The Great Gomgourd Quest

"The Great Gomgourd Quest" is the first part of the eighth episode of the second season the animated series Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. It was released on Disney+ on August 14, 2024.
==Official description==
Nubs recovers a stolen harvest.
==Plot summary==
===The gomgourd drought===
Padawan Wes Vinik accompanies Kai Brightstar and Lys Solay on a visit to the planet Omaka during the lead-up to Dunkutu Day. Solay and Brightstar explain that Dunkutu Day is a local thanksgiving holiday for people to celebrate the harvest with friends and families. They are joined by Nubs, who is excited about the prospect of savoring gomgourd. However, the Jedi quickly discover that there are no gomgourd foodstuffs among the foods being served on tables and stalls. Nubs falls to his knees and howls in dismay in Poobian.
An elderly human man named Roog reassures the Jedi that even though they don't have gomgourds this year, they have Bota fruits, which he describes as "second best." Nubs licks his lips with delight. Brightstar introduces Roog and his son Tey, and praises their gomgourd pies. Tey apologizes that they don't have gomgourds this year due to a bad harvest. Shortly later, Tey's daughter Fiorna arrives with her pack droid HM-7, who have been harvesting wild gomgourds. While Nubs and Roog are delighted, their celebration is short-lived as a flock of kroop birds circles the village menacingly. 
The kroop birds divebomb into the village and one snatches a gomgourd with its talons. HM-7 attempts to flee but one of the birds trips the droid, causing the gomgourds to fall out. The Jedi attempt to retrieve the gomgourds but the birds fight for them. While fleeing a kroop bird, Brightstar crashes into a table, causing it to catapult its dishes and drinks. Vinik is splattered by a green paste while a bowl of red noodles lands on Nub's head. Nubs grabs a gomgourd but an adult kroop bird grabs it with its talons, dragging the Pooba along for the ride. A kroop hatchling circles and pecks at Nubs, causing him to fall to the ground. Vinik, Brightstar and Solay use their Force powers to cushion Nub's landing, saving him from injury. The kroop birds fly back to their mountain nests with the gomgourds.
===Fiorna's quest===
Fiorna apologizes that her harvesting of wild gomgourds did not go according to plan. Roog rages at the birds. Vinik encourages the villagers by saying that they can still have their Dunkutu Day feast. The Jedi help prepare slices with bofa fruit jelly. Nubs eats one until Brightstar reminds him that these are for baking. Tey sends Fiorna and HM-7 to gather more bofa fruits from the forest. Nubs volunteers to accompany her.
While gathering bofa fruits, Fiorna persuades Nubs to help her gather more wild gomgourd fruits with the promise of gomgourd pie. Nubs is hesitant until Fiorna says that it is for her dad.
The three travel through a narrow mountain trail. Nubs is uncomfortable but Fiorna convinces him to continue. Just then, part of the path breaks apart and HM-7 falls down the mountain. Nubs uses the Force to levitate HM-7 near enough to the rockface for them to pull him up. Nubs thinks that they should return to the village since it is getting dark. Fiorna wants to continue since HM-7 lost the bopa fruits during his fall. She says that they have to bring back something to the feast and insist that the gomgourd patch is neaby. 
Back at the village, the other Jedi help the villagers prepare for the feast. Tey is concerned that Fiorna and Nubs have not returned. When Solay asks if they should look for them, Tey says that they should go as a group since the woods can be dangerous at night. Meanwhile Fiorna, Nubs and HM-7 reach the gomgourd patch. As they begin to harvest the gomgourds from the vines, Fiorna and Nubs discover that their presence has angered several kroop birds, which are nesting nearby. Several adult kroop birds surround the younglings and HM-7. Meanwhile, the other Jedi, Tey and Roog discover HM-7 and the younglings' footprints are heading towards the mountain. 
===Making peace===
The kroop birds corner Fiorna, Nubs and HM-7 against a rockface. Fiorna tries to shoo the kroop birds away from HM-7 and the gomgourds. Nubs notices a baby kroop bird pecking at a gomgourd. He breaks off a piece of gomgourd and shares the purple fruit with the baby kroop bird. This pacifies the kroop birds. Seeing Nubs' example, Fiorna serves a pierce of gomgourd fruit to a kroop bird. As the Jedi and Fiorna's relatives approach the nest, they fear for the worst as they hear the cackling of kroop birds. When they arrive at the nesting site, they find that Nubs and Fiorna have befriended the kroop birds by sharing fruits with them. 
Tey and Roog are relieved that Fiorna is safe. Fiorna tells her father and grandfather that she took the gomgourds with the hope of making them into pies but did not realize that the wild gomgourd patch belonged to the kroop birds. Solay realizes this is the reason that the birds followed them back to the village. Fiorna realizes that the birds were just protecting their food source and apologizes to her father for causing them trouble. Tey reassures her that the gourds are not important but rather sharing their food with friends and family. Nubs and Tey hug Fiorna.
The group return to the Dunkutu Day feast where they join the celebrations. Despite the lack of gomgourd fruits, everyone is in a good mood. Nubs savours a cracker with boja fruit jam. He shares the cracker with a baby kroop bird that has flown to the village. 
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==Notes and references==
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