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  • Endor

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    Endor

    Secluded in a remote corner of the galaxy, the forest moon of Endor would easily have been overlooked by history were it not for the decisive battle that occurred there. The lush, forest home of the Ewok species is the gravesite of Darth Vader and the Empire itself. It was here that the Rebel Alliance won its most crucial victory over the Galactic Empire.

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Appearances
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Episode IX)
  • Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Episode VI)
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  • Ewok

History

Forest moon of Endor

The Empire built the second Death Star in secret above the lush forest moon of Endor, located on the fringes of settled space in a far corner of the galaxy. To protect the battle station during construction, Imperial engineers placed a shield generator on the moon’s surface, controlled from a bunker. Scout troopers patrolled the woods on speeder bikes, but their precautions perfunctory: the Empire dismissed Endor’s native Ewoks as meter-high primitives that posed no threat.

The Ewoks, however, were not to be underestimated. They were brave warriors, adept at using what technology they had and quick to learn new ways. They accepted the Rebel Alliance’s warriors into their tribe and decided to join the fight against the Galactic Empire. After the rebels were captured, it was Ewok warriors who rushed to the rescue, using bows and arrows, catapults and log traps to take down stormtroopers and scout walkers. The Ewoks turned the tide, allowing the rebel commandos to destroy the shield generator and leave the Death Star vulnerable to orbital assault. The first celebration of the Emperor’s downfall took place not in the soaring halls of Coruscant, but under the stars among the ancient trees of Endor.

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    • Breaching the Endor Bunker 0:53

      Breaching the Endor Bunker

    • Speeder Chase on Endor 0:56

      Speeder Chase on Endor

    • Leia Meets Wicket 0:58

      Leia Meets Wicket

    • Fireside Storyteller 1:03

      Fireside Storyteller

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Endor History Gallery

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    • Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles fired the proton torpedoes that destroyed the Death Star, and...
    • The Forest Moon was largely spared damage from the Death Star’s explosion, but large chunks of th...
  • Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles fired the proton torpedoes that destroyed the Death Star, and Luke Skywalker returned from the battle station with word that the Emperor was dead. Rebels and Ewoks danced and celebrated around bonfires through the night.

  • The Forest Moon was largely spared damage from the Death Star’s explosion, but large chunks of the battle station’s wreckage landed in the oceans of a neighboring moon in the Endor planetary system, known to the Ewoks as Kef Bir. Decades later, Rey would search these gloomy ruins for a Sith wayfinder that had belonged to the Emperor – and Endor’s Ewoks would celebrate the Resistance’s victory at Exegol.

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  • Quote - Endor - "Oh, I told you it was dangerous here!"

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    "Oh, I told you it was dangerous here!" RETURN OF THE JEDI

    "Oh, I told you it was dangerous here!"

  • Quote - Endor - “Wonderful! We are now a part of the tribe!”

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    “Wonderful! We are now a part of the tribe!” RETURN OF THE JEDI

    “Wonderful! We are now a part of the tribe!”

  • Quote - Endor - “I’m afraid our furry companion has gone and done something rather rash.”

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    “I’m afraid our furry companion has gone and done something rather rash.” RETURN OF THE JEDI

    “I’m afraid our furry companion has gone and done something rather rash.”

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  • Kef Bir

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    Kef Bir

    One of nine moons in the Endor system, the oceanic world of Kef Bir remains in the shadow of the famous Forest Moon where the Battle of Endor brought the Empire to its knees. After the explosion of the second Death Star, a massive fragment of the destroyed station was left peeking out from one of Kef Bir’s oceans.

  • Death Star II

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    Death Star II

    Hoping to crush the Rebellion once and for all, the Empire began construction of a second dreaded Death Star near Endor. Emperor Palpatine then leaked word of its construction to the Alliance, hoping to lure rebel forces in and destroy them. The Emperor died at the hands of Darth Vader and the Alliance destroyed the second Death Star, striking a momentous blow for freedom. Decades later, the wreckage of the battle station turned out to hold a perilous secret….

  • Wicket W. Warrick

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    Wicket W. Warrick

    Wicket W. Warrick was the brave young Ewok who willingly joined the Rebellion and aided in the battle against the Empire on the forest moon of Endor. Even before he encountered the Rebels, Wicket had devised methods for defeating the Imperial machines, plans which were implemented after the Ewok befriended Princess Leia and recruited his tribe to the Alliance's cause. During the Battle of Endor, Wicket fought valiantly alongside his new allies.

  • Leia Organa

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    Leia Organa

    Princess Leia Organa was one of the greatest leaders of the Rebel Alliance, fearless on the battlefield and dedicated to ending the Empire’s tyranny. Daughter of Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, sister of Luke Skywalker, and with a soft spot for scoundrels, Leia ranked among the galaxy’s great heroes. But life under the New Republic proved difficult for her. Sidelined by a new generation of political leaders, she struck out on her own to oppose the First Order as founder of the Resistance. These setbacks in her political career were accompanied by more personal losses, which she endured with her seemingly inexhaustible will.

  • Luke Skywalker

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    Luke Skywalker

    Luke Skywalker was a Tatooine farmboy who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest Jedi the galaxy has ever known. Along with his friends Princess Leia and Han Solo, Luke battled the evil Empire, discovered the truth of his parentage, and ended the tyranny of the Sith. A generation later, the location of the famed Jedi master was one of the galaxy’s greatest mysteries. Haunted by Ben Solo’s fall to evil and convinced the Jedi had to end, Luke sought exile on a distant world, ignoring the galaxy’s pleas for help. But his solitude would be interrupted – and Luke Skywalker had one final, momentous role to play in the struggle between good and evil.

  • Han Solo

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    Han Solo

    Han Solo rose from an impoverished childhood on the mean streets of Corellia to become one of the heroes of the Rebel Alliance. As captain of the Millennium Falcon, Han and his co-pilot Chewbacca came to believe in the cause of galactic freedom, joining Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa in the fight against the Empire. After the Battle of Endor, Han faced difficult times in a chaotic galaxy, leading to a shattering confrontation with his estranged son Ben.

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