Wicket Wystri Warrick Wicket Wystri Warrick was a male Ewok scout , warrior and later Chief of Bright Tree Village on the forest moon of Endor . The great - grandson of Erpham Warrick , Wicket was the third son of Deej and Shodu Warrick , following Weechee and Willy and was the older brother of Winda . Wicket led an adventurous life , even from a very young age . He and his friends , namely Teebo and Princess Kneesaa , continually protected their village and the surrounding forest from those who would do them harm , such as Morag the Tulgah witch , the Duloks , and other threats from Endor and beyond . He almost even inadvertently killed Emperor Palpatine while defending the sunstar during Doctor Raygar ' s quest for Imperial domination . Wicket aided the Towani family when they crash - landed on Endor and later assisted Noa Briqualon in the battle against the Sanyassan s . Wicket also played an instrumental role in helping the Rebel Alliance defeat the Galactic Empire during the Battle of Endor . After the death of Chief Chirpa , Wicket and his bride , Kneesaa , ruled over Bright Tree Village together . Biography . Early childhood . The great - grandson of Ewok warrior Erpham Warrick , Wicket Wystri Warrick was born and raised in Bright Tree Village on the forest moon of Endor . Wicket ' s first name was that of a brave and inquisitive nature spirit of Ewok legend and his surname , " Warrick " , was reserved for the greatest of warriors to honor another legendary figure who bore the name . Early on , Wicket exhibited a sense of adventure ; though his father , Deej , didn ' t understand where it came from , Wicket ' s mother , Shodu , knew that he was simply taking after his father . Wicket grew up with two older brothers , Weechee and Willy , and he developed close friendships with Teebo , Princess Kneesaa , and Latara . Wicket and Teebo played games , like seeing who could hit a burr ball the farthest . One spring morning , Wicket joined his older brother Weechee as he went off into the woods for archery practice . But when Wicket lost Weechee ' s arrows and broke his new bow , Weechee castigated his young brother . Wicket fled to the base of his Soul Tree and sulked all day , deciding that if he ever had a younger sibling , he would not be mean to him . ( He eventually did gain a baby sister , Winda . ) Eager to grow up , Wicket was continually saddened when he wasn ' t allowed to go on expeditions with the older Ewoks . He was thrilled to no longer be considered a wokling when he officially gained his hood at the Festival of Hoods . On one occasion , when Wicket and Kneesaa were picking berries in the forest , they stumbled upon two creatures attempting to cut down the forest ' s trees . When the two got back to their village , they told Chief Chirpa of the giants , which they learned were called Phlog s . Wicket later recounted the story before the Council of Elders , an opportunity he had never had before . Unsatisfied with the Council ' s decision to send a scouting party the next morning , the young Ewoks turned to the shaman Logray , who told them the history of the Phlogs of Simoom and what a threat they posed . Logray gave them a white powder , which they were able to use on the Phlogs to make them run back to their own land and leave the Ewoks ' forest alone . During the celebration that day , both Wicket and Kneesaa were made honorary members of the Council of Elders . When the day of the Harvest Moon Feast arrived , Wicket invited Kneesaa and the woklings Nippet and Wiley she was babysitting , to join him for a picnic in the woods . Along the way , Wicket kept an eye out for rainbow berries , which had been particularly hard to find that summer . When the Ewoks arrived at their place by the river , Wicket decided to teach the woklings all about fishing . As Wicket caught the fish , he handed them off to the woklings to place them in a basket . Wicket later found that the baby Ewoks had been dumping the fish back into the river . Just when Wicket began to think that babysitting wasn ' t so hard , the woklings had another mishap involving bees and honey , forcing the four Ewoks to jump into the river . As they dried off later , Wicket and Kneesaa decided to hang out in a tree and left the woklings to play hide - and - seek . When Wicket and Kneesaa got down , they saw that the woklings were covered in berry juice , for they had discovered some rainbow berry bushes . The Ewoks then gathered berries which were later made into rainbow berry pie s for the Harvest Moon Feast and the woklings ' mother thanked Wicket and Kneesaa for making the event so special . The annual midsummer festival was another special time for the Ewoks , as they would participate in contests to show what they could do best . Wicket encouraged Kneesaa to enter the basket - weaving contest , but she felt that she would rather enter a competition in which she wasn ' t so experienced . When she expressed interest in the archery contest , an event which Wicket intended to win , he revealed to Kneesaa his sexist views on females in athletics . When Kneesaa entered the contest anyway , Wicket continued to put her down and promote his chauvinistic viewpoint . Still determined , Kneesaa entered the vine - swinging contest and then inadvertently got herself into the dangerous Log Ride Contest — and won . This impressed Wicket , so much so that he apologized to Kneesaa , realizing that girls could , in fact , be good at sports . Kneesaa then suggested that Wicket might perhaps win the next year ' s basket - weaving contest . One fall season , as the Harvest Festival approached , Wicket and Teebo put off their chores and decided to go hang - gliding . As they traveled far away from home , the two got caught in a storm and were separated . After Wicket was blown to the ground , he took refuge from the storm in a cave and was soon joined by Teebo . Lost , afraid and hungry , the two young Ewoks waited out the storm inside the cave . Once it cleared , Wicket tried to determine where they were ; when Teebo spotted smoke in the distance , he feared their village was on fire , but Wicket recognized it as a smoke signal , beckoning the Ewoks back home . Upon their return to the village , they thanked Kneesaa for signaling them . She promised not to tell anyone the boys had been playing as long as they would complete her chores for her in return . After Wicket reluctantly agreed , the three sat and shared a meal of bread and jam . Village scout . At a young age , Wicket became a scout for Bright Tree Village , as did his friend Teebo . Wicket learned how to use the stars to guide him in his travels . On one berry - picking occasion , Kneesaa stepped on a fatally poisonous nightshade thorn . Unwilling to accept Kneesaa ' s fate , Wicket and Teebo sneaked into the Council Hut and stole the Bridge crystal that created the forbidden rainbow bridge , which they used to cross over the Gorge of Fire into the land of Zandor to attempt to take the Sunnydew nectar from the cave of Gantu , the Ogre . A confrontation with Gantu ensued and the Ogre ' s bowl of nectar was spilled and the rainbow crystal destroyed , their passage home along with it . However , the spilled nectar immediately caused new nectar - producing sunnydew flower s to sprout from the ground . The local Zandor Rocker s , grateful to the Ewoks for their allowing the plants to flourish again , dug an underground tunnel for the Ewoks to travel back to the village . There , Wicket gave Kneesaa a sunnydew flower which instantly brought her back to health . Early scouting missions . Wicket and Teebo spent several weeks training a baby bordok as a gift for Kneesaa ' s birthday , but they ended up being stuck with scouting duty on the day of her party . Fortunately for the village , the two were the first to spot the return of the Zorbian space pirates . While Teebo was captured , Wicket escaped , although he was knocked from his post high in the tree and had to struggle his way back to the village to warn the Ewoks . Injured and exhausted , Wicket was bedridden while Kneesaa and the women of the tribe saved the village from the Zorbians . Wicket recovered soon enough , although he kept his right arm in a sling for a while . Chief Chirpa later declared Wicket , Kneesaa , and Teebo the guests of honor for the harvest ceremony . The distinction allowed them journey to a location on Endor where the mountains and the forest met , a location Wicket had scouted before , to harvest the special light wood the Ewoks used to make their hang gliders . Upon their arrival , they discovered that the trees had already been harvested by the Quork s . Upon trying to escape , Wicket was captured by a devil beast . The Quarks then presented Wicket and the harvested wood as gifts to their king , Marlox . The king ordered Wicket to build a glider for him , but Wicket refused and insulted the king . Wicket was then sentenced to solitary confinement in a cell with no food or water . Before Wicket was even put into his cell , his two friends attempted to rescue him , but they failed and were instead imprisoned along with Wicket . Marlox later forced the Ewok boys to build him a glider by threatening Kneesaa ' s life if they didn ' t . The Ewoks outsmarted the king by building a him a glider that would not fly and they rescued Kneesaa and returned home with the sacred wood for the harvest ceremony . Wicket and Teebo were soon sent on another scouting mission , several days ' journey away from the village . When Teebo suggested a shortcut for their return trip , the two were captured by Joddar and the Lizard Warrior s . When Wicket heard the name of the warriors ' Ewok leader , Graak , he knew they were in trouble , for Graak had been banished from Bright Tree Village by Chirpa many years earlier . The scouts tried to sneak out , but Graak would not let them get away so easily . Instead , he made the two participate in a most dangerous game : he would allow them to go home through the valley if they could escape the Lizard Warriors , who would be hunting them as prey . But Wicket and Teebo managed to outsmart the warriors at every turn and even saved Joddar from an Endorian swamp beast . However , after they escaped the valley , Graak went back on his word and refused to let the Ewoks leave . When Graak began to strangle Teebo with a whip , Wicket took matters into his own hands by grabbing a forked stick and pinning Graak to the ground . When it seemed Wicket had the upper hand , Graak threw dirt into Wicket ' s eyes and lifted a giant boulder , intending to crush the blinded scout to death . But Wicket was saved by Joddar , returning the compassion the young scouts had shown him . As the scouts headed back home , Wicket remarked that while the shortcut had taken days off of their journey , he felt as if it had taken years off of his life . In between scouting assignments , Wicket was out with Kneesaa in the forest one day when they were encountered by Dooni , a baby foonar who had been separated from his mother . As they went to search for the missing mother , Wicket fell into a large hole in the ground and injured his ankle . The hole , he surmised , was intended for foonars ; they soon found further evidence with a prodding rod , although Wicket was able to use the rod as a crutch to relieve his injured ankle . The Ewoks soon discovered the ship of the foonar - capturing invaders and Wicket quickly climbed up the outside of the ship and observed the goings on inside . But the ship ' s thin viewport was not only unable to block sound waves , but it also could not withstand the weight of a small Ewok , for Wicket shattered the window and fell though it and into the ship . After a quick skirmish with the aliens , Wicket was able to escape through the window from which he came . The aliens decided that one Ewok was no threat to them , but they had underestimated Wicket Warrick . He knew all about the aliens ' plans to utilize the foonars to power their " harvester " to cut down the trees of the forest . Wicket and Kneesaa wasted no time in hijacking the harvester machine , and Wicket demonstrated his technological prowess by engaging the blade and pointing the machine towards the invaders ' own ship . As the aliens fled the moon , Dooni ' s mother destroyed the harvester and was reunited with her child and Wicket ' s heroism was celebrated once again . The sorcerer ' s apprentice . During one winter season , Wicket spent much of his time at Logray ' s hut . One night , he asked Logray if he would take Wicket on as an apprentice so that he could one day become a medicine man . But Logray dismissed the idea , for he didn ' t feel that Wicket was ready for such things . Later in the night , Wicket passed by the hut of his friend , Latara , and saw Logray rushing in . Wicket learned that Latara was ill , and he overheard Logray and Warok saying that they needed a fuzzynettle plant to make more medicine for her , although they would wait until the next morning to retrieve it . Knowing exactly where the fuzzynettles grew on the far side of the forest , Wicket retrieved Baga , the bordok he had trained , and headed out into the frozen forest , using the stars as his guide . Wicket found the fuzzynettles and returned to the village with the plants the next morning at dawn . Logray used the plants to create a healing powder , giving Latara a quick recovery . Logray decided that Wicket was indeed very brave and that he would make a good medicine man , so the next day , he began to teach Wicket as his apprentice . One day , as Wicket began to learn Logray ' s magic , he once stole the sorcerer ' s staff to show off to his friends . Unbeknownst to Wicket , the Ice Demon , Stagorr , was watching the young Ewoks via his magical ice mirror . Stagorr tricked Wicket into summoning a wind tunnel from Ice Mountain and inadvertently transporting himself into the heart of the mountain . There , Wicket learned that Stagorr intended to steal Logray ' s staff to seek revenge on the sorcerer , who confined him to the palace of ice long ago . Stagorr put Wicket under a spell and sent him to use Logray ' s own staff as a weapon against him . While the spell took over Wicket ' s body , his mind remained intact , and he was able to warn Logray when he arrived at Ice Mountain . His plan failing , Stagorr reclaimed the staff from Wicket and prepared to battle Logray again . But with some help from Logray , Wicket was able to recall some magic his master had taught him before . He used fire crystal s to melt a portion of the icy ceiling onto the Ice Demon ; the water hit Stagorr and froze on contact , trapping him by his own power . On their journey home , Wicket apologized to Logray for stealing his staff and decided not to pursue studying sorcery . A tale of Sorrow . Taking a break from harvesting Honey Melon s , Wicket and Kneesaa decided to take a dip in their favorite swimming hole while Teebo opted to wander off and write poetry . Ready to head back to the village after their swim , Wicket and Kneesaa looked for Teebo , but were unable to find him . This was particularly upsetting , since they had to carry back Teebo ' s basket of melons in addition to their own . They found Teebo soon enough when the aspiring poet bowled a Honey Melon at them , spilling all their baskets and knocking the Ewoks over . Wicket determined that Teebo was under a spell and hurried off to the village for the sake of his friend . Wicket found Teebo in the Council Hut , already affecting the elders with his spatially contagious spell . Even Wicket was affected when he tried to stop Teebo . Then Logray told of a possible cure : a being at the top of Mount Sorrow whose tears could reverse the spell . Wicket and Kneesaa did not give it a second thought ; they took Teebo and headed to the top of the mountain . Once there , Wicket humbly approached the being , which was , in fact , the tip of the mountain itself , and began to