Gupin

Gupins were a winged sentient species who at some point thought to have been introduced to the moon Endor on a crashed ark around a millennium before the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY. Shortly after the battle, a pair of Gupins visited the Ewok Bright Tree tribe in Bright Tree Village on Endor to share stories and work together.
==Biology and appearance==
Gupins were a bipedal sentient species with two wings each segmented into three sections and capable of allowing a Gupin to hover above the ground. Gupins' skin was brown in color and their faces were frames with a mane of hair that could be orange or brown in color.
A Gupin's face included two eyes, a mouth, and a nose as well as two pointed ears that emerged through their hair. The species' legs ended in two-toed feet and their two arms ended in hands with three fingers and a thumb. The tail of a Gupin was long and curled, sometimes ending in a tuft of hair.
==History==
Gupins were thought to have been introduced alongside goats and Teek to the forest moon Endor by a crashed ark around a millennium before the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY. places Star Wars: Ewoks directly after the events of , which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 4 ABY. Shortly after the battle, word spread across Endor that members of the Bright Tree tribe of Ewoks, including the Ewok Wicket Wystri Warrick, and their Yuzzum neighbours had seen off a group of Imperials who had returned to Endor seeking an Imperial weapons cache.
This resulted in many of the tribe's neighbours visiting Bright Tree Village in order to meet the Ewoks and share stories with them while working together to decide the forest's future. At least two Gupins attended the gathering, one orange-haired Gupin wearing a blue outfit with green patterning and a brown-haired Gupin who wore a purple outfit and danced with an Ewok to music being played by a Yuzzum and the Ewok drummer Brethupp.
==Behind the scenes==
In the current Star Wars canon, Gupins were first mentioned in "Sentient Species of Endor," and article in the "Guide to the Galaxy" department of the thirty-eighth issue of De Agostini's Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine series, which was published around September 23, 2015. Gupins then appeared in the fourth issue of the Star Wars: Ewoks comic book series, which was written by Steve Orlando, illustrated by Laura Braga and Álvaro López, and published on January 29, 2025.
Gupins originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where they first appeared in "To Save Deej," the fourth episode of the first season of the animated series Ewoks, which was written by Bob Carrau and aired on September 28, 1985. The Gupins depiced in Ewoks (2024) 4 match the designs of the Gupins Mring-Mring and Oobel from the Legends animated series, although they have not yet been named in canon.
==Appearances==
*Ewoks (2024) 4 
==Sources==
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==Notes and references==
Category:Avian and airborne sentient species
Gupins
Category:Non-native Endorian species
Category:Sentient species of Endor