Mount Sorrow Mount Sorrow was a mountain on the Forest Moon of Endor . The tip of the mountain was in fact sentient , and had the power to both blow people off the summit , or cry tears of healing . Sorrow was a figure of legend in Ewok lore , albeit an obscure one , known only to the shamans and witch doctors of Endor . Sometime during the Imperial era , Mount Sorrow was able to cure budding poet Teebo of the perilous laughing spell , inherited from a loonee bird in the Endor woods . Despite being a mountain , Sorrow was in a constant state of depression , be it either stern or sad . It had excessively high standards , granting the benefit of its healing powers only to those it deemed " worthy . " It also had no qualms about sending children to their death , which it demonstrated by attempting to murder Wicket Wystri Warrick and Princess Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka . Biography . Ewok legend . The sentient mountain being known as Mount Sorrow resided on the Forest Moon of Endor . Although the mountain was vast and could be seen from some distance , little was known about it among the native Ewoks who resided in Bright Tree Village . Although Ewok shamans told the legend of a being who resided at the top of the mountain whose tears had a powerful effect and could even reverse the effects of the perilous laughing spell , an ailment caused by contact with the loonee bird which caused sufferers to have uncontrollable bouts of laughter , the Ewoks were unaware that it was the mountain itself that possessed this power . During the Imperial era , the Ewok Teebo joked that Mount Sorrow was discovered by a native of Endor , who named the place for his disappointment at what lay at the summit . The curing of Teebo . Sometime during the Imperial era , a young Ewok named Teebo contracted the perilous laughing spell from a loonee bird . The illness caused Teebo to play pranks on his fellow Ewoks , who summoned Logray , the shaman of Bright Tree Village , to treat Teebo ' s condition . Unable to cure Teebo , Logray recalled the Endorian legend of the being who lived atop Mount Sorrow , and felt that this presented Teebo ' s best chance . Uncertain of their chances , the Ewoks Wicket Wystri Warrick and Princess Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka set off with Teebo to seek the being ' s help . After a long trek , the Ewoks reached the base of Mount Sorrow and ascended to the summit , carrying Teebo along on a leash . However , instead of the entity which Logray had told of , they were met by a stony mound that featured a face . The face began to move , and then started to converse with the astonished trio . Mount Sorrow demanded to know the reason why the Ewoks wanted its tears . When it was told of Teebo ' s ailment , Sorrow agreed to help only if he proved his worth . Although Teebo ' s callous indifference both depressed and angered the mighty mountain , the contagious nature of the laughing spell caused it to shake with merriment . Due to its brittle and stiff nature , the uncontrollable laughter caused Mount Sorrow to begin to fall apart , and both it and Teebo ' s companions tried to make the young Ewok move further away so that Sorrow might return to normal . Mount Sorrow ' s apparent failure to cure him led Teebo to question its abilities but this insult only angered the mountain further and it declared Teebo unworthy of its help . Warrick apologized for his friend ' s behavior but refused to leave until Sorrow had helped Teebo . Losing patience with the Ewoks , the mountain let forth a mighty gust of wind , with a view to blowing the Princess and Warrick off the side of the summit . Teebo intervened , using the rope that had been his leash during their ascent to save his two friends . Warrick attempted to make Teebo try again to seek Sorrow ' s help , but Teebo refused , saying that he would rather live with the laughing ailment than see his friends ' lives put at risk again . Sorrow was moved by this , and deemed Teebo worthy . The sentient mountain doused Teebo with its tears , curing the young Ewok of his ailment , and then offered a continuous supply of surplus tears that it had in stock . Teebo graciously declined and the Ewoks left Mount Sorrow in peace . Personality and traits . Mount Sorrow was aptly named : it resembled a massive , conical mountain made of gray rock , and it was in a constant state of depression . Sorrow was willing to offer the healing powers of its tears to those who needed it , but insisted that they meet its high standards by proving themselves worthy . The mountain being had little patience with others and was quick to anger when derided . When insulted by Teebo , it was willing to let the Ewok children Wicket W . Warrick and Princess Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka fall to their deaths . However , upon seeing Teebo ' s willingness to suffer in order to protect the lives of his friends , Mount Sorrow was satisfied with the Ewok ' s worth , offering its healing powers and weeping openly at the display of gallantry . Behind the scenes . Mount Sorrow was created by Dave Manak for the 1986 comic book " " , the seventh issue of Marvel Comics ' " Ewoks " series , in which the character was drawn by Warren Kremer . The issue is divided into three parts with Sorrow first mentioned in the second part , " A Near Riot , " and appearing throughout the third part , " Moving the Mountain . " Sorrow ' s tears were used as a " " in the comic as the main characters seek a cure for Teebo ' s condition . Mount Sorrow went unreferenced in subsequent " Star Wars " works until the character was given an entry in 2008 ' s " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . Sorrow ' s appearance on the of " The Perilous Laughing Spell " , which shows the mountain being blowing the young Ewoks from the summit , differs from that in the comic . The cover illustration depicts the character with yellow eyes with a black pupil rather than the less distinct gray eyes shown throughout the issue . The cover also refers to Sorrow as a " Mountain Spirit . " In his eNovella " " , Abel G . Peña included an oblique reference to Mount Sorrow . In the story , while gazing upon Canaitith Mountain , Anakin Skywalker speculated that " there may have been mountains in the galaxy more splendid or treacherous , ( … ) even mountains more sorrowful . "