Lowbacca

Lowbacca, full name Lowdowndirtybacca, "Lowie" for short, was the only Wookiee Jedi in Star Wars continuity. He was Chewbacca's nephew and the childhood friend of Jaina and Jacen Solo. His lightsaber was bronze-colored.

See, like, how cool is that? He's a Wookiee... and a Jedi! He could rip your arms off... with the Force! And what a truly original concept. A Wookiee Jedi. Because it's not as if every single Star Wars RPG gamer has created one of those. It's such a novel concept. He carried a snarky translator droid with him to translate his Shyriiwook (a snarky droid? another original concept). Oh, and he pulled the old Mace Windu "ooh, look at my slightly different colored lightsaber, ain't I cool" crap. Bronze? Good grief. It's called yellow. Live with it.

Lowbacca was such an obvious fan-wank that George Lucas Himself stepped in and personally decreed that There Will Be No More Wookiee Jedi. Upon hearing this, Troy Denning, Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss, James Luceno, and Michael Stackpole got sheepish looks on their faces, crumpled up their Star Wars characters sheets, and asked for a few months extension on their upcoming novels. Lucas was also about to completely erase Lowbacca from canon, like Jaxxon the space rabbit, but Rick McCallum held him back.