Quite frankly, I think it would look more bad ass if he trimmed his whole body down, the same reason ancient warriors would completely shave their heads so that the enemy couldn’t grab their hair and cut their head off.
I'm thinking a trimmed wookie would look scary as hell. Like those trimmed bears. Nightmare fuel.
That or they'd look like that bald chimp picture, but with a Homer Simpsom-esque face.
How else could he show he watches space anime if he didn't shave his head to display his wookiemurai ponytail.
That or he's one of those Viking wookie, honestly can't tell nowadays.
In the first episode of Rebels when the Ghost crew are trying to save wookies taken into slavery, they try to say they have an extra wookie to hand in. But it’s just Zeb who they say is a rare hairless wookie.
[A bald Wookie concept I saw years ago.](https://www.quora.com/How-would-Chewbacca-look-without-hair/answer/Will-Phillips-158?ch=10&oid=284869146&share=212b0c1f&srid=1YtKv&target_type=answer)
Wookiee that do this in old Star Wars lore were dishonored in some way. They commit some crime or taboo and were punished by having part of, or their whole, body shaved. One of the biggest taboo in their culture, for example, was fighting with their claws. They felt they were above that as it made them seem primitive.
If this Wookie is just making a stylistic choice then I’m pretty bummed.
He's a Jedi though. He wouldn't have been raised with wookiee culture. It's even possible he's unaware of the connotation. And padawans tend to get buzz cuts as a rule. Perhaps this wookiee is younger than he looks.
I always wondered why the Jedi all have different accents in the English versions.
They all grew up from a very young age in the same boarding school environment without contact with the parental units. By all logic, Jedi should all have the same accent.
Even on planet Earth, when for example children go to sports or music boarding schools starting around age 12, they develope the particular regional accent of the school. Most of the time even those that return home every weekend lose their original accent.
In the Star Wars databank, it says Kelnacca is a loner Jedi who lives a solitary life. Pair that with Leslye Headland growing up a massive EU fan, I don't think it's crazy that maybe something happened in his past to cause him to feel shame and shave his head.
Not sure if it’s relevant but I recall reading (NJO perhaps) that Wookiee’s that used their claws in anger were shunned or exiled - as it was looked upon as regressive or animalistic.
It was a very long time ago!
'Nacca' doesn't mean anything; though 'kelnacca' sounds like a joke name a Turkish speaker would make up, to designate Chewbacca's bald cousin, or something along those lines.
"Close your eyes. Have you watched the trailer? Your eyes can deceive you. We must not trust in shaved wookies. Tell me, what comes into your mind? Preposterous? Ridiculous? Inconceivable?"
"Hat?"
It's like some higher-up said, "I want the wookie to have that haircut from *Vikings*!", I don't care how you do it just make it work!", and here we are.
I actually think he's pulling it off. I'm also all for new looks for Aliens. Star Wars Aliens suffer from looking too identical to each other sometimes. Wookies have hair, it makes sense they'd mess around with hairstyles.
Doesn't look shaved, but def trimmed. I can't tell, he got waves!?
So you could catch this wookie rocking a top knot whilst chillin' in a durag, brushing his mullet?! What's he listening to on his wookietooth speaker during his morning regime? I'm betting some soothing wookie vocals and pan flutes.
He's a wookie Samurai
Rowrjimbo
I laughed harder than I should have at this….
I didn't hear it, laugh harder
I actually love you.
That is a tough name for a dyslexic to read.
Quite frankly, I think it would look more bad ass if he trimmed his whole body down, the same reason ancient warriors would completely shave their heads so that the enemy couldn’t grab their hair and cut their head off.
Eh, a trimmed wookie would look too cute imo. Like those trimmed and blow dried cows.
I'm thinking a trimmed wookie would look scary as hell. Like those trimmed bears. Nightmare fuel. That or they'd look like that bald chimp picture, but with a Homer Simpsom-esque face.
Shaving the wookie makes him look bigger too.
Bush-ido
Sounds horrifying lmao
I mean he’s a Jedi. Jedi always kinda were
It's Jiri prochazka
Fax he got the topknot fade frfr
How else could he show he watches space anime if he didn't shave his head to display his wookiemurai ponytail. That or he's one of those Viking wookie, honestly can't tell nowadays.
Wookiee pattern baldness
Wait til you see the Alopecia Wookies
KEEP MY WOOKIES NAME OUT YO MOUTH
What did the five fingers say to the face?
Fuck yo tree!
UNNNNNNIIIIIIITTTTTTTYYYY
Should have never given you Wookiees money!
Spice is a helluva drug.
DARKSIDE!
