timdiggerm said:

doubleKO said:

The fact is that George is a racist and sub-consciously injected his prejudices into Leia's character, which it is why it is ambigous. It is not a statement but a fuzzy reflection.

and we wonder why people this site is a little bonkers...

Because we are so quick to tear into our fellow forum members and call them crazy? Yeah, I can see that.

It was clearly a joke. Wookies don't exist in the real world... so George couldn't really be racist against them.

I do think it is evident that George (who claimed Chewie was inspired by his dog) continued to see Chewie as more of a pet like character than an actual individual equal to the other main characters. Among other things, he did just as much as Han and Luke in the princess' rescue and the destruction of the Death Star, yet no medal.