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Enter Luke and Han, outside.

Enter Javis Tyrr, flying nearby, disguised as a mynock.

Enter Chewbacca and Mallatobuck, talking.

Chewbacca. The moment I saw you, I knew.

Mallatobuck. What did you know, Chewie?

Luke distracts himself by watching Tyrr.

Chewbacca. I just knew . . . I knew you were like me. Was it your mother or your father?

Mallatobuck. I don't know what you mean, Chewie.

Chewbacca. It was my father. He was one of the last ones in the Core. Though I didn't know him very well. He left when I was about three. No, not the paternal sort, him, broke my mother's heart though. You know she was a tiny little being, my mother. I could pick her up with one hand, by the age of six, and put her up in the dresser. It used to make her laugh. [sighs] And then he died just before I started my training. So I had to make my own way as it were. But enough of me, what about you? Which side have you got it on?

Mallatobuck. [standing] It is chilly. I think I will go in now.

Chewbacca. Eh? No! Don't go. I have . . . I have never met another one before.

Mallatobuck. Another what, precisely?

Chewbacca. Another Wookiee, of course.

Mallatobuck. [angry] How dare you! I have never been more insulted in my life. Wookiee? Me? I am big-boned.

Exit Mallatobuck, storming off.

Chewbacca stares, bewildered.

Exit Chewbacca.

Luke. Come on. Let's go.

Han. Did you know? About Chewie's being a Wookiee, being part-Yuuzhan Vong?

Luke. No. So what?

Han. I'll explain inside. Come on.

Luke and Han enter the Jedi Temple.

Winter dances with Tycho.

Leia dances with Isolder.

Luke. So? What's the problem with Yuuzhan Vong?

Han. Well, they're . . . they're . . . not very nice.

Luke. Who cares? There's nothing wrong with Chewie.

Han. I know there isn't. But . . . Blaster Bolts, no wonder he keeps it quiet. I always thought he had gotten in the way of a bad growth acceleration as a youngling, didn't like to mention it.

Luke. But what does it matter if his father was a Yuuzhan Vong?

Han. Well, no one who knows him will care, because they will know he's not dangerous. But Luke, Yuuzhan Vong are vicious. It's like Chewie said - it's in their natures. They're like Gamorreans. They just like killing. Everyone knows that. There aren't any left in the Core now, though.

Luke. What happened to them?

Han. Well, they were dying out anyway, and then loads got themselves killed by stormtroopers. There are supposed to be Yuuzhan Vong in Wild Space, though. They hide out on living worlds, mostly.

Luke. I don't know who Mallatobuck think she's kidding. If Chewie's a Wookiee, she definitely is. Big bones? The only thing that has got bigger bones than her is a rancor.

Exit all.