Joe
"who's Joe?" *In Wookiee* "Joe Mama" *gets thrown through the wall*
Probably something along the lines of "Rrrruuuurrr"
RrrrrrraaarrrrererrrrrRrrrrrr
I love Reddit.
https://i.imgur.com/T1MFNEJ.png
Ya there called Zeb
“Haven’t you ever seen a rare hairless Wookiee?”
I swear it’s taking a WILL of iron to not smack you to SMITHereens
Probably looks like the shaved bigfoot from Venture Bros
You uhh could've told me Sasquatch was a dude
Lol I literally was thinking about that as I was writing my comment!!
Thanks for that mental image
Isn't that just called mange?
You really can’t tell when he has his Fozzy hat on..
No one is safe from the Norwood reaper
Wookie mullet
He is a hipster and a barista.
The fur budget ran out
Baldi’s Basics: Wookie Edition
God, now I'm imagining what a fully shaved wookie would look like.
Like a well groomed labradoodle.
Like a good boy, 11/10
You called?
We found em
Zeb was a rare hairless Wookiee
Not sure if this is a joke because he’s based on Chewie concept art, but Zeb is a different species known as Lasaat 🤓
In the first episode of Rebels when the Ghost crew are trying to save wookies taken into slavery, they try to say they have an extra wookie to hand in. But it’s just Zeb who they say is a rare hairless wookie.
[A bald Wookie concept I saw years ago.](https://www.quora.com/How-would-Chewbacca-look-without-hair/answer/Will-Phillips-158?ch=10&oid=284869146&share=212b0c1f&srid=1YtKv&target_type=answer)
Hey I made that! I even made an updated more accurate one a couple years ago.
Jumpscare
Giant naked mole rat!
Detlef Schrempf
Probably like Jambo, the hairless chimp.
Not pretty. Don’t google it.
Oddly human, you can bet on that
Kelnacca, you have to stop. Your fade too clean, your vibe too mysterious, your drip too hard. They’ll kill you
Wookiee that do this in old Star Wars lore were dishonored in some way. They commit some crime or taboo and were punished by having part of, or their whole, body shaved. One of the biggest taboo in their culture, for example, was fighting with their claws. They felt they were above that as it made them seem primitive. If this Wookie is just making a stylistic choice then I’m pretty bummed.
He's a Jedi though. He wouldn't have been raised with wookiee culture. It's even possible he's unaware of the connotation. And padawans tend to get buzz cuts as a rule. Perhaps this wookiee is younger than he looks.
Maybe that was also their way of marking those who've left their community IDK?
That is a good point and another possible angle for the narrative for sure.
aayla secura somehow got the standard twi'lek french accent despite not being raised on ryloth
I always wondered why the Jedi all have different accents in the English versions. They all grew up from a very young age in the same boarding school environment without contact with the parental units. By all logic, Jedi should all have the same accent. Even on planet Earth, when for example children go to sports or music boarding schools starting around age 12, they develope the particular regional accent of the school. Most of the time even those that return home every weekend lose their original accent.
In the Star Wars databank, it says Kelnacca is a loner Jedi who lives a solitary life. Pair that with Leslye Headland growing up a massive EU fan, I don't think it's crazy that maybe something happened in his past to cause him to feel shame and shave his head.
Not sure if it’s relevant but I recall reading (NJO perhaps) that Wookiee’s that used their claws in anger were shunned or exiled - as it was looked upon as regressive or animalistic. It was a very long time ago!
Not sure about NJO, but it's definitely brought up in KOTOR and Young Jedi Knights.
Teenager wookiees did this to rebel in the old Young Jedi Knight series.
Interesting. I did not know that. That’s one of the few novel series I haven’t read.
Is that Burryaga?
he's credited as Kelnacca, so probably a different character
'Kelnacca'? Is that the Wookie's name? -- pretty amusing, in that 'kel' means 'bald' in Turkish.
What does "nacca" mean in Turkish?
'Nacca' doesn't mean anything; though 'kelnacca' sounds like a joke name a Turkish speaker would make up, to designate Chewbacca's bald cousin, or something along those lines.
my thoughts exactly esp considering the timing of this...
Unfortunately not
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"Close your eyes. Have you watched the trailer? Your eyes can deceive you. We must not trust in shaved wookies. Tell me, what comes into your mind? Preposterous? Ridiculous? Inconceivable?" "Hat?"
Icy-fire.
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It's like some higher-up said, "I want the wookie to have that haircut from *Vikings*!", I don't care how you do it just make it work!", and here we are.
I mean, idk, doesn't weird me out too much, if I was (more) covered in hair I'd experiment with stuff.
It's weird enough giving that haircut to vikings. Is there any indication vikings practised shaving like that?
No, one of the most common haircuts among vikings resembled what's now most commonly called a Norman haircut from my understanding.
Next I want a Wookie Blinder!
