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Chewbacca (/ tʃ uː ˈ b ɑː k ə / choo-BAH-kə), nicknamed "Chewie", is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He is a Wookiee—a tall, hairy, highly intelligent species originating from the planet Kashyyyk.
Sheev Palpatine is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He first appeared in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back as The Emperor.He is also known by his Sith name, Darth Sidious, which was first used in the novelization of the 1999 film The Phantom Menace.
The universe of Star Wars, a space opera media franchise, features a broad variety of different alien creatures. These aliens can be sentient or non-sentient, serving as species for characters, setting pieces, plot devices, and background elements. The diversity of alien species in Star Wars is considered to be a strong point of the franchise.
This is an incomplete list of characters from the Star Wars Expanded Universe, now rebranded Star Wars Legends. The accompanying works were declared non-canon to the Star Wars franchise by Lucasfilm in 2014. [1] This list applies only to characters who completely appear in Legends media, and who therefore do not exist in the canon continuity.
A 71-year-old woman who was found dead inside her Sierra County home had been mauled by a black bear, the first known such fatal attack in California history.
A black bear takes advantage of spawning salmon in a creek. A man in Virginia was killed in December 2024 when a black bear his hunting party illegally shot fell out of a tree and crushed him ...
Peter William Mayhew [2] (19 May 1944 – 30 April 2019) was a British actor. He was best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series.He played the character in all of his live-action appearances from the 1977 original to 2015's The Force Awakens before his retirement from the role.
A 12-year-old Wisconsin boy heroically shot and killed a 200-pound black bear that was mauling his dad while pinning him to the ground. Owen Beierman shot the bear in its vitals, saving his 43 ...