plead for some tears for his friend . But when Teebo approached , his spell began to affect the mountain , who became offended and exhaled a wind which would blow Wicket and Kneesaa of the mountain and to their doom . But Teebo grabbed a rope and saved the lives of his friends . When Teebo told the two that he would rather live with the spell for the rest of his life than risk losing his closest friends again , Mount Sorrow was so moved that he wept for Teebo and cried him a plethora of healing tears . The rise of Morag . As if their mountaintop wind - blown flight was not enough , Wicket and Kneesaa were soon blown about the air in their own village in a storm summoned by Morag , the Tulgah witch who was once the slave master of Logray . And it was Logray who saved the two Ewoks from again nearly falling to their demise . Then Morag created a sort of Force - apparition of herself and spoke to the Ewoks while her thieves sneaked into the village and stole the crystal eye of the kreegon , a beast which Chirpa ' s father has slain many years before . With the eye in her possession , Morag had the power to bring the beast back to life ; it was for this reason Chirpa chose to journey to Morag ' s lair at Mount Thunderstone to try and stop her . After his departure , Logray ' s crystal image spinner revealed that Morag was already resurrecting the kreegon beast . Kneesaa decided to go after her father , and Wicket insisted on joining her . As they journeyed to Mount Thunderstorm , Wicket spotted the chief ' s bordok and became concerned that Chirpa was nowhere near . They feared even more when they saw a path of cleared trees leading back toward their village . When they reached the mountain , they found Chirpa and freed him for Morag ' s restraints . Heading back to the village with the kreegon hot on their trail , Wicket proposed that the Ewoks make a stand against the beast . Though their attempt to kill the beast in the Molten Sulfur Pits did not go as planned , they were able to fool Morag into using her own magic to bring down the beast . Although her plot was foiled , this would not be the last time Morag would threaten Wicket and his village . The magnificent duo . Out on a sailing trip across Sunshine Lake , Wicket and Teebo searched for pearls in the water . Wicket spotted a flying Dragon - bird , and felt that it was surely a bad omen . As Teebo return from a dive with a rare blue pearl , Wicket ' s fears were realized when the two were attack by a devil serpent and forced from their boat and into waters . When Teebo never surfaced , Wicket swam underwater to find his unconscious friend , but Wicket also blacked out before he reached Teebo . They would have likely perished , had they not been retrieved by an Underwater dweller and taken to their Underwater Kingdom . Back to a conscious state , Wicket and Teebo met Squik and the others of his species . The Ewoks were taken aback by the plethora of pearls among the dwellers ' kingdom . The pearls , the Ewoks learned , were the primary food source for the creatures , and it was their prized red pearl which gave off a glowing light that caused the other pearls to grow . The dwellers kept this red pearl hidden , and the Ewoks soon saw firsthand just why : Orcon , an underwater dweller roughly twice the size of the others , arrived mounted upon his devil serpent to steal food pearls , as he often did . Wicket and Teebo , unafraid of Orcon , stood up to the so - called " evil tyrant " but ended up only further enraging the bandit and causing him to unleash the wrath of his devil serpent via his controlling trident . Orcon then discovered the red pearl and , believing it would make him invincible , stole it and fled the cave . Unwilling to accept such an injustice , especially one for which he felt responsible , Wicket devised a plan to take back the pearl from Orcon . Intending to travel underwater , Wicket found a nearby patch of bubble plant s which produced hard , spherical " bubbles " which were conveniently just big enough to encase the head of a young Ewok and provide a small air supply but not so large that would let in any water around the neck . Donning their newfound natural scuba gear , Wicket and Teebo set off on a pair of water wallock s to Orcon ' s stronghold , their new friend Squik accompanying them . As the squeaked past the sleeping devil serpent , they entered Orcon ' s lair . With a quick attack , the trio retrieved the pearl from Orcon , but he soon grabbed his trident and summoned the devil beast . Wicket then was able to outsmart Orcon and take his trident , turning Orcon ' s own creature against him . However , the red pearl , which was used as a decoy in their counterattack , was destroyed in the process . This caused Wicket to feel remorse , but all was soon made well : on their way back to the underwater dwelling , Teebo found the blue pearl he had discovered when the whole incident began . He gave it to the dweller , who discovered that it was even more powerful than the red pearl they had before . Star Child and the Dulok treaty . The morning of the day upon which the Ewoks were to seal a peace treaty with their longtime foes the Duloks , Wicket spotted a blazing object falling from the sky . He and Kneesaa followed Chirpa into Logray ' s hut , where the shaman read from his fortune stones that the blinding light was a sign of good fortune for that special day . Wicket was among the party who ventured to the swamp where the object had crashed . The other Ewoks began to flee when the object , an escape pod , started to move , but Wicket stayed behind when the alien " Star Child " emerged from the pod . The then delighted Ewoks fed the child honey and began to take him back to their village . However , when Wicket and Kneesaa heard a strange sound , they returned to the crash site and saw two droids , C - 3PO and R2 - D2 , which they assumed were demons . When the droids pursued them , the Ewoks ran , but in his haste Wicket tripped the wire of a Dulok trap , bringing down a boulder large enough to crush both the Ewoks and the droids . The group was saved , however , when R2 - D2 extended his third tread to stand on and used his other two legs to catch the boulder over their heads and toss it aside . When C - 3PO explained to Wicket and Kneesaa in their own language that their " Star Child , " Prince Plooz , was not a good omen for the Ewok / Dulok treaty but rather a rebellious prince and the key to preventing war between Sooma and Alzar , Wicket surmised that the trap they had just escaped meant the Duloks were not actually sincere about the proposed peace treaty . Wicket and the others returned to Bright Tree Village warn the tribe , only to learn that the Peace Council had already left with Prince Plooz to meet with the Duloks . By the time Wicket , Kneesaa , and the droids reached the bridge where the two parties were to meet , Gorneesh , the Dulok king , had already kidnapped young Plooz and was having his men sever the ropes of the bridge while the Ewoks where still on it . However , when Ibleam ' s light shone on the highly - reflective C - 3PO and the Duloks saw him approaching , they feared he was a glowing Ewok demon , so they abandoned their attack . Wicket then realized that it was C - 3PO who was the figure of Logray ' s prophecy , not the Star Child as they had previously thought . When young Plooz attempted to cross the unstable bridge , Wicket , knowing the child would never make it across , grabbed the end of a rope supplied by the ever - resourceful R2 - D2 , tied it around his waist , and jumped off the cliff , grabbing hold of the child just in time . After the astromech reeled the two back up to solid ground , Wicket and the Ewoks escorted Plooz and the droids back to their starship so that they could return to their own place and time to settle the Alzarian / Sooman conflict . Little help for the Fleebogs . When Princess Kneesaa was shrunken by a damsel flower and captured by the diminutive Fleebog s , Wicket and Teebo volunteered to have Logray shrink them as well so that they could go rescue Kneesaa and restore her size with growing powder . Once inside the Fleebogs ' underground tunnels , the Ewoks encountered a web - slinging ra - lugg which almost captured Wicket , but ended up with only their bag of growing powder . The Fleebogs saved the scouts by flooding a section of the tunnel with water . Once they met up with Kneesaa , the scouts learned that reason the Fleebogs had brought Ewoks to the tunnels was so that they could defeat the ra - lugg . Moments later , the ra - lugg entered and used its webbing to capture Teebo . The group then went to the ra - lugg ' s lair ; Wicket struggled with the ra - lugg while Kneesaa retrieved the growing powder . After she used the powder against the ra - lugg , the Ewoks all inhaled it themselves and were restored to their normal size . Morag ' s thorn monster . When the shaman Logray chose to take a short vacation , Wicket and Kneesaa helped him carry his things to his vacation spot and volunteered to take care of his herb garden back home . Wicket struggled with the gardening , claiming he was " a scout , not a farmer ! " While Kneesaa warned him about over - watering the plants , Wicket spotted a flash of light from up in the tree huts . Once the duo reached the village , they saw that the witch Morag had come to destroy the Ewoks ; she made a glowing thorn bush sprout from the ground which would grow stronger by drawing up all of the moisture from the ground , eventually killing the forest . As Wicket and Kneesaa went to get Logray back to the village , they ran into Morag ' s beast . First , Wicket slowed the beast by pouring a large jar of honey over it , and then they used vines to tie it to a tree . They finally reached the shaman , but unable to escape from Morag ' s spell , Logray sent his staff with Wicket so that he might stop the growing thorn bush . Along the way , Wicket used the staff to freeze Morag ' s fang - faced beast in midair . When they reached the plant , Wicket tried to stop it with Logray ' s staff , but it was no use ; Morag had transformed the plant into a giant walking thorn monster . As the Ewoks fled , Wicket came up with a way to stop the monster . They headed toward the lake near the hot springs and jumped in for a swim . When the beast followed them into the water , it began expanding so rapidly that it finally exploded , causing a rain fall over the forest . Slave . When Teebo was picked by lottery to lead the tribe for a day , while Chief Chirpa and Logray paid a visit to the Spirit Tree , it wasn ' t long before the young scout had caused trouble and turned many of the villagers against him . After he fled the scene on his hang - glider , an alien from another world called Captain Zornak transported to Bright Tree Village and presented Wicket and Kneesaa with " gifts " — necklaces bearing " stones of obedience " that overtook the wearer ' s mind forced them to blindly bend to Zornak ' s will . The offworlder then used Wicket and Kneesaa to enslave the entire village of Ewoks ; Zornak forced them all to collect gems from the Crystal Valley and load them onto his spaceship . Teebo , meanwhile , had spotted Zornak ' s probe and followed it to the valley . When he was spotted by one of Zornak ' s men , the alien captain sent Wicket off into the woods with a weapon to capture Teebo . Wicket blindly obeyed , but Teebo outsmarted him and was able to stop his friend and remove his necklace . The two then returned to the alien ship , where Teebo tricked the alien captain and had Wicket place the necklace around Zornak ' s own neck , and then ordered him to free the Ewoks and to leave Endor immediately . Glad to see the slavers go , Wicket and Teebo returned with the Ewoks back to the village , where Teebo was heralded as a hero . Preparing for the Wistie Fest . Spirits were high in Bright Tree Village the day before the Festival of the Wisties . While Logray prepared for the event , Wicket and Kneesaa volunteered to help him find the things he needed . First , Wicket went out on his own , with a basket in hand , to find fungus from a brillibab tree trunk to aid the burning on the bonfire . Then , he and Kneesaa made their way up a tree to take a pink feather from a lantern bird for Chirpa ' s ceremonial headdress — but only after asking the bird and stroking its wing thrice . While Kneesaa retrieved items such as the gwanda gourd , Wicket found some ripe rainbow berries for the Wistie Fest pie . The night of the festival , Wicket rattled the gwanda gourd and partied with the Wistie s around the bonfire . Since Chief Chirpa was so thrilled and the success of the event , Logray made sure Wicket and Kneesaa received credit for their part in the preparations . Hallowe ' en . Wicket and Teebo dressed up as ghosts for Bright Tree Village ' s annual Hallowe ' en party . When a hanadak showed up at the party , Wicket rallied the Ewoks and led a charge against the creature . When that failed , Wicket , Teebo , and Kneesaa gathered blue dlock leaves and threw them on the hanadak , causing it to fall fast asleep . While the party continued , the trio went to the harvest store to look for Chief Chirpa , who was supposed to be bringing food for the party . Once they realized Chirpa had been kidnapped by Duloks , they went to the Dulok camp and found the chief tied to a tree . Wicket cut Chirpa free , and after the chief took care of his Dulok captors , the Ewoks returned to their Hallowe ' een party and had a great feast . Kradak attack . To cool off from the Sun Season ' s heat , Wicket and Teebo headed for the dam high above Bright Tree Village . However , as the neared the dam , they began treading mud and soon heard a loud crash as the dam broke . Assuming it was a Dulok trap , the duo rode to the village on the back of a snarlf horse . While the woodsman Chukha - Trok found a way to stop the water from flooding the village , a giant kradak burst through the forest floor from its underground cavern and began destroying the village . After Logray was incapacitated , Wicket and Teebo followed Kneesaa into the shaman ' s hut while she prepared a liquid sleeping potion . But when Kneesaa had an accident on her way to deliver the potion , Wicket was quick to point out that since she had spilled the potion onto the Ewoks below , the three of them were now the only ones left to deal with the kradak . Kneesaa ' s second potion attempt was more successful : a shrinking potion which transformed the kradak to a height of mere centimeters . After Wicket congratulated Kneesaa , the two confined the small creature to a cage . Wicket then proposed that they repossess the kradak ' s home , divert water from the makeshift breakwater , and turn the cavern into a swimming pool for the Ewoks ' personal use . Climbing the Mountain of Doom . The Season of Snow was a joyous time when the Ewoks would play in the snow . However , this season began with tragedy for Wicket : while he and Teebo were making a slide , Kneesaa was bitten by an ice - beetle and later paralyzed inside an icy - crystal tomb . Wicket , Teebo , and Chirpa wept at Kneesaa ' s side while Logray researched to find a cure for the princess . Logray discovered one in the juice of a fire plant which could only be found at the deadly Mountain of Doom . Since Chirpa was unable to spare any of his men , Wicket volunteered himself and Teebo to go to the dangerous mountain . Several days later , Wicket and Teebo arrived at the base of the Mountain of Doom by way of hang gliders . Ice - clamps attached to their feet , the duo scaled the mountain . A near - deadly run - in with a dragon - bird forced them into a crevasse in the mountain which turned out to be the entrance to a cave . After a while , they ended up in the throne room of the Frost Giant s . While Teebo wanted to stay and eat , Wicket insisted that they keep moving , since the Frost Giants were unlikely