Jeremy Lamont wrote: "Everyone knows that George Lucas really wanted to have wookiees play a major role in his movies, but he didn't get that chance. Everyone, in all their speculations, seems to ignore the fact that wookiees will play an important part in this movie. (by someone-or-other's admission. I remember the quote "One word: wookiees." being flung around at one time or another, and I can't remember if it was McCallum or not who said that) I recall hearing something about a blonde wookiee as a main character, but maybe it's my imagination." Any ideas about the role of the Wookies in Episode 1? We've seen the wookie masks, so they have to be in the story somewhere!

Roderick: "Here's an interesting piece of an interview with Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca): 'George always said that he wished he could have put the Wookiee's homeworld somewhere in the trilogy, but he said he didn't really need it in the trilogy and that it would just be extraneous material. And that maybe he could use it somewhere else down the line . . . I told him that if Chewbacca is a couple of hundred years old then he must have been alive during the first three episodes of Star Wars. George told me I was correct and that Chewie was definitely alive and well during the first three episodes. He also said that Chewie was one of his favorite characters because Chewie always reminded him of a dog he really loved.'