Thanks! I love Chewbacca. Sadly, he suffers from the marginalization that "the alien who can't talk like us" so often suffers in media franchises (don't get me started on Keenser). While I am not a fan of the SW franchise beyond the first two movies, the expanded universe does do better justice to the People of the Trees.
Also, I am old enough to have seen the original broadcast of the Star Wars Christmas Special. They invented special steel wool scrub brushes for one's optic nerve after that one.
They invented special steel wool scrub brushes for one's optic nerve after that one.
*raises hand* Oh, yeah, I remember that. And the Ewoks just ruined the third one.
Yes, the expanded universe really opens up Chewie's backstory. He and Han have a blood bond or something like that, don't they? (I can't remember exactly, it's been awhile!)
I hang with a nice bunch of rabid SW geeks, and we are breathlessly awaiting the February release of the Blu-Ray editions. We're going to have a sleepover at my friend Tony's house so that we can crank up the surround sound and do the SW Drinking Game! (And yes, we're all over 35, most of us - including me - well into our 40s!)
I feel for anyone who saw that travesty. Apparently Carrie Fisher has one of the few copies that weren't destroyed, and plays it at parties once her friends are very drunk (or used to).
They have a life-bond, which is what happens when Tree People save a life. In their case it goes both ways, rather a number of times over. Slashy goodness!
The spouse and I are geekboys, but not so much SW. Er, despite the little death star and tie fighter on wires suction-cupped to our bathroom mirror (3-d view, that way). And my novel-length AU in which Luke goes over to the dark side, Leia becomes a Jedi, and Han and Leia's daughter unionizes the fighter pilots (and has a Wookiee engineer lover). All based on the first two films, which are all of SW that I can stand, actually.
Sounds like good times! Enjoy! And, er, Star Wars drinking game?
Didn't seem to occur to Lucas either, more's the pity. I like writing him as this lyrical, poetic soul of an engineer. Especialy since he's seen/depicted as irascible furry muscle who can't talk. BTW, I see the "rip your arms" off bit where he and C3P0 are playing chess as a joke than he and Han regularly play on folks. Then again, I also slash Han/Chewie big time.
And it is beautiful speech. I should try my hand at translating Tree People poetry: since it's agglutunative, like Inuktitut, sentences are long strings of pre-, suf- and, inter-fixes, a long word like a song, and highly associative/allusive. And yes, I have thought way too much about "Wookiee" (they call themselves People of the Trees, we can't pronounce it, the invaders they beat back generations ago called them Wookiees) poetry.
Oh, and, er, all the stuff about the Wookiee language is my own extrapolation from canon. Seems no one else has decided to ponder Tree People linguistics.
And love to read anything more you'd like to write about the People of the Trees. (I'm a bit like evilchuckles, I thought Chewbacca was just a cross of Tonto and Lassie).
I think I'm seeing a whole new side of you. Not that I didn't adore you from afar before. But- sakes alive, man!- you can even make wookie slash sound hot!
And as I mentioned to Evilchuckles above, all the requisite elements for slash are there. Just need to be less freaking speciesist than Lucas himself. Still burns me that Chewie didn't get a meda1.
I also ship Reboot Scotty/Keenser. As married, in fact. Not sure if I can call it slash, since my Keenser's species has different sexes than ours. And also invented the universal translator, which works just like their minds do.
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Also, I am old enough to have seen the original broadcast of the Star Wars Christmas Special. They invented special steel wool scrub brushes for one's optic nerve after that one.
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*raises hand* Oh, yeah, I remember that. And the Ewoks just ruined the third one.
Yes, the expanded universe really opens up Chewie's backstory. He and Han have a blood bond or something like that, don't they? (I can't remember exactly, it's been awhile!)
I hang with a nice bunch of rabid SW geeks, and we are breathlessly awaiting the February release of the Blu-Ray editions. We're going to have a sleepover at my friend Tony's house so that we can crank up the surround sound and do the SW Drinking Game! (And yes, we're all over 35, most of us - including me - well into our 40s!)
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They have a life-bond, which is what happens when Tree People save a life. In their case it goes both ways, rather a number of times over. Slashy goodness!
The spouse and I are geekboys, but not so much SW. Er, despite the little death star and tie fighter on wires suction-cupped to our bathroom mirror (3-d view, that way). And my novel-length AU in which Luke goes over to the dark side, Leia becomes a Jedi, and Han and Leia's daughter unionizes the fighter pilots (and has a Wookiee engineer lover). All based on the first two films, which are all of SW that I can stand, actually.
Sounds like good times! Enjoy! And, er, Star Wars drinking game?
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Love the fact that they can't understand what he sees as beautiful speech.
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And it is beautiful speech. I should try my hand at translating Tree People poetry: since it's agglutunative, like Inuktitut, sentences are long strings of pre-, suf- and, inter-fixes, a long word like a song, and highly associative/allusive. And yes, I have thought way too much about "Wookiee" (they call themselves People of the Trees, we can't pronounce it, the invaders they beat back generations ago called them Wookiees) poetry.
Oh, and, er, all the stuff about the Wookiee language is my own extrapolation from canon. Seems no one else has decided to ponder Tree People linguistics.
Oh, and, er, glad you liked this!
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*Hides under futon in terror and trauma*
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And heck, I slash Light/Ryuk. This you knew : ).
BTW, not slash (much to your relief) but this Advent Story features some nice exasperated domesticity between Light and Ryuk. Was about to PM it to you when I saw your comment:
http://community.livejournal.com/adventchallenge/79688.html?view=73288#t73288
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And love to read anything more you'd like to write about the People of the Trees. (I'm a bit like evilchuckles, I thought Chewbacca was just a cross of Tonto and Lassie).
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And don't get me started on Tonto . . .
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The betaspouse just described Chewie as "the most sympathetic character in the whole damn galaxy."
Have been doing my best to spread the Chewie love, and more so, the Chewie respect, since 1977.
Will be posting more Chewbacca/Han tonight. Whee!
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And as I mentioned to Evilchuckles above, all the requisite elements for slash are there. Just need to be less freaking speciesist than Lucas himself. Still burns me that Chewie didn't get a meda1.
I also ship Reboot Scotty/Keenser. As married, in fact. Not sure if I can call it slash, since my Keenser's species has different sexes than ours. And also invented the universal translator, which works just like their minds do.
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