Nho'Apakk

Nho'Apakk was an Ewok from Bright Tree Village on the Forest Moon of Endor. During the Battle of Endor, Nho'Apakk helped Rebel Alliance forces defeat Galactic Empire stormtroopers. Nho'Apakk had off-white fur and wore a dark-brown hood. The warrior fought with a three-pronged, wooden staff.

Behind the scenes
Nho'Apakk is an action figure in Hasbro's Star Wars: The Legacy Collection toy line. The Ewok is available as part of a two-pack with fellow Ewok Paploo. Nho'Apakk's description on the toy card fails to note whether the Ewok is male or female. Although the action figure is based on an Ewok costume used during the production of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, It is also unclear whether Nho'Apakk appears on screen in that film.

Nho'Apakk is named for a Star Wars fan named Noah. In Spring 2008, Noah, then seven years old, was facing a debilitating operation from which it would take him several months to recover. The boy lived near Hasbro's headquarters, and when the toy company heard about his impending surgery, they invited him for a tour and to discuss their Star Wars toy line. There, Noah revealed that he was a fan of the Ewoks from Return of the Jedi. Hasbro, incidentally, was in the preliminary design stages for a new pair of Ewok action figures. They showed Noah several production shots of the various Ewoks used in Return of the Jedi and asked him to choose the two he found most interesting; the boy selected Paploo and a white-furred Ewok that Hasbro staff were largely unfamiliar with. Nevertheless, they honored Noah's wishes and decided to design new action figures of his choices. Production progressed by several months, and the white-furred Ewok remained unidentified. Hasbro and Lucasfilm then realized that the character was one of several Ewoks that had not yet received official names. Hasbro proposed naming the Ewok for Noah, and Lucasfilm agreed. Lucasfilm created the name "Nho'Apakk" to sound like an Ewokese version of the boy's first name and parts of his surname.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Notes and references
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