Star Wars: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Chewbacca
8. He Actually Retired At One Point
That's right. After years of fighting the Empire and risking it all to smuggle goods across the galaxy, this brave Rebel hero finally decided to take a step back from the adventurous life.
Not long after helping to liberate his homeworld alongside old pal Han Solo in the Aftermath: Life Debt novel, Chewie chose to remain with his family on Kashyyyk, leaving Han to manage his own shipping company, and even oversee a piloting championship known as the Five Sabers at one point.
But throughout all of that, Chewie still kept in contact with his long-time friend and his New Republic senator wife, Leia.
Retirement isn't for everyone though, and it wasn't too long before Chewbacca was back smuggling for a living after Han and Leia split in the wake of Ben Solo's fall to the dark side.
The two then continued working together right up to the point they bumped into Rey and Finn on the Millennium Falcon during the events of The Force Awakens.