Larry Larry , a male individual of a purple - furred , three - eyed species , was an inhabitant of the Forest Moon of Endor . As a child , he ran away from home and told the members of his tribe that it would take a million munyips to drag him back . A few years later , he returned to find that the entire tribe had moved . He then took up residence in the base of a hollow tree near the Ewok settlement known as Bright Tree Village ; to scare off intruders , he developed the persona of evil forest spirits that the neighboring Kagles called the " Shrieks . " Sometime in 3 ABY , the Ewoks Wicket Wystri Warrick and Teebo moved into a tree fort in the tree . Larry tried to scare the Ewoks off but was instead captured . He befriended the Ewoks and accompanied them when they returned to Bright Tree Village for the annual Harvest Festival . Later , the two Ewoks tried to sell Larry a fire feather - blanket , but when Larry complained of the cold and told the Ewoks that he was broke , they took pity on him and gave him the blanket for free . Biography . Larry was a male individual of a purple - furred , three - eyed species and was born sometime before 3 ABY . As a child , Larry lived with a tribe on the Forest Moon of Endor , but he ran away from home at a young age and told his tribe that it would take a million munyips to drag him back . He remained away from his people for a few years until he became homesick , at which point he returned , only to find that his entire tribe had moved . He then made a new home in the base of a hollow tree near an Ewok settlement called Bright Tree Village and neighboring the home of the Kagles . With a desire to remain undisturbed , Larry developed the persona of evil forest spirits and used the tree ' s hollow roots to project a maniacal laugh throughout the area to frighten anyone nearby . The neighboring Kagles attributed the sound to what they called the " Shrieks . " At some point in 3 ABY , Wicket Wystri Warrick and Teebo , two Ewoks from Bright Tree Village , ran away from home and took up residence in a tree fort built on Larry ' s tree , unaware that the site was believed to be haunted . Larry , however , saw the Ewoks enter and made plans to scare them off . When Teebo left that night to find food for dinner , Larry tried to scare Warrick out of the fort with his laugh . Before Warrick left , however , Teebo returned with the Kagles . As Teebo and the Kagles began playing a game of crocks , the Kagles remarked that they were surprised that the Shrieks had allowed the Ewoks to stay in the fort . When the two Ewoks told the Kagles that they had never heard of the Shrieks , the Kagles fled in fear . That night , the Ewoks prepared several traps in the hopes of preventing any Shrieks from entering the fort . As the Ewoks waited by lamplight , Larry stayed out of sight and cackled in the hopes of scaring the Ewoks away . When Warrick extinguished the lamp , Larry entered the fort , assaulted the two Ewoks , and quickly left . Warrick then reignited the lamp and caught a glimpse of Larry leaving the fort . However , when he and Teebo attempted to pursue Larry , they became ensnared in one of their own traps , which propelled them through the air and caused the fort ' s floor to collapse . The two Ewoks landed on the ground below the fort and again briefly saw Larry entering the base of the tree . As the Ewoks pursued him , Larry shouted through the hollow root system with warnings that the Ewoks should leave or be destroyed . Instead of departing , however , Warrick blew some dust from Teebo ' s magic pouch into the roots , causing Larry to have a sneezing fit , and the two Ewoks were able to capture him . Larry explained to the Ewoks that he was alone in the tree , and had been there ever since he had run away from home . Moved by Larry ' s story , Warrick and Teebo were convinced to return to their own home . Larry joined the Ewoks at the annual Harvest Festival being held at Bright Tree Village that night , and he gratefully consumed a generous portion of food . Later that year , Larry was gathering sticks outside his tree when he was approached by Warrick and Teebo , who were out selling goods for the trader Mooth . When Larry remarked that he was cold , Warrick attempted to sell him a fire feather - blanket . Larry , however , had nothing to give Warrick in return , so he told the Ewoks that he was just a poor , lonely , cold hermit as he shivered and wiped tears from his eyes . The Ewoks took pity on Larry and gave him the blanket out of guilt . Larry gratefully took the blanket and retreated into his tree , leaving Warrick upset . Personality and traits . Larry had tan skin and three white eyes with black pupils . By 3 ABY , he was obese , somewhat taller than 0 . 8 meters , and had only one tooth . Most of his bodily fur was purple , although his mustache was blue and his eyebrows were black . Pessimistic and reclusive by nature , Larry fled his home at an early age and lived as a hermit for much of his life . His desire to be left alone was so strong that he developed the persona of an evil forest spirit to ward off intruders . However , he later befriended the Ewoks Warrick and Teebo , and he was willing to shed his isolationism when it involved something of benefit , such as the food at the Ewoks ' Harvest Festival . He was also quite manipulative , perfectly willing to feign morosity to acquire what he wanted , as was shown when he persuaded Warrick and Teebo to give him the fire feather - blanket for free . Behind the scenes . Larry first appeared in " Home is Where the Shrieks Are , " the third episode of the of the " " television series . The episode was written by Bob Carrau and first aired on September 20 , 1986 . He later appeared in the season ' s eleventh episode , " Hard Sell , " which was written by Michael Reaves and first aired on October 25 , 1986 . He also was mentioned in " A Star Wars CELibration " , an article published in " Star Wars Insider 27 " in 1995 . In the " Ewoks " television series , Larry was portrayed by an uncredited voice actor .