Paploo/Legends

Paploo was an Ewok from the forest moon of Endor. He was the son of 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


Paploo 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, Paploo 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, Paploo 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

 * Paploo was played by Kenny Baker in Return of the Jedi. Baker's character was originally supposed to be Wicket, but Warwick Davis took the role instead.
 * Paploo was voiced by Don McManus in Star Wars: Ewoks.
 * It seems Nelvana when producing Star Wars: Ewoks may have received misinterpreted biographies, or had names switched for Teebo and Paploo, 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.

Appearances

 * How the Ewoks Saved the Trees: An Old Ewok Legend
 * Marvel Ewoks 5: The Terrible Machine
 * Star Wars: Ewoks
 * The Cries of the Trees
 * The Haunted Village
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * Marooned