Chewbacca's Entire Backstory Explained

When the first Star Wars movie came out, it was fairly clear that Chewbacca was included to keep the story from being totally human-centric and to show that there were other sentient species in that galaxy far, far away. But 43 years and a dozen movies later Chewbacca is a beloved character fans care about and want to make sense of. So you may as well learn more about him. (via Geeks Are Sexy)