's fine for now. I suspect there might be more to add later esp with potential sources relating to KOTOR. ThaesOfereode (talk) 12:39, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Inspiration

• Do we have any idea what kind of dog Indiana was?

  Added

• The Russian translations were off; I have fixed them accordingly and added the Russian terms in Cyrillic. I am chalking up the sourced transliteration issue to hypercorrections.
• exclaims "I think I ran over a Wookiee back there" – Not a big deal, but what is he referring to in this film? I've never seen it.

Neither have I. It's probably worth a watch someday. Unfortunately, the sources do not go into further detail.

That's fine. Not show-stopping here. ThaesOfereode (talk) 12:31, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Appearances

• Overall, this section is... unbalanced. It seems to oscillate between in-universe happenings to design structure to simple reviews of the movie.

See below. I agree that the first section did not fit well, and I'm not sure to what extent breaking it off satisfies your overall concerns. My primary intent with the section is, as the name suggests, simply record major appearances of Wookiees in Star Wars media — I feel that the in-universe and behind-the-scenes aspects are rather intrinsically linked here. Putting criticism alongside feels like the most natural choice (a separate 'Reception' section seems awkward and clunky). The holiday special probably most obviously deviates from solely focusing on the Wookiees, but they are fairly central to the plot film itself, and I thought it was reasonable to at least briefly convey how poorly it has been received. — An anonymous username, not my real name 05:02, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

This reads a lot better now. Good work. ThaesOfereode (talk) 12:32, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

• I can't help but feel all of the "Star Wars (1977)" section should belong in "Inspiration" or maybe a combined "Design" section. I think perhaps the 1977 section should focus on Chewie's first reception by critics and maybe some retrospectives, especially since this section does not match the others.

I merged them. I also combined the original trilogy films into one section because only ROTJ really had enough content to stand alone. Finding early reviews of Star Wars specifically discussing Chewbacca was a bit tricky, mainly since the film was such a novelty for its time that reviews don't seem to linger too much on specific aspects. I did find something; I'll see what you think. — An anonymous username, not my real name 05:02, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

• Soft recommendation to link the animals the call is named after.

To be clear, do you mean three other bears, a badger, a lion, a seal, and a walrus? It seems like potential OVERLINK; they are rather well-known animals. — An anonymous username, not my real name 22:09, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, it's a soft suggestion. Thought it might be an easy link for a user to go to to maybe see what a walrus sounds like, though of course there's no audio file there so feel free to disregard. ThaesOfereode (talk) 21:06, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

• created the name by "reversing the syllables of the character [sic] he called Wookie [sic]" – Just say he "flipped" the syllables and avoid the sic'ing.

 Done

• Chewbacca's first appearance as a malnourished prisoner – Is there another time? Surely not in Return of the Jedi.

Perhaps the wording was unclear. It now clearly states that this is referring to Chewbacca's first appearance in the movie Solo specifically.

Right, but if this is his first appearance, there must be at least one more. Where else is Chewie a malnourished prisoner? ThaesOfereode (talk) 12:30, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Just to be clear, my intent is to say "when Chewbacca first appears onscreen in the movie Solo, he is a malnourished prisoner", irrespective of any of his other film appearances (I don't believe he otherwise has been one). The prose now reads Chewbacca's first appearance in Solo is as a malnourished prisoner. Does this need to be clarified further? — An anonymous username, not my real name 17:28, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

No, that's much more clear now so that's fine. ThaesOfereode (talk) 21:07, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

• made his live-action debut in The Book of Boba Fett – Drifting into an in-universe perspective here. Also consider mentioning the media as a Mandalorian spin-off.

Should be better now. Mentioned spinoff status.

Looks good. ThaesOfereode (talk) 00:32, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

• extended her regards to Krrsantan's actor – I'd make it explicit that the regards are good. This seems cold from my reading, but the source indicates she was thrilled. A quote here might also be appropriate.

The wording has been changed up. Let me know how you feel about the quote I selected. — An anonymous username, not my real name 00:27, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Yep, looks great. Made a minor edit myself for flow. ThaesOfereode (talk) 00:30, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

• As an aside, why are we not calling him "Black Krrsantan"?

The SW Databank and Wookieepedia entries are simply Krrsantan. Our article is titled Black Krrsantan but it's in a pretty rough state. Of the three sources used in discussion of the character, one consistently uses Black Krrsantan and one consistently uses Krrsantan (the latter is from the official SW website for what it's worth). The one about Angie Mayhew's reaction uses Krrsantan but her quote itself uses Black Krrsantan. I really have no idea what's best. — An anonymous username, not my real name 00:27, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

No idea myself. Fine as is for now. ThaesOfereode (talk) 00:31, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

• Battle of Kashyyyk – Recommend making it explicit that this is the battle from Ep 3 since you don't explicitly call it "the Battle of Kashyyyk" (i.e., it's possible that the Battle of Kashyyyk is from one of the other things you just mentioned).

