Battle of Thorn Forest

"Hold tight Ewoks!"

- Chief Chirpa

The Battle of Thorn Forest was the final battle of the Stranger crisis resulting in the permanent banishment of the Wizards of the Night Spirit from Bright Tree Village.

Build up
"The dark side of the Sunstar will open a doorway to my world and let the rest of my kind through."

- Stranger



Following the Battle of Bright Tree Village, the Ewok warriors had been tricked into thinking that the Duloks were responsible for stealing the Sunstar. While the true thief, the Stranger made his way to the Stone Circle in Thorn forest, Chief Chirpa led his force to the Dulok swamp. However, the Stranger had not tricked all the Ewoks, and the Ewok children, Wicket W. Warrick, Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka, Teebo, and Latara followed the Stranger as he left the Bright Tree Village with the Sunstar. As the children made their way to thorn forest, they were soon attacked by a glop monster sent by the Stranger to keep them from disrupting a ritual that he was about to perform.

Using the Stone Circle in tandem with the Sunstar, the Stranger brought two of the moons of Endor into alignment, opening a portal in space. The doorway led directly to his race's prison on the otherworld where they were ready to leave. Now free from their confines, the Wizards of the Night Spirit flooded through the hole, ready to begin their revenge on the Ewoks for banishing them to the otherworld so many years ago. However, although the glop monster had slowed down the Ewok friends, they had managed to defeat it, and Wicket and Kneesaa pounced on the unsuspecting Stranger. However, the only thing they managed to do was strip off of his hood revealing his menacing visage. As the wizards poured down onto the forest moon, they prepared to destroy their first Ewoks in Wicket and Kneesaa.

Attack
"Destroy the Ewoks!"

- Stranger



Luckily for the young Ewoks, it seemed that Chirpa had realized that the Duloks were without the Sunstar, and his force left the swamps to enter the Thorn Forest. Seeing the Ewok children in trouble, the warriors charged into the Stone Circle, to meet the Wizards in battle. While the Ewoks battered the Wizards with staffs and potions, Wicket and Kneesaa became engaged in a deadly struggle with the Stranger who was still manipulating the Sunstar. Wicket was eventually able to grab onto the Stranger's wings and hold him to the ground while Kneesaa freed herself and ran to the Sunstar. Using her grappling hook, Kneesaa was able hook the Sunstar and reverse the effect it was having on the Endorian moons. The moons began to separate from each other, and instead of drawing the Wizards down to the moon, it began to force them away, back through the portal. As the strong wind forced the Wizards off of the moon, it also threatened to carry the Ewoks with them.

However, Chirpa ordered his forces to stand down and cling to anything they could get their hands on. The Ewoks quickly obeyed and it seemed that only the Wizards would be carried off-world. However, the Stranger had one last desperation move to bring some kind of victory to the Wizards' defeat, and he tried to carry Wicket away with him. Luckily for the Ewoks, Kneesaa was there to save the day again, rescuing Wicket from the Stranger by tying his hands with Wicket's belt of honor. With a final cry of frustration, the Stranger was cast far into space and through the portal just as it closed with a brilliant flash of light.



Aftermath
"Yes, the Stranger's gone forever!"

- Kneesaa upon the departure of the Dark Wizards of the Night Spirit

With the battle won, the Ewoks triumphantly returned to the village. Chief Chirpa awarded the Ewok children with Beads of Bravery for their heroic service during the battle. The Stranger crisis had finished, and if Kneesaa was to be believed, the Ewoks would never see the formidable wizards again.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Ewoks
 * Night of the Stranger