How can Han Solo understand Chewie?

Same with Chewy not being able to speak English (“Common”), but he can understand it. Han understands the wookie language just as Chewie understands basic (which is the basic form of universal language that is accepred across the galaxy). Now Han Solo may not speak Shyriiwook (Wookie language) but he understands it.

Can a Wookie speak basic?

It was also incredibly difficult, if not impossible, for most Wookiees to learn to speak Basic. As a result, most inter-species communication involving Wookiees had to be carried out in a bilingual format, usually with the Wookiee speaking Shyriiwook and the other party speaking Basic.

How does Chewie speak?

Chewbacca speaks a dialect called Shyriiwook, while other Wookiees may speak either Thykarann or Xaczik. Shyriiwook is the most common to understand, however, as both Han Solo and Rey can decipher Chewie’s grunts.

Does Luke understand r2d2?

He also relies on C-3PO to interpret these sounds. Then, in The Last Jedi, Luke has his brief scene where he interacts with R2-D2, and while R2 continues to make his familiar sounds, Luke is now able to understand the droid.

Who can understand Chewbacca?

Han Solo
In the original Star Wars trilogy, it seems that Chewbacca can understand humans. His human partner, Han Solo, also shows knowledge of Shyriiwook, or can at least understand Chewbacca; in Solo it is shown that Han does indeed have the ability to speak Shyriiwook at a rudimentary level.

How does Chewbacca say his name?

Well, the thing is, Chewie telling his name to Han shows that Chewbacca is not actually sequence of sounds that Wookies can pronounce. His name is growls that sound the same as any other sequence of Wookie language. Therefore, ‘chewbacca’ is not actually a Wookie word, it’s an English / Galactic Standard word!

How do Chewbacca and Han Solo meet?

From Wikipedia: The novel The Hutt Gambit explains that Chewbacca and Solo first meet when Solo, a lieutenant in the Imperial Navy, finds him unconscious aboard a slave ship. Solo’s commanding officer orders him to skin Chewbacca, but Solo refuses and rescues the helpless prisoner.

Is Chewbacca a girl or a boy?

Chewbacca (/tʃuːˈbɑːkə/), nicknamed “Chewie”, is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He is a wookiee, a tall, hirsute, bipedal, intelligent species originating from the fictional planet of Kashyyyk….

Chewbacca
Voiced by	Ben Burtt (vocal effects)
In-universe information
Species	Wookiee
Gender	Male