Raich crisis The Raich crisis was a conflict between the Ewoks of Bright Tree Village and the Raich of the Dead Forest . It marked the second time that the Raich was engaged and defeated by Ewok warriors . Preliminaries . In the early history of Bright Tree Village , a terrible forest monster known as the Raich had menaced the native Ewoks by hypnotizing the local animals with a natural gas and leading them away to be eaten . This action endangered the village ' s growth , as they relied heavily on animals as beasts of burden . Fearful that the Raich would end their way of life , but unable to stop the powerful creature , the Ewoks sought outside help from the two - headed Gonster , a self - proclaimed beast catcher . The Gonster created for the Ewoks a magic cap , which , when placed upon the Raich ' s head , would transform him into a harmless tree . With the secret weapon in tow , the Ewok warriors tracked the Raich back to his lair , and after a long and arduous battle , they were able to place the cap onto the creature ' s head . True to the Gonster ' s word , the Raich began to change shape , morphing into a tree . With the Raich defeated , the spell that the creature had placed on the animals was lifted , and the threat to the Ewok way of life ended . To make sure that no one ever removed the cap , the event was recorded in the scroll of the Raich , to be passed down from generation to generation . Young Ewoks were then warned never to go near the Raich ' s tree or remove the cap for fear of releasing the monster . Opening actions . However , even with all the precautions , the Raich was once again freed when the Ewok Wicket Wystri Warrick removed the cap , believing it to be just another piece of clothing to go to the Shadow Night Festival with Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka . The Raich , free from its prison , destroyed the cap that had kept it captive and began to institute its reign over the forest creatures once again . Using its naturally made gas , the Raich was able to mind control many of the Ewoks ' animals , as well as various untamed forest creatures . The Raich brought the animals back to its cave and began to feast . Filled with guilt over the turn of events , Wicket and his friends Latara , Teebo , and Kneesaa resolved to end the crisis by obtaining another hat from the Gonster . Equipping hang glider s , the Ewoks made their way to the Twin Hills , the home of the Gonster . After pleading with the Gonster to create another hat , the Gonster agreed to make another hat for the Ewoks . However , the Gonster made it clear that it would take time to create a hat that could trap the Raich . Not wanting to wait around , Kneesaa and Wicket decided to make their way to the Raich ' s cave and place Dreamflower Potion into his water . The Ewoks hoped that the potion would put the Raich to sleep , and the job of placing the cap onto the Raich would be much easier . Snags . Unfortunately , after Wicket and Kneesaa arrived at the Raich ' s cave , the plan soured . As Wicket tried to carefully place the potion into the Raich ' s water bowl , he accidentally slipped and fell , pulling the entire bowl with him . The water in the bowl tipped out onto the ground with a giant splash , alerting the Raich . The Raich chased after the two Ewoks and captured them . The Raich then tied the Ewoks up and placed them in his cave as his captives . Wicket and Kneesaa were forced to spend almost the entire day as the Raich ' s prisoners until Latara and Teebo , who had stayed behind with the Gonster to await the completion of the magic cap , arrived with the secret weapon . Seeing that their friends were in trouble , Teebo devised a plan of sneaking into the cave and rescuing Wicket and Kneesaa by posing as a Zomba . Acting as though he was just another animal that the Raich had control over , Teebo was able to sneak past the Raich and untie Wicket and Kneesaa . Unfortunately , as the Ewoks tried to sneak out of the cave , they inadvertently alerted the Raich to their presence , and he began to chase the group through the Dead Forest . Conflict . With the Raich in hot pursuit , the Ewoks tried to get behind him in order to place the cap on the Raich ' s head . However , at the same time , the Raich began to command the animals of the forest to attack the fleeing Ewoks . Pursued by a Zakool , Teebo and Latara were forced to make a hiding place out of a tree and were unable to help Wicket in placing the cap on the Raich ' s head . Likewise , Kneesaa was chased by her pet bordok Baga and was unable to help . All alone , Wicket used a hanging vine to swing himself behind the Raich and place the cap upon his head . Unfortunately , the Ewoks had forgotten the sparkleseed s , an ingredient to the hat which caused it to work on the Raich . The Raich laughed at the Ewoks ' failed plan and ripped the hat from his head , flinging it into the air . However , Teebo , still lodged in a tree avoiding the Zakool , caught the cap . Latara then put the sparkleseeds onto the cap and threw the hat back to Wicket on the ground . Resolving that it was now or never , Wicket charged the Raich and wedged himself through the monster ' s legs . Wicket then jumped on the creature and thrust the cap onto his head , turning him back into a tree . Aftermath . With the Raich defeated , the animals went back to normal , and the crisis was ended . Because Wicket and his friends had not told the rest of the village that they had accidentally released the Raich , they resolved to keep quiet about the whole affair , so as not alarm the older Ewok leaders . Wicket , hungry for recognition , almost spilled the truth to Chief Chirpa at the Shadow Night Festival but was stopped just in time by Kneesaa .