to have the fire plant they were looking for . But to the Ewoks ' dismay , the Frost Giants arrived . One of them scooped up Wicket into his hand , threatening to breathe on the " trespasser , " which Wicket knew would mean he would be turned into a block of ice . A glimmer of hope appeared for Wicket with the return of the fire - breathing dragon - bird — an obvious threat to the Frost Giants . Wicket had the frosty mammoths build a wall of ice at the entrance to the lofty cave , and while Wicket baited the bird with his own life , the giants pushed the ice down to smother the bird , sending it to its demise . Teebo feared Wicket had perished as well , but he had in fact managed to escape the avalanche . The indebted Frost Giants then showed the Ewoks the where to find the fire plant . Once back at the village , Kneesaa was freed from her frozen restraints . Wicket modestly denied the trouble of his journey , for he was pleased to have his friend back . Other adventures . Wicket ' s childhood was filled with many other adventures , such as the event involving the " magic " sunberries . On another occasion , in the spring , Wicket planned to spend the day trout - fishing alone with his new fishing rod ; his plans were dashed , however , when his mother insisted he take his baby sister Winda along . After the wokling freed Wicket ' s bait worms , ate his lunch , and drove him into a bush of poison ivy after his fishing rod , Wicket was fed up . They returned to the village , where Wicket visited Logray for a cure to his ivy - induced itch , but the shaman added an extra ingredient to the potion he gave . Wicket went into a deep sleep and dreamed of the time when he was a wokling on a fishing trip with his older brother , Weechee . Wicket recalled how he had felt on that day , and when he woke up , he rushed to his sister to apologize for his behavior , and he asked he to go fishing with him the next day . For another annual celebration , Wicket — along with Teebo , Malani , Weechee , and other Ewoks — participated in a raft race along the river rapids of the underground caves of Endor . When Weechee didn ' t cross the finish line with the others , Wicket ' s other brother Willy , with an uncharacteristic burst of courage , went back rescued Weechee . That night , Chief Chirpa awarded Wicket and the other participants with shell medallions . Becoming a warrior . The skills test . When all the young Ewoks took their skills test s , Wicket vigorously prepared so that he could become a warrior , testing himself in archery , the pole - vault , vine - swinging , and other feats . But since Wicket still felt very nervous , Teebo presented him with a lucksprite to help him out . However , when Wicket took his tests , he failed every one . Chief Chirpa told Wicket that he could retake the test someday , but that in the mean time , his results only showed that he was fit to be an assistant bordok stable sweeper . Wicket resigned himself to his new profession , giving up on becoming a warrior , even though his friends told him that they he had failed on because the lucksprite only gave bad luck . His friends even tried to stage a fake dilemma by tying Latara up underneath a bridge . When she called for a warrior , Wicket wasn ' t even able to help her out . As he headed to the Cavern of Broken Dreams , his friends followed . But before they could get into the cave , the sprite of bad luck showed up , and Kneesaa found herself caught in the web of a giant spider - creature . Wicket came out of the cave and , with his rope and his broom , saved Kneesaa and stopped the sprite , something not even the greatest of Ewok warriors had ever done before . The next day , Wicket retook his warrior ' s test and passed with flying colors . Morag strikes back . Morag continued to be a threat to Wicket ' s village . When Wicket , Teebo , and Paploo were caught playing the forbidden game of drop the sack , they were punished by being forced to clean up the forest floor . When a cursed Wistie , under a spell by Morag , started a fire where the three were working , they were again accused of wrongdoing , despite not truly being to blame . As a result , they were briefly exiled out of the village under the care of Wicket ' s older brothers . That night , all three punished Ewoks shared a dream in which the Soul Tree s were aflame . When they woke up , they realized that the nightmare was real and that the trees had been communicating their plight to them . The trio interrupted the Festival of Hoods to notify the elders of the fire . Although they were initially disbelieved again by the Elders , the combination of his brothers ' and the cured Queen Izrina ' s supporting testimony and the younger Ewoks ' sensing of the trees ' distress convinced them otherwise . Wicket later helped save the trees by implementing his idea of dousing them with airdropped sacks of Logray ' s magic foam as he and his friends flew over them on their hang gliders . As a result of his bravery and ingenuity , the punishment was revoked for all . Again out picking sunberries , Wicket saved Kneesaa from the grip of a mantigrue which they later learned was on a mission from Morag to steal their sunberry tree s . Although Wicket wanted to help the Ewoks with their plan to turn the trees invisible by way of shadowroot soap , he was instead given babysitting duty , a job which included taking woklings to take a bath . Some Duloks watching nearby then conceived of a plot to steal the Ewoks ' bathing soap to rid themselves of their bug problem . Upon his return to the village , Wicket found that many of the trees were invisible , but since Logray had forgotten about those near the river , Wicket and some others volunteered to coat them with shadowroot soap . When the Duloks stole soap from Bright Tree , they got rid of more than just bugs , for they had taken the shadowroot soap by accident . While the Ewoks were covering the trees by the river , Wicket sensed an enemy presence when the Duloks approached , but did not see any trouble . He returned to the village to report that they had not gotten every tree covered , and learned of the Duloks ' scheme upon conferring with Logray . The shaman later had Wicket and his friends go out and gather bugs . Then , Wicket was sent on a mission to sneak among the Duloks and replace their soap with a new one made by Logray that would " attract " bugs . While Wicket was found by King Gorneesh , he eventually succeeded in swapping the soap . However , after the Duloks were dealt with , Wicket realized he had dropped the magic soap into a puddle . After regretting that he had failed his tribe , he thought of a solution . He bagged up a portion of the puddle and sprinkled the liquid over the remaining visible bushes while he swung from a vine . The mantigrue returned to the village , but it left when it did not see any sunberries . To honor Wicket ' s " cleverness and courage , " Chief Chirpa declared the day a holiday . Return of the Phlogs . Kneesaa and Latara were the first to spot the return of the Phlogs to the Ewoks ' land . When Kneesaa recounted the tale to the Council of Elders , Wicket observed carefully . But at the same time , Teebo ' s younger sister Malani began expressing a romantic interest in Wicket , but it was not reciprocated considering she annoyed him while expressing it . Later , with his friends , Wicket mocked Malani and made clear his lack of interest in her , but young Malani overheard from nearby and became deeply hurt . As Wicket and his friends continued to play , a small munyip communicated to Teebo about Malani , and that she had run off into the forest . Now concerned , Wicket and his friend went off to find her . What they found instead were the Phlogs , and they made their escape off a cliff and into a river , after which the girls headed back to the village to warn the Ewoks that the Phlogs were on a rampage while the boys looked for Malani . When Wicket and Teebo finally found Malani , she had discovered Nahkee , a Phlog child who was also alone in the forest . Nahkee then smelled the cooking of the nearby Dulok village and dragged the three Ewoks long with him as he ran to the Dulok hideout . Nahkee , it turned out , was merely a pawn in elaborate plot by Morag and the Duloks . The Ewoks , now held captive by King Gorneesh , plotted their escape , and Wicket apologized to Malani for hurting her feelings . The Ewoks then succeeded in fleeing the Duloks and were able to reunite Nahkee with his parents , thereby foiling the Duloks ' plot and having them suffer Morag ' s wrath . Saving Deej . Out on a group fishing trip , Wicket wandered off into the woods when it seemed no fish would be caught . There Wicket met Mring - Mring , a friendly Gupin . Meanwhile , back at the river , Deej and the other Ewoks all struggled to pull in the huge fish Deej had hooked . They called Wicket back to assist them , and the Ewoks all soon fell back as the fish got away . Deej fell harder than the others and cut his arm on a deadly Rokna tree fungus . Weechee made Wicket feel guilty for not being around when their father needed them . The Ewoks took Deej to the medicine man Logray who sent the Warrick brothers off to find the ingredients needed for their father ' s cure . The brothers split up and Wicket went to the land of the Dandelion Warriors to find a starred urchin . There he found and rescued Mring - Mring , who had been captured by the Fftssfft s while he was looking for the urchin . The two then evaded the warriors and found the urchin they were looking for . Upon returning to the village , Teebo told Wicket that his two brothers had not returned . They then went and recovered Willy from the lantern bird ' s nest and Weechee from the outside the frosch cave . When the group got pinned up on a hill and surrounded by hungry frosch , the shapeshifting Gupin turned into a giant flying creature and flew the Ewoks back to the Warrick hut . Wicket and his family waited around Deej while Logray concocted the healing potion . He then brought Deej back to health , much to the Warrick family ' s delight . Traveling with the Jindas . Wicket and his friends were going to look at Paploo ' s new raft , they invited Latara to join them , but Latara was not allowed to since her parents had been making her clean up their hut . When the Travelling Jindas came to town , Chief Chirpa allowed them to stay at Bright Tree Village and perform their show , which Wicket and the Ewoks all watched and enjoyed . The next day , Latara decided to stow away with the Jinda travelers and hone her flute skills , and she made Wicket , Kneesaa , and Teebo swear not to tell anyone where she had gone . But the elder Ewoks did learn of Latara ' s disappearance , and fearing the worst , Wicket decided that they would go find her . Logray gave the young Ewoks a magic seed for use in an emergency and sent them on their way . Wicket followed the Jindas ' path by finding scarves and things they ' d left behind , and helped save Kneesaa from a close call on a rickety bridge . They found the Jindas just as a pair of Duloks were kidnapping Latara so that she could babysit the Dulok children . Rather than follow the Duloks , Wicket decided that they should disguise themselves as and perform with the Jindas in a show for the Duloks . When the plan didn ' t go quite as expected and their cover was blown , they ran and were pursued by the Duloks . When Kneesaa got stuck in the swamp and the Duloks close in , Wicket stopped the Duloks in their tracks by taking the magic seed Logray had given them and throwing it into the water , causing a giant tentacled creature to emerge from the waters and grab the Duloks . Wicket and his friends , Latara included , later returned to the village after the Jindas went on their way . Restoring the Tree of Light . Wicket was once again disappointed when he was left behind on a duty reserved for older Ewoks : delivering the sacred dust to the Tree of Light to preserve its strength , for its demise would surely empower the Night Spirit . However , Wicket refused to stay behind for long and decided to trail the elder Ewok party , which consisted of Willy , Weechee , Paploo , and Teebo . While at first , in a cave , Wicket was mistaken as a ghost , he later saved the Ewok party from certain failure when he retrieved their lantern , a magical gift from Logray which would always lead them in the right direction . Wicket then convinced Weechee to take him on in their caravan . When the time came to pass through the Arbo Maze , Weechee passed the lantern off to Wicket and insisted on leading the way himself . Despite wandering aimlessly for hours , Weechee refused to listen to Wicket ' s suggestions to simply follow the lantern . It wasn ' t until after the party ran into Kneesaa and Latara that the group decided let Wicket lead the way . When the Ewoks began crossing the Valley of Floating Trees , they were soon pursued by King Gorneesh and the Duloks . When they reached the Mountain of Light , Wicket and Kneesaa engaged in a skirmish with the Duloks , but the Ewoks prevailed when Wicket deposited the sacred dust at the base of the Tree of Light , restoring the tree to its full strength . Upon their return to the village , all seven Ewoks were rewarded with Silver Feathers of Bravery . The lucky rock . As the winter seasoned neared , Wicket and his friends were sent off to barter for goods with the trader Mooth . Since Chirpa had warned not to waste the village ' s surplus on anything " foolish , " Wicket had personally collected and polished a bag of monmon seed s to trade for his something of his own . Although the other Ewoks each had their own ideas as to what he should get , Wicket decided to trade for a " lucky " stone , which he gave to Kneesaa , since she was the only other one in the group who liked it . The Ewoks soon found themselves short of luck when a group of Skandit s separated them from the wagon of goods and imprisoned them . However , when the Traveling Jindas passed through and learned that their onetime member Latara was in trouble , the Jindas put on a show for the Skandits and helped the Ewoks escape . Wicket led the Ewoks under a snake - like costume which seemed to scare the Scandits . Aware of their fear , Wicket decided to have some fun with them and paraded the Ewoks around on the Jinda stage — a bad idea , as it turned out . The Ewoks fell out of formation and the giant costume ripped apart . Their cover blown , the Ewoks and the Jindas fled to Bright Tree Village . Paploo and Weechee continued to deride Wicket about his lucky stone while Logray helped rid the Jindas of the Rock Wizard ' s curse which forced them to always be on the move . The Rock Wizard himself then showed up at the village in a destructive rage , but he was stopped when he saw Princess Kneesaa wearing her lucky stone — his missing tooth . Once his tooth was back in place , the Wizard was back to his jolly old self , and he called off the Jindas ' curse . Wicket then reminded Paploo and Weechee of their comments about the " stupid little rock . " Friend of the Gupins . In an effort to return the favor to Mring - Mring for helping save Deej , Wicket pledged to aid Mring - Mring in his mission to open the Juniper Chest which would renew the Gupins ' flying and shapeshifting powers so that they could keep the Grass Trekker s away . The party traveled the waters by canoe and through the Endorian Grasslands on the backs of Makant s ; all the while Wicket stayed true to his cause and ensured Mring - Mring that he had the power to save his people . Once they reached the Gupin stronghold , Wicket helped blockade the doors to keep out the Grass Trekkers . Mring - Mring succeeded in opening the chest , restoring the powers of his people , and taking the throne as their new king . That night , Wicket and the Ewoks were honored guests at the Gupin celebration . Morag ' s end . Just as Wicket had before , Teebo became the apprentice of the shaman Logray . Curious to see what kind of magic their friend was up to , Wicket , Kneesaa , and Latara spied on Teebo one day , only to learn that Logray had him doing household chores rather than magic spells . Wicket and the others derided Teebo , so in an effort to prove his sorcerer ' s ways , Teebo took the group out into the forest to show off his magic . But Teebo ' s tricks failed , and Wicket ridiculed him even more . As the Ewoks left Teebo , Wicket heard the sound of a woman singing , and they traced the voice back to a beautiful felinoid in a glistening cave . But all was not as it seemed , for the graceful creature then turned into a familiar old Tulgah and the shining cave turned dark ; the Ewoks had walked into Morag ' s trap . Just as Morag had planned , Logray went to rescue the now enslaved young Ewoks , bringing the sunstar along with him . Morag increased her power by joining the sunstar with her shadowstone . She then used her volcanic lair to transform herself into a gigantic lava creature . Wicket and the others watched while she and Logray battled , but the Ewoks prevailed when Logray summoned a gusher of water and turned Morag into stone , thereby ending the threat which had haunted Bright Tree Village for so many years . Rebuilding Erpham ' s battle wagon . Seeking shelter from a storm while in the woods one day , Wicket and his brothers found their way into an old battle wagon . The brothers soon learned from Mistress Kaink that the wagon was built many years before by their own great - grandfather , Erpham Warrick , and was used to defeat the Duloks . Wicket decided to rebuild the wagon ; he obtained Erpham ' s original construction plans from Kaink , but when he asked his friends and brothers to help him , the only person who seemed truly interested was Malani . Over a period of weeks , Wicket , Malani , and Baga worked diligently to restore the battle wagon to its original glory . However , the Ewoks were unaware that the Duloks had been observing the reconstruction . On the day the battle wagon was completed , while Wicket took a nap inside , the Duloks made their move and commandeered the wagon . Wicket was able to escape , but his wagon was gone . That night , Wicket sounded the village drum and awoke the Ewoks from their beds to tell them of the Duloks ' thievery . But the villagers did not share Wicket ' s concern , not even Chief Chirpa . Only Kneesaa was sympathetic for Wicket ' s loss . While the Duloks plotted their new attack on the Ewoks , the heavy - hearted Wicket visited the soul tree of his great - grandfather . There , Erpham ' s spirit spoke to Wicket , telling him how the Ewoks had made fun of him when he first built the wagon , but that it later proved its worth by helping them defeat the Duloks . With his great - grandfather ' s encouragement , Wicket chose to go after the Duloks . After he overheard their plot to destroy the soul trees , Wicket disguised himself as the old Dulok Murgoob and tricked the Duloks into driving the wagon into the water . But his cover was blown when the real Murgood showed up ; Wicket was held captive on the wagon as the Duloks led their attack . When they reached the soul trees , Malani and Baga came to Wicket ' s rescue . The two Ewoks kicked off Duloks until only King Gornesh and his wife remained onboard . Gorneesh tried Wicket ' s courage , but Wicket bested the king by pulling the main support peg , causing the wagon to collapse before it reached the soul trees . The Ewoks later rebuilt the battle wagon for Wicket in appreciation of his courage . Troming the stranglethorn . As Wicket and his friends partied at an afternoon dance , Kneesaa left her chieftess - to - be training lesson at Logray ' s hut to join them . But their dancing was cut short when an ever - growing stranglethorn began wreaking havoc and taking over the village . When Kneesaa realized she was to blame , she set off to gather the three ingredients Logray needed to tame the wild plant . Fearing for Kneesaa ' s safety , Wicket joined her in her journey . The first ingredient was Keet nectar . Once inside the Keet s ' labyrinthine hive , the duo evaded the unfriendly Keets and discovered their stockpile of nectar pearls . Next , they learned from a bobber bird the proper way to retrieve a ganga root from the ground , and then had to flee with the last root so that the bird would not eat it . And thirdly , Wicket spotted a Trome tree ; however , the tree only had one branch left , and when the resident Trome s appeared , they pleaded with the Ewoks not to destroy their home . Knessaa then came up with a new plan , and Wicket instead carried the three Tromes on his shoulders back to the village . While the Tromes distracted the stranglethorn , Wicket sneaked into Logray ' s hut and retrieved the potion that would tame the plant . Logray instructed him to place one drop into each of the plants mouths , but seeing how many heads the plant had sprouted , Wicket instead gathered a group of acorn s into his satchel and poured the potion over them . Then he , the Tromes , and the Ewoks fed them to the plant until it shriveled back to its original size . Romancing the Phlog . On the eve of the fall festival , Wicket and Teebo gathered pumpkins and hauled them up to the village . After Wicket tried to fib his way out of taking Malani to the festival , the Ewoks all gathered in dismay as a vorshak began destroying the village ' s support trees . Wicket and Teebo managed to stop the creature by dropping a net on it which Logray had doused with a magic love potion . Intending to steal Logray ' s other concoction , a hate potion , the Duloks disguised their shaman Umwak as a Tulgah trader . While Wicket and Teebo were guarding Logray ' s hut in the medicine man ' s absence , Umwak forced himself into the hut and stole a vial of potion , despite Wicket and Teebo ' s stern warnings . The two pursued Umwak into the woods , but the first being Wicket found was Hoona , a Phlog woman , who immediately fell madly in love with Wicket . When the Ewoks made a quick escape , Hoona followed them back to the village and began tearing it apart until she found her " Wickie . " For the safety of Bright Tree , Wicket was forced to stay with Hoona . Wicket remained in the arms of the Phlog until he was kidnapped by the Duloks while Hoona slept . When the enraged Phlog began tearing the village apart , the Duloks rounded up the Ewoks and raided their harvested food . When the Duloks returned Wicket to his long - legged lover , they encouraged the Phlog to take Wicket back to her home in Simoom . But on their way there , Wicket heeded Logray ' s advice and " shocked " Hoona out of the love spell by returning her affection with a plethora of kisses . With Hoona then back to normal , Wicket convinced the Phlog to return with him to the village to stop the Duloks who had made a fool of her . Once again , Wicket outsmarted King Gorneesh and his men . The Red Ghost . As the winter season approached , Wicket , Teebo , and Paploo took a day - long journey into the deep forest on their hang gliders . Their peaceful afternoon was interrupted when they spotted Duloks hunting maramu for sport . The Duloks were then scared off , as were the Ewoks later , by the Red Ghost , a red - furred Ewok riding a korrina . After the Ewoks flew back to the village , Wicket told Kneesaa about their encounter . She began to cry , and later informed Wicket that this Ewok was probably her long - lost sister Asha . That night , Kneesaa and Wicket set out to find her . The two encountered a fierce snowstorm in the woods , and Wicket nearly fell to his death off a cliff had he not be saved by Chukha - Trok . The Ewok woodsman tried to take the Ewoks back home , but the group was then attacked by koyt s and then rescued by Asha herself . Back at Asha ' s cave , Wicket played with korrina cubs while Kneesaa caught up with her sister . They stayed the night at cave , and the next day they help Asha defend the creatures of the forest from the Dulok hunters . The Ewoks then returned to Bright Tree Village and Asha was reunited with her father . Filling the belt of honor . In a special ceremony at Bright Tree Village , Chief Chirpa presented Wicket with a belt of honor . Wicket was to collect trophies for the belt and , once it was filled , he would be declared an Ewok Warrior . Wicket immediately daydreamed of saving his friends from harm and defending the village as a warrior . He aspired to fill the belt within a week , but Chirpa assured him that it would take much longer . Flight to the floating mountain . When Latara wanted her broken crystal fixed and learned that she needed a brave warrior to retrieve the crystal cloak from the Floating Mountain to do so , she called upon Wicket . The two rode their hang gliders to the mountain , but Wicket didn ' t learn until later that they had to retrieve the cloak from the Gracca , the being that wore the cloak and turned everything he touched into crystal . To get rid of the Ewoks , the Gracca summoned a crystal forest to emerge from the ground , forcing Wicket and Latara to the edge of the floating mountain . They were saved just in time by Kneesaa and Teebo , who had followed them to the mountain . When the Gracca appeared and threatened to turn the foursome into crystal , Wicket stepped forth and demanded the crystal cloak ; however , he quickly rescinded when he realized the Gracca ' s power . The Ewoks ran , and when Teebo stepped off a cliff , Wicket grabbed him by the ankle , saving his friend from a fiery death . Wicket then had Kneesaa use her lasso lace to rope the cloak off the Gracca ' s back , but unfortunately for the Ewoks , it fell into the molten pool below . As the Gracca continued to pursue , Wicket led him away and ended up trapping him in the crystal forest he had earlier created . Before the Ewoks returned home , Wicket retrieved a small crystal for his belt of honor . Saving a group of mimphs . Sometimes , an unidentified green - tongued creature attacked a group of mimph s and tried to eat them . But Wicket and Kneesaa swooped down on a hang glider and rescued the mimphs . Kneesaa ' s wish plant . Wicket and the others made fun of Kneesaa as she struggled to keep her plants alive . When the Ewoks learned that the Leaf Queen had left her wish plant in Kneesaa ' s care for three days , they each wanted the plant for their own use . After Latara had stolen the plant from Kneesaa , Wicket stole it and wished for a Do - It - Yourself Warrior Kit . As the plant made the rounds , it eventually wore down to a leafless sprout . When the Leaf Queen returned to take the plant back , Wicket stalled by telling the Queen that the plant was sleeping . She granted the Ewoks an extension , and Wicket used the extra time to search the forest for a replacement wish plant . One plant he found proved too deeply rooted to retrieve , and another was heavily defended by a dartfly , so Wicket returned to Kneesaa empty - handed . Wicket was willing to stand up to the Leaf Queen , but in the end , Kneesaa ' s tears healed the plant and the Ewoks were spared the Queen ' s wrath . The Queen even left Kneesaa with a few wish plant seeds , and just as they had with the plant , Wicket brawled with Latara and Teebo as to who would get them . Moving out . Upset that he was performing household chores for his mother instead of training with the Ewok warriors , Wicket decided to move out of the Warrick family hut . As he left village , Teebo caught up with him , and when he realized that he felt the same as Wicket , Teebo decided to leave home as well . The duo moved into an old tree fort in the forest and decided to fix the place up . But tension grew between the two as they realized that their current workload was worse than it was at their respective homes . Since the boys would not be attending the village Harvest Festival that night , Latara and Kneesaa brought them some stew for dinner . However , Wicket and Latara got into a culinary quibble which ended with Wicket covered in stew . As their first night out approached , Wicket cleaned up the fort while Teebo went out to look for food . Teebo returned , well fed , with his new friends — a trio of Kagle s . The Kagles , however , chose not to stay once they learned the Ewoks had moved in without getting permission from the current landowners , the Shriek s . Although Teebo became afraid , Wicket decided that they would remain at their new fort rather than return the village . That night , the Shrieks haunted the Ewoks . The unafraid Wicket dragged Teebo along as he traced the cackling voices all the way to the inside of the tree the fort was built in . Wicket outsmarted the Shrieks , and soon realized there was only one Shriek — Larry , a three - eyed being who had also run away from home long ago . However , when Larry had eventually returned home , he found that his people had all moved away . Wicket then had an epiphany and returned to the village immediately , bringing both Teebo and Larry along with him , and they were all able to enjoy the rest of the Harvest Festival . Serving " Princess " Latara . Continuing his quest to become a warrior , Kneesaa secretly offered Wicket a Pearl of Patience for his belt of honor if he would go along with her idea to let Latara be princess of the village for a day . " Princess " Latara showed little care for Wicket and Teebo , her " peasant " servants who carried her throne around the village . Wicket eventually became fed up with Latara ' s treatment of him and revealed that he was only obeying her to gain the item for his belt . That , combined with Teebo ' s poorly worded compliment , brought Latara to tears , and she ran off into the woods alone . When Latara ' s friends began looking for her later , Wicket spotted footprints leading to the grotto of the Gorph s . After a long slide downward , the trio learned that Latara had become betrothed to Prince Vork . Wicket came up with a plan to save their faux - princess , but the arrival of Gorph guards made them have to improvise a new strategy . Wicket tackled one guard while Kneesaa took care of the other , and once Latara joined them , the Ewoks ran to the grotto ' s exit as the Gorphs pursued . When Wicket realized the ramp they slid down on the way in was to slippery to go back up , he grabbed Latara ' s heavy crown and threw it at the Gorphs , knocking them all the way back to the Gorph thrown room . Once they were free of the grotto , Wicket , Kneesaa , and Teebo all agreed that Latara ' s time of ordering the Ewoks around was over . Cap of the Raich . Wicket went with Latara one day to look for sparkle seed s for her Shadow Night Festival costume . While he warned her that one particular area of the forest was a bad place to look , they proceeded anyway . Wicket ' s fears were realized when a ferocious zomba began pursing them . The Ewoks ran and eventually dead ended , but Wicket was willing to die fighting . However , their pursuer turned out to only be Teebo showing off his costume for the Shadow Night Festival . Wicket , who was going to the festival with Kneesaa , still did not have a costume , although he found one soon enough : a hat sitting on a tree branch . Wicket climbed up and took the hat from the tree — which suddenly transformed into the Raich . After the Raich captured Baga , Wicket volunteered to go after the beast , but the Ewoks decided they should instead contact Logray . Rather than be considered a disgrace to the tribe for releasing the Raich , Wicket chose to find the Two - headed Gonster to have a new cap made for the monster . The Ewoks flew on their hang glider to the Twin Hills and landed , after a short run - in with the Gonster ' s hoosha . After negotiating with the Gonster to make a new cap , Wicket and Kneesaa flew to the Raich ' s cave in the Dead Forest to administer a potion to slow the Raich down . However , Wicket was