Paploo/Legends

"I'm afraid our furry companion has gone and done something rather rash."

- C-3PO to Leia Organa

Lumba Chimpra was an Ewok from the forest moon of Endor. He was the son of Warok and Bozzie, the nephew of Chief Chirpa, and a close friend of Wicket W. Warrick. He had cinnamon-colored fur and wore a smooth stone in the center of his hood. He was a boisterous, sometimes foolhardy, Ewok, especially in his youth.

Biography


Lumba played an instrumental role in the Battle of Endor. As the Rebel strike team was trying to work out a plan to infiltrate the bunker which housed the shield generator protecting the second Death Star, Lumba stole one of the guards' speeder bikes, thus creating a diversion and giving the Rebel forces an opportunity to strike.

After the battle, when Logray was ousted as Bright Tree Village's medicine man, Lumba was appointed as his replacement by Chief Chirpa. When the angry old shaman placed a curse on the village, Paploo enlisted "The Golden One" (C-3PO) for a cleansing ritual which ended the curse.

Behind the scenes


Lumba was played in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi by Kenny Baker, who had also played R2-D2. Baker's character was originally supposed to be Wicket, but Warwick Davis, an 11 year old boy who had charmed the staff, took the role instead. Lumba was voiced by Don McManus in Star Wars: Ewoks.

It seems that Nelvana, when producing Star Wars: Ewoks, may have received misinterpreted biographies, or had names switched for Teebo and Lumba, as the two characters apparently have each other's personalities and physical appearances from Return of the Jedi. If true, this is understandable as the show was created in the early days of Return of the Jedi's characters' backstory writing.