After that, the Star Wars universe continued its course in other media, most notably television and literature, but after the acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney, a new trilogy was made. The purpose of the sequel trilogy was to bring the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, introduced heroes Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega), and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), along with villains Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis). The Force Awakens also saw the demise of Han Solo, leaving Chewbacca with Rey, who at the end of the sequel trilogy, was the one who kept the Millennium Falcon.
After Solo’s death, Rey traveled to Ahch-To to find Luke Skywalker and was accompanied by Chewbacca and R2-D2. Chewbacca continued to be the Falcon’s co-pilot, working closely with Rey through Millennium Falcon ended up being hers and not Chewbacca’s, who pretty much co-owned the ship for decades.
As seen in The Millennium Falcon ended up in their hands after Solo defeated Lando Calrissian in a rematch of sabacc, and from that moment on, Chewie and Solo went on different (and more dangerous) missions together. The Falcon was Chewie’s ship as much as it was Solo’s, and they knew exactly how to pilot it, repair it, and pretty much look after it (the Falcon is a character on its own). While Rey is brilliant and skilled not only as a pilot but on many other things, and as much as she impressed Solo by knowing how to treat the Falcon, Chewie should have inherited the ship instead of being left as just the co-pilot (or maybe not even that anymore, as Rey was last seen in the Falcon without him).
Although from a narrative point of view it makes sense to give the Falcon to Rey (and it fits with the heavily-criticized “Disney formula” used in the Star Wars sequel trilogy), many fans have pointed out that it’s not only disrespectful to Chewie, who spent decades alongside Han Solo piloting the ship, but it also makes it seem as if Disney doesn’t consider Chewie a sentient being, instead just making him a companion (or a “pet”, as some have expressed) to Rey, while droids were elevated to a more sentient/human level. Surely, the Star Wars sequels have many, many flaws, of which some can be fixed and retconned in other canon media, but it’s unlikely the Millennium Falcon will be given to Chewbacca, as it should have happened.
