Wookiee n.
in the fictional universe of the Star Wars franchise: (a member of) a race of tall, hairy, humanoid aliens
[improvised on the set of George Lucas’s first film, THX-1138, by actor Terry McGovern, inspired by the name of his friend Bill Wookey; see quot. 1971]
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[1971 THX-1138 (film) (transcript of unscripted line)
I think I ran over a wookiee back there on the expressway.]
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1974
George Lucas
Behind the crawlers, five Wookees, (huge grey and furry beasts) hang upside down in a tree. Occasionally, they thrash about in great anger and frustration.
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1976
George Lucas
A droid doesn’t rip peoples [sic] arms out of their sockets when they lose…wookiees have been known to do that.
Star Wars (Revised fourth draft) 66 -
1979
Brian Daley
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He waved and called a greeting to Chewbacca, whom he’d always liked. The Wookiee returned the wave offhandedly, booming a friendly welcome in his own tongue.
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1984
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What’s this guy tryinna disappear behind you, a Wookiee?
Talisman (1985) 341 -
2008 Vanity Fair Mar. 290/3
Using a more personal form of the Force, Vader hoists a struggling Wookiee into the air and dashes him against a wooden support beam, which cracks and splinters with remarkable authenticity.
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2011 New Yorker 25 Apr. 35/3
There was a shoe covered in blue and green goat hair; Krakoff placed his hand over the tip to approximate an open toe. ‘I think it would help it not look like a Wookiee’, he said.
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2015 SFX (#262) Summer 29/1
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Columbus aims to tap into the kind of generational nostalgia that recently saw the world weep tears of simple joy for a Wookiee and his pal. ‘When I saw the Star Wars trailer and saw Chewie and Han Solo at the end, it was emotional.’
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