Chewbacca

[jeregenest]

The boy is really, really into Star Wars lately. So to avoid building more star ships out of legos I've just spent the last hour looking at the official Star Wars site with him (he's only seen the first, and thats the real first, movie).

And I now must ask the question thats been really bothering me for a while. Why doesn't Chewbacca ever get rank in the Rebel Alliance? This is the Alliance that made Han Solo a General for Pete's sake! What type of racist organization is it that this dedicated, hard-working Wookie doesn't get rank?

Luckily for me, the boy seems to prefer the Empire....

Comments

[jonnynexus.livejournal.com]

Poor language skills?

[jeffwik.livejournal.com]

That's my guess.

JOHNNY REBEL: "Hey, Chewie! You want a commission in the Army of the New Republic? Like, a colonelcy? It comes with a stack of mp3s!"

CHEWIE: "Wargh!"

REBEL BILL: "What did he say?"

JOHNNY REBEL: "He said no."

CHEWIE: "Wargh!"

REBEL BILL: "Are you sure?"

JOHNNY REBEL: "Sure I'm sure. I'll just pocket this sack of mp3s for myself."

CHEWIE: "Wargh!"

REBEL BILL: "He doesn't seem happy."

JOHNNY REBEL: "That's a cultural thing. It's Wookiee Rage Day. He has to spend all day getting mad, or he loses his Wookiee powers."

REBEL BILL: "Wookiee powers?"

JOHNNY REBEL: "Hey, who are we to judge another's culture?"

[ivan23.livejournal.com]

When IS wookie rage day, anyway? It sounds like a fine tradition.

[editswlonghair.livejournal.com]

"Luckily for me, the boy seems to prefer the Empire...."

Ooh... That must frost Jess' fanny... ;)

[ivan23.livejournal.com]

Pfff. Rank? He doesn't even get a medal! Leaia gives DROIDS a medal, but does the Wookie get one? No he does not! THE MAN KEEPS HIM DOWN.

[jeregenest.livejournal.com]

No wonder the Wookie keeps ripping arms off of droids.

[ivan23.livejournal.com]

He is mighty, yet merciful. Pray unto the Wookie.

[jonnynexus.livejournal.com]

He didn't get a medal? Now that is racism! :)

[bluegargantua]

Medal?

Wookies don't need no steenkin medal!

And I like to think that wookies are above the petty concerns of rank. After all, no one was going to deny Chewie anything he wanted. If he wanted Admiral Akbar's pants...the Mon Calamari went pantsless. That's just how it worked. Luckily, Chewie mainly wanted a hot meal, a comfy bed, and all the hair care product he could lay hands on. Other than that, he wasn't too picky.

later
Tom