Which planet in the "Star Wars" universe is home to the Wookies and was featured in the Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978?
Kashyyyk Kashyyyk ( , or ), also known as Wookiee Planet C, is a planet in the "Star Wars" universe. It is the tropical, forested home world of the Wookiees. According to interviews given by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, the home of the Wookiees was originally intended to be the forest moon of Endor which plays a key role in the plot of the sixth film of the series, "Return of the Jedi". However, Lucas decided that since the Wookiee Chewbacca was clearly proficient with advanced technology (i.e. he was pilot and mechanic of the spaceship the "Millennium Falcon" and he repaired the damaged droid C-3PO), it would be confusing to show the Wookiees with a primitive, "stone age" culture on Endor. The Ewoks were created instead to populate the moon and to help fight the Imperial garrison stationed there. Kashyyyk made appearances in the "Star Wars Holiday Special" and "".
Galactic Republic The Galactic Republic, often referred to as simply the Republic, is the name of the interplanetary State used in the fictional "Star Wars" universe prior to the establishment of the Galactic Empire. The form of this government, ruled by the Senate, was introduced in the prequel trilogy. By the time of the original trilogy, it is referred to as the Old Republic. It was a democratic, though eventually ineffectual, constitutional republic tied up in layers of bureaucracy.