Technically the source doesn't make the connection but the sky is probably blue again. Done.

• I think the absence of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003) needs to be rectified. Like a fifth of the game takes place on Kashyyyk, Wookiee culture is explored rather in depth, and the original KOTOR is widely considered to be one of the greatest video games of all time. The betrayal of the life debt where Revan forces Zaalbar to kill Mission is certain to be mentioned somewhere.

The best sources I found were these: and . I've added a rather modest section based primarily on the former, with an additional comment on the game's legacy from here: . That last one specifically focuses on a KOTOR remake that's been in the works for quite sometime. My preference would be to not mention the remake as long as it's still stuck in development hell and we don't have an actual game to discuss. It might be best to work the betrayal part into the Culture section instead. I also plan on discussing the Wookiee taboo against claw use in combat, which is depicted in the game, among other works. — An anonymous username, not my real name 04:32, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

Fictional culture

• Can we gloss the Trandoshans as like "giant humanoid lizards" or similar?

They are now defined as "giant humanoid reptiles".

• converse with Princess Leia in Basic in Star Wars: Heir to the Empire – Can we say what kind of media this is (e.g., book)?

The source is specifically discussing a comic which is itself an adaptation of the Heir to the Empire novel series. According to the writer of the comics, Mike Baron, they are completely faithful to the writing of the original source, so I'll just attribute the info to the novels.

• The book The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy – I would say the authors' names in their book The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy say this. As an aside, what a bizarre take; Han clearly understands Chewie in a way unique throughout the series and clearly Chewie understands language. The "meta" analysis here doesn't even make sense since something being unscripted in our world doesn't make it unscripted in theirs. Strange position to take.
• even though it is readily interpreted by viewers as such – "Regularly"?

I had the chapter on a loan that's since expired, so I can't verify exactly what the source said ATM, but I do seem to recall intentionally using "readily" in the sense of "without hesitation or reluctance".

• In one version of the holiday – Where is this originally found? Like the novelization of the first movie or somewhere else?

A more detailed study of Wookiee culture, believed to be transcribed by Lucasfilm’s director of publishing Carol Wikarska Titelman from interviews with George Lucas I've changed the article to read based on interviews with George Lucas compiled in the 1970s by Carol Wikarska Titelman

• pre- and post-Disney eras – Well, Disney still owns SW so I would rephrase this.

 Done

• The book Star Wars: Complete Locations, New Edition states – Is this official lore? Can we indicate this somehow because otherwise it reads like fancruft.

Honestly, I'll just purge this paragraph. Screen Rant is one of the few entertainment sources listed at WP:RSP, but the extent of its coverage of pop culture topics seems to veer into undue weight in many cases.

• Star Wars works set after Revenge of the Sith depict the Wookiees as enslaved by the Empire – One or two prominent examples wouldn't hurt, if there are any.

Paragraph is now gone per above. I plan to offset this loss with some discussion of Wookiee customs (regarding claw use and life debt) that I mentioned earlier.

• Wookiee Jedi – Surely just "Jedi" here or "As Jedi", right? Might even be worth getting rid of the subtitle altogether tbh. Confer WP:POSA.

I agree that adding Wookiee is redundant. I feel like the separate section might be worth it, given that being a Jedi is not necessarily common in Wookiee culture and that this is more of an intersectional matter, but it's probably not too important either way. — An anonymous username, not my real name 00:38, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Cultural impact

• and that overly specific content is labelled "fancruft" and targeted for removal – I would rephrase this to say something like Wookieepedia is a place for information that is considered "fancruft" on Wikipedia. Makes it sound less complain-y.

I ended up heavily rewording this. I think going too far out of the way to use the word "fancruft" is probably leaning into navel-gazing, so I decided to not bother. It now says Greenwood contrasted its detailed coverage of the Star Wars Expanded Universe with Wikipedia's more general level of information. (To be very picky, it could be pointed out that Greenwood's exact quote lacks sufficient context to determine if he is deliberately making said contrast, but the source certainly does.) — An anonymous username, not my real name 00:20, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

I think that was a judicious choice. Good work. ThaesOfereode (talk) 13:15, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

• that C-3PO was discharged – Maybe link Military discharge here?

It couldn't hurt. It's been added.

• In 2017, on the 40th anniversary of The Dallas Morning News's 1977 review of Star Wars, the paper issued an apology for misspelling Wookiee as "Wookie" in the review. – Pertinent?

