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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Movie Characters) for Wednesday, November 19, 2025 (Season 42, Game 53):
The novelization of a 1977 movie awarded this character a medal at the end, righting a perceived wrong
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Matylda Urbaniak, a law student from Queens, New York
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Josh Chen, a stay-at-home dog dad from Arlington, Virginia
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Harrison Whitaker, a researcher originally from Terre Haute, Indiana (6-day total: $182,600)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Harrison Whitaker hit a bit of a speed bump yesterday in his sixth game, being in the minus during the Double Jeopardy round, but he recovered enough to lead going into Final Jeopardy and pull out victory #6. That performance, though, could demonstrate to today’s challengers Josh Chen and Matylda Urbaniak that Harrison is very beatable. One major weakness in Harrison’s game right now is the Daily Double; in six games, he is only 6-for-11 on those clues. On the more positive side for him, he is 6-for-6 in Final Jeopardy, which may require someone to be ahead of Harrison entering Final Jeopardy in order to defeat him.
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Correct response: Who is Chewbacca?
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A long time ago, on a movie screen far, far away, moviegoers saw the end of Star Wars (retconned to be Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), where Chewbacca is the only main character to leave Yavin 4 without a medal of honor. Fans have since been upset with this, even though the novelization of the movie, ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster from the script, lets the Wookiee win a medal. Thus, it does appear as though Chewie’s medal was an oversight that fans picked up on immediately.
With Harrison at 6-for-6, part of me is starting to wonder if this will be the first Final Jeopardy clue for him to be incorrect on. That being said, I am proud to admit that I—who, over the years, has been notorious for getting incredibly easy Star Wars questions incorrect in various competitions and podcasts—was correct on this Final Jeopardy clue.
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I saw 1977, thought Star Wars knowing that Alan Dean Foster wrote the book after the movie, and said Luke Skywalker. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen that movie. Over 48 years, in fact.
Seriously? A fictional character?
I did not reply to MarkO. I referred to the question’s answer. I focused on real-life people.
I mean, I think that’s on you, especially facing a category of “Movie Characters”…ost of them would be fictional…