SilverWook said:

imperialscum said:

SilverWook said:

Having to explain to the audience why Chewie's not around would be awkward and sound forced

I don't know the details of Cheewie's death (I don't even know in which novel they made it) and I don't really care about it. But I have to disagree with what you said. Something like that really doesn't need detailed explaining. All it needs is a scene where Han or someone else mentions it.

For example in ROTS, the kidnapping of the Palpatine was a major plot point that was never directly explained in the film and yet it worked okay. The kidnapping was shown in the less known Clone Wars cartoons.

We saw the end result of the kidnapping though. Chewie deserves more than a throwaway line that he died years ago.

Well I understand your opinion but I think that in case they want him dead, it should be in a way that the death doesn't happen in the new films. Much more subtle and less distracting to the current storyline.