To settle his tab with Maz Kanata , Solo gave the pirate queen his medal, which she kept in her castle on Takodana. Whilst at the castle, Sin touched the medal as part of a test by Kanata, and revealed to the pirate that Solo had actually given her Skywalker's medal.
After Solo's death at the hands of his son Kylo Ren , Organa took the medal she gave Solo on Yavin 4 and kept it with her. During the celebrations, Kanata gifted Solo's Medal of Bravery to his former copilot, Chewbacca, telling the Wookiee that his partner would have wanted him to have it. Chewbacca's not being awarded a medal in the film was a source of discontent for many Star Wars fans.
Wookieepedia Explore. Star Wars. Clone Wars Droids Ewoks. Administrators' noticeboard IRC Discord. Tutorials Editing sandbox Things to do Status article nominations Featured article nominations Good article nominations Comprehensive article nominations. Maz giving Han's medal to Chewie on Leia's behalf communicates volumes, and would certainly be considered by Chewie to be an honor worth keeping. Furthermore, with the deaths of the entire Solo family, the medal helps give Chewie a sense of peace, as well.
His life debt to Han Solo and his subsequent family is now fulfilled. When all is said and done, the gifting of a medal to Chewbacca seems like a small moment in a film that has several seemingly larger ones. However, it's worth talking about as it shows detail and a desire to close arcs for one of the Star Wars galaxy's oldest and most beloved characters. Kevin Erdmann is one of Screen Rant's staff writers.
While Kevin is a huge Marvel fan, he also loves Batman because he's Batman and is a firm believer that Han shot first. Disney also shares a big part of his fan patronage. Kevin lives in Oregon with his wonderful wife and sinister cat who is no doubt currently plotting his demise. Simply none of the above.
It just wasn't written into the Star Wars script. It is possible that when it was first filmed, as per aerial military tradition, only the captain would receive a medal of achievement whatever medals given to people killed in action would of course be received by all.
Since Chewie is only a crewman although he clearly does most of the work , he wouldn't have received one. In short, Chewie's people don't agree with medals. He was rewarded with a party instead. The Rebel forces wanted to give Chewbacca a medal for his part in saving Princess Leia and in the destruction of the Death Star, but Wookiees don't approve of medals. So, respecting Chewbacca's wishes, they didn't give him one. They didn't want Chewie to go totally unrewarded, however.
So, after the ceremony at the Rebel base, they flew to the Wookiee planet for a celebration. As per Bmag's interview with Peter Mayhew :. Chewie, who played just as important a role, stands off to the side without a medal.
What gives? This sounds like his own theory which may be incorrect in light of some of existing answerd - but I figured given who the source is, it deserves to be posted as an answer as well.
In either the book or the comic book, there was another line that stated Chewie also got a medal, but due to his height, Leia couldn't put it around his neck, so he would get it later. That would evade the canon issue, since it adds to what's there without contradicting it, but it doesn't explain why he wasn't presented with the medal and allowed to put it on himself. On the humans it looked substantial and solid, fit to be worn around the neck. In his hand the scale was altered, and if he brought his fingers together he could conceal it entirely.
A pretty thing, hastily engraved in a stylized flower meant perhaps to recall the emblem of the Republic. He sighed a second time, tucked the award into the satchel that hung from the bandolier of bowcaster ammunition slung over his left shoulder, and leaned forward in his seat to peer out the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon In Adywan's Star Wars Revisited , a number of changes were made to correct production mistakes in the movie, revert ill-advised changes e.
Han shoots first in, the Han and Jabba scene in Mos Eisley was reverted , etc. Changes 4 and 5 under "Celebration" are related to Chewie getting a medal. Although the title of the episode suggests that Chewie's medal is non cannon, Benny's answer about it being in the novelization--in a way that doesn't contradict the movies--suggests it actually is, which ironically makes this revisited version of the movie more canonically descriptive than the official revised editions.
Plus, Han shoots first. The canon reason for it was the Wookiee race don't approve of tangible rewards like medals, so the Alliance chose to have a private celebration on Kashyyyk. George Lucas later said he did get a medal, but not during the official ceremony because Leia was simply too short, and it wasn't dignified for either party to stand on a table or kneel, respectively.
According to the Marvel Special Edition Star Wars comic from , Chewbacca did receive a medal but he was just too tall for the Princess to put it on him during the ceremony. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
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