10 Crazy In-Universe Rules Star Wars Characters Must Follow

10. The Wookiees' Life Debt

If a person's life is owed to another, they can pledge to protect their saviour for the rest of their life. This custom, known as a life debt, is common amongst many cultures in the Star Wars universe. Jar Jar Binks owed a life debt to Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi after they rescued him in The Phantom Menace. Chewbacca vowed to protect Han Solo after he came to the Wookiee's aid.

As understandable as this decree is, Wookiees take it to a radical extreme. The hairy creatures from Kashyyyk are so willing to honour the custom, it's not rare for the recipient of the life debt to turn the Wookiee into a slave.

Even if the Wookiee is able to fight back or flee from their so-called "messiah", the fuzzball won't, since its devotion to the life debt is too strong to break. This is quite ironic since, as can be observed in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, one of the most common reasons Wookiees make a life debt is because they were freed from slavery!