Titterbug The Titterbugs were a species of sentient insectoids who lived on the Forest Moon of Endor . They were small beings with four legs , two arms , and — at least in some members — an orange carapace . Their heads were large in relation to the rest of the body , the site of two large eyes , a wide , smiling mouth , two antennae , and a full head of hair . Titterbugs had a tendency to laugh constantly in a high - pitched voice . They recognized some members of their kind as princesses , and in 3 ABY , one such Titterbug was considered as a potential wife for Vork , prince of a tribe of Gorph s who lived on Endor . Biology and appearance . Titterbugs were a species of sentient insectoids who stood roughly 0 . 33 meters tall . A Titterbug ' s body was divided into three segments : a head , a thorax , and an abdomen . Six limbs grew from this bottommost section ; members of the species stood upright on four segmented legs with two toes per foot , while another two limbs with three fingers served as fine manipulators . At least some Titterbugs had an orange carapace with reddish - brown markings . The thorax supported a thin neck , upon which was perched a large , wide head . At least for some members of the species , the face was pale colored from the chin to just above the upper lip . A Titterbug could purse his or her mouth into a small opening or a wide grin that bared large , pale teeth . The remainder of the head was colored the same hue as the carapace of the body . Titterbugs had two large , yellow eyes with black pupils , and at least some members of the species sported eyelashes . Titterbugs had hair ; reddish brown was one possible color . Two jointed , black antennae poked from the hair atop the head . Society and culture . As their name implied , Titterbugs grinned and laughed constantly , even when faced with dangerous or uncomfortable situations . Some of them had high - pitched voices . The species included at least one princess among their ranks , and she indicated her status by wearing a gold - colored crown . They had relations with other groups , such as the rotund species known as Gorph s . History . In 3 ABY , a princess of the Titterbugs was selected as a candidate to marry Vork , the prince of a rotund species known as Gorphs . His mother , Queen Slugga , had expressed a desire to find a princess who was wealthy and well - bred . At the Gorphs ' grotto , that Titterbug joined other candidates , including the princess of the Mudgub s , just outside the audience chamber . The Mudgub princess was brought through the doors first , but soon enough , the Titterbug princess was picked up and carried into the chamber by a pair of bouncing Gorph guards . Prince Vork seemed pleased with her , but Slugga did not . She ordered the princess thrown into a large hole in the grotto ' s floor known as " the pit . " Despite her fate , the Titterbug princess giggled the whole time . Behind the scenes . The Titterbugs were created by writer Paul Dini for the Nelvana " " animated television series . Their only appearance , " Princess Latara , " first aired on September 20 , 1986 . In the cartoon , only one Titterbug character appears on screen . Although she has no lines , her laugh is provided by an uncredited voice artist . No source has definitively established a Titterbug homeworld , making their ultimate origins unclear . " Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds " implies that only Ewoks and Yuzzums are native to the Forest Moon . " Castaways of Endor " adds only Duloks to this list and implies that all other sentients on Endor have been introduced from other worlds . According to " Endor and the Moddell Sector , " such introductions were relatively common due to the dual navigational hazards of a massive gravity shadow and a shield of space debris that crashed countless starships on the moon . Still , the notion that the Titterbugs were one of these " castaway " species — or that they were native to Endor — cannot be definitively supported by available source material .