No medels for Wookiee?

[Qui0jinn]

One thing I have observed in EpIV that Han and LUke get medels for bravery, R2 gets all nice and cleaned up for his hand in the death stars destruction, even Threepio gets a polish for doing... well nothing, BUT NO MEDEL OR REWARD FOR WOOKIEE!!!! This is an outrage! Chewie surely deserves a reward just as much as the others, this is anti-wookiee descrimination!

What are your thoughts?

[Evaders99]

Isn't this old news? Or a new revelation for you?

Carrie Fisher (ala Leia) actually gives Chewbacca the Lifetime Achievement Award at the MTV Movie Awards.

[vadereclipse]

to quote zaalbaar,"You don't trim a Wookiee! You don't color a Wookiee! And you certainly don't dress a Wookiee!"
i guess that is the reason.

[Slornie]

Chewbacca would probably have considered a medal/award as an insult.  He was just maintaining his life-debt to Han (which at some point he also extended to Luke and Leia).

[vadereclipse]

i guess, also, as i said, it would be clothing to chewie. yet he still does wear an ammo belt... how is that different? since kotor era, had that etiquette fallen?

[Flange]

Interesting thoughts. Perhaps he may not of wanted a medal, but still, it would of been nice for him to get one all the same.

[grandadmiralbeck]

i doubt chewbacca really cared all that much....

[Isamu]

if he did recieve 1 he wouldn't wear it anyways

[Enlil]

I always looked at it like they do these days when giving metals: the captain gets all the glory and the crew get a little commendation...

[Scarecrow63]

if he did recieve 1 he wouldn't wear it anyways

None of the ones that got the medals wore them afterwards, wearing it isnt the point.

[GrndAdmrlPellaeon]

I always looked at it like they do these days when giving metals: the captain gets all the glory and the crew get a little commendation...

And the commander is also blamed for everything.

[Isamu]

thats because the commander is the one who was responsible and therefore is supposed to be blamed or commended depending on what happened. the crew merely needs to perform their job

[Enlil]

Having a father that served 20 years in the US Army and after going through several years of ROTC you end up learning some things.  1) Trust your NCOs.  2) A wrong choice of action is better than taking no action at all.  3) It is better to beg forgiveness then ask permission.  4) If the unit fails - it's on you.  If the unit succeeds - it's because of your men and women.

Of course this is for any O-1 (Ensign or 2nd Lt. depending upon the branch, as far as the US military goes) as things progress you will find that some fade a little while new ones come to the surface.

[PimpBacca]

Chewbacca is dead now so it don't matter now

[vadereclipse]

that's pretty bad logic. it's still a debate. everyone dies eventually, but it doesn't mean what they did is irrelevant after they die.

[Isamu]

Having a father that served 20 years in the US Army and after going through several years of ROTC you end up learning some things.  1) Trust your NCOs.  2) A wrong choice of action is better than taking no action at all.  3) It is better to beg forgiveness then ask permission.  4) If the unit fails - it's on you.  If the unit succeeds - it's because of your men and women.

Of course this is for any O-1 (Ensign or 2nd Lt. depending upon the branch, as far as the US military goes) as things progress you will find that some fade a little while new ones come to the surface.

i come from a military family, mainly of officers. they are all taught that if you fail, its your fault not your men/women fault. of course my family history is from the soviet military not the united states

[Enlil]

i come from a military family, mainly of officers. they are all taught that if you fail, its your fault not your men/women fault. of course my family history is from the soviet military not the united states

Yeah, that's what #4 said...

[Isamu]

i know i was backing up what i said