Bright Tree Village / Legends Bright Tree Village was the name of an Ewok tree village on the Forest Moon of Endor . It was home to the Ewok tribe that helped the Alliance to Restore the Republic defeat the Galactic Empire at the Battle of Endor . Characteristics . Bright Tree Village was located fifty meters above the ground , in the canopy of a forest known as the Happy Grove . Not all the huts sat in the treetop , however . Some of the houses , including the residence of the Warrick family , were built at ground level . The village was home to about 200 Ewoks and was structured so that the chief ' s and other elder ' s huts formed the center of the villages , along with the Place of Sickness and an open platform for public gatherings . Families and unmarried females lived in clustered huts outside this area and unmarried males and sentries lived even further away , below the main village . Higher up in the canopy were situated the lookout huts where Ewoks could sight roving Goraxes , and further up , the launching sites of Ewok hang gliders . Most of the huts clung to the sides of individual trees , while huts used by village elders like Chief Chirpa , were hollowed out in the tree trunks themselves . Lighting the interior of each hut was not a problem , as the ancient were tolerant of the heat generated by the fireplaces . History . For years , the village was ruled by the wise Chief Chirpa . Together with the medicine man Logray and younger Ewok warriors , Chirpa defended the village from such threats as Duloks and Morag the Tulgah witch . Chirpa ' s tribe did not always live in the treetops — while Cindel Towani and her family lived with the Ewoks , they lived in huts on the ground . The Ewok tribe that lived in Bright Tree Village were hostile to the Empire after they established their base on Endor . After a group of Ewoks caught a new group of outsiders in their trap , Logray led the tribe in an attempt to sacrifice Han Solo , Luke Skywalker , Chewbacca , and R2 - D2 to the " Golden One " ( actually the protocol droid C - 3PO . ) The sacrifice was averted after pleading from Leia Organa ( who had befriended the young Ewok warrior Wicket Wystri Warrick ) and threats of the Golden One ' s " powerful magic " ( really Luke Skywalker ' s use of the Force . ) Later that night , C - 3PO ' s told the Woklings about the Rebel struggle against the Empire up to that point . This convinced the Ewoks to adopt the Rebels as part of their tribe , and join in the ensuing battle . After playing a pivotal role in the Rebel victory , the Ewoks of Bright Tree Village hosted a joint celebration of the fall of the Galactic Empire the following night . After the Battle of Endor , while the Rebel Alliance transitioned into the Alliance of Free Planets , Bright Tree Village was the temporary headquarters and barracks for Alliance personnel . Nearby , the Alliance built Endor Station , a modular facility Alliance personnel nicknamed " Bright Tree Base . " Many diplomats from a variety of alien cultures , including Zeltrons , Lahsbees , and representatives from numerous Human worlds , visited the Ewok village . The First Conference of Free Peoples was held in one of Bright Tree Village . The village was used as the Alliance capital until the Second Battle of Endor , when the Alliance forces left the system to pursue their war against the Nagai . In 6 . 5 ABY , when the New Republic had relocated to Coruscant , they set up some trading posts and landing pads on the forest moon , including Salfur ' s Trading Post in a clearing near Bright Tree Village . Some time after the Battle of Endor , Logray was exiled by Chief Chirpa , with Paploo becoming the new medicine man . In time , Chirpa died , and the village was ruled by Wicket W . Warrick and his wife Princess Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka ( Chirpa ' s daughter ) .