Endor
Endor (Forest Moon)
The Forest Moon of Endor is a small green sphere, the second of nine moons orbiting a silver-banded gas giant known to its native Ewoks as Tana. (Reports that the gas giant vanished in a cataclysm are false, and have become known as the "Endor Moon Hoax.")
- Grid Location: H-16
- Region: Outer Rim Territories
- Terrain: Forests, savannas, mountains
- Diameter: 4,900 km
- Length of Day: 18 standard hours
- Length of Year: 402 standard days
- Population: Unknown
- Sentient Species: Ewoks, Yuzzum
- Species Mix: Ewoks (95%), Yuzzum (4%), other (1%)
- Languages: Ewokese, Yuzzum, Sanyassan, Basic
- Government: Tribal
- Major Exports: Medicinal goods, foodstuffs
- Major Imports: None
- System/Star: Endor/Ibleam
Planets in the System:
| Planets | Type | Moons |
|---|---|---|
| Endor | Gas giant | 9 |
| Eloggi | Barren rock | 0 |
| Megiddo | Barren rock | 0 |
| Dor | Barren rock | 0 |
"The Forest Moon of Endor is a small green sphere, the second of nine moons orbiting a silver-banded gas giant known to its native Ewoks as Tana..."
Detailed History
The Forest Moon has lighter-than-standard gravity and an ecosystem burning with life, including three native sentient species. The Forest Moon is also home to castaways. Local space is plagued by hyperspace anomalies that have wrecked starships from nearby Sanyassa and Zorbia, as well as transports belonging to starhoppers hauling from far-off ports.
The Ewoks, the Forest Moon's most famous residents, are meter-high, ursine omnivores who dwell in giant trees. Their technology is primitive, but the Ewoks are sound engineers and cunning warriors; as a legion of Imperial troops discovered during the Battle of Endor. In the time of the New Republic, a few Ewoks have sought their fortunes elsewhere in the galaxy, serving as starship gunners and learning (somewhat squeaky) Basic. The peaceable Yuzzum dwell on the plains and the forest floor, and are known for their long legs, highly developed vocal cords, and keen ears. They make superb singers, and some—including the Max Rebo Band's Joh Yowza—have made careers for themselves with bands. The Gorax are often considered a species of giant, semi-sentient humanoids, but they exist. Fortunately, these vicious, semi-sentient giants are quite rare.
Visited only by castaways, fugitives, and pilgrims before the Battle of Endor, the Forest Moon was home to Alliance forces for a time after Emperor Palpatine died on the second Death Star overhead. Nagai invaders chased the Rebels off the moon, but they were followed by traders, intelligence agents, miners, souvenir hunters, and even tour groups. Endor was so remote, however, that interest proved fleeting: fifteen years after the Alliance's great victory, only one small trading post connected the Forest Moon with the rest of the galaxy.