The Adventures of Teebo : A Tale of Magic and Suspense The Adventures of Teebo : A Tale of Magic and Suspense is a children ' s book written and illustrated by Joe Johnston . The plot involves Teebo facing a band of Duloks on the Forest Moon of Endor . Plot summary . The Ewok Teebo is a dreamer and a poet who is misunderstood by his tribe . One spring afternoon , three Duloks come to Teebo ' s home , Bright Tree Village . Led by the self - proclaimed King Vulgarr , the Duloks announce that a giant monster has kidnapped Teebo ' s sister , the wokling Malani . Giant footprints lend credibility to the tale , and Vulgarr convinces Chief Chirpa to send every warrior he can spare . Chirpa orders the woklings cloistered and sets off in skin gliders with all able - bodied Ewoks to the spot described by Vulgarr ; the Duloks also depart . Logray , the village shaman , surmises that the beast in question may be the Grudakk , although kidnapping woklings is unusual behavior for the creature . In the bustle of hiding the young ones , Teebo slips out in a hang glider to follow the older warriors . With the village undefended , Vulgarr and 30 members of his band attack . The remaining Ewoks are unable to hold back the assault , and the Duloks tie them all up . The invaders find the hidden woklings and throw them in a Dulok wagon to be skinned and eaten . The Duloks reveal that the " large creature " was simply a foot - shaped slab of stone . Logray curses them , but they ignore him and depart with their booty . Meanwhile , Chirpa and his band follow Vulgarr ' s directions to the Canyons of Mist . There in a cave the find not a monster but an old , grizzled Dulok who calls himself King Ulgo the Magnificent . Ulgo ' s Ewok - fur vest and taste for sacred lantern birds angers the warriors , and with tempers flaring , Ulgo attacks . The Ewok Warok accidentally strikes the Dulok with his glider and sends him tumbling to his death on the rocks below . Realizing they have been tricked by Vulgarr , the Ewoks head back to Bright Tree Village . There , Logray says a prayer to the Father Tree to save the tribe . On his own adventure , Teebo cannot find the warriors when he realizes he is being chased through the skies by a fearsome mantigrue . Teebo panics and loses altitude , and the monster attacks and forces him to crash land . On the ground , Teebo is attacked by a band of Yuzzums on rakazzak beasts . He darts for a tree only to find that it is actually the leg of a massive creature . The Yuzzums scatter in fear , but Teebo soon finds himself in the huge hands of Logray ' s Grudakk . The behemoth carries Teebo to its lair , where it tries to feed him rather than eat him . Still , Teebo suspects the creature may merely want him as a plaything , so he escapes the next morning . His relief is short - lived , as he soon stumbles upon Vulgarr and his Duloks . He witnesses a tussle in which Vulgarr ' s bodyguards kill a usurper Teebo nicknames Crooked Tail . Vulgarr declares a wokling picnic , and Teebo throws a stone at him from in hiding . A cold wind convinces Vulgarr that the meadow is haunted , and he orders the band to move on . Shortly , the Bright Tree Ewoks are upon them . During the ensuing battle , Teebo sneaks up to the Dulok cage and frees the woklings . The tide turns against the Duloks , but Vulgarr makes one last - ditch effort to escape by catching Teebo and threatening to slit his throat . Suddenly , the Grudakk attacks the Duloks and saves the day . Logray reveals that the Grudakk is actually the guardian of the Father Tree , the tallest tree in the forest . The Ewoks plant Vulgarr in the soil of the battlefield and leave him to , according to Logray , grow into a tree himself . That evening , the Ewoks celebrate their victory and the recovery of their young ones . Logray finds Teebo and asks him to become his apprentice . Behind the scenes . " The Adventures of Teebo " introduced many elements of the Ewok mythos that would later appear in the " " cartoon and the live - action " Ewoks " movies . For example , the book marks the first appearance of the Duloks and the mantigrue , as well as the rakazzak - riding Yuzzums . It also sets up Teebo ' s apprenticeship to Logray , the Ewok shaman . Further , the giant Grudakk ' s behavior is quite similar to that of the Gorax from " " . Finally , the Duloks kidnap and carry away the Ewoks in wooden cages very similar to those used by the Sanyassan Marauders in " " .