They’ll never touch Chewie after the whole Vector Prime backlash. I think the author of that book is still in hiding. 😉
His name is R. A. Salvatore and he lives in the town next to mine. My dad is on the board of trustees at the local library and he saw him speak at some event they did. He said he does indeed still get hassled from time to time, but by now it’s always tongue in cheek.
Anyway, Chewie’s not going anywhere. He’s the only legacy character besides R2-D2 who isn’t tied to a specific actor.