The funny thing is too that Disney was disregarding all the extra shows and comics etc as canon when they took over.
If they can bring back that character they could do it with others. Maybe Mace Windu fell on a speeder from that window which just happened to be on it's way to the hospital. Maybe Obi Wan turned invisible and ran away so fast that it left his robes still standing and he escaped in a shuttle and is now drinking up all the stock at the Mos Eisley cantina. Maybe, well you get the idea
Thankfully it happened at the end of the movie. They certainly left it open to a sequel though. Also Chewie was great in it
