Chewbacca's Timeline | Star Wars Guide

Chewbacca (Chewie) was born in 200 BBY.

Chewbacca, affectionately called Chewie, was a Wookiee warrior, smuggler, mechanic, pilot, and resistance fighter from the forest planet Kashyyyk. Renowned for his loyalty, strength, and skill as a co-pilot, he fought across generations of galactic conflict — the Clone Wars, the Galactic Civil War, and the war between the First Order and the Resistance. During the Clone Wars he was captured by Trandoshan slavers and imprisoned on Wasskah, escaping with the aid of fellow captive Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano, and later helped defend his homeworld and cover Jedi Grand Master Yoda's escape during the Battle of Kashyyyk. He is best known as the lifelong companion and co-pilot of Han Solo aboard the Millennium Falcon, a partnership that began around a decade before the Battle of Yavin. Bound to Han by a Wookiee life debt, Chewbacca became a central figure of the Rebel Alliance, fighting at battles such as Yavin, Hoth, and Endor, and continued to serve the New Republic and later the Resistance, standing beside a new generation of heroes into the war against the First Order.

Homeworld: Kashyyyk

Species: Wookie

Force Sensitive: No

200 BBY - Birth on Kashyyyk

Chewbacca is born on the forest world of Kashyyyk, homeworld of the Wookiee people.

~21 BBY - Captured by Trandoshan Slavers

During the Clone Wars, Chewbacca is captured by Trandoshan slavers and taken to the moon Wasskah to be hunted for sport.

~21 BBY - Escape from Wasskah with Ahsoka Tano

Working alongside fellow captive Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano and a group of younglings, Chewbacca helps organize a resistance and escapes the Trandoshans' hunting grounds.

19 BBY - Battle of Kashyyyk

Chewbacca and Chieftain Tarfful lead Wookiee forces defending Kashyyyk alongside the Grand Army of the Republic under Jedi General Yoda. When Order 66 is issued, the two Wookiees help Yoda escape the planet and the destruction of the Jedi Order.

~10 BBY - Meeting Han Solo

Imprisoned by the Empire, Chewbacca meets Han Solo on Mimban, and the two escape together, beginning a lifelong friendship. He takes part in the Kessel heist aboard the Millennium Falcon.

0 BBY - The Battle of Yavin

Chewbacca and Han take on a charter from Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker, becoming entangled in the Rebellion and aiding in the rescue of Princess Leia and the destruction of the Death Star.

3 ABY - The Battle of Hoth and Bespin

Fleeing the Empire, Chewbacca flies the Falcon to Cloud City, where he fights Imperial forces and helps rescue the frozen, carbonite-encased Han Solo's companions after Han is captured by Boba Fett.

4 ABY - Rescue of Han Solo and the Battle of Endor

Chewbacca helps free Han from Jabba the Hutt and joins the strike team on the forest moon of Endor, contributing to the destruction of the second Death Star.

34 ABY - The Hunt for Luke and the Death of Han Solo

Reunited with the Millennium Falcon, Chewbacca aids the Resistance against the First Order and is present when Han is killed by his son, Ben Solo (Kylo Ren), on Starkiller Base.

34 ABY - The Battle of Crait

Chewbacca continues to fly the Falcon and support the dwindling Resistance during its escape and stand at Crait.

35 ABY - The Battle of Exegol

Chewbacca fights in the final campaign against the resurrected Emperor Palpatine and the Sith Eternal, surviving the war as one of the Resistance's most enduring heroes.

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