Star Wars: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Chewbacca
6. He Once Won A Lifetime Achievement Award
For decades, fans demanded justice for this valiant Rebel hero in the wake of him being snubbed during the medal giving ceremony that followed Han, Chewie, and Luke successfully working together to blow up the first Death Star.
And while the Wookiee icon would eventually be handed Solo's medal onscreen during the closing stages of The Rise of Skywalker, that wasn't actually the first time Chewie got his shaggy hands on a piece of gold.
Back in 1997, during the MTV Movie Awards, that year's Lifetime Achievement award was presented to, according to the host himself, one of the reasons Mike Myers became an actor.
A montage showing off the Star Wars legend's finest moments soon followed, fighting alongside his mates and roaring his way through many a compelling scene. Chewie was then awarded the medal he'd deserved for two decades by Carrie Fisher herself, as the crowd went wild.
It was a proud and entirely absurd moment for this "giant of the industry."