It’s one of those often-debated topics among Star Wars fanatics: Why didn’t Chewbacca get a medal in the ceremony at the end of the original Star Wars (“A New Hope”)? Was he not in all the battles Han Solo was in? Did he not have a role in blowing up the Death Star? George Lucas once said that Wookies don’t care about medals. Right. Sounds to me like false bravado after the fact.
Brothers Robin Lopez and Brook Lopez were at Disneyland (which now owns the Star Wars rights) and decided to fix that.
HEY GUYS IT'S OK CHEWIE FINALLY GOT HIS MEDAL #WookieCousins #CoolPointsForRolo #StarWars #Disneyland pic.twitter.com/D5y4EZmRrx
— Robin Lopez (@rolopez42) September 5, 2016
Now, can the Lopez brothers just give Chewie a hug, because in the latest Star Wars movie (“The Force Awakens”) Leia hugs Rey instead of Chewbacca in the immediate aftermath of the murder of the Wookie’s best friend Han Solo.