June 18, 2005 How did they figure out his name? Posted in Gravitas Is it… Fred? (thump) Okay… is it… Bob? (thump) (hours later) Uhhm… Chewbibkok? (thump) Chewbiccy? (thump) Chew… bacca? (grrrrrreeeee)
It does seem odd that a species which communicated in growls and roars would have developed names that were distinctly not roars. But then it wouldn’t do to have Harrison Ford saying: “Boy, you said it [ROAR]” Destructor on June 21, 2005
Ohhh good grief – if lions and tigers can communicate by roaring, why can’t wookies? Gordon on June 22, 2005
Boo. Get off!
(or, more succinctly – what the chuff?)
It does seem odd that a species which communicated in growls and roars would have developed names that were distinctly not roars. But then it wouldn’t do to have Harrison Ford saying:
“Boy, you said it [ROAR]”
It took us a while to figure out how to spell grrrrrreeeee though.
Maybe Chewbacca is just his human name.
Yeah but how did he communicate that to anyone?
eMail.
Ohhh good grief – if lions and tigers can communicate by roaring, why can’t wookies?