unsuccessful with the potion , and he and Kneesaa were instead captured and tied up . That night , Teebo and Latara flew to the cave with the new magic cap , and Teebo freed his friends while the Raich slept . But the Raich awoke before the Ewoks were away , and he pursued Wicket and his friends into the woods . Wicket ' s first attempt at capping the Raich was unsuccessful , since the Ewoks had forgotten to put the sparkle seeds on the cap . His second try did work , though , and their crisis was ended as the Raich was finally turned back into a tree . Wicket did try to think of a trophy to collect for his belt of honor , but Kneesaa instead dragged him back to the village ' s Shadow Night Festival . The totem pole . While the Ewoks juiced the annual dangleberry fruit , Wicket decided that the job was beneath a young warrior like himself . A nearby traveler heard Wicket ' s bemoanings and confronted the Ewoks . He was able to bribe Wicket into taking a totem pole , claiming that all the great warriors had them . After the traveler left , Wicket carried the totem pole back the village by himself . That night , while the Ewoks slept , the traveler went to the village and used his magic ring on the totem pole to bring the totem creatures to life ; once free , the creatures robbed the village and gave their loot to their " Totem Master . " When Teebo saw this , he wanted to warn Chief Chirpa , but the Totem Master stopped him and used his magic ring to take over Teebo ' s mind and make him one of his slaves . Wicket briefly awoke during the night and saw some of these events , but he figured it was only a dream , and so he went back to sleep . The next morning , when the tribe realized they had been robbed and Malani reported that her brother Teebo was missing ; Wicket realized that what he saw the previous night was no dream . He , Kneesaa , and Latara set off to find Teebo and their belongings . Once they caught up with the Totem Master , Latara confronted him ; however , when he used his magic ring to turn her into a totem slave , Wicket and Kneesaa followed him to his next stop : the Strutter village . That night , Wicket and Kneesaa tried to stop the Totem Master , but they instead found themselves running from him and were soon captured by the enslaved Latara and Teebo . As the Totem Master tried to use his ring to place his spell on Wicket , he grabbed a Strutter mirror and turned the energy beam back on the Totem Master himself , thereby placing him under his own spell ; once the master ' s ring was destroyed , his slaves were freed of their curse . The next day , Wicket and the others returned to the village with all of the tribe ' s stolen belongings . Mother ' s birthday . On the birthday of his mother Shodu , Wicket was having trouble coming up with a gift for her , and Teebo ' s attempts at a magical solution were to no avail . Wicket then discovered in Logray ' s hut a map to a lost temple full of precious jewels . Wicket and his three friends set off to find the temple , and once they did and made their way inside , Latara set off a booby trap which led them all down a long , dangerous slide — right into the treasure room . Wicket picked out a jewel he thought his mother would like , but the Ewoks were then chased out of the temple by a purpa . That night , at Shodu ' s birthday party , Wicket presented her with the jewel . While Wicket shared a dance with his mother , Latara ' s own jewel hatched — for the jewels were actually purpa eggs . Kneesaa then told Wicket , who in turn had to tell his mother about the jewel , but before he could , mother and son were captured by Duloks who wanted to steal the jewel for their queen , Urgah . The Duloks presented Urgah with the jewel , as well as two Ewok servants . However , when that jewel hatched as well and a scuffle ensued between the Ewoks and Duloks , the Warricks were able to get away . On their walk back home , Wicket explained to Shodu how he had really gotten the jewel . Stranger invasion . On a dark night when Logray sensed a looming evil , Wicket and Teebo pleaded to go exploring with the shaman , but they were instead once again left behind at the village . Wicket observed from afar a ceremony where other Ewoks like Weechee and Asha were being accepted into the Warrior Circle . When Teebo and Wicket spotted what they believed to be a comet , they rushed down and interrupted the ceremony to notify Chief Chirpa . However , when Chirpa looked up in the sky , he only saw a lantern bird . Determined to prove he wasn ' t mistaken , Wicket set off with Teebo to find where the comet had landed . While Wicket tried to locate it using his " keen warrior instincts , " Teebo accidentally fell into the crater made by the " comet . " Wicket took a piece of the comet as a badge for his belt , and once joined by Kneesaa and Latara , decided to take the comet back to Chirpa . However , when they passed through the region of the Soul Trees , the comet mysteriously vanished , and Wicket decided they should contact Logray . The youngsters arrived at the village to find a Dulok raid in progress and a stranger stealing the Sunstar . Wicket tried to stop the thief , but he was no match , and the being used the Sunstar to set fire to the bridge the Ewoks stood upon . They were soon rescued , but when Chirpa and the warriors — believing the Duloks took the Sunstar — set off for the Dulok swamp , Wicket and his friends went after the real thief . They traveled through the glop pits , where Wicket grabbed a glop monster scale for his belt , and into the thorn forest . There they saw the stranger , who had captured Logray , using the Shadowstone to open a pathway into another dimension to free his people . As the battle raged on , Wicket wasted no time going after the flying stranger , at one point even jumping on his back while Kneesaa went for the Sunstar , reversing its spin . As the stranger ' s people began to get sucked back into their own dimension , the stranger grabbed Wicket ' s ankle , dragging him back to share in his misery . As a last resort , Kneesaa grabbed Wicket ' s belt of honor , which had slipped off earlier , and hurled it at the stranger , making him lose his grip on Wicket . Once the strangers were all gone , Wicket could only think of one thing : his belt of honor . Not even grateful that Kneesaa saved his life , Wicket was crushed that he had come so close to becoming a warrior and that he now had nothing left . His spirits were hardly lifted when object floated down from the sky — his silver feather of bravery , the first trophy he received for his belt . He was again let down when , for his bravery in saving the Sunstar , his reward was not admittance into the Warrior Circle nor even a new spear , but rather a mere bead of bravery . Prize of the Mimphs . Wicket continued to struggle with adolescence as he was still often left behind when the warriors were called to arms , such as when another hanadak threatened the village . Unwilling to heed Chirpa ' s warning , Wicket was set on getting a hanadak tooth for his Belt of Honor all by himself . Wicket trekked through the forest , enduring considerable heat , and soon found the hanadak sleeping beneath a tree . Wicket set about tying up the creature and then attempted to extract one of his fangs , but before he could take his trophy , the beast awoke and easily broke through his woven confines . He went after Wicket , indifferent to the fact that Wicket had taken him prisoner , and drove the Ewok into a fast - flowing river . While the hanadak broke his pursuit , Wicket continued to float down the river . He soon went down a waterfall , hitting his head on a rock along the way and losing consciousness . Fortunately for Wicket , he floated ashore , but when he came to , he found himself tied up and taken prisoner — not unlike himself and the hanadak before — by the diminutive Mimph s . The Mimphs took Wicket back to their village and put him up on display for all to see . Wicket felt humiliated , and yet when the hanadak arrived at the village , Wicket broke free of his binding in order to save his captors . He tore down a curtain and climbed a tree , attacking the beast from above and blindfolding him with the cloth . The hanadak proceeded into the river and down the waterfall , but Wicket was disappointed that he was unable to fetch a tooth from the beast for his belt . In order to repay their sulking savior , the Mimphs decided to instead give Wicket a Mimph tooth for his belt . Once reunited with his three friends , all of whom had feared that he had perished , Wicket boasted about besting the hanadak and spoke of his excitement to share the news with Chief Chirpa . Zarrak ' s revenge . Wicket and his friends were with Teebo one day as he practiced the magic Logray had been teaching him . Wicket was unimpressed with the tricks and with Teebo ' s execution of them . When Teebo was approached by Zarrak , a Dark Jedi who was once Logray ' s apprentice , Wicket and Latara had to carry Kneesaa back to the village , for she had been put under a sleeping spell by Zarrak . After a brief cart accident , Kneesaa was healed at Logray ' s hut , and the shaman told them of Zarrak ' s past and what danger Teebo was in . Then Logray , Wicket , and the girls set out to save Teebo . When they arrived at Zarrak ' s mountain , the former apprentice wasted no time in attacking his enemies : he quickly encircled Logray and Wicket in flames , but Wicket was able to jump out in time . After Logray extinguished the fires , Wicket ascended on Zarrak from behind , trying to suffocate the wizard with his own cape . However , Wicket was stopped when Zarrak flashed his magic jewel in Wicket ' s eyes , throwing him from the larger Ewok ' s shoulders . Zarrak then used the jewel to summon rocky hands from the ground to trap the other Ewoks . But Teebo then used his magic to distract Zarrak and lead him into the abyss , making him drop the jewel , thereby freeing Wicket and the others . Door - to - door trader . Wicket once led his friends past the lair of the Bobog — who was no friend of the Ewoks — to Mooth ' s trading post . Upon arrival they learned that Mooth had come down with a cold and that business was slow . In the shop , Wicket spotted pair of eodon tusks which he thought would look great hanging over his hammock , but each of his friends wanted the tusks for his or her self . So Mooth proposed that whoever could trade the most goods for him would receive the tusks . As the foursome set out for the river , a fierce rivalry brewed among them , and they chose to split up by gender , with each group taking one side of the river . Determined that he and Teebo would outdo the girls , Wicket first approached the Kagle s . He was able to give them some of Mooth ' s swamp pickle s , but the Kagles did not give Wicket anything in return . Wicket ' s next customer was Larry , whom Wicket offered him a fire feather blanket . But Larry also had nothing to trade , and Wicket and Teebo felt sorry for the three - eyed creature , so they gave him the blanket free of charge . The boys kept knocking on various doors , and Wicket tried all sorts of sales pitches , but they still were unable to make profit . So Wicket decided to try one more customer : the Bobog . When the boys approached the Bobog ' s lair , they saw that the girls had reached him first and had gotten into trouble . Wicket tried tying the Bobog ' s wrists , but he easily tore through the binding . Teebo then gave Wicket their last remaining item : a jar of fludge , which Wicket threw at the Bobog as they fled . Then they all mournfully returned to Mooth ' s , only to find that the Kagles had come in and traded a family cold cure and that the Bobog had traded some jewels for more fludge . So , when Mooth offered up the eodon tusks , Wicket claimed them first since he was the one to give the fludge to the Bobog . However , the others each thought they were entitled to the tusks . Their quibbles were all for naught , though , when the tuskless eodon showed up at Mooth ' s , and Wicket graciously handed him the tusks . Training Teebo . Still wishing Chirpa would give him a chance to become a warrior , Wicket watched longingly as the chief showed the young warriors how to subdue a grounger . Then , Chirpa said something which inspired Wicket with an idea : " A true warrior teaches what he knows to others . " If Wicket could train another Ewok to become a warrior , he thought , and then perhaps Chief Chirpa would finally take him seriously . Amused by Wicket ' s idea , Latara made a bet with Wicket : if she won , Wicket would babysit Latara ' s younger siblings — Wiley and Nippet — for the next twenty days ; but if Wicket won , Latara would sweep his hut for the next thirty days . After agreeing on the terms , Latara informed Wicket of her pupil of choice : Teebo , the wizard ' s apprentice . Not pleased by Latara ' s pick but willing to take the challenge nonetheless , Wicket began a warrior training program for Teebo . He first tried to teach him how to load a catapult , but when Teebo inadvertently flung himself into a river , Wicket had to jump in and save his friend from the pursuing blog . The blog drove the pair up over a dam and into a dried - up portion of the river . There , Wicket began to teach Teebo to art of vine - swinging , but this too ended end failure , and Wicket grew disgruntled with his " hopeless " friend . He went back and tried to change Latara ' s mind , but his pleas fell on deaf , furry ears . Then the Ewoks learned that the Tamble s had recruited the " brave warrior " Teebo to deal with their troublesome neighbor , the blog . Wicket knew this meant trouble , so the trio ran off to save their friend . Just in time , Wicket grabbed Teebo from the blog and then began taunting the beast , hoping to fool him into destroying his own dam . But something went wrong , and Wicket fell into the blog ' s waters . Kneesaa tried to save him , but it was Teebo ' s use of magic to destroy the dam that saved both Wicket and the Tambles . As the river drained , Wicket climbed to safety , and Wicket congratulated Teebo on his magic . But since it was magic that saved the day and not warrior skill , Wicket lost his bet with Latara and so was forced to mind the woklings . Odra ' s summer freeze . As the Ewoks took in a nice summer day , Wicket enjoyed a bit of surfing . But when Teebo ' s attempt to summon a cool breeze went horribly wrong , Wicket led the way back to the village to see Logray . Unable to find the shaman , the troupe headed for the observatory and there intercepted a message for Logray from the Leaf Queen via the Sunstar . When a flying leaf showed up outside for ferry to the Sun Palace , Wicket convinced the group to go in Logray ' s stead , given the direness of the situation . When the leaf taxi neared the Sun Palace , the group was attack by a pair of Ice Head commandos . Kneesaa was then knocked from the leaf and captured by the Ice Heads ; Wicket then made saving her their top priority . The group made their way into the Sun Palace where Wicket negotiated with the Leaf Queen and her siblings . Her majesty informed them that the sudden winter was not the fault of Teebo — it was , in reality , the result of an elaborate scheme by Odra , the Duchess of Sleet , who had frozen the heart of the Snow King to gain possession of the winter - controlling season scepter . Wicket wasted no time in leading the way to the Snow Palace . To sneak inside without alerting the Ice Head guards , Wicket devised that the Ewoks would cover themselves completely in snow so as to resemble the Ice Heads . The disguises worked , and once inside , the trio witnessed their lost friend Kneesaa being frozen in a block of ice and stuck upon an ice pick . Then , based on a comment from Teebo , Wicket figured out how they would save Kneesaa . He and Latara dressed up as ice - on - a - stick peddlers , while Teebo hid in their