Chewbacca
Let us set the scene here: there are Star Wars fans and then there are Chewie fans. There is a difference and it’s an important one. Chewie fans don’t want models of X-Wings or can we please talk about lightsaber colours again they want Baby Yoda statues. They worship at the altar of one gigantic roaring pilot who has NEVER once been appreciated enough and who is, frankly, the most likeable character in the whole franchise. Across all four trilogies. Everyone else can line up.
It’s a specific niche and you know what specific niches need? Specific gifts.
We realised this when trying to build our own Star Wars collection. It became glaringly obvious that Chewbacca is often sort of… absorbed by generic SW merch. Mugs with “six fighting droids you know!” on. Key rings bundled with Boba Fett and Han SOLO because radi literal human screambaby let’s-get-down-to-fistfights-about-this kinda energy that I can’t bring myself to say Han Solo’s name in the same sentence as Chewie.
That’s not enough if you’re someone who is ALL ABOUT Chewbacca. So we hunted down all the things that put big ol’ Chew on display. Things that we know real Chewie fans would see and go ‘yes this was made for me, not just something I could technically use.’ Simple.
If it didn’t pass that test it didn’t make the cut. If you showed it to a committed disciple of the Wookie Jedi religion they’d be like ‘why is this Chamcwaca?’ with a face only someone who has pictures of Ewoks crying on their wall could make. Lots of products were discounted at this brutal yet fair vetoing. The remaining stuff? It just spoke to us. You pick something up and know instantly that it’s meant for a specific person. And that’s what great gifts are.
Oh and speaking of gifts! Another fun thing about Chewie fans: they’re generally not precious. They’re cheap laughs, they’ll want something that makes them smile when they look at it on their desk. They’ll want something they can USE. THROW OVER THEIR SHOULDERS. Put on their wall. Everything nowadays. We’ve tried to accommodate for all those things here.
Have someone in your life that goes absolutely wild for Chewie? Welcome them to the club and let us help you find the perfect gift. We’ve done the heavy lifting, so you don’t have to browse through hundreds of Kylo Ren posters wondering where the furry guy at.