Quork The Quorks were a species of sentient , furry , horned humanoids found on the Forest Moon of Endor . They were burly creatures known more for brawn than brains . Nevertheless , they were apt warriors who employed wooden and stone weapons as well as domesticated devil beast s against their foes . The Quorks inhabited Quork City and were ruled by a king . They were sworn enemies of Endor ' s native Ewoks . Circa 3 ABY , the Quork King Marlox laid a trap for the Ewoks of Bright Tree Village , who came each year to harvest sacred wood to make hang glider s . The Quorks captured three Ewoks , and the King compelled two of them to construct a glider for him lest their friend be given to a devil beast to eat . However , the Ewoks escaped while the Quorks fought over who would be the first to use the completed flying machine . When Marlox pursued them in his new conveyance , he learned that it had been built to fall apart . The glider collapsed around him , and the Ewoks stole off with the sacred wood . Biology and appearance . Quorks were stocky , sentient humanoids covered in shaggy , tangled fur . Their hair was brown all over except on the head , where a white mane framed the hairless , pale - colored face . The hands and feet were hairless as well . Their legs were short and their arms long in proportion to the body . They had four digits on every extremity , each sporting a hard nail . Members of the species stood about 1 . 5 meters tall on average and were heavily muscled . One Quork , for example , could carry a large bundle of wood one - handed . In the opinion of Endor ' s Ewoks , Quorks smelled foul and appeared unintelligent . Members of the species had large , wide - set nostrils , a wide mouth , and thick brow ridges — covered in scraggly black eyebrows — over the eyes . Their snaggle - teeth were large and sharp , and their two short , pointed , yellow or pink horns were on top of the head . Society and culture . Quorks were quarrelsome beings concerned with personal status and power . By the midpoint of 3 ABY , Quorks on the Forest Moon of Endor had founded a settlement called Quork City , which was under the rule of a king . The city was located on a cliff in a canyon - shrouded valley near the grove where the Ewoks of Bright Tree Village gathered the sacred wood from which they built their hang glider s . In that population center , the Quorks constructed hive - shaped homes of stone with open doorways and windows . A few buildings had multiple stories , although most were no taller than ground level . The king ruled from a room where his yellow , stone throne was located . He was distinguished from other members of his species by his golden crown . Most members of the species were hunters and gatherers . Endor ' s Quorks lived at a relatively low level of technology . By mid - 3 ABY , they had trained a devil beast to help capture prisoners . They constructed tools from stone and wood , including cart s that rolled on wooden wheels , cloth that hung from doorways , and knotted ropes that could subdue a devil beast . The Quork king had glass containers of victuals and wax candles in his throne room . Fruits were among the items that made up the species ' diet . The Quorks of Endor were adept at warfare . They understood the importance of ambushing an enemy and attacking with the element of surprise . Quork warriors signaled an imminent attack with drums made of skin stretched across a hollow base and beaten with cloth - wrapped sticks . The species ' warriors attacked with spears , which were wielded in close combat and hurled at the enemy . These weapons were made from a wooden shaft attached by cord to a stone point . If the aim of a raid was to capture a living being , the Quorks tried to snag their target using rope lassos . Prisoners of war were marched on foot back to the Quorks ' city . Ill treatment was commonplace , as the Ewok Wicket W . Warrick discovered when his cries of defiance were met by the butt of a spear . Once within the city confines , prisoners were locked away in a prison that , unlike most Quork buildings , had a wooden door and wooden bars on the windows . There , torture by means of food and water deprivation was an accepted practice . Endor ' s Quorks had sworn their enmity for Ewoks . In their eyes , Ewoks were simply another form of property to be taken at will . For their part , Ewoks held a dim view of the Quorks and considered them stupid and oafish . Nevertheless , the Quorks envied the Ewoks ' advanced technology , especially their hang gliders , and coveted the expertise to build similar vehicles for themselves . Most members of the species knew Ewokese , although few were fluent in it . History . A group of Quorks on the Forest Moon of Endor came to be the sworn enemies of the moon ' s native Ewoks . By mid - 3 ABY , these Quorks had