cart until he could grab the season scepter . This second disguise of the day also proved successful , even fooling the Snow King himself — he dropped the scepter in favor of a stick of ice . But while Wicket offered Odra some ice , Teebo fouled up their plan , and a skirmish ensued . When the scepter ended up in Teebo ' s hands , Wicket took control and used the device to melt the Snow King ' s heart and eliminate Odra ' s threat . With the King back to his jovial self , Wicket requested the release of Kneesaa , whom he hugged upon her return . After the King returned the Endor ' s season back to that of the Sun King , the king ' s siblings , as well as Logray and Chief Chirpa , arrived at the palace . Chirpa commended Wicket and his friends for their accomplishments , and the Snow King gave Wicket a special trophy for his belt of honor : an Ice Head ' s club . Wicket was somewhat taken aback by the unconventional and rather large gift , but accepted it graciously nonetheless . Duloks and the prow . The Fishing Festival was a big event in Bright Tree Village , and Wicket and Teebo wanted to help out in any way they could . As far as Chief Chirpa was concerned , this meant having the boys clean up his canoe . After scrubbing the boat clean and taking it into the water , Wicket chose to take his friends out on a canoe ride . But the ride ended abruptly when the boat hit a rock , dumping the foursome into the river . Once Wicket and the others pulled the boat ashore , they realized that the special prow carving was missing from the front of the canoe . Fearing Chirpa ' s wrath , Wicket led the others in a search of the river . Downstream , the Ewoks found the prow carving , but it was in the hands of the Duloks . When the four tried to retrieve the carving , they were captured and brought onboard the Duloks ' battleship . They were then forced to help the Duloks row their way to Bright Tree Village , and Latara didn ' t hesitate to place the blame on Wicket . But Wicket soon made up for it when he enlisted the help of the Skib s to overthrow the Duloks . Wicket then commandeered the battleship and used its own catapult to bring about the ship ' s destruction . After abandoning ship , Wicket and the others watched in horror as the Ewok prow carving sank to the deep along with the ship . That night , Wicket explained the whole ordeal to Chirpa . Wicket feared that the chief would have him bound to a pole and shot with stones for his actions , but instead Chirpa commended the young ones and merely asked that they put a new prow carving on the boat . Wicket and the others were so taken aback by the new carving that all four of them passed out right then and there . Jadru ' s maze . While Wicket and his friends tried to bathe Baga one day , they were taken aback when a " beautiful " equine came along , a creature they decided to call Silky . The Ewoks all took a liking to Silky , so much so that Baga started to become jealous . The Ewoks were all impressed when they learned that Silky could fly . But when the mystical being took Kneesaa for a flight , it suddenly transformed into its natural state — a quarf — and began to carry Kneesaa off to the lair of Jadru , its master . The enchantress Jadru , like so many before her , desired to possess the Ewoks ' sunstar , and she was willing to hold Princess Kneesaa ransom to get it . Wicket sent Teebo and Latara back to notify Chirpa of what had happened , while he and Baga went after the quarf . After scaling a steep cliff , Wicket and his steed made their way into Jadru ' s fortress , but they learned from her floating crystal ball , all too late , that they were in fact in a customizable maze controlled by Jadru . Still , with Baga following Kneesaa ' s scent , they were able to find their way to the throneroom . Then , with Kneesaa now among them , the threesome led Jadru and her quarf astray and returned to the throne where the maze controls were to trap the enchantress in her own maze . Just as Wicket and Kneesaa were trying to figure out how " they " would escape , Chirpa and the warriors broke into the building . Wicket and Chirpa destroyed Jadru ' s control levers , ensuring that she would never find a way out . So proud of Wicket ' s accomplishment , Chirpa bestowed upon Wicket another trophy for his belt of honor : a broken control lever . Horrification from the Hut of Horrors . It was Wicket ' s favorite season : the time of the carnival had arrived and the warriors ' overnight trip was not far off . Wicket and Kneesaa gathered sunberries for Shodu , which Wicket hoped was the last thing he had to do before he could enjoy the carnival . But Wicket was let down ; his mother asked him to take his sister Winda to the tumble bunny show . She did , however , give him a bribe : if he did this , Shodu might let him go on the overnight trip with the warriors . So Wicket begrudgingly took Winda to the show , and there ran into Teebo and Latara , both of whom were forced to take their younger siblings too . But Wicket backed away from the woklings ' show , and was instead interested in another attraction : Horville ' s Hut of Horrors . Enticed by Horville ' s spooky spiel , Wicket very much wished to witness the horrors . And yet , Kneesaa reminded him of his mother ' s deal . So Wicket took a quick vote by show of hands to determine which show the Ewoks would see , but despite those favoring Horville ' s Hut being in the minority , Wicket declared the vote to be a landslide in their favor . Assuring Kneesaa that the woklings would have a good time , Wicket and the septet of Ewoks entered the hut . But they did not leave unchanged . The Hut of Horrors left the older children shaken up and the woklings traumatized to the point of tears . Wicket realized that because of the trouble he would be in with his mother , she would certainly not let him go on the warriors ' trip now . But then , as they often did , an idea came to Wicket : they would have a sleepover at his hut for the woklings , who would forget about the horrors they had witnessed because of the amount of fun they would have . But the evening didn ' t go quite as planned ; Wicket couldn ' t keep the woklings entertained , and so they continued to cry . When Wicket ' s family came home , Weechee talked about the time he had taken Willy to see the Hut of Horrors , and Shodu remarked on the nightmares Willy had had afterward . Worried that the woklings would suffer the same fate , Teebo retrieved a machine of Logray ' s which would supposedly extract bad dreams from the woklings and store them within itself . That night , the nightmare machine ran while all the Ewoks slept , but a faulty leg on the device ' s tripod gave out and the machine collapsed and fell right near Wicket ' s bed , " releasing " the bad dreams into his own mind . Wicket experienced a most bizarre nightmare . In his dream , Wicket was pursued by Horville , then fell , then rode a balloon - creature up into the sky , was taunted by Kneesaa , laughed at by woklings , kicked around by tumble bunnies , eaten by a monster , condemned by his mother , and chained up as an attraction at Horville ' s Hut . Finally , Shodu woke Wicket from his nightmare . Realizing his charade was through , Wicket confessed to his mother that he had taken the woklings to the Hut of Horrors , not the tumble bunny show . Shodu decided that he would not be allowed to go on the warriors ' trip this year , because he instead had something else to do : take over the tumble bunny trainer ' s job and host ten tumble bunny shows himself . Elbo and the flute . Relaxing by the lake one day , Kneesaa had an interesting experience with King Elbo , a crab - like sea serpent with a trove of treasures who tested those he encountered and either rewarded them for their honesty or punished them for their greed . Hoping to receive a new flute to replace the one Wicket and Teebo had given her , Latara headed for Elbo ' s waters . But knowing their friend ' s rampant materialism , Wicket , Kneesaa , and Teebo followed behind her . However , their arrival at the lake was not quick enough , and they witnessed Latara being taken by Elbo down into his underwater coral castle . Planning to rescue Latara , Teebo called up a helpful fish who inflated a sea bubble — a thick membrane large and strong enough to hold the three Ewoks and transport them to the underwater lair . After a rough bubble ride down , the trio entered the air - filled castle and found their friend being held captive by a squid - like creature . Wicket distracted the creature , allowing Latara to escape . Then , the four ran through the castle trying to find a way out . They ended up in a wooden crate that hung about above a ferocious sea creature . When King Elbo approached , Wicket tried to reason with him . They eventually worked out a deal : the king would set up a test for Latara . If she passed , they would go free , but if she failed , all four would become Elbo ' s slaves . As the crate dropped lower and lower , Wicket bluntly told Teebo that he had no faith in Latara . But she proved him wrong , passing Elbo ' s test by finding the most valuable item among his treasures : her old flute that Wicket and Teebo had given her . The foursome then bid Elbo farewell and headed back to the surface , again via bubble transport . The trouble with Norky . When young Malani struggled with painting and considered giving up , Wicket recalled his experience of almost giving up on his dream of becoming a warrior and shared the story with her for encouragement . Later on , Wicket was upset to hear that Norky would be staying with the Warricks while his mother and father were away , because the boy frequently got Wicket into trouble . Before Norky ' s parents even left , he framed Wicket and Teebo for eating more than their one allotted cookie before dinner ; Shodu then made Wicket go borrow acorn paste from Kneesaa so that they could make more cookies . At the Royal Hut , Wicket went in with Kneesaa and left Norky behind so as not to disturb the in - progress council meeting , but Norky again wreaked havoc , disrupting the meeting , blaming Kneesaa , and then even attempting to injure Wicket on the way out . After Latara shared a similar mishap , Wicket decided to take action against Norky . In Logray ' s hut , the foursome observed the shaman ' s globe and decided to send Norky to the Vacant Valley , although Wicket initially had no qualms sending him to a more dangerous locale . The quartet duped Norky into following a " treasure " map to the valley by way of Latara ' s hang - glider . As time passed , Wicket reassured Kneesaa that Norky would not be in any real harm ; however , they quickly learned from master Logray that it was the centurial time of the natural sucking phenomenon in the Vacant Valley . The four Ewoks went to the valley , and Wicket and Teebo set out on foot — or , rather , magically spring - loaded vines to help them avoid being sucked underground . When they found Norky , Wicket had to convince the boy that there was no treasure and that the whole situation was a set - up , but that they never truly meant for any harm to come upon him . The three boys nearly perished there when they began to get sucked into a large hole , but the girls , with Norky ' s help , ensured that everyone made it out safely . Back home again , Wicket invited the newly - humbled Norky to come back sometime , and the two shared a hearty laugh before Norky departed . Kneesaa ' s parties . Wicket and his friend caught up on their sleep at what he called " another one of Kneesaa ' s boring parties . " But he was suddenly awaken by Latara , who was going to help Kneesaa throw a welcoming party for Prince Delby and assigned Wicket to be in charge of party publicity . Wicket and Baga placed posters all throughout the forest , and the turnout at the party that night reflected their thoroughness . When the Pug s arrived at the party , the Ewoks assumed it was the prince and his entourage , but Wicket noted that their poor manners made them seem unlikely royalty . When the guests departed , Wicket and his friends learned from an enthusiastic party attendant that they were in fact a notorious vroom gang , and Wicket noticed that were taking Kneesaa along with them . Hot on the gang ' s trail , the three Ewoks followed in a bordok - drawn carriage . Wicket caught up to the vrooms and freed Kneesaa from their clutches . They also retrieved a bag of stolen goods from the village , but this caused the Pugs the come after them . When the Ewoks ' vehicle crashed , Wicket improvised a road sign that successfully led the vrooms on a path to the Duloks ' swamp . With this crisis averted , Wicket led his friends back to the village , where Kneesaa ultimately met and befriended the real Prince Delby . Girl trouble . When the village turned out for the Ewok Warrior Games , Wicket watched as Chirita defeated Weechee Warrick in a wrestling contest . Wicket , who was obviously infatuated with older woman , rewarded Chirita with a trophy for her belt of honor . When Malani gave Wicket a basket of freshly - picked sunberries , Wicket gave them to Chirita , rather than accepting the gift for himself . Realizing that Wicket seemed romantically interested in warrior girls , Malani began an effort to make herself more appealing to Wicket . While he was hitting on Chirita , Malani staged a fake rescue attempt with her brother Teebo , but it didn ' t go as planned , and Wicket and Chirita ended up being the rescuers . With much persistence , Wicket convinced Chirita to go on a canoe rid with him . But all the while , Malani was continuing to quest to earn Wicket ' s affection — she made a deal with Bothel and Trud , a pair of thieves who were after the coveted sunstar . Aware that Malani was in danger , Wicket and his friends went after her and Wicket was finally made aware of Malani ' s crush . Though is social intuition may have been lacking , Wicket once again showed his skill for impromptu rescue plans when he saved Malani and reclaimed the sunstar , passing it off to Teebo to take care of Bothel and Trud . When Wicket met Chirita at the dock for their date , he was promptly rejected by Chirita , who had made other plans with Wicket ' s older brother . But his evening would not be spent alone — he instead indulged Malani for a short canoe ride . Raygar and the Sunstar . Trekking up a peak with his friends to feed guba birds , Wicket could not help but feel that his time could be better spent earning another trophy for his belt . And while the feeding did not go as smoothly as anticipated , Wicket soon found his way into a new mishap when he heard the cry of a fircle . The Ewoks freed the creature from its confinement in a trap , the origin of which Wicket could not determine ; the same was true of the metallic being Wicket saw next , a droid that picked up Teebo , under the command of Doctor Raygar . The Imperial scientist , flying his personal repulsorcraft , then set an energy beam on Kneesaa . Wicket tried to save her and to attack Raygar ' s droids , but he found he was no match for the advanced Imperial weaponry . Raygar then spoke with Wicket personally and demanded that he reveal the location of their village if he wished to save his friends . Reluctantly , Wicket complied , but he and Latara were nonetheless captured and placed into a holding cell with their friends aboard Raygar ' s freighter . Though he tried to lead an escape , Wicket and the others were no match for the force field sealing the door . After learning that Raygar was seeking the sunstar , Wicket knew that they must escape to warn the tribe . He convinced Raygar ' s droid PD - 28 ( " Peedee " ) to let them out , but their search for an exit led them into an escape pod . Latara inadvertently launched the pod with her buttocks , and while the ride started off bumpy , Wicket took the helm and quickly learned how to pilot the craft . But by the time they