NeverarGreat said:

I'ts my suspicion that they will (unfortunately) include Chewie in the sequels. If this happened, however, it would only invalidate the EU back to and including the Yuuzhan Vong war, which is when I stopped reading the EU anyway. So it wouldn't be a deal breaker for me by any means to include Chewie, and it might make more sense (from their perspective) to leave the EU accuracy vague as to what was cannon before the Yuuzhan Vong.

Unfortunate?! No Wookiee no sale! ;)

I don't think Peter Mayhew would have undergone that painful back surgery, and intensive physical therapy, if Chewie's return wasn't on the table.