established Quork City , a population center situated where the moon ' s forest gave way to mountains . A Quork named Marlox came to power as their king . From their base , the Quorks observed that a group of Ewoks traveled to the region on hang gliders and collected wood each year . Circa 3 ABY , however , the Quorks beat them to the grove and felled the forest first . A group of Quork warriors lay in wait for the Ewoks that would inevitably come . When a group of three did show up — Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka , Teebo , and Wicket W . Warrick — the Quorks sprang their ambush as the new arrivals investigated the desolate landscape . The Ewoks managed to escape on their gliders , but the Quorks unleashed a devil beast that engaged the airborne Ewoks and snatched Warrick from his glider . With Ewok and sacred wood in tow , the Quorks returned to their home . Back in Quork City , King Marlox ordered the prisoner to construct a glider from the sacred wood . The Ewok refused and was cast into a prison cell , where he would be denied food and water until he complied . When the other Ewoks showed up in the city and attacked , the prisoner escaped . Nevertheless , the Quorks managed to gather all three Ewoks and throw them together into the prison . King Marlox threatened to turn the devil beast loose on Kintaka unless the other two Ewoks made him the glider he desired , and they agreed . Some time later , Warrick announced that the glider had been completed , but that only the smartest of Quorks could fly it . The information sparked a tussle between the Quorks over the privilege of taking the craft out for its maiden voyage , and the male Ewoks escaped . The king tried to give chase in his new glider , but it disintegrated immediately . Enraged that he had been tricked , King Marlox ordered the release of the devil beast . The male Ewoks took to their gliders and diverted the creature away from their tethered friend . The Ewok Teebo swooped low and cut Kintaka ' s bonds , and Warrick took her aboard his glider . Still being chased by the devil beast , the Ewoks swooped close to Marlox ' s throne room and caused the pursuing creature to crash into the king ' s hut . The Ewoks escaped on their gliders with the sacred wood in tow . Later that same year , Marlox and his Quorks captured Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka while she was away from her village collecting sacred rocks . The Quork King placed the Princess in a cell to hold her as a bargaining chip in negotiations with her father , Chief Chirpa of the Ewoks . Meanwhile , the Ewok Chief dispatched Wicket W . Warrick to find his missing daughter . Warrick infiltrated Quork City , where he overheard Marlox ' s plans to use Kintaka for ransom — Warrick speculated that the Quork King would try to trade her for the Ewoks ' invisibility soap . The Quork guards soon found themselves under attack as Warrick burst into the jail and freed his fellow Ewok . Marlox himself was prevented from stopping the Ewoks after Warrick threw sand in his face . The Quorks could only watch impotently as the Ewoks jumped off a nearby cliff and flew to safety on their hang gliders . Behind the scenes . The Quorks feature as the major villains of the comic book " , " written by David Manak and illustrated by Warren Kremer . The story was originally published in September 1985 . The Quorks also feature in " The Princess in a Predicament , " a story that was published in 1986 under the " MyComyc " label . In the decades that followed their initial publication , the " MyComyc " strips were mostly forgotten , and were only rediscovered in 2013 . Randy Stradley , Vice President of Publishing for Dark Horse Comics , expressed interest in including the " MyComyc " strips in a future Star Wars Omnibus publication , but Lucasfilm Ltd . found no formal proof that those titles were actually licensed , despite the presence of appropriate copyright information . Because of that uncertainty over licensing , " The Princess in a Predicament " and the events it relates are considered of ambiguous canon icity . " Ewoks 3 : Flight into Danger " leaves the Quorks ' origins unexplored . However , other sources imply that species such as the Quorks made their way to the Forest Moon from other planets . One of these sources , " Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds , " only lists Ewoks and Yuzzums as native to Endor . A later source , " Castaways of Endor , " includes Duloks among the Forest Moon ' s native species . These sources , along with " Endor and the Moddell Sector , " explain that several non - native lifeforms established homes on Endor after being shipwrecked there . These crashes were not uncommon , as space travel near the planet of Endor was often disrupted by a massive gravity shadow and a large cloud of space debris .