Halloween

"Arroo!" "Whazzat?" "It's only me. This party is great fun, isn't it?"

- Teebo and Wicket W. Warrick in costume on Halloween

Halloween was a festival held in certain locations in the galaxy, including the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant and the settlement of Bright Tree Village on the Forest Moon of Endor. For the Jedi, the festival entailed decorating the temple with carved pumpkins and cobwebs. For the Ewoks of Endor, the festival was an annual highlight characterized by revelry, costuming, laughter, and a large feast. During the Halloween of 3 ABY, a predatory creature known as a hanadak attacked Bright Tree Village but was coaxed into leaving when Wicket W. Warrick and other Ewoks placed pacifying blue dlock leaves upon it. Later during that same Halloween, a band of Duloks kidnapped the Ewoks' leader, Chief Chirpa, but Warrick and his friends Teebo and Kneesaa rescued the chief and allowed the Halloween festivities to continue.

Description
Halloween was an annual festival celebrated by the citizens of the planet Coruscant and the Ewoks of Bright Tree Village on the Forest Moon of Endor. During the festival, revelers dressed in costumes. For instance, Ewoks dressed as ghosts or other creatures, such as hanadaks. The Ewoks also held a party with a large feast, rollicked through the forest, and scared one another. Halloween decorations included orange gourds with faces or other symbols carved into them, and cobwebs. The Ewoks considered Halloween to be one of the best events of the year.

History


During the Clone Wars, the Jedi Temple on Coruscant celebrated Halloween at least once. For the festival, carved pumpkins and cobwebs decked the halls, and clone troopers and Jedi Knights wandered about in masks and costumes. Among the masks available to visitors were a Senator Padmé Amidala, General Grievous, a Gungan, a Hutt, a golden protocol droid, a blue Ortolan, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, and Jedi Master Yoda. Clone troopers wandered about in shiny, gold armor or decorated like skeletons and wielded scythes. Jedi Knights dressed in pirate gear. A purple-furred wampa, a pink Tusken Raider, and a green Zillo Beast costume were also available. Even droids dressed up; protocol droids wore masks and fake arms to appear like General Grievous, and astromech droids wore sheets over their domes to appear like ghosts.

On the Halloween of 3 ABY, the Ewoks Kneesaa, Teebo, and Wicket W. Warrick noticed what appeared to be a hanadak, a savage predator, in their village. At first they dismissed it as another Ewok in costume, but, upon closer inspection, they found that it was the genuine article. Warrick led a group of Ewoks to drive the creature from the village, but the hanadak repelled their assault. Warrick then led the Ewoks in covering the hanadak in the leaves of the blue dlock, a pleasant-smelling plant. The leaves soothed the beast, which retreated back into the forest.

During that same year's Halloween, a group of Duloks took advantage of the Ewoks' preoccupation with their Halloween party to raid the village's storehouse. There, they accidentally stole away with not only foodstuffs but also Chief Chirpa, leader of the Ewok village. Kneesaa, Teebo, and Warrick discovered that Chirpa was missing and followed the Duloks' tracks into the woods. Warrick sneaked up behind the Ewok leader, cut him free of his bonds, and allowed the chief to fight off the Dulok brigands. The Ewoks returned to their village, and the Halloween festivities continued.

Behind the scenes
The holiday of Halloween&mdash;spelled Hallowe'en&mdash;originally appeared in the story Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!, published in 1988 as part of the Ewoks Annual from Marvel Comics. Over twenty years later, the online video game Clone Wars Adventures featured a Halloween theme from October 24 to November 11, 2011. The Jedi Temple in which much of the game takes place was decorated, and players had the opportunity to purchase masks of Star Wars characters and species, costumes, Halloween decorations, and two Halloween-themed droids, K-3RNL and J-4CK. The game also featured a special stage of "Rocket Rescue," in which the player controls the astromech R2-D2 in a ghost costume.

Both the Ewok Halloween and the Jedi Temple version bear much similarity to the real-world holiday of Halloween, which is also spelled "Halloween."

Appearances

 * Clone Wars Adventures
 * Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!