Hasn't anyone wondered why Chewie and Tarfful helped Yoda off Kashyyyk? Did Chewie and Tarfful have a feeling about what's going on when Order 66 is issued? Where did their allegiance actually lie?

The Databank entry described Wookiees as loyal to the Republic yet that they also trusted Yoda's leadership. So was there a conflict of interest when the Clones advanced on Yoda and he killed them?

Yoda said that he had a good relationship with the Wookiees so I guess this is something he has forged over the years on Kashyyyk. Could it maybe be possible that Chewie and Tarfful owed Yoda a life-debt and when he killed the Clones that the Wookiees thought it was completely justified?

This is a possible answer to why Chewie and Tarfful forget their allegiance to the Republic and it's troops who are fighting to the death defending their cities and instead help Yoda get out of there. But there's one problem, and that's Tarfful. In the game Republic Commando, one of the missions is to save Tarfful from the Trandoshan slaver dealers. So doesn't this mean that Tarfful owes the Republic a life-debt? Why does he help Yoda?

I think another possible answer to this is that Wookiees are honour bound and they don't like back-stabbers. They way the Clones act the moments after they have received Order 66 is that of a classic backstabber. Gree is standing far away from Yoda when he receives the order as to not invoke Yodas suspicion. He comes in from behind and just gives one confirming nod to his co-conspiritor to show that it is time. I could also point to Chewies reaction when he meets Lando after he betrayed Han. Although the Clone situation and the Lando situation are different, it still shows the Wookiee attitude towards honour and back-stabbers.

Chewie and Tarfful might have seen Yodas actions as justifiable since the Clones were acting as the classic back-stabbers and the two Wookiees forgot their allegiance to a Republic without honour. Though, this begs the question about what happened down on the beach when the Clones turned on Luminara Unduli. Did the Wookiees rise against the Clones on the beach or were they more focused on repelling the Separatists? We never see the beach battle after the failed attempt to kill Yoda so we're never sure what happens.

Did the Republic see the Wookiees as a liability after the disappearence of Yoda and the death of Unduli? The only thing that is telling in this is when the Clones are out searching for Yoda and they stumble upon some Wookiee bodies.

"Just a couple of Wookiees" says that Clone which somehow shows some disregard for their allies. He might as well have said "Just a couple of creatures".

It's an interesting question concerning Yoda's relationship with the Wookiees and especially Tarfful and Chewie. Also, answers to those question might also give us an indication of what happened on the beach after Order 66 was issued. Did the Clones turn on Unduli and the Wookiees or did the Wookiees turn on the Clones or did they just continue fighting?

I feel that the answer about the Wookiees view on honour answer the question best but somehow I don't find it totally satisfying since it's based on my assumptions. The life-debt thing is also a good answer but that raises questions about Tarffuls and other Wookiees allegiance to the Republic and again, Chewie owing Yoda is an assumption.

Has anyone else got any thoughts on this subject?