The Tree of Light " The Tree of Light " is the sixth episode of the of " " . Written by Bob Carrau and directed by Raymond Jafelice , the episode originally aired on ABC on October 12 , 1985 . Plot summary . When a storm passes over Bright Tree Village , Chief Chirpa sends Paploo , Weechee , Widdle , and Teebo to restore the Tree of Light , to protect them from the Night Spirit . To do this , Logray sends them with Light Dust to sprinkle onto the base of the tree , and a magic lantern to lead them to the tree . He also warns them of the imaginary and physical dangers they will face on the journey . Kneesaa , Wicket , and Latara also ask to go but are denied due to their ages or genders . Meanwhile at Gorneesh ' s hut , King Gorneesh is enjoying the foul weather for he worships the Night Spirit , and even though another Dulok , with three scratch marks on his stomach , claims he likes it too to agree with his king , he is shivering under a blanket . Scratch mentions how it must mean the Tree of Light is fading , but King Gorneesh says this year he will tear it down , for the previous year Scratch had failed . Although King Gorneesh does give Scratch the task of delaying the band of Ewoks , set on restoring the tree , to give the King enough time to destroy it . On the journey they enter a cave , scaring flying snakes away as they walked . Widdle eventually sees something behind him and , fearing a monster , runs away causing everyone else to run as well . After exiting the cave , they come to a rotten - looking rickety old bridge and carefully go across it one at a time . Widdle suddenly hears something , and again runs pass everyone , but this time , the lantern is dropped , and it rolls along the bridge away from everyone else . Suddenly Wicket , the one who made the noises and was sneaking up behind Widdle , comes out of the bushes , and grabs the lantern just before it falls off . Back on track , they decided to let Wicket join them on their quest , even though Wicket will probably get into trouble for it . They come across a maze that is attached to rumors saying that any who enter are bound to get lost , and Paploo mentions why they have the lantern , but Weechee ignorantly strides into the maze confident he won ' t need the lantern . Just then two Duloks , Scratch , and a younger one come out of some bushes . Scratch thinks they will pass the Ewoks in the maze but the young one thinks they will get lost . Scratch shrugs the doubts off and pulls out goggles that he has invented , designed to help them get through the maze . After hours of wandering through the maze , the Ewoks finally doubt Weechee knows where he is going . Weechee responds by asking Paploo to lead the group , to which he responds by playing a game to decide which way to go . Outside the maze , Kneesaa and Latara come to the entrance of the maze but Latara wonders if they should have disobeyed orders , but Kneesaa wants to prove they are brave and strong , so they continue into the maze . Weechee , angry at Paploo for claiming he can lead them out , taunts Paploo since he has not yet found the exit . Paploo again picks the wrong direction even though Wicket , who has been carrying the lantern , tries to warn him the lantern is pointing a different way . At the moment they all leave , Scratch and the young Dulok walk into the same room . The young one tries to warn Scratch about a rock , but Scratch trips and breaks his glasses anyway . Scratch says he has a backup plan , to capture the Ewoks in a net covered in Ganga sap . Right as the Duloks walk away , Kneesaa and Latara also arrive in that room . After a bit of sap drips onto the floor , Latara claims she thought she heard Teebo , and Kneesaa makes fun of her for having such a big crush . Latara gets excited and tries to follow the sound , running right into the Duloks , with Kneesaa right behind her . They both run from the Duloks who are chasing after them with the net . After a brief struggle , the Duloks end up stuck to their own net . After seeing this Kneesaa makes fun of Scratch by calling him a rakazzak . As Latara congratulates her , the boys , having heard the comotion , arrive asking what they are doing here . Kneesaa decides to tell the truth in that they are there to prove themselves . The boys agree that they have by catching the Duloks , and invite them to join . Wicket finally speaks up and gets the others to follow the lantern . Out of the maze , they come to a stop for they have reached the Valley of Floating Trees . They end up making make shift paddles and using a floating tree as a raft to get across the foggy valley . Kneesaa throws a rock off to see how far down it is , and Wicket claims no one has ever seen the bottom . They reach the other side and see the Mountain of Light . They think the trees are following them but then notice Gorneesh and his Duloks are controlling them . They ram the Ewoks ' tree and tie them up . Gorneesh takes the vile of Light Dust from around Weechee ' s neck and return to their own tree . Wicket begins viciously tearing apart the ropes that are holding him with his teeth . He quickly unties Kneesaa , and they jump and secretly hang onto the Duloks tree as it floats to the mountain . Latara , Paploo , Weechee , and Widdle untie their ropes , but discover their oars to have been smashed by the Duloks . Weechee comes up with the idea of using their blankets as sails . Teebo stands at the top with the lantern to point them through the fog . They slam into the side of the mountain next to all of the Duloks trees . At the top the Duloks have tied ropes to the tree and are trying to pull it down . Kneesaa lures Gorneesh into a cave where Wicket attacks him , covering his eyes . Kneesaa comes at him and tackles him to the ground . They take the vile of Light Dust from Gorneesh ' s neck but Gorneesh comes to his senses and grabs her . Kneesaa throws the vile to Wicket who runs through the caves , Gorneesh chasing after him . The group of Ewoks finally reach the top to see the Duloks nearly pulling the tree down . Wicket runs out of the caves and Gorneesh orders his men to get Wicket . In the fiasco , the Duloks end up in a dog pile , and Wicket makes it to the tree trunk where he smashes the vile open and the Tree of Light is healed . The Duloks , having adjusted their eyes to the dark of the swamps , are blinded by the light that bursts from the tree . The desert - like top of the mountain suddenly grows grass and flowers all over . The Duloks run away , and the Ewoks congratulate Wicket . At the bottom of the mountain , Still tied up in the net , Scratch and the younger one , trying to warn Gorneesh that the Ewoks are coming , wonder why it is getting brighter . All of a sudden they are trampled by their fellow Duloks . Back at Bright Tree Village , Chief Chirpa awards Paploo , Teebo , Weechee , and Widdle four silver feathers for their bravery . He then goes on to prepare to punish Wicket , Kneesaa , and Latara , but doesn ' t because of their bravery displayed on the quest , and gives each of them silver feathers too , and the crowd goes wild .