Nick Olson
EDUC 1100: Human Diversity
September 13, 2007
Self Assessment Paper
In paragraph form, this personal reflection should address questions one through eight from the Assignment Information page on the course website. This paper should be approximately 2 pages in length(which means composing very close to two full pages as shown in this example), typed, use complete sentences that are checked for spelling and grammar, double-spaced, and in 10 or 12 pt. font. These formatting expectations are modeled in thisexample paper.
Chewbacca (or Chewie) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He is portrayed by Peter Mayhew in the films Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. A towering Wookiee, he is best known as the co-pilot of Han Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon in Episodes III, IV, V, and VI of the Star Wars films.
In Episode IV, Chewbacca and Han Solo accept a charter to take Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and the droids C-3PO and R2-D2 to the planet Alderaan. When they find that the planet has been destroyed by the Death Star, however, the two mercenaries are drawn into the Rebel Alliance. In Episodes V and VI, they become important figures in the Alliance, and eventually help the Rebels defeat the Galactic Empire.
The 1978 television program The Star Wars Holiday Special introduces Chewbacca's family: Mallatobuck, Attichitcuk, and Lumpawarrump. They live together on Kashyyyk. His family also appears in some Star Wars books, most notably The Wookiee Storybook, The Black Fleet Crisis trilogy by Michael P. Kube-McDowell, and Rebel Dawn by A. C. Crispin. The latter also introduces other family members, including a sister named Kallabow and cousins named Dryanta and Jowdrrl. The Star Wars Holiday Special was filmed with a low budget, and consisted of a frame story in which Han and Chewie must prevent Darth Vader from spoiling Life Day, and get home to be with Chewie's family. Star Wars creator George Lucas publicly disowned the film shortly after release.
Although Chewbacca notably was not awarded a medal with the other heroes at the end of A New Hope, in 1981 Marvel Comics published Marvel Illustrated Books Star Wars 1, which included an alternate version of the same scene in which he does receive one. The novel Rebel Dawn explains that Chewie and Solo first meet when Solo, a lieutenant in the Imperial Navy, finds him unconscious aboard a slave ship. Solo's commanding officer orders him to skin Chewie, but Solo refuses and rescues the helpless prisoner. Upon regaining consciousness, Chewie swears a "life-debt" to Solo, and the two become business partners and best friends.
Lucasfilm followed Vector Prime with a four-issue comic book titled Star Wars: Chewbacca, in which C-3PO and R2-D2 travel the galaxy to collect the stories of beings who knew or met the Wookiee, and the full scope of the his life and adventures is finally revealed. In Star Wars Jedi Knight: JediAcademy, Chewie appears briefly at the Mos Eisley spaceport as an NPC, assisting Jaden Korr in disabling the tractor beams holding both the Millennium Falcon and the Raven's Claw captive. In the book Star Wars Young Jedi Knights: Heirs of the Force, Chewbacca has a nephew named Lowbacca, who goes to the Jedi
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