Krag ( Zorbian ) Krag was a captain of the Zorbian space pirates . During the Imperial Period , he sought a valuable Gemwood tree . Knowing that such a plant was owned by the Ewoks of Bright Tree Village , he led an expedition to the forest moon of Endor . There , after assailing and capturing the Ewok Teebo , Krag and his men were able to capture not only the village ' s leader , Chief Chirpa , but the entirety of its fighting force . Taking Chirpa hostage , Krag and his men marched into Bright Tree Village unopposed . Negotiations were briefly carried out by Chirpa ' s daughter , Princess Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka , but turned sour when Krag made advances towards her . The princess had been prepared for the pirates , however : she and her fellow Ewoks had devised an elaborate series of traps with which to incapacitate Krag and his men . Beaten by a group of Ewok women and children , Krag and his men opted for a hasty retreat . Biography . Expedition . Krag was a Zorbian space pirate who lived during the Imperial Period . Holding the rank of captain , he led a small band of pirates , and had his own ship . Among his other possessions were a bolo - sling , an axe , and a set of blue - hued armor . At some stage , Krag took his men to the forest moon of Endor , in search of a valuable Gemwood tree . An ounce of the tree ' s wood was , according to Krag , worth more than anything else in the galaxy . Krag knew that one such tree could be located at the local Ewok village , and he therefore made it his group ' s objective . Once they landed in Endor ' s forest , Krag and his men ventured out into the wilderness . As they did so , Krag was struck on the helmet by a falling piece of fruit . Looking in the direction from whence the fruit had come , Krag spotted a pair of Ewoks on a tree branch , and ordered his men to apprehend them . As the two Ewoks scampered , Krag ' s men produced their bolo - slings , and threw them at their targets ' vantage point . They were able to slow the Ewoks ' retreat , until Krag joined in . Together with his men , he was able to pin the Ewoks , Teebo and Wicket Wystri Warrick to the branch , before ordering his subordinates to bring them down . To the captain ' s anger , Teebo was able to free his compatriot , and Warrick began to retreat from the area . Before he could , another Zorbian bolo - sling hit him , knocking the young Ewok from the tree . Krag ' s men were unable to find him afterward , however , but the captain was not concerned . Teebo was brought down from the tree to their level , where he defiantly scorned Krag ' s efforts . The captain , nonetheless , had devised a plan that would make it easier for him to steal the Gemwood tree . He ordered his men to tie up the young Teebo between two stakes , just near his ship , and then set up a large rocket - propelled net nearby . As Krag had expected , a large force of Ewok warriors from Bright Tree Village , led by Chief Chirpa himself , ventured out to rescue Teebo . As they cut their friend down , however , Krag ' s men activated the net , capturing all of the warriors at once . Pleased with his work , the captain noticed that the warriors had inadvertently trodden a path for him to follow straight back to the village . Krag decided that he would bring Chirpa and a select few of his captives with him on the upcoming expedition as hostages , while the rest would remain near the ship , tied up . The captain and his men successfully found the village , and upon entering it , put Chirpa and his warriors on display . The village , to all appearances , was abandoned , but Krag knew better . He loudly issued his ultimatum : if the Ewoks chose not to reveal themselves , he would execute his hostages . The edict prompted the swift appearance of Princess Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka , Chirpa ' s daughter . Skirmish . The princess pleaded for mercy , and ordered all of her fellow Ewoks , women and children all , out of hiding . Pleased with the result , Krag began making advances towards Chirpa ' s daughter , and asked for the location of the Gemwood tree . Pressing his advantage , he began stroking her chin , but was met with a sharp bite to the finger from the young princess . Krag could do nothing but howl in pain as Kintaka mounted her bordok and rallied her people . Incensed , the captain promised a thousand Novian rubies to the man that could bring him the young princess . However , the pirates were all dispatched or subdued by a series of traps set up by Kintaka and her fellow Ewoks , and in short order , only Krag remained standing . The princess moved to free her father , but the captain , drawing his axe , bore down on the young Ewok . In response , she turned and whistled . At first , Krag was puzzled by the act , as none of the princess ' allies were close enough to help her . He soon understood , however , when the bordok ran into him , knocking him off his feet . The princess mounted the bordok and swiftly rode away from the downed pirate , but Krag chose not to give up so quickly . Utilizing his bolo - sling , he incapacitated the bordok , throwing the princess from her mount . She ran off towards the village ' s supply hut , while Krag closed in on her , axe in hand . Soon enough , the princess was trapped . Yet , before the captain could strike her , the Ewok Latara , who was on the hut ' s roof , poured an entire vat of honey onto Krag , immobilizing him . The captain and his men hastily retreated , empty handed and thoroughly beaten . Personality and traits . A bloodthirsty individual , Captain Krag was all too eager to take up arms against the Ewoks of Bright Tree Village . He had no qualms about killing children , as he demonstrated with his repeated attempts to slay Kintaka during his Bright Tree Village incursion . He was level - headed enough to accurately predict the actions of his foes — as such , his trap was able to lessen the village ' s fighting power greatly . Krag thought his more ignorant men to be fools , and he would constantly bark out orders to them at any given moment . Behind the scenes . Captain Krag made his only appearance in " " , which was written by David Manak . The issue was illustrated by Warren Kremer .