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Marvel has revealed three preview pages from Chewbacca #1 by artist Phil Noto. One look at that first page and you'll have to agree Chewie has never looked more adorable. There's also some variant covers, including full art and sketch covers by Alex Ross. Take a look:

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With everyone's favorite Wookiee, Chewbacca, kicking off a five-issue solo mini-series in October from Marvel Comics, we sat down with artist Phil Noto to talk about telling a story featuring a big walking carpet.Taking place during the same time frame as most of Marvel's other Star Wars comics -- between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back -- the comic will be written by Gerry Duggan (Deadpool) and will see Chewbacca out on an adventure without his best bud Han Solo. You might be asking yourself how a being that has a vocabulary even smaller than Groot's can be the star of his own story, but Noto assures that that won't be a problem with the way they're telling the story.In addition to Chewbacca, Noto also did the cover for Star Wars: Shattered Empire #1, depicting an Ewok party with smiles all around. That comic takes place between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, and you'll be surprised to hear that Noto didn't even know what he was drawing the cover for when he got the assignment.Hear what Noto had to say about his Star Wars projects, then let us know your thoughts in the comments.

It's funny, Jordan White, who edits all the Marvel Star Wars stuff emailed me and was like, "Oh, can you help us out on a Star Wars cover?" and I was like, "Yeah, sure!" Because up to that point I don't think I had done any Star Wars stuff for Marvel. I was like, "Yeah, I think that would be a lot of fun." He was like, "Yeah, we need an image from the end of Jedi, kind of like the Ewok celebration." I was just like, "Oh, well... that's kind of hard to make an interesting cover," but I was like, "Let me see what I can do."Really, at the time, I just figured it was some little thing they needed as a variant and didn't realize that when they announced the series -- that was the image they used as the roll out. It got such a great response. I was like, "Wow, yeah, I'm glad I had the time to do that cover."No, no! All I knew was what Jordan told me. "This is a series we're doing that takes place right after Return of the Jedi, leading up to some stuff in The Force Awakens." I was like, "Oh, okay. Cool!" And this was awhile ago, so my knowledge of any Episode VII stuff or Shattered Empire was like nothing.So I was just like, "Yeah, sure -- I get to draw all the Star Wars characters? Sure!" [Laughs] But then, yeah, it came out and everything, and people were like, "Are you drawing the whole series and stuff?" I was like, "Oh, no, no. I just did the cover. But yeah, if they want to give me some more comics stuff..." And sure enough, I'm doing Chewbacca now.Yeah! It totally reminds me of when I was kid and saw Empire. I mean, it's my favorite movie, but I remember when I saw it thinking, "Wow, so all that celebration and the medal ceremony and them blowing up the Death Star, that was good, and now it's like, 'No, they're still on the run, and they're getting beat down left and right.'" Shattered Empire seems to have that same kind of vibe like, "Well, we beat 'em! Oh, no -- everything's still bad!"It takes place between Star Wars and Empire, and Chewbacca's on a little personal mission, and he ends up crash-landing on this planet. He meets this young teenage girl named Zarro whose father and some friends have been enslaved by this evil alien guy, and he's been making these people work in his mine underground.[Chewbacca writer Gerry Duggan] kind of pitched it to me like, it's like a Star Wars western. Chewbacca is kind of the Man With No Name coming to help all these people.So yeah, Chewbacca helps Zarro and her father and the other slaves to break free of this bad guy, and he's kind of in cahoots with the Empire. So we get to see some Empire stuff later on in the book.Yeah, a lot of it's just acting.Luckily, just with the three movies, you've seen him do a lot of pantomiming, so he has kind of signature poses and stuff that I've been able to use to get the point across.But Gerry's also been really good in terms of setting up the story. Like, I don't have to do too much with Chewbacca. You kind of know what Chewbacca's reactions are going to be, if you know anything about the character.Yes, this is Chewie truly as the star of his own story.I was eager to do anything. I had just finished up Black Widow for Marvel, and I was very anxious to do anything Star Wars, and they have a bunch of stuff going on right now. The only thing that would fit into my schedule was Chewbacca, but I was like, "Yeah! I love the character of Chewbacca."And when it turned out that my friend Gerry was writing it, it was just an easy "yes." It was like, "Oh, yeah, perfect."But it's been great too, because it's five issues, and I've been able to design all-new Star Wars-type stuff and kind of do my own takes on a lot of the Star Wars universe.It's a bit more serious. I mean, the overall tone is more like an action-adventure, but there are great little moments of humor in it. Gerry really excels at those little funny moments.Yeah, Zarro, as the story goes along -- you know, I don't know how Han Solo understands him, but she kind of picks up on what he's saying. She starts becoming kind of his translator for the other characters.Oh, you'll love this. If you love Chewbacca, this is the book for you. I think we've done him justice. It's Chewie's chance to shine outside of the Holiday Special, when you see him with his family. [Laughs]So this is kind of a cooler version of Chewbacca's standalone segment. But yeah, I think any Star Wars fan -- all the stuff that's Marvel's been doing with Star Wars has been great stuff. I hope that our book lives up to the precedent that's been set.

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