--- title: Emilia Clarke Debuts Chewbacca Impression on Fallon description: Emilia Clarke was tasked with attempting to translate some of Chewbacca's dialogue into the Wookiee's native language. 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During a Monday appearance on _The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_ to promote her new movie, _Solo: A Star Wars Story_, Clarke was tasked with attempting to translate some of Chewbacca’s dialogue into the Wookiee’s native language. The results were unfortunate to say the least. “Oh my god! That’s worse than I thought it was in my head,” she exclaimed. “I was like it’s going to be bad, but that’s terrible.” “I thought mine was bad but that is really up there,” the host added. 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