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Zephee was a female Ewok of Bright Tree Village on the forest moon of Endor. By the final years of the Imperial Era, she was the wife of Lumat and the mother of Latara, Nippet, and Wiley.[3] In 4 ABY, when the Heroes of Yavin were presented to the Bright Tree tribe following their capture, Zephee stood observing from afar at the entrance of a hut.[1] Zephee had gray fur and black eyes, and she often wore a red hood with beads.[2] Occasionally, she also wore a black hood.[1] Zephee shared her name with a wind spirit from Ewok mythology.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
- "It certainly wasn't much fun being an Ewok, either at Elstree or in the forest while we were shooting. Every so often, on the set, we had to peel them out of their suits and take off their specially designed sets of underwear, because they would be soaking wet, and send them (the underwear, not the Ewoks!) off to the laundry while they put on a spare set. I have a lot of respect for their endurance."
- ―Howard G. Kazanjian

Production photo of the Ewok that would later be known as Zephee
Zephee first appeared in the 1984 children's book The Baby Ewoks' Picnic Surprise, where she was only known as "Mama Ewok."[6] Her name first appeared as the name of a figure from the short-lived Wicket the Ewok toy line in 1984,[7] and that same year Kenner catalogs listed Zephee as an upcoming addition to the company's line of stuffed Ewok toys. The stuffed toy would have been larger than the others and include backpack for carrying Woklings. Despite its appearance in the catalog and on tags of earlier stuffed Ewoks, the toy was never released.[8]
She appeared in Ewoks, an animated television series that ran from 1985 to 1986,[9] but her character name was not mentioned until the book The Haunted Village,[10] which was released on September 24, 1987 as an adaptation[11] of the episode with the same name.[2]
In 2013, however, Zephee was retconned into Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, when the digital card game Star Wars: Force Collection used a production photo of an Ewok holding a wokling.[12] Said picture had notably appeared on the StarWars.com site as part of the Episode VI Classic Moments feature.[5] Although that particular Ewok cannot be seen holding a wokling in the final cut of the film, she can still be spotted in the background, wearing a white belt at the entrance of a hut and scratching her right ear.[1]
Appearances[]
- The Baby Ewoks' Picnic Surprise (First appearance)
Ewoks — "The Haunted Village"
- The Haunted Village picture book
- Ewoks Coloring Book
Ewoks — "The Travelling Jindas"
Ewoks — "The Curse of the Jindas"
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (Retcon)
Sources[]

Zephee figure from the Wicket the Ewok toy line
1983 Topps Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Series 2 (Card: A Mother Ewok and Child) (backup link) (as a mother Ewok)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi toy line (Pack: Zephee (Stuffed Figure)) (backup link)
Wicket the Ewok (Pack: Ewok Family Hut) (backup link)
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
"Galactic Bazaar" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 7
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
"Star Wars Stuff: Mini Catalogs Reveal Maximum Treasures" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 4
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 17 (EWO 1-4: Ewoks) (Picture only)
Not Easy Being Cute on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Zephee (★★★))
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Nippet in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
Yub Yub: Meet the Ewoks from Endor on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
Ewoks — "The Haunted Village"
- ↑
Nippet in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Galactic Campaign Guide
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
Not Easy Being Cute on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Baby Ewoks' Picnic Surprise
- ↑ Woktots: Kenner's Preschool Star Wars Toys on Star Wars Collectors Archive Blog (archived from the original on May 20, 2022)
- ↑ Unproduced Zephee Stuffed Ewok on Super Toy Archive (archived from the original)
- ↑
Yub Yub: Meet the Ewoks from Endor on StarWars.com (article) (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Haunted Village picture book
- ↑
Haunted Village on Amazon.com (backup link)
- ↑
Star Wars: Force Collection (Card: Zephee (★★★))