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[[Image:LifeDay2.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Wookiees celebrating Life Day on Kashyyyk by the Tree of Life.]]
'''Life Day''' was the [[fiction|fictional]] [[Wookiee]] [[holiday]] celebrated by the inhabitants of [[Kashyyyk]]. It was originally featured in ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' with its airing in 1978. 

Unlike most aspects of the normally well-crafted ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[universe]], Life Day is utterly expedient, inserted into the show to provide a very basic goal for the [[hero]]es, and lend a bit of topical relevance to the material, which would otherwise be completely inappropriate for a [[television]] holiday special.

==Appearances==

[[Image:LifeDay1.JPG|thumb|right|225px|Wookiees, including Chewbacca and his family, approaching the celebration in ''The Star Wars Holiday Special''.]]

===The Star Wars Holiday Special===

''The Star Wars Holiday Special'' gives us some insight into the customs of Life Day.  [[Chewbacca]]'s [[wife]] prepares a feast, [[gifts]] are exchanged between acquaintances, [[candle]]s are burned [[ritual]]istically, and Wookiees don red [[robe]]s and join into groups to observe the day. [[Singing]] is involved.

===Printed media===

Another source which gives us a view of Life Day for the Wookiees is the [[1979]] children's book, ''The Wookiee Storybook''. This book tells us that on this holiday, a certain fruit is sacred to the wookiees as part of their feasting ceremonies. In the 1979 [[Russ Manning]] [[newspaper]] [[comic strip]] ''The Kashyyyk Depths'', the regular cast of ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|A New Hope]]'' once again returned to [[Kashyyyk]] for another Life Day celebration.

===Video games===

[[Image:Lifedayimage.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A screenshot from the SWG website of Life Day.]]
In the video game, ''[[Star Wars: Galaxies]]'', players are given the opportunity to explore more thoroughly the Wookiee holiday of Life Day. Its customs are more thoroughly explored, and the player is encouraged to celebrate the holiday around the human time of December. The official site for ''Star Wars: Galaxies'' devotes an [http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/content.jsp?page=Wookiee%20Life%20Day entire page] to explaining this unique feature of the game.

==External links==

*[http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com Fan site elaborating on the holiday special.]
*[http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/novel/f20000518/index.html Star Wars.com's article "The Forest of Gargantuans.," which details all early appearances of Kashyyyk and the wookiee family in the EU.]
*[http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/content.jsp?page=Wookiee%20Life%20Day The official ''Star Wars: Galaxies'' website, which elaborates on the customs of Life Day.]

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[[Category:Fictional holidays]]