Prow Beaten

"Prow Beaten"
Production information
Series	Ewoks
Season	Two
Episode	14
Air date	November 8, 1986
Run time	10 minutes
Director(s)	Dale Schott
Writer(s)	Bob Carrau
Episode chronology
Timeline	3 ABY
Previous episode	"The Season Scepter"
Next episode	"Baga's Rival"

"Prow Beaten" is the fourteenth episode of the second season of Ewoks. Written by Bob Carrau and directed by Dale Schott, the episode originally aired on ABC on November 8, 1986.

Plot summary

The Fishing Festival

The episode opens with Shodu Warrick and her daughter Malani working on a net for the upcoming Fishing Festival, a big event at Bright Tree Village. Meanwhile, Wicket and Teebo asked Chief Chirpa if they could help with the Fishing Festival in anyway. They come across Master Logray, who has summoned a golden object. Chief Chirpa tasks Wicket and Teebo with cleaning his canoe, which they reluctantly accept.

Dulok terror

Meanwhile, the Dulok leader King Gorneesh lords over his subjects, who row a battleship through a river. Gorneesh's wife Queen Urgah asks when she get a turn steering her boat. Gorneesh replies that this is not a boat but a battleship. He hopes to wreck the Ewoks' fishing festival and steal their fish. The shaman Umwak praises Gorneesh's plan. The Dulok king asks what they can test their battleship on and spots a Skib's nest in the river. Under Gorneesh's orders, the Duloks use a catapult to destroy the wooden nest with three volleys. The Duloks laugh maliciously and the King believes his battleship is ready.

The canoe ride

After cleaning and scrubbing the canoe, Wicket and Teebo carry it into the water. Shortly later, the boys are joined by Kneesaa and Latara. Latara asked the boys for a ride on the canoe. Kneesa warns her that they can't use the canoe without her father Chirpa's permission. Wicket disagrees, claiming that he is in charge of the canoe until the Fishing Festival. Wicket convinces them to hop in for a ride, which the girls oblige.

During the voyage, Teebo tries to flirt with Latara but gets distracted. The ride ends abruptly when the boat hits a rock, dumping the foursome into the river. Once Wicket and the others have pulled the boat ashore, they realized that the special prow carving was missing from the front of the canoe. Fearing Chirpa's wrath, Wicket led the others in a search of the river. The Ewoks dive into the river but Wicket and Kneesaa only find branches. Teebo encounters a tortoise-like creature while Latara finds a jellyfish.

Kneesaa soon encounters her father Chief Chirpa and Master Logray on the riverbank. Wicket and Kneesaa claim that everything is alright and that the canoe will be ready soon. Teebo is worried that Chirpa will punish them for losing the prow carving. Wicket reassures the other Ewoks that the prow carving must have washed downstream. He leads the other Ewoks downstream.

Dulok entanglements

Meanwhile, King Gorneesh's battleship has gotten stuck on a sandbar. Gorneesh whips his subjects to get them to push the ship fast but ends up losing his balance and falling into mud. Umwat tries to calm the king but then spots the lost Ewok prow carving in the water. He retrieves it and presents the Ewok prow carving to King Gorneesh, claiming that it brings them good luck for their Fishing Festival.

The Ewoks watch the Duloks conversing from behind several reeds. Kneesaa says they have got to get it back and Wicket agrees. Seeing a floating lotus, Wicket has an idea. The Duloks attach the prow carving to the prow of their battleship, with Gorneesh vowing to harry the Ewoks. Meanwhile, Wicket and his friends sneak to the ship under lotuses. When the four tried to retrieve the carving, they were captured brought onboard the Duloks' battleship by Gorneesh.

Sinking the battleship

The Ewoks were then forced to help the Duloks row their way to Bright Tree Village, and Latara didn't hesitate to place the blame on Wicket. During the voyage, King Gorneesh and Queen Urgah are splashed by the Skibs, who are angry at Gorneesh for wreckign their home. Teebo relays the Skibs' words to Wicket, who has an idea. As the voyage continues, Wicket asks Teebo if the Skibs are all set. Teebo, who can understand them, replies that the Skibs will love to get even with the Duloks.

At Wicket's signal, the Skibs collectively grab the battleship from behind, causing to pick up speed. Gorneesh is thrown overboard while several other Duloks are caught on a hanging branch. Kneesaa and Latara run for the catapult. Queen Urgah tries to stop them but falls overboard. Wicket then commandeered the battleship and used its own catapult to fire bring about the ship's destruction by crashing a rock on it. The rock smashes through the battleship, causing it to sink into river.

As the Ewoks cheer, they are attacked by an enraged Gorneesh, who tries to hit them with a club but ends up smashing a hole in the ship's prow. He chases them around the ship, smashing the battleship. After Kneesaa spots a log ahead, the Ewoks abandon ship. Gorneesh's battleship crashes into the logs, with the impact causing it to break apart. After abandoning ship, Wicket and the others watched in horror as the Ewok prow carving sank to the deep along with the ship. The Ewoks are despondent but Kneesaa says they will have to tell her dad the truth. The grateful Skibs pass the Ewoks a log so that they can float to safety. The Duloks rage in defeat with Gorneesh vowing vengeance.

