Totem Master The Totem Master was a thief who lived on the forest moon of Endor . He traveled from village to village in a covered wagon , looking for targets that could be robbed easily . To carry out these robberies , the Totem Master used a group of creatures that had been enslaved to his will . He exerted control over the group through a magic ring which also allowed him to transform his slaves into wooden sculptures that took on the appearance of a totem pole . The Totem Master would then attempt to give the totem pole as a gift to the inhabitants of the villages that he had targeted . After the totem pole was brought back into the community and night had fallen , the Totem Master reanimated the Totem Slaves and had them rob the villagers for him . Around 3 ABY , the Totem Master had set his sights on Bright Tree Village , and after investigating the settlement , he was able to convince the young Ewok Wicket W . Warrick to take his totem pole by appealing to the child ' s vanity . Once the totem pole had been brought back to the village , the Totem Master waited for the cover of night and then released his servants , who began to ransack the village . After loading the loot onto his wagon , the Totem Master departed , but not before being confronted by two young Ewoks , Latara and Teebo . However , the Totem Master simply used his ring to enslave the Ewoks , adding them to his totem pole . The Totem Master made his way to the next village , the Strutter ' s , but he was pursued by Wicket and Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka , who had seen their friends taken captive and hoped to rescue them . The Totem Master was successful at giving the totem pole over to the Strutter s , but when he returned at night to begin another robbery , he was attacked by the two Ewoks . The Totem Master ordered his servants , including Latara and Teebo , to capture the two troublemakers , and a chase ensued . However , in a final showdown , the Totem Master had his own ring turned against him , which caused him to be transformed into a totem pole . His magical ring slipped from his wooden fingers and was smashed on the ground , freeing his slaves . Biography . The thief of Endor . The being known as the Totem Master began his career of thievery after coming into possession of a powerful artifact , which allowed him to enslave other individuals to his will . This device , a ring that he wore on his left hand , doubled as a weapon with the ability to fire bolts of energy . Through the use of the ring , the Totem Master created a group of thieves to serve him . The three beings making up this tiny band included a brown biped , a green arthropod and a blue biped . As a mark of their enslavement to the Totem Master , their eyes glowed red , and they were forced to carry out his every order . At an unspecified point , the Totem Master and his slaves found themselves on the forest moon of Endor , where they began to steal from the locals . In order to carry out his capers on the Endorians , the Totem Master would pose as a simple trader , riding his primitive wagon into the center of their villages and offering the citizens a simple gift — a totem pole . In order to make sure the villagers would accept his present , the Totem Master would make various claims about the object , appealing to his customer ' s vanity . In reality , the gift was made up of the Totem Master ' s three slaves , stacked one on top of the other . The Totem Master ' s ring had the ability to change the trio into stationary blocks of wood , making the illusion of a real totem pole flawless . Once the villagers had all gone to sleep , the Totem Master would reappear in the village and remove the spell , sending his slaves out to steal everything of value from the settlement . The spoils would be placed in the back of the Totem Master ' s wagon , and the group would be gone before the morning , moving on to the next target . In Bright Tree Village . Eventually , the Totem Master and his thieves found themselves outside of Bright Tree Village . Surveying the area , the Totem Master saw several young Ewoks harvesting dangleberry juice . Believing them to be easy marks for his totem pole gift , the Totem Master began to speak with the Ewoks . After overhearing that one Ewok , Wicket W . Warrick , considered himself a powerful warrior , the Totem Master appealed to the Ewok ' s pride , telling Wicket that his totem pole was something that only the greatest warriors possessed to protect their villages . Despite warnings by Wicket ' s friend Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka , Wicket agreed to take the gift , much to the Totem Master ' s delight , and he departed before the Ewok could change his mind . That night , the Totem Master sent his thieves into the village , and they began to gather all the valuables from the Ewoks ' huts . However , in their hurry to collect their plunder , one of the thieves , the blue biped , accidentally awoke one of the Ewok children from his slumber . Teebo , shocked at the thieves ' presence in the village , tried to stop the group from escaping , but the Totem Master used his ring to enslave Teebo as well . After adding the Ewok to the totem pole , the thieves left the village . Before their departure , Wicket briefly saw the Totem Master , but believing himself to be dreaming , decided to go back to sleep . In Strutter Village . The Totem Master began to make his way to the next village but decided to stop briefly to appraise the things he had stolen . The Totem Master judged the majority of it to be worthless garbage , casting many of the objects into the forest . However , Wicket and his friends Kneesaa and Latara had been tailing the Totem Master