Skirmish near the Sun Palace The Skirmish near the Sun Palace was an altercation that occurred during the Odra crisis on the Forest Moon of Endor in 3 ABY . The fight pitted four Ewoks from Bright Tree Village against a small number of Icehead s from the Snow Palace . The Ewoks ' objective was to reach the Sun Palace , where they hoped to aid the Coalition of the Freezing . The Iceheads ' goal , on the other hand , was to capture the Ewoks and bring them back to the Snow King . The skirmish took place aboard the Ewoks ' flying leaf and on the ground . Due to a stratagem used by Wicket W . Warrick , two of the Iceheads fell from the leaf and were chased away by a snow monster . Nevertheless , Princess Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka also fell from the leaf and was captured by two other Icehead soldiers . They returned with her to the Snow Palace , and the remaining Ewok forces pursued them to rescue her . Buildup . The skirmish occurred during the Odra crisis on the Forest Moon of Endor . Odra , a Frost Sprite noble , had seduced the Snow King , a wizard who controlled the moon ' s weather along with three other magic - users . At Odra ' s urging , the Snow King had stolen a force artifact called the season scepter from his brother , the Snow King . The victim of the robbery had formed a coalition with two other weather - altering wizards on the moon : the Flower Queen and the Leaf Queen . The four had sent for help from the Ewok Logray , shaman of Bright Tree Village . They got four young Ewoks instead : Princess Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka , Latara , Teebo , and Wicket Wystri Warrick . The four took the Leaf Queen ' s flying leaf in Logray ' s stead and headed to the coalition ' s base at the Sun Palace . Meanwihle , Odra and the Snow King watched the Ewoks ' progress via a magic mirror . Surmising that the Ewoks might be carrying Logray ' s powerful Sunstar , the pair seized the moment . The Snow King sent a troop of his Icehead soldiers to intercept the Ewoks and bring them to the Snow Palace . Altercation . The Iceheads traveled to the vicinity of the Sun Palace and hid behind snow - covered bluffs . As the Ewok leaf came within eyeshot of the Sun Palace , the Iceheads attacked . Two of the insurrection soldiers mounted the leaf and wrestled with the Ewoks , knocking Kneesaa from the conveyance and into the snow . Warrick attempted to throw off the attackers by pulling on the leaf ' s stem . This sent the conveyance zigging and zagging erratically and into a cavernous tunnel . As it emerged at the opposite end , a snow monster had joined the combatants on the leaf . Apparently enraged by the new company , the snow beast attacked the two leaf - riding Iceheads and wrestled them to the snows below . Nevertheless , the Ewoks lost control of the flying leaf , which careened dangerously above , atop , and into the snow fields . It finally crash landed into the snow . On the ground , the beast pursued the two Iceheads into the snow fields , removing them from the skirmish . Meanwhile , two other insurrection soldiers subdued the princess . They escaped the fracas and headed back to their base . Aftermath . The Iceheads returned to the Snow Palace with their captive , who refused to cooperate . Meanwhile , the other Ewoks traveled to the Sun Palace for further orders . They were tasked with rescuing their friend and retrieving the season scepter . After infiltrating the enemy base , the Ewoks faced off against insurrection forces in the skirmish at the Snow Palace .