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Swank said:
In the military, the person that receives the highest award for heroism for a craft is the person who was in tactical command of the craft when the decision was made to take whatever actions.

Not the person who technically owns the craft.
Not the person who was steering the craft during that act.

So it doesn't matter if Chewie is a 50% owner or acts as captain three days a week - Han would receive the highest award for making the decision to attack the Death Star because he commanded the MF at that time and it was his decision to make.

And I speak from direct experience.
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The MF?

"I'm in command of this MF and I say we attack!"
 
Swank said:
In the military, the person that receives the highest award for heroism for a craft is the person who was in tactical command of the craft when the decision was made to take whatever actions.
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Even a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away?

Apparently Chewie did get an award anyway:
"Chewbacca wasn't given a medal because medals don't really mean much to Wookiees. They don't really put too much credence in them. They have different kinds of ceremonies. The Wookiee Chewbacca was in fact given a great prize and honor during a ceremony with his own people. The whole contingent from the Rebel Alliance went to Chewbacca's people and participated in a very large celebration. It was an honor for the entire Wookiee race."
 
KGeo777 said:
Because they are the equivalent of Red Shirts?
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In Alan Dean Fosters' novelisation and in the radio adaptation, Wedge has a much bigger part. This made him a fan favourite in the early 1980's before Empire was released. I've not read the Expanded Universe stuff, so I don't know if he appears there or not, but I expect that he does since Alan Dean Foster wrote many of those too.

So, not just cannon-fodder, I think.
 
Dave said:
In Alan Dean Fosters' novelisation and in the radio adaptation, Wedge has a much bigger part. This made him a fan favourite in the early 1980's before Empire was released. I've not read the Expanded Universe stuff, so I don't know if he appears there or not, but I expect that he does since Alan Dean Foster wrote many of those too.

So, not just cannon-fodder, I think.
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He did in the marvel comic book adaptation too. That material was shot but his whole story line was dropped late in the final edit.
 
You can create any backstory you want after the event, but (in my opinion) the only one that really counts is the one the writer intended at the time the original tale was created.

Han, Chewie and Luke got the accolades and medals because the delivered the Death Star plans into the hands of the Rebel leaders, rescued one of their chief members from an almost impregnable cortress and then proceeded to blow it up.

In conflict there are many who deserve medals and don't get them; many whose courage, ingenuity and audacity outweighs those who do.

But this is a movie, and one with a happy ending. Does Leia care about her people lost on Alderaan? Does Luke care about the death of his relatives or Ben? Of course, but this is a moment of joy; a moment that makes the suffering and efforts of those who sacrificed themselves mean something.
 
Chewie is kind of like a dog on two legs who can fly a spaceship. So a medal would seem strange--and also--back then--the idea of being so cozy with a Bigfoot would have seemed too "out there."
In a couple of years Yoda would come along to break down more barriers for the differently mutated.
 
KGeo777 said:
Does anyone care that Biggs and Gold Leader and Red Leader got blown up?
No one cares.
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Biggs and Gold Leader were one note characters without any context , so nobody did care about their fate.

Biggs would have had more context had they not deleted a scene with him and Luke on Tatooine.
 
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