Noa Briqualon

"If I did let them stay, first thing you know, they'd want to be friends."

- Noa Briqualon

Noa Briqualon was a mid-level scout who was stranded on the Forest Moon of Endor early in his career, where he learned to adapt to his primitive surroundings. Briqualon was an explorer, who travelled with his friend, Salek Weet.

Biography
When he was young, he spent years as a mid-level scout. Noa, along with his friend and fellow scout Salek, had planned to "tear up the galaxy," as Noa put it, which was actually to chart the Moddell Sector together. However, on their very first voyage together, which was some six years before the Battle of Naboo, the crystal oscillator on their ship shorted out in the Monsua Nebula, cutting off power to their starship. Due to this malfunction, combined with the complex gravity patterns of the nearby forest moon of Endor, they were forced to make an emergency crash landing on the forest moon.

Stranded on the Endor moon, they hid their cruiser, and worked on repairs. To make matters worse, the crystal oscillator that regulated the power on their ship (and had already shorted out) was shattered in the crash. When Salek determined the cause of their forced landing, he set out to find another oscillator. Salek and Noa agreed that Salek would go search for help and find a way to repair the cruiser, while Noa stayed behind with the ship. However, Salek was captured by the Sanyassan Marauders and killed. Noa soon reallized that his friend wasn't coming back and made his home in what remained of a hollow tree trunk.

Salek's father, Jimke Weet, funded a four-year search for the duo. The last-known responder signal from Salek and Noa's ship had been near the Monsua Nebula, an area known for pirate activity and other treacheries. The search was eventually called off, however, following Jimke's filing of bankruptcy.

Noa's house was small but cozy. A homemade table was by the door and a stove was also near the door. Animal hide rugs carpeted the wooden floor. Also there was Noa's bed and assorted tables, hollows, and crevices in which junk was stored. There was also a small upstairs part with lots of interesting articles up there.

Noa eventually met the Teek known simply as "Teek." Teek was a mischievous creature, and the old spacer let him stay at his home, and even carved Teek his own bed out of the tree trunk walls of the house. It was Teek who led the Human Cindel Towani and the Ewok Wicket W. Warrick to Noa's house.

The old man at first was angry that the kids should be brought into his house, but soon grew to like them, as beneath his gruff exterior he truly was a kindly man. He helped save Cindel and the Ewoks from the Marauders. From his actions came a huge battle in which Noa fought the evil marauder King Terak. With the help of Wicket and Cindel, Noa defeated Terak in a sword battle. Following the battle, Noa and Cindel repaired the starship, bid farewell to the Ewoks, and left Endor.

After flying the spacelanes with Cindel for some years, Noa eventually retired in the Mid Rim of the Galaxy. After his retirement, his companion, Cindel, became a journalist on Coruscant, and an influential player in the New Republic.

Behind the scenes

 * Noa was portrayed by actor Wilford Brimley in Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

Appearances

 * Ewoks: The Battle for Endor