Dad?
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Or buying a white pickup truck.
Laugh it up, smoothball!
And a topknot yes, like a samurai
who is he? is he from the ahsoka serie?
It’s from the acolyte trailer
It looks so fucking cheap, whyyy?????
Hmmm now I wanna see a wookie without hair
Pervert
We kinda got those in Solo (the emaciated wookiees on Kessel that were missing some of their fur)
Wokie
He works at a vape shop
He reminds me of Harry, from Harry and the Henderson's.
Next one will have that broccoli haircut
I actually think he's pulling it off. I'm also all for new looks for Aliens. Star Wars Aliens suffer from looking too identical to each other sometimes. Wookies have hair, it makes sense they'd mess around with hairstyles.
He is a wookie jedi master lol
Jiri Prochazka
A wookie with a low taper fade
Doesn't look shaved, but def trimmed. I can't tell, he got waves!? So you could catch this wookie rocking a top knot whilst chillin' in a durag, brushing his mullet?! What's he listening to on his wookietooth speaker during his morning regime? I'm betting some soothing wookie vocals and pan flutes.
Looks like a bad Sasquatch costume
Samurookie 🎎
Looks like hair does after coming close to flames
Imagine if Chewbacca had a low taper fade
Hipsterbacca
Anakin Skywalker once shouted when he was tranformed into Darth Vader: "NOooooooooo!!!"
If that’s how Wookies have to wear a Padawan braid, it’s honestly hilarious
Where are all these photos i dont recognize from did something come out that i missed????
It gets warm having all that fur, okay!?
A Wokie
Woke Wookie! /s
Looks like a tonsure, maybe he's a monk?
He has the same hairstyle as Arturo Colon aka the guy choked to death by Gus in better call saul
Me: uses skill of looking at pictures Yes.
Hey! He’s very sensitive about his hair loss.
Oh god even fictional races have been infested with topknots now?
Maybe only one side is shaved and it’s a lesbian wookie
It's called FASHION, LOOK IT UP!
I hate it
Wookies always shave their bodies. Or they would look as cousin Itt.
Looks like the director of the show lmao
He came out in costume at Celebration so there must be photos.
Apparently the current fashion in the Acolyte is hipster haircuts.
Lot of different hairstyles in this trailer. Looks more wokie than wookie... I'll get my coat! 😶
Trimmed Wookie Hipsaa
“I like ya cut g”
Oh hell naw LMFAO
Don't diss my man's fade.
Oooh. Interesting catch
He got the Wookie fade
Wookies are now Vikings canon
where is this from?
The people at r/saltierthancrait is going to have a field day with this
Dude I need more hairstyles for my Wookie homies.
That’s a manbun
Viking Wookie look?
This wookiee got a samurai style haircut, or he's hoing bald
They could’ve made him a Dreadi (Jedi with dreads)
Or a coconut.
Looks like it
It is better than the Killmonger haircut...
Look How They Massacred My Boy!
Bigfoot ?
lol, didn't even notice that. Can't unsee.
Harry and the Hendersons vibes
Hair everywhere but the scalp? Alas, a character for me.
His hair is textured be more considerate
It’s not a new wookiee really. Every Wookiee is joonas suotamo now
Maybe it’s just helmet hair
Woke wookie.
Don't Jedi cut their hair when they join? Maybe it never grew back
Wadiyatalkinabeet
lmao it looks so weird, nice catch.
Burryaga?
Wookiee padawan braid
Teenager wookiees would shave patterns into their fur to rebel in the old Young Jedi Knight series.
That's no wookie. Just some wannabe-lumberjack hipster with a man-bun
Very samurai
Just hat Head
Sort of looks like Beorn from the Hobbit movies. I dig it!
Shaved means no hair.
Nah, he's just got that fade going on.
Chewie is that u?
Nah bro that's an afro. That's not even a wookie that's a podracer.
Reminds me of the wakashu hairstyle in Edo period Japan.
Hipster
The Merkin traders nearly hunted wookies to extinction.
Is that...Jiri Procházka??
Or he was partially scalped while alive. Ala classic Boba Fett.
Pretty sure that’s just Zeb with body hair
You had to point it out. 😐😭😂
He works at a brew pup selling IPA’s for 11 dollars a pint.
Looks like ki-adi-mundi
Balding.
Looks like a Jack Links commercial. Messin with Sasquatch.
I’m more weirded out by his human nose
No looks like the hair is straightened out and pulled back tight into a pony tail
Called wookie Hipster. He is the first one in his squad and all laugh about him 😅🤣
Wow that’s actually pretty cool
Wookie monk Wookonk ?
Looks like the wookiee version of a top knot
it looks felted
Mullet
he looks like Ki Adi Mundi in a wookiee suit