Did Ron Howard Just Give Star Wars Fans A Look At Chewbacca’s Wife?

Star Wars fans may be a bit bummed they didn’t get any Han Solo news at D23 last weekend, but Ron Howard is making up for the slight over on Twitter. The director just shared a set photo which highlights actor Joonas Suatamo in his full Chewbacca suit, but it isn’t the Wookiee fans are buzzing about online.

Howard’s photo shows Suatamo as the actor checks a shot he just did for the Star Wars standalone. The monitor is partially obscured, but a bit of enhancing reveals something peculiar about the image (via SWNN).

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If you look at a zoomed-in take of the monitor, fans can see what looks to be two Wookiees caught in an intimate moment. The pair are seen resting their foreheads against one another while another Wookiee seems to be running in the background with a weapon.

The picture confirms the Han Solo movie will feature more than one Wookiee, but the identity of Chewbacca’s co-star has got fans speculating. If Suatamo needed to check out the scene himself, it implies the actor was one of the Wookiees caught in the shot’s embrace, and fans are thinking Chewbacca’s wife may be the other Wookiee on screen.

If you didn’t know, Chewbacca is a married Wookie, and his wife is a bit of a boss. The Wookiee is married to Malla, and she has become a canon part of the Star Wars Universe following her non-canon debut in the Star Wars Holiday Special. Known for her intelligence and silky hair, Malla and her people were separated from Chewbacca after the latter began traveling with Han Solo. However, once Chewbacca’s home world of Kashyyyk was liberated from the Galactic Empire’s hold, the Wookiee re-established contact with his loved ones.

Given Han Solo‘s setting, fans may get to learn more about how Chewbacca first came in contact with his smuggler partner. The standalone might just show how Chewbacca flees his home to seek assistance from the Rebel Alliance once it became clear his world was being taken over by the Galactic Empire. For now, there’s no way to know if the backstory will be told in real-time or through flashback, but the touching moment would be one that weighs heavily on the hearts of Star Wars fans should it hit the big screen.

The Han Solo movie is being produced by Lucasfilm from a screenplay by Lawrence and Jon Kasdan and will be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the second standalone Star Wars movie following Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in 2016.

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Set prior to the events of Han Solo’s first appearance in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, the film stars Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Joonas Suotamo. The film is said to show how Han Solo and Chewbacca, first met Lando Calrissian, played by Glover.

Filming on the Han Solo movie began in January 2017 with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller directing. Principal photography began at Pinewood Studios in February. Lord and Miller left the Han Solo movie in June, having reportedly been fired over creative differences. Ron Howard will come on as the director to see the production to completion.