# Dear Chewbacca **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720 "2010-06-10T23:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Super\_Kapowzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/1 "2010-06-10T23:49:39Z")
Dear Chewbacca: It is really amazing that you are reading this, and by “amazing”, I mean: “not”, and by “you”, I mean: “WTF?” You can Tig-Weld shit, without the worry of catchin a-fire, and bark, but I never heard you say, “Rowwrm, Chewbacca, rowwmmfnswhateverthefuckyoufakebastard.” How do you explain your name? I got so fucking sick at the one with the wannabe-rasta-idiot,I started talking back to the movie and got kicked out. Maybe they explained it in the one with the whimperlings or some shit. Maybe Spock was all up on his shit, with the fingers-deal, and was like: Spock: “Jim, this dude is Chewbacca.” Kirk: “Fuck you, creep, he said his name was ‘ROWWWrryarbromyarstomp’, and I think he said something about rolling a joint. Don’t EVER touch me again.” Rowwrr: “Rowryaalllllaaaazzz” Kirk: “See, you idiot! It’s like “Lou Rawls’s Lawyer” and shit.” Word. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/2 "2010-06-11T00:03:28Z")
He’s back!!! And crap. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/3 "2010-06-11T00:15:29Z")
I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/4 "2010-06-11T00:17:41Z")
> [@](#): > > It is really amazing that you are reading this, and by “amazing”, I mean: “not”, and by “you”, I mean: “WTF?” “It is really not that WTF are reading this”? Now, that doesn’t make very much sense at all. ETA: and shit. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/5 "2010-06-11T00:20:43Z")
Rasta Idiots and the Whimperlings! Coming soon to a stadium near you! RRowrm! ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/6 "2010-06-11T00:45:59Z")
Indeed. n shit. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/7 "2010-06-11T01:33:25Z")
How do the Grommits fit into all this? ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/8 "2010-06-11T02:16:48Z")
Actually, I have also wondered how Chewbacca got his name and I think, years ago, that I posted that on a thread somewhere here on the SDMB. My problem is this: most, if not all, human names are words that are pronounceable by humans. However, never has the creature Chewbacca come close to any vocalization close to “Chewbacca.” So, how do they get their names? Wouldn’t their names be something like “rowrfmrworm” or something they could say. It’s kind of like how I think dogs would name each other a smell rather than a vocalization if they named each other. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/9 "2010-06-11T02:28:47Z")
> [@Shawn1767](#): > > … It’s kind of like how I think dogs would name each other a smell rather than a vocalization if they named each other. Interesting idea. My dog’s dog name would probably be something like Week-old Roadkill Farts. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/10 "2010-06-11T03:08:45Z")
Hey there Chewbacca What’s it like in ol’ Mos Eisley? You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy Oh yes it’s true! Times Square comes close, Las Vegas too! I swear it’s true! Hey there Chewbacca Don’t you worry about the distance I can make the Kessel run in a bit fewer than 12 parsecs all just for you! (That sounds like time, it’s distance too!) (It involves AU!) Oh it’s what you do to me! Oh it’s what you do to me! Oh it’s what you do to me! Oh it’s what you do to me! What you do to me! Hey there Chewbacca They will reward all our defiance If we get off this Death Star And get the plans to the Alliance We’ll have it good! We’ll have the life we knew we would My word is good! Oh it’s what you do to me! Oh it’s what you do to me! Oh it’s what you do to me! Oh it’s what you do to me! What you do to me! ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/11 "2010-06-11T03:10:33Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > (That sounds like time, it’s distance too!) > (It involves AU!) Bravo! Oh, and that song is ruined (improved?) forever now. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/12 "2010-06-11T04:40:22Z")
Are you forgetting that Spock’s a fuckin’ moron? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/13 "2010-06-11T04:56:08Z")
Oh good, I thought this dude was banned and shit. I’m glad he wasn’t. And shit. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/14 "2010-06-11T07:31:14Z")
> [@Super\_Kapowzler](#): > > It is really amazing that you are reading this, and by “amazing”, I mean: “not”, and by “you”, I mean: “WTF?” “It is really not that WTF are reading this”? oook… ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/15 "2010-06-11T07:52:11Z")
> [@Shawn1767](#): > > Actually, I have also wondered how Chewbacca got his name and I think, years ago, that I posted that on a thread somewhere here on the SDMB. My problem is this: most, if not all, human names are words that are pronounceable by humans. However, never has the creature Chewbacca come close to any vocalization close to “Chewbacca.” So, how do they get their names? Wouldn’t their names be something like “rowrfmrworm” or something they could say. It’s kind of like how I think dogs would name each other a smell rather than a vocalization if they named each other. Maybe “Chewbacca” is a common human name he adapted for convenience. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/16 "2010-06-11T10:35:41Z")
That’s no moon. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/17 "2010-06-11T11:23:44Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > That’s no moon. Solo: “That’s no moon.” Looks over casually to his right. “Chewy, stop beating off.” Rolls eyes and resumes determined look ahead. That’s how it really goes down, I mean when they don’t have guests on board and shit. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/18 "2010-06-11T12:09:03Z")
In one of the public’s first exposures to the name, the Time magazine aerticle on the movie before the film opened, the magazine casually tossed in a comment after it first printeed the name: > [@](#): > > Chewbacca (he doesn’t) …which suggests one way he could have gotten the name – it’s a portmanteau pun on _chew tobacco_. Of course, that doesn’t explain the other, equally weird Wookiee names from Lucas’ universe: Attichituck, Mallatobuck, Lumpawaroo. On the other hand, these appear in the despised and rejected _Star Wars Holiday Special_, so maybe we can all agree that these things never existed and never will exist. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/19 "2010-06-11T12:19:38Z")
Clearly the Wookies are descended from Australians. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720/20 "2010-06-11T12:42:08Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Clearly the Wookies are descended from Australians. Or vice versa. What? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-chewbacca/542720.md?page=2)