Aura blossom
- Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka: "Gunda, Wicket! You found the aura blossoms!"
- Wicket Wystri Warrick: "[Laughs] At least the drought left us a few. They'll make great decorations for the Festival of Hoods tomorrow night."
- Teebo: "Oh! They're not aura blossoms. They're fire folk."
- ―The Ewoks mistake Wisties for aura blossoms[2]
Aura blossoms were an exquisite species of indigo-blue, bioluminescent flower that grew in abundance on the Forest Moon of Endor. They were a favorite of the native Ewok population.[1]
In 3 ABY,[3] following months of drought on Endor, the young Ewoks Wicket Wystri Warrick, Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka, Latara, and