I den nu legendariska EU-kontinuiteten Chewbacca ständigt tinker med hans bowcasters . Det är rätt - bowcasters, som i plural. Han ägde flera, och gillade att uppgradera och anpassa dem. Både Han och Chewies fru Mala kommentera denna hobby under hans minnesservice på Kashyyyk . Här är ett utdrag ur New Jedi Order novel Agenter av Chaos I - Hero's Trial :
Han's brows knitted. He set the box down on the stool and unlatched its finely wrought metal clasp. Inside, snug in a bed of cushioning material was a beautifully carved bowcaster, its marked and blemished skeleton stock polished to a deep brown gleam. An artfully disguised magnetic accelerator, the weapon propelled explosive quarrels at extremely high speeds. This one was equipped with a sighting scope and a recocking mechanism few human hands would be capable of operating.
"I recognize this," Han said, nodding. He compressed his lips to trap a moan fighting to escape him. "It's one of the first I ever saw him make."
Malla hooted. [Chewbacca fashioned it shortly after we married - while you were here. He fashioned better versions in his time, but this one retains the warmth and power of him.]
Om denna detalj har övergått till den nya kontinuiteten, är det helt möjligt att Han aldrig har använt denna speciella bowcaster.