Wookie family bonds knit Wookiees tightly together, for
there are dangers on Kashyyyk that frighten
Strong, intelligent, and fierce in battle,
Wookiees make the best of friends for those to
whom they are loyal—and the worst of enemies
for anyone to whom they are not.
Unfortunately, Wookiees have virtually
disappeared from the population at large and
are becoming a faded memory of the Old
Republic.
Physiology: Averaging over two meters in
height, Wookiees strike fear into the hearts of
their opponents because of their sheer size.
There is good reason to be scared; few other
species in the galaxy match either the strength
of a Wookiee, or the depths of a Wookiee’s
temper. Their limbs are long, with retractable
claws on their fingers and toes for the arboreal
environment of their homeworld. These claws
are only used for climbing, never for combat; as
such an act is seen as dishonorable in Wookiee
culture. Their fur grows in a variety of colors,
becoming darker in middle age and then
graying or whitening in later years (Wookiees
can live for centuries).
Society: Although their physique makes for an
intimidating appearance, Wookiees live by strict
codes of honor and loyalty. Friendship and
even the most ferocious Wookiee. Kilometers-
tall wroshyr trees cover nearly half of
Kashyyyk’s surface, defining the world’s unique
ecology and serving as homes for most Wookiee
communities. On the seventh level of these
forests, Wookiees have built immense cities in
the trees, blending technology in harmony with
the environment. Mechanical skills and
engineering come naturally to the Wookiees.
Having dominated much of Kashyyyk’s upper
levels, the Wookiees were on the path to
explore the stars on their own when a
neighboring species, the Trandoshans, arrived
on Kashyyyk to colonize and exploit the world.
Even though the Trandoshans had more
advanced weaponry, the Wookiees fought the
would-be colonizers off the planet. The
Wookiees wasted no time in disassembling the
technology Trandoshans left behind. This
included a starship with sublight engines. When
the Trandoshans returned, the Wookiees drove
them away for a second time, and then took
flight to the stars.
The Wookiee-Trandoshan wars continued in
spats throughout the later years of the Old
Republic, with the Republic mediators usually
siding with the honorable Wookiees. The
Trandoshans saw an opportunity, however,
when Palpatine declared his Empire. They sent
emissaries to Palpatine to recount their
grievances against the Wookiees. The Imperials
heeded Trandoshan advice and placed the
cantankerous Wookiees in labor camps.
Wookiee children were held at gunpoint unless
Wookiee adults used their technical expertise to
build Imperial war material, which included
parts of the Death Stars.
Homeworld: Wookiees hail from the forest
world of Kashyyyk. This world is dominated by
immense old-growth forests, including the
kilometers-tall wroshyr trees. These trees form a
layered ecology on Kashyyyk, with the
uppermost levels being the safest. The deeper
one travels into the Kashyyyk forests, the more
dangerous flora and fauna one finds. At the
lowest depths, even a Wookiee cannot survive
for long.
Language: Shyriiwook, the Wookiee tongue,
LIFE DEBTS
continues to amaze scholars with the incredible
nuances of grunts and growls that form the When Wookiees pledge their protection to an
language. Few non-Wookiees can speak it or its individual, they honor that pledge until death.
dialects, like Xac-zik, spoken by the Wookiees of These pledges usually incorporate a Wookiee’s
the Wartaki Islands. Conversely, Wookiee immediate family, but can include friends and
physiology prevents them from speaking the compatriots who have done extraordinary acts
languages of other species, including Basic, for the Wookiee, such as saving his life or the lives
though most Wookiees have no problem of his family members. When such an act is
comprehending them. performed, a Wookiee’s honor code places the
Wookiee in a "life debt,’’ which means that
Life on the Fringe: A free Wookiee in the
nothing can repay the Wookiee’s friend for his act
Imperial era is usually a Wookiee with a bounty
except the giving of the Wookiee’s own life.
on his head. Few will bother to bring that point
up, knowing it better to please a Wookiee than
anger him. Those Wookiees who do not slave
away in the Empire's labor camps can be found
in all careers that mix danger, technology, and
exploration. Bounty hunting is one profession
that Wookiees find detestable, though a couple
of rogues, such as Snoova, have taken that
route.

• Wound Threshold: 14 + Brawn

• Strain Threshold: 8 + Willpower

• Starting Experience: 90 XP

• Special Abilities: Wookiees begin the game

with one rank in Brawl. They still may not train
Brawl above rank 2 during character creation.

• Wookiee Rage: When a Wookiee has

suffered any wounds, he deals + 1 damage to
Brawl and Melee attacks. When a Wookiee is
Critically Injured, he instead deals + 2 damage
to Brawl and Melee attacks.