Star Wars: Chewbacca

Star Wars: Chewbacca

When the Star Wars galaxy's greatest Wookiee met his heroic end in the New Jedi Order novel Vector Prime, shock waves ran through the ranks of Star Wars devotees everywhere. And now Dark Horse presents a commemorative collection detailing, for the first time ever, the history of the mighty Chewbacca! Written by longtime Star Wars writer Darko Macan, Chewbacca features a series of tales narrated by the characters who knew him best—including Lando Calrissian, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker—that reveal special glimpses not only of Chewbacca's heroic history, but of the mysterious and fascinating culture of his noble species. Don't miss the opportunity to say goodbye and farewell to this beloved character!
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Roz@irasobrietate
1 star
Mar 27, 2022

The premise of this comic is that R2 and 3PO are going around interviewing everyone who had been close to/knew Chewie and putting together a memorial for him. So each story is reflecting on who Chewie was, the values that were important to him, how he interacted with the people around him, etc. Which is a great concept. But it was executed so very poorly. First off, the choice of who's telling these stories? Leaves something to be desired. None of the Solo kids contribute, but some random slaver named Ssoh does? Mala Mala has a story but neither Chewie's son nor his nephew do? I would have wanted to see more from characters who knew and loved Chewie, rather than random guys off the street. And even when there are characters close to Chewie, like Luke and Leia, their story SUCKS. The idea that Leia would be so jealous of Chewie as to secretly wish he was dead/gone at some points is so ludicrous as to make my head explode. I was kind of okay with the series up to that point, not least because there was still time to include the characters I wanted to see, but that story just tanked everything else for me. I wanted to like this so much but it was just so very very awful.