arrived at Bright Tree , it was too late ; Raygar had already taken sunstar and fled . While Wicket tried to convince Chirpa to use the " flying canoe " to transport some warriors back to the sunstar , the overeager Latara started the ship ' s launch sequence and only the four children and Peedee made it into the ship before takeoff . Since Raygar ' s ship was quickly moving towards space , Wicket chose to stay on course , rather than go back to pick up the warriors . Wicket was unprepared for the weightlessness he experienced when they broke Endor ' s atmosphere , although Peedee then engaged the gravity stabilizers , nor had Wicket ever seen anything quite like the Star Destroyer they approached for landing . Upon arrival , Peedee was ordered to be recycled by Admiral Kazz , so Wicket and Kneesaa decided to rescue the droid while the other two Ewoks searched for Raygar . After retrieving Peedee , Wicket and Kneesaa headed to Raygar ' s lab , where the scientist had used the sunstar to create a weapon to kill Emperor Palpatine , a weapon he wanted to first test on Latara and Teebo . When Raygar incapacitated Peedee , Wicket sought to avenge his new friend and lashed out at Raygar . He leapt for the man , dodging his blaster bolt , and attacked fiercely . In the scuffle , he inadvertently caused Raygar to fire his new weapon into space as Palpatine ' s shuttle approached ; while the blast — which destroyed one of the " Lambda " - class shuttle ' s wings — could have possibly killed the Emperor if fired at a slightly different angle or moment , it also may have saved the man ' s life by preventing Raygar from firing when he intended . Realizing his predicament , Raygar decided to kill Wicket , but Kneesaa retrieved the sunstar and freed Wicket from his grasp . Wicket then used the sunstar himself to destroy Raygar ' s blaster . Wicket , Kneesaa , and Peedee again boarded their capsule , picked up Teebo and Latara , and headed back to Endor . To honor Wicket , Chief Chirpa presented him with two pieces of the droids who had earlier attacked their village as trophies for his belt of honor . The Black Cavern . To gain another badge for his belt of honor , Wicket attempted a test of courage for Chief Chirpa and Head Elder Kazak which involved swinging by vine across a gauntlet of spears . Wicket ' s test was sabotaged , however , by a young Dulok prince . Boogutt , the son of King Gorneesh , was attempting to impress his father and the other Duloks when he cut Wicket ' s rope as he swung . The Ewok ' s subsequent fall caused him to tumble into and break the sacred sun crystal , symbol of Ewok bravery . Wicket ' s spirits were as broken as the shattered crystal when Kazak deemed him unfit for warriorhood . Wicket was inspired with an idea , though , when Teebo and he overheard Kazak and Chirpa talking about the crystal ' s origin : the Black Cavern . Wicket headed off for the cavern to retrieve a new crystal and redeem himself ; however , he was trailed by another eavesdropper : Prince Boogutt . Teebo and Kneesaa later saw that Wicket ' s vine from the challenge had been intentionally cut , they headed for the cavern to save him . But Wicket was well ahead , and he made his way into the cavern . Once he saw another sun crystal , Wicket realized he was being trailed , so he sneaked up on Prince Boogutt . They had little time to scuffle , however , for the guardian of the sun crystal emerged from the ground and proved to be a dangerous foe . Wicket took the crystal and ran . He swung over a crevice , and when his rival Boogutt was too scared to do the same , Wicket swung back a carried the young Dulok himself . The tentacled guardian was hardly slowed , and as Wicket and Boogutt jumped through the cavern ' s collapsing entrance , the guardian grabbed the Dulok child by the ankle . Again Wicket refused to leave Boogutt behind ; propping the entrance open with his sun crystal , Wicket went back in and stabbed the tentacle with Boogutt ' s own knife . The children jumped from the cave again , just before the crystal shattered as the cavern ' s mouth closed behind them . Though the Duloks showed no appreciation for Wicket ' s courage , Kazak was thoroughly impressed and presented Wicket with a piece of the broken crystal for his belt of honor . Enemy of the Empire . Imperial invasion . When the Empire ' s first scouting party arrived on Endor , Wicket was among the warriors sent to investigate . Simply following the ship ' s distinctive scent , the Ewoks discovered Imperial walkers and stormtroopers . Afraid of the offworlders , the Ewoks decided to ensure that they didn ' t reach Bright Tree Village , so they remotely guided the scouting party , led by Lieutenant Kiviett , in wrong directions and into dead ends . The Ewoks ' pounding drums even frightened the Imperials , who , once they realized they had ended up back at their shuttle , headed off to their orbiting ship immediately . The Ewoks thought they had seen the last of the Imperials , but Kiviett ' s commanding officer , Captain Toss , disregarded the warning about the Ewoks . A few weeks later , a full Imperial invasion began . Out with his friends one day near a Dulok cave , Wicket was snatched up by a flying condor dragon . He was saved when Teebo sprung to action on his father ' s hang glider — he attacked the dragon and brought it , and Wicket , crashing down into the trees . Upon their return to the village , Chief Chirpa admonished Wicket for engaging with the Duloks and putting himself and Kneesaa in danger . As punishment , a few days later , Wicket had to help Chukha - Trok clear out fungus - infected trees . While Wicket worked with the woodsman Ewok , they witnessed an explosion nearby — the result of an Imperial attack on a Dulok village . A survivor from the raid , Agluk , came to Bright Tree and told Chirpa what happened — destruction of the village , capture of the Duloks , and the awakening of the legendary griagh beast . Chirpa order Agluk to be held in a cage , but later in the night , Wicket , Kneesaa , and Paploo let him out on condition that he show them where he had seen the griagh . Wicket secured a rope around Agluk and , joined by Teebo and Latara on the way , the Dulok led them to his former home , now the beginnings of an Imperial base . Once Wicket observed the Duloks shackled by the Imperials , he decided that no beings deserved such a fate . Wicket and company continued to follow Agluk as he led them deep into a cave , which Wicket determined , based on the skeletal remains littered about , was likely inhabited by something hungry . As Agluk began to turn on the Ewoks , brandishing a blaster rifle , Wicket decided they should escape when the Dulok was asleep . But he accidentally woke Agluk , and their ensuing commotion awakened the beast Wicket had feared — the multi - mouthed griagh . After taking out the Dulok , the griagh attacked the Ewoks . Wicket fought back with his spear , but the Ewoks decided to flee and warn the village about the griagh . On the way back , Wicket and his friends saw that Logray and Paploo had been discovered by stormtroopers with Dulok prisoners in tow . The Ewok foursome ambushed armored soldiers , and Wicket freed the Duloks from their binders . But the fight escalated when the griagh burst up through the forest floor , knocking Wicket to the ground . While the beast attacked without prejudice , Wicket continue to engage the stormtroopers . The griagh was finally subdued thanks to a selfless final act by Zrani the Wistie and the power of the sunstar . With the battle over , Wicket welcomed the late arrival of Chief Chirpa and his Ewok scouts . And at a later celebration , Chirpa honored the young warriors , but warned that the threat of the Imperials was far from over . Helping the Towani family . Over three years after the Rebel Alliance defeated the Empire at the Battle of Yavin , the Warrick family was living in a ground hut , and Wicket ' s father Deej and brothers Weechee and Widdle brought home two Human children , Mace and Cindel Towani . Wicket greeted Cindel with curiosity and quickly befriended her . The Towanis ' starcruiser had crashed in the forest nearby , and the children ' s parents had gone missing . When Cindel became ill , Wicket stayed at the girl ' s bedside and brought her flowers while his mother Shodu nursed Cindel back to health . Wicket even began learning the girl ' s language , despite Mace ' s claims that he couldn ' t even talk . The next day , Deej and his sons fought a boar - wolf in the woods ; Wicket brought down the beast with a blowdart . To learn from where the beast came , Deej and Wicket took the children to see Logray , whose crystal image spinner revealed that the parents were being held by the Gorax . The following day , Wicket and the villagers prepared for an expedition to the Gorax ' s lair . Before they departed , Logray held a ceremony in which the members of the caravan were given sacred totems for their journey , where Wicket received a magic walking stick . While Mace subsequently discarded his totem , which he though was just a " stupid rock , " Wicket secretly retrieved it for a later use . Wicket traveled with the caravan , partly by horseback and by foot for the rest . The group picked up the woodsman Chukha - Trok and the priestess Kaink along the way . While Wicket and Cindel played during a break in their travel , Mace became trapped beneath a magic lake , but Wicket used his magic walking stick to save the inquisitive boy . That night , Wistie s visited the group ' s camp , much to Wicket ' s excitement . But after many days , they finally arrived at the fortress in the Desert of Salma , and Wicket returned to Mace the rock which would provide their entrance to the cave . At Deej ' s insistence , the younger Wicket , Widdle , and Cindel stayed behind near the entrance while the others went on . The children played around until a rearing spider showed up , which Wicket battled and eventually killed . Meanwhile , the others rescued the elder Towanis and returned to the entrance , where Wicket witnessed Mace killing the Gorax with the weapon of the fallen Chukha - Trok . Upon their return home , the Towani and Warrick families joyfully celebrated their reunions , and Wicket even performed a celebratory dance . As Jeremitt Towani ' s repair work on their starcruiser neared completion , Wicket and Cindel discussed were out playing and picking flowers and berries in the forest . Wicket , who had become increasingly proficient in the Humans ' tongue , struggled with the idea of Cindel leaving and tried to convince her to stay . He even briefly considered going offworld with the Towanis , but decided that his place was on Endor with his family . Wicket then suddenly sensed danger and returned to the village to find the Sanyassan Marauders , led by King Terak , attacking the Ewok village . Wicket and Cindel eluded the Marauders , but when he saw his family under attack , Wicket went after one of the soldiers himself . However , he and the other Ewoks were all eventually captured and loaded into wagons . Meanwhile , Catarine , Mace , and Jeremitt were all killed . Terak , who was after what he called " the power " — the Towanis ' cruiser ' s crystal oscillator — was hauling the Ewok prisoners back to his castle . He captured Cindel and placed her in the same wagon as Wicket . With Cindel ' s whole family dead , Wicket now considered the girl part of his family . Given their small size , the two children were able to escape their wagon . Trailed by a few Marauders , the two climbed up a mountain and found haven in a cave , although the Marauders ' haphazard shooting caused their entrance to cave in . With the only way out being a straight drop downward Wicket spent hours building a hang - glider from bones and material found in the cave . When his search for one of the final pieces led to his accidentally waking a condor dragon , Wicket found himself making a hasty escape in his new glider as he followed the flying creature which carried off Cindel in its claws . He freed Cindel in a dangerous midair rescue , and after a crash - landing and long trek on foot , the two children rested for the night in a hollowed - out tree trunk . The next morning , Wicket was awakened by a being named Teek who tried to steal from Wicket ' s pouch . Wicket was not as amused by the playful creature as Cindel , but Teek then led the hungry children to a house in the woods . They inspected the vacant house and decided that they could make it their new home — Wicket even found a conical hat to his liking . But as Wicket prepared supper , the real homeowner arrived : Noa Briqualon , an old hermit whose ship had also crashed in the forest long ago . He kicked the children out of his home , leaving them to fend for themselves outside in the cold . So Teek saw that they were fed , and Wicket started a fire for warmth — however , he accidentally singed his posterior in the process , much to Cindel ' s amusement . Noa , though , had a change of heart and eventually allowed the kids to live with him . Stopping the Sanyassans . Curious as to where Noa went every day , Wicket and Cindel trailed him once and discovered that he was working on his starcruiser . Noa told them of his past and about his long gone friend Salak Weet and their need for a new crystal for their ship ' s power drive . Wicket and Cindel grew closer to the old man ; they even played music together , with Wicket exhibiting his skill of percussion . Their newfound happiness was interrupted early one morning when Wicket awoke to find Cindel missing — kidnapped by the Nightsister Charal . Wicket , Noa , and Teek set out on a frantic trek to find her , making their way to Terak ' s Keep . They infiltrated the castle , crossing over a deadly moat where Wicket sent a Sanyassan guard to his death to save Noa ' s life . The trio sneaked through the castle ; Wicket freed Cindel and the previously captured Ewoks while Noa picked up the Towanis ' stolen crystal power drive . With a Sanyassan blaster in hand , Wicket began to lead the party out , but when the Sanyassans pursued , Wicket and his father stayed behind to slow the Marauders down . The two Warricks were subsequently the last Ewoks out of the castle , but they regrouped and ran across the hills and back to the woods where Noa ' s ship sat . While Noa and others readied the ship , Wicket led the defense against the Marauders . While Noa installed the power supply in his ship , Wicket spotted the approaching Sanyassans and sounded the Ewok battle horn . They fought aggressively with catapults , bows and arrows , javelins , blasters , and more , but Terak and his men closed in on the ship still . As Wicket was pursued by an enemy trio , he fell victim to a rope trap that suspended him in the air by his foot , but he was freed by Deej and Cindel . Just when all seemed well , Terak approached and grabbed Cindel , holding her hostage . He then ordered Wicket to deliver the " old man " an ultimatum : turn over " the power " or he would take Cindel . Wicket obeyed and returned with Noa , who negotiated for Cindel ' s release . Wicket then took the young girl to safety while the two men did battle . When it seemed Noa would not succeed , Cindel prompted Wicket to do something . So Wicket used his sling and hit Charal ' s ring that hung suspended from Terak ' s neck . When it activated , the ring transformed the Sanyassan leader from a living being into nothing more than a solid statue . Wicket and the others stared in amazement ; their fight was over . As the two humans prepared for their offworld departure , the Ewoks gathered around Noa ' s ship . Noa shared with Wicket some final words . Then Wicket had to say goodbye to his best friend , Cindel , who promised to return to Endor someday . Teek and Wicket , both deeply saddened , stood together as Noa ' s ship lifted off and into the stars . Falling - out with Logray . Wicket ' s relationship with his former master Logray grew strained over time . The shaman abused Wicket , who found himself distanced from the village and becoming somewhat of a loner . He was a vocal opponent of Logray ' s practice of the Dark Rituals — ancient rites involving living sacrifice . But despite his many accomplishments and his status as a warrior by that time , Wicket still held relatively little clout among the tribe , and since he refused to participate in the sacrificial practices , he was banned from all rituals . The Imperial vulnerability . As the Empire expanded their presence on Endor and constructed a shield generator to protect their second Death Star , Wicket witnessed something that would prove very important for the Ewoks in the times ahead : he saw an AT - ST — which was walking around the base of the Yawari cliffs — step on a rock , slowly fall over , and then explode . Wicket realized at that point that the Imperials were not invulnerable ; the Ewoks could build traps for the " big not - animals " and set up defenses around Bright Tree Village , preparing for the day when they would have to engage the offworlders . A few days later , Wicket presented his news and ideas to the Council of Elders , who had previously been unsure of how to deal with the Imperials . Chief Chirpa was very impressed with Wicket ' s report and pleased that the tribe would no longer have to live in fear . Rebel encounters . The Imperial activity continued on Endor as construction on the new Death Star progressed . Meanwhile , the Rebel Alliance had sent a strike team to the forest moon to deactivate the shield protecting the giant weapon . Traveling through the woods one day , Wicket heard a pair of Imperial speeder bikes fly by , and then saw them each crash and explode . After waiting to make sure no Imperials would detect him — something Wicket noted was becoming increasingly more difficult on Endor — he went to the crash sites to put out any fires or deal with potential survivors . The first biker he spotted was a dead scout trooper , but the second he recognized as a Human woman , and she was still breathing . While he was initially reminded of Catarine Towani , Wicket then thought of the witch Charal , and so approached the stranger with caution . He prodded her with his spear until he woke the woman — Princess Leia Organa of the Rebel Alliance , who , when she saw Wicket , was reminded of a baby Wookiee doll she played with as a child . Wicket remained leery until the woman offered him part of a ration bar to eat . He found the food to be very good , but he again became fearful of Organa , though she was merely removing her helmet . He began to inspect the headgear but stopped and grabbed his spear when he heard more Imperials . When the troopers fired at them , Wicket and Organa hid behind a log until another blast hit . At that point Wicket rolled out of sight . Then , as a scout trooper approached Organa at gunpoint , Wicket realized she was no friend of the Imperials , so he attacked the trooper ' s legs , giving Organa a chance to swing at the trooper , grab her blaster , and shoot the other Imperial before he could get away . Wicket praised the princess ' skill , as he then had a new respect for her . As they headed off , Wicket urged Organa to follow him , and he made sure that she arrived safely at Bright Tree Village . Meanwhile , other Ewoks had captured and brought in the rest of the Rebels : Luke Skywalker , Han Solo , Chewbacca , and the droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 , the latter of whom was responsible for eliminating the Dulok threat at the failed peace summit on Endor some time ago . The Ewoks treated C - 3PO as a god , and Logray insisted that the other Rebels be sacrificed in the droid ' s honor . Wicket vehemently opposed the performing of these Dark Rituals , but his pleas were ignored . He conferred with Wuta as the proceedings continued , but they were halted when Skywalker used the Force to lift C - 3PO into the air and convince the Ewoks that it was a show of the droid ' s " magic . " This frightened the Ewoks , including Wicket , and caused them to run away , but they soon returned and untied the Rebels under Logray ' s orders . With C - 3PO back on the ground , Wicket was reunited with R2 - D2 . The Battle of Endor . That night , the Rebels had an audience with the Council of Elders in the Royal Hut in hopes of encouraging them to join their cause . C - 3PO animatedly told the Rebels ' tale , but the council failed to see any relevance to their tribe . Wicket observed concernedly as Solo and Skywalker each tried to woo the Ewoks . After Organa gave a short plea , Wicket decided to finally speak up . He articulated to the council , while C - 3PO translated for the Rebels , as to why the Ewoks should join these people in their fight . His speech was a success , as the council was swayed , and Chief Chirpa declared that the Rebels would become part of their tribe . Wicket embraced Solo as the Ewoks welcomed their new comrades . Wicket later guided a group of Rebel emissaries to the hut of Tammala , an exiled Ewok inventor who lived high the forest canopy , whom they convinced to return to Bright Tree Village to lend his expertise to the construction of new gliders . Wicket and Paploo then joined with Solo , Organa , Chewbacca , and the droids to meet up with Major Bren Derlin and the Rebel commandos . Not long after dawn , they arrived a ridge overlooking the Imperial landing platform , and from there Wicket and Paploo led them to a " secret " entrance on the other side of the ridge . There , as Paploo distracted the scout troopers to allow the Rebels to sneak inside the bunker , Wicket stayed behind with the droids . He remained there until they spotted more Imperials arriving ; realizing the Rebels were in trouble , Wicket ran to get help . After the Rebels were led back out of the bunker at gunpoint , Wicket returned — and he brought with him an entire army of Ewoks . The Battle of Endor had begun . The Ewoks attacked with a variety of weapons and traps . Wicket joined a group hunting with bolas , and while his own attack backfired and knocked Wicket to the ground , the only injury was to his ego . The battle raged on , and the Rebels tried to make their way back into the bunker . Wicket participated in a hang - glider attack led by Teebo . When his friend was shot down , Wicket swooped in and saved him , but he then crashed into a speeder bike while trying to avoid an AT - ST . The Rebels eventually destroyed the shield generator , allowing the fleet above the planet to destroy the Death Star , and the body of Emperor Palpatine along with it . As the victors celebrated on Endor , Solo and Organa shared an intimate moment — one which Wicket didn ' t hesitate interrupting to share in the jubilation . After the battle . At a village - wide party where the Ewoks and Rebels celebrated their victory in the battle , Wicket danced and fraternized with R2 - D2 . Per the request of Chief Chirpa and the rest of his tribe , Princess Organa presided over a special ceremony after the battle in which Wicket was promoted to the rank of " lead warrior . " Wicket remarked that it was the happiest day of his life . In the three days following the battle , Wicket and his friends transformed the burnt - out Imperial shield generator base into part of the forest and made it their home . They wove vines through the structure , planted trees to make new walls , used logs for structural support where portions had been destroyed , and turned an AT - ST cockpit into a fireplace . As Rebel historian Voren Na ' al was out doing research for a report on the battle , Wicket invited him to tour his new home . Na ' al had conducted an interview after the battle , with the help of C - 3PO , in which Wicket told him about the events leading up to the Rebels ' arrival . As Wicket ' s achievements gained him attention after the Battle of Endor , some claimed he would be a prime candidate to eventually replace Chirpa as chief of the village , despite the role being destined to be filled by Princess Kneesaa . As a bachelor , Wicket also gained attention from a number of female Ewoks , who left gifts at his hut to express their romantic interest . He was more interested , however , in the Alliance visitors who would come by , and he grew curious of the world beyond Endor . Still , he would spend his days at his home , carving trinkets for the young of the village and communicating with the forest animals . When the Rebels returned from a battle at Bakura , Wicket and other Ewoks helped Luke Skywalker in his Force skill and lightsaber training ; they were all taken aback when Skywalker used the Force to levitate Wicket high into the air . The next time Skywalker asked , however , Wicket and the others were not so inclined to participate . Wicket was later one of several Ewoks involved in the brief conflict between the Ewoks and Lahsbees , eventually stopped with the help of the Alliance . Later life . Freeing Opunia . Five years after the Battle of Endor , the forest moon was plagued with weather anomalies , missing animals , thunderous noise , and other strange happenings . When the neighboring Opunia tribe stopped sending out trading caravans , Chief Chirpa called upon Wicket to investigate . After consulting with the village medicine man , Wicket took group warriors and headed to the Opunia village . They freed a group of captured warriors along the way and fought their captors , a group of Trandoshan slavers , as well as some gundarks . The Trandoshans had hit Opunia as well , so Wicket had to recruit help from other neighboring villages to help fight . Wicket had to find a group of lost warriors in order to enlist the help of Chief Rivera and his tribe . To gain another chief ' s support , he had to kill some rancors to save the village ' s nerfs . Once Wicket had enough troops , his group destroyed all the of enemy ' s facilities and defeated the Trandoshans . A new beginning . As a warrior , Wicket would look back on the adventures with his friends in his youth with much fondness . He eventually married his longtime friend Princess Kneesaa and became co - chief of Bright Tree Village with her when Chief Chirpa , Kneesaa ' s father , died . In a special ceremony to celebrate both their union as husband and wife and induction as chiefs of the village , the two vowed to grow in wisdom together and , like the trees , to " bear new leaves and branches . " And many years later , in 40 ABY , Wicket ' s family continued to thrive on Endor . Personality and traits . Of all Wicket ' s traits , perhaps the most notable was his bravery . Wicket would do anything for his friends and his village . He battled foes of size and number far greater than his own , and yet he always managed to pull through . Wicket had a sense of adventure , which he took after his father , Deej . However , as Wicket neared adolescence and began filling his belt of honor to become a warrior , he went through a phase of arrogance and egocentricity , traits which often impaired his better judgment and got him into trouble . Physically speaking , Wicket was somewhat shorter than the average Ewok . He had a keen sense of smell and an acute sense of hearing , both of which made up for the naturally poor eyesight most Ewoks shared . He usually wore a hood made from an animal pelt and later carried a flint - pointed spear . Powers and abilities . Although clearly not as adept as the sorcerer Logray or his apprentice Teebo , Wicket showed some potential Force - sensitivity in his ability to wield Logray ' s staff and perform other acts of " magic " while briefly under the shaman ' s tutelage . Additionally , his ability to see and communicate with the spirit ( possibly Force ghost ) of his long dead great - grandfather Erpham further indicates at least some connection with the Force . Belt of honor . On his journey to become an Ewok Warrior , Wicket collected many items for his belt of honor : After collecting these trophies , Wicket lost his belt and everything on it except for his silver feather . Wicket ' s badges following this were : Behind the scenes . Wicket was portrayed by Warwick Davis in 1983 ' s " " . The then 11 - year - old actor came to be involved in the film after his grandmother heard a radio ad calling for short actors . When Davis ' mother called to inquire on his behalf , she was told that Lucasfilm already had enough actors ; however , when she mentioned that Warwick was a mere 2 feet , 11 inches tall , they reconsidered him as a possibility for a younger Ewok . Davis then met with production assistant Pat Carr at Elstree Studios , where he was measured for a costume and didn ' t even have to audition . Davis began work on the film in January 1982 . Originally just another Ewok , Davis caught the eye of George Lucas with aspects of his performance , such as his interaction with R2 - D2 and the ability to stick his tongue through his Ewok mask . Another part of his performance , inquisitively tilting his head , was inspired by Davis ' dog . Davis was later taken to America for location shooting . The day Kenny Baker was supposed to shoot the scene in which his character ( originally called " Wicket " ) meets Princess Leia for the first time , Baker fell ill with food poisoning , and so Davis was called in as a replacement . Davis ' Ewok eventually became " Wicket , " while Baker ' s became " Paploo . " Evidence of the switch remains in the , where the Ewok stealing the speeder bike is still called Wicket . As for Wicket ' s voice in the final film , according to Davis , it was performed by an woman . Concurrent to the shooting of " Return of the Jedi " , first assistant director David Tomblin shot a short film on starring Davis called " Return of the Ewok " . It tells an alternate tale of Warwick Davis landing the role of an Ewok and the trying to find his way to the " green moon of Endor " , stopping by Jabba ' s Palace and Yoda ' s hut along the way . Davis is in his Wicket costume for much of the film . A short clip , where Boba Fett is pursuing Davis / Wicket on the Death Star II , can be seen in the blooper reel easter egg on the 2004 bonus DVD for the original trilogy . Davis reprised the role of Wicket in the television movies " " in 1984 and " " in 1985 , both of which featured Wicket as a main character . Darryl Henriques voiced Wicket in both films . Since George Lucas ' daughter Amanda was a big fan of Wicket , Davis performed the character at a birthday party for her , delivering presents and even letting the kids force - feed him cake . Wicket was also a main character in the animated television series " " from 1985 – 1986 . Although Warwick Davis did audition for the voice of Wicket , Jim Henshaw was cast in the role . Like most of the characters , Wicket changed somewhat after the first season . For the show ' s second season , a new design team was brought on and most of the voices were recast ; Wicket was voiced by Denny Delk . Most second season episodes involved Wicket — now wearing a green hood — trying to collect a trophy for his belt of honor . In " Tales from the Endor Woods " , an edited compilation of " Ewoks " episodes released on DVD in 2004 , Alex Lindsay portrayed an adult Wicket in a narrative introduction . In addition to his film and television appearances , Wicket appeared in a number of and a 14 - issue comic book series from Marvel ' s Star Comics imprint . On the April 27 , 2008 edition of Comedy Central ' s " Colbert Report " , Stephen Colbert ( a self - described geek ) " ate " Wicket ( a large teddy bear with an apple stuffed in its mouth ) , reneging on a promise not to eat Ewok . On June 7 , 2013 , it was announced that , in honor of the 30th anniversary of " Star Wars Episode VI : Return of the Jedi " release , Bean Bunny was selected to represent Wicket Warrick for the " Star Wars " / " The Muppets " crossover line .