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'Star Wars' Star Lupita Nyong'o Is Hopeful About a Chewbacca-Maz Kanata Romance

What is the single greatest romance in Star Wars? Anakin and Padmé? Prequel — pass. Luke and Leia? No, gross! Han and Leia? Yes, for now. That’s right, I said for now. That’s because The Force Awakens gave us a glimpse of an exciting storyline in that galaxy so far, far away: the love connection between that big hairy thing and tiny alien lemon, or as fans know them, Chewbacca and Maz Kanata.

In The Force Awakens, when Han, Finn, Rey, and BB-8 meet up with Maz, she asks where her “boyfriend” Chewbacca is. He was making repairs on the Falcon, as you may recall. This has led to some serious shipping of the two characters. There’s fan art; there’s a Reddit theory that suggests Ewoks are their offspring; and there’s whatever this is.

Well, if you want those two crazy kids to settle down together, then you’re not alone. When Yahoo Movies asked Maz herself, Lupita Nyong’o, if there was any hope for those two, she told our Kevin Polowy: “That is a brilliant question. As the representation for Maz, I would say, I certainly hope so.”
“So you’re saying there’s a chance,” asked Polowy. “I think that is in Maz’s hopes and dreams, yeah,” Nyong’o said, laughing.

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