Probably not (?). It was trickier than I expected filling in the pop culture section and that was admittedly a bit forced to include.

That's probably enough for now. I'll come back after these are taken care of. If I don't think of anything, I'll dive into the source review and take a look at the lede. Let me know if you have any questions or need any clarifications. ThaesOfereode (talk) 00:42, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

I have responded to everything now. The bit about Zaalbar and Mission is described a bit differently in the source I found (I haven't personally played the game): it says that Zaalbar cannot switch sides because of the life debt, but Force Persuade is necessary to make him actually kill Mission. I'm not sure if this is an accurate description of how the gameplay works or an embellished retelling. I did end up merging the separate section about Wookiee Jedi in with the rest of the text to make separate discussions of the character Kalnecca flow more smoothly. (As a side note, Kalnecca's name is apparently misspelled in the cited source.) There might be some other things I forgot to mention. — An anonymous username, not my real name 21:34, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Okay looks great. I'll begin the source review shortly.

As for the KOTOR note, Zaalbar kills Mission if you force him to, but if you take him as a companion during the final mission, he tries to kill you and you have to defeat him in combat, so... yes, strictly true that he doesn't switch sides. I don't remember whether Force Persuade is involved, but it's been two or three years since my last playthrough so I'll trust the article here. Good integration of the game; I agree that it's probably a good idea to hold off on talking about the remake until there is a remake to talk about. ThaesOfereode (talk) 00:20, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Sources

RNG'ing sources to review based on this diff.

1. 4c: Y Checks out
2. 10: Y Checks out
3. 17b: Y Checks out
4. 19: Y Checks out
5. 28: Y Checks out
6. 30: Y Checks out
7. 34: Y Checks out
8. 40: Y Checks out

Easy enough. Good faithful contribution from solid sources. ThaesOfereode (talk) 01:08, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:29, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that the home planet of the Wookiees shown in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith was created from locations in Thailand and China?

• Source: : "Everyone’s favorite Wookiee was born on planet Kashyyyk, seen in “Revenge of the Sith” as a lush world of one endless season. The images in real life were mostly taken as plate photography near Phuket, Thailand. Some shots were digitally combined with places in Guilin, China."

• • ALT1: ... that the Wookiees in George Lucas's Star Wars franchise got their name from an unrelated film of his? Source: : "George Lucas's first film THX 1138 was released in 1971 to mixed reviews and commercial disappointment... 'I think I ran over a Wookiee back there' is an ad-libbed line from THX 1138, and was later used by Lucas as the name for Chewbacca's species."
  • ALT2: ... that George Lucas said that Star Wars should never introduce a Wookiee Jedi, even though some had already been depicted in the franchise? Source: : "Back in 2002, George Lucas nixed plans to introduce a Wookiee Jedi in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. He insisted there should never be a Wookiee Jedi – an edict that caused some problems for the Star Wars Expanded Universe, which had already introduced quite a few."
  • ALT3: ... that a Wookiee holiday first depicted in The Star Wars Holiday Special was commemorated at Disney's theme parks 44 years later? Source: : "The root of Life Day is found in The Star Wars Holiday Special... And in 2022, Life Day came to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland Resort at California and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida in the form of custom food, experiences, and merchandise starting on its original, recognized day of November 17."
  • ALT4: ... that George Lucas stated that Wookiees do not value medals to explain a scene from the first Star Wars film? Source: : "Around the same time, in an interview recorded just a few weeks after the first Star Wars movie hit theaters, Lucas explained, 'Chewbacca wasn’t given a medal because medals don’t really mean much to Wookiees. They don’t really put too much credence in them. They have different kinds of ceremonies. The Wookiee Chewbacca was in fact given a great prize and honor during a ceremony with his own people. The whole contingent from the Rebel Alliance went to Chewbacca’s people and participated in a very large celebration. It was an honor for the entire Wookiee race.'"
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ruth Reinhold
  • Comment: I might've gone overboard with the alts. I know DYK is somewhat strict about not featuring hooks based on in-universe trivia, but all of these should be sufficiently grounded in the real world (though I'll acknowledge that ALT4 may be borderline). I have no personal preference between any of these, but I would very much like one of them to be featured on May 4.

Improved to Good Article status by An anonymous username, not my real name (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

— An anonymous username, not my real name 03:58, 8 April 2026 (UTC).

• QPQ is done. Page is long enough and was GA'd recently enough. WP:EARWIG says copyvio unlikely. All the hooks check out and the sources confirm them. Personally, I would not use ALT3 since it uses a primary source. I think ALT1 is the most interesting, but I would approve of any of them except for ALT3. I definitely think this should run on May the 4th. Seems good! ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 00:08, 11 April 2026 (UTC)