after they had discovered Wicket ' s " dream " to have been real . Latara , after seeing her possessions described as junk , could not bear to sit idly by , and she decided to confront the Totem Master despite her friends ' protests . However , Latara ' s confrontation of the Totem Master only resulted in the same fate that had befallen Teebo , and she was quickly added to the totem pole as well . After creating another Ewok slave , the Totem Master departed on a heading for the Strutter Village . Using a different approach than he had in Bright Tree Village , the Totem Master drove his wagon straight into the center of town and offloaded his now much larger totem pole . Although the Strutter s were initially dismissive of the Totem Master , he was once again able to appeal to his target ' s vanity , convincing the Strutters to accept the totem pole . Before leaving , the Totem Master took one last look at his totem pole , recognizing that it had somehow grown taller , but not recognizing that the two Ewoks who had been following him were perched on the top of the totem pole . Later that night , as in the other villages , the Totem Master returned and released his slaves from their totem configuration , ordering them to plunder the settlement . Meanwhile , Wicket and Kneesaa , having removed themselves from the top of the totem pole , had devised a trap for the Totem Master . As he walked towards a nearby tree , the two Ewoks prepared to drop a bale of hay upon the Totem Master . Their plan succeeded , but when the Ewoks went to steal the Totem Master ' s ring , he was able to recover , aiming his ring at the would - be rescuers . However , Wicket and Kneesaa were able to avoid the blast from the ring , and they fled from their attacker . Furious at the two Ewoks having escaped him , the Totem Master yelled to his slaves , ordering them to capture the fleeing meddlers . Confrontation . As the Totem Master ' s slaves rushed to obey him , a chase ensued with the Ewoks fleeing frantically through the Strutter village . The Totem Master continued to fire his ring at the Ewoks , but they were too fast for him . Still attempting to catch the Ewoks , the Totem Master crashed into his green arthropod servant and crashed to the ground . However , just as it seemed that the Ewoks would escape , they ran into their two enslaved friends . Mistakenly believing that their friends were there to help them , Wicket and Kneesaa ceased their escape . Latara and Teebo , still under the Totem Master ' s control , dropped their loot and grabbed their friends , holding them for their master . Although the two Ewoks struggled against their friends , they were unable to escape before the Totem Master had them at his mercy . As the Totem Master gloated his triumph over the Ewoks , Wicket happened to spy a mirror that Teebo had dropped when capturing his friend . Anticipating the Totem Master ' s next move , Wicket was able to snatch up the mirror just as the Totem Master used his ring on the Ewoks . The blast from the Totem Master ' s ring reflected off of the mirror and hit the Totem Master directly . The energy from the ring surrounded the Totem Master , causing him to scream in agony . With his eyes wide in shock , the Totem Master ' s body began to transform into a solid block of wood , just as he had once done to his slaves . Aftermath . After the Totem Master ' s defeat , his ring slid off his wooden fingers and smashed to pieces on the ground . The destruction of the artifact removed the control that the Totem Master had placed over his slaves . As a signal of their freedom from their overlord , the slaves ' red eyes reverted to their normal demeanor . With the Totem Master transformed into wood , the three original servants celebrated their liberation and then disappeared into the nearby forest . The four Ewok friends reunited , and Latara and Teebo thanked their friends for rescuing them . With the rescue complete , the Ewoks took the Totem Master ' s wagon and went back to Bright Tree Village , returning all the stolen property to their fellow Ewoks . The Totem Master ' s wooden body remained in the Strutter village upon their departure . With his magic ring destroyed , it seemed unlikely that the Totem Master could be released from his wooden form . Personality and traits . The Totem Master was an evil and greedy individual , who cared solely for possessions , and had no qualms about using and enslaving other sentient peoples to fulfill his goals . With his ring , the Totem Master used his powers to force others to do his bidding . The Totem Master also possessed charisma , as he was able to convince several villages that his totem pole was something that would fill their desires . He was able to do this without arousing their suspicions , even though he was essentially giving them the totem pole for nothing in return . The Totem Master had a short temper ; he lashed out several times at the Ewoks when they confronted him . When confronted by Latara , and then later by Wicket and Kneesaa , the Totem Master quickly became angered , raising his voice and firing blasts from his ring . Behind the scenes . The Totem Master was created by Bob Carrau for use in the sixth episode of the second season of " " , " The Totem Master . " The nature of the Totem Master ' s ring is not explained in the episode , but it may be possible that the ring was a that possessed transforming abilities , much the same as Charal ' s magic ring . The Totem Master is present as a character to teach children the value of not taking gifts from strangers , as Wicket unwisely takes a present from the namesake of the episode . By the end of the episode , Wicket learns how unwise it was to trust a complete stranger .