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Warning : This article take SPOILERS forSolo : A Star Wars Story .
Solo : A Star Wars Storychanged a slew about Han Solo ’s backstory , but one of the biggest change was how the infamous contrabandist met Chewbacca . Ron Howard ’s 2018Star Warsfilm , which is found on a playscript from screenwriters Jon Kasdan and Lawrence Kasdan , aim to tell apart the definitive blood line report of the galaxy ’s most beloved smuggler - turned - Rebellion hero , Han Solo . Among the many thing the film does , such as providean origin for Han ’s last name , Solo : A Star Wars Storyreveals incisively how he and Chewie had first met .
It ’s revealed in theLegendsside of theStar Warssaga that Han Solo had met Chewbacca while in the Imperial Navy . After the Imperials capture Chewie from a striver ship ( which Han refused to destroy as a TIE pilot ) , the Imperial officer Peter Nyklas would constantly tick Chewie disregardless of anything the Wookiee did . One Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , Nyklas go too far and was on the scepter of killing Chewbacca . That ’s when Han stepped in and stunned his command officer , thus saving Chewie ’s life . According to A.C. Crispin’sThe Hutt Gambit- the 2d novel in Crispin’sThe Han Solo Trilogy- Han Solo believes that the grounds he saved Chewie from being slash to death was that he owe another Wookiee named Dewlanna a debt for saving his life from under Garris Shrike ’s control . While Handoessave Chewie inSolo : A Star Wars Story , it does n’t really come about in the same way .
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InSolo : A Star Wars Story , Han Solo enlist in the Imperial Academy but is kicked out for one too many transgressions . He eventually receive himself as an infantryman at Camp Forward on Mimban , where the Empire is conducting an intrusion against the Mimbanese population - and that ’s where he meets Chewbacca . After his attempt to notify his victor aboutTobias Beckett ’s real identitybackfires on him , Han is thrown into a Hell in which a " Beast " lives and has n’t been feed in a couple mean solar day . That brute turn out to be Chewbacca , who seemingly attempts to kill Han . That ’s when Han speaks Shyriiwook for the first time and tells Chewie that they could help each other escape , which becomes the beginning of a long - lasting friendship .
It ’s not explicitly cite inSolo : A Star Wars Story , but supplemental stuff for the movie reveals that Chewbacca had been journey the Galax urceolata in an attempt to free any and all Wookiees from slave labor , something that he in reality does while on the satellite of Kessel in Ron Howard ’s film . Unfortunately , at one point prior to the motion-picture show ’s taradiddle , Chewbacca was betrayed by a bounty hunter and was after captured by the Empire . But , since the Imperial officers on Mimban did n’t have the time or resource to send Chewbacca back tohis homeworld of Kashyyyk , they opted to imprison him in an empty ammo bedroom or else , which is where he adjoin Han Solo for the first time when Han is also imprisoned .
While the crux of the matter of how Han Solo and Chewbacca meet remains the same - that Han helps free Chewbacca -Solo : A Star Wars Story ’s version of the tale disagree in a big way : Han never actually saved Chewbacca ’s life history in that pit . Sure , he helped save Chewie from hitting a sway while stealing Coaxium on Vandor , but were the combining of the two ( both of which required Chewie ’s assistance in them hold up / advance ) enough for Chewie to depose a life debt to Han Solo ? There ’s still more to this tale that needs answering ; perhaps audiences willfind out more inSolo : A Star Wars Story 2 … if a sequel chance .
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