Facing the music

That night, Wicket explained the whole ordeal to Chirpa. The four became extremely worried of Chirpa's punishment; Wicket feared that the chief would have him bound to a pole and shot with stones, Teebo that he would been vaporized with magic, Kneesaa fears that she may be outcast from home, and Latara fearing the loss of her trinkets. But instead Chirpa commended the young ones and merely asked that they put a new prow carving on the boat. Wicket and the others were so surprised by Chirpa's words that all four of them passed out right then and there.

Credits

By type

Cast

Uncredited cast

Crew

Uncredited crew

Special thanks

Cast

Rick Cimino as Chirpa and Logray James Cranna as Teebo Denny Delk as Wicket Wystri Warrick Sue Murphy as Latara Jeanne Reynolds as Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka and Malani Esther Scott as Shodu Warrick Additional Voices — Lucille Bliss, Richard Devon, Madeline, Richard Nelson, Michael Pritchard, Cody Ryan, Bob Sarlatte, Dan St. Paul, Jodie Smith, Morgan Upton

Crew

Written by — Bob Carrau Executive Producers — Cliff Ruby & Elana Lesser Producers — Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith Supervising Producer — Lenora Hume Directed by — Dale Schott Production Designer — Kirk Henderson Story Editor — Paul Dini Voice Directors — Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser Casting — Judy Nelson Line Producer — Peter Hudecki Assistant Line Producer — Heather Walker Unit Manager — Richard Pimm Associate Producers — Paul Dini, Michael Dubil Production Co-ordinator — Judy Nelson Production Supervisor — Dale Cox Storyboard Director — Raymond Jafelice Layout Director — Arna Selznick Posing Director — Charlie Bonifacio Animation Director — Scott Glynn Art Director — Julie Eberley Storyboard Artists — Sam Agro, Jim Craig, Sam Dixon, Raymond Jafelice, Laura Shepherd, Tom Nesbitt, Frank Nissen Designers — Charles Bastien, Cynthia Ward, Patty Beausoleil, Ross Campbell Background Artist — Clive Powsey Main Title Design — John Hays Computer Animation — Illusion Studios Graphics — Kim Cleary Colour Designs — Mary Eklund, Alan Knappett, Lisa Ratke, Weronika Kaplanska, Lesley Headrick, Tom King, Suzanne Clark Layout — John Van Bruggen, Jeff Dickson, Anthony Van Bruggen, Rick Allen, Marie Carter, Rick Corrigan III, Michel Dazé, Diane Hare, Frank Lintzen, Jim Nakashima, Tim O'Halloran, Bob Smith, Ricardo Spinacé, Robert Rivard, Howard Lonn, Anthony Iacobelli, Scott Bennett, Geroge Elliot, Doug Bennett, Glenn Chadwick, Brian Foster, John Guertin, Faye Hamilton, Karen Kewell, Royce Langford, Rob Sadler Posers — Charlie Bonifacio, Wendy Perdue, Gerry Fournier, Scott Glynn, Cynthia Ward, Jan Burton, Steve Whitehouse, Shawn Seles, Michelle Houston, Lil André, Shane Doyle, Tony Egizii, Mike Girard, Lynn Yamazaki, Greg Court, Dave Simmons, Woong Cheon Jang, Robert Koo, Pat Knight, Maureen Shelleau, John Pagan, Steve Fitch Special Effects — Core Animated Effects Ltd. Production Manager — Karyn Booth-Chadwick Design Co-ordinator — Cathy Parkes Storyboard Co-ordinator — Jan Steel Moffatt Layout Co-ordinator — Alexis Wallrich, Lisa Ratke Posing Co-ordinator — Willy Ashworth Xerography — Paul Hogarth Production Assistants — Steve Chadwick, Brenda Kelly, Lisa Ratke, Krishna Kadambari, Bill Zeats, Don Cretién, Nancy Shenton, Sunni Kerwin, Recinda Jeannine, Joy Folla Pre-Production Editors — Rob Kirkpatrick, Mac Holyoke, Phil Stilman, Glenn Barna, Ian Jeans, Steve Fraser, Keith Traver, Eric Hurlbut, Stephanie Crawford, Mike Reid Music by — Patrick Gleeson Animation Production — Wang Film Production Company Limited Post-Production Services Provided by — Sprockets Systems Supervising Editor — Teresa Eckton Music Editor — Robin Lee Sound Editors — Jeff Watts, Mary Helen Leasman Assistant Sound Editors — Tim Eaton, Greg Smith Re-Recording Mixer — Tom Johnson Recording at — Russian Hill Recording Colour Prints by — Monaco Labs Lucasfilm Ltd. In Association with — Nelvana Limited

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Chirpa Gorneesh Urgah Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka Latara Logray Malani Teebo Umwak Shodu Warrick Wicket Wystri Warrick

Organisms

Frog-like creature Octopus-like creature Skib (First appearance) Turtle-like creature

Events

Fishing Festival

Locations

Forest Moon of Endor Happy Grove Bright Tree Village Swamp

Organizations and titles

Chief Gorneesh's tribe Shaman King Queen Princess Shaman

Sentient species

Dulok Ewok

Vehicles and vessels

Canoe Catapult Dulok battleship

Weapons and technology

Slingshot (Wicket's daydream only)

Miscellanea

Prow carving Ruling staff Victoria

Sources

• "A Star Wars CELibration" — Star Wars Insider 27

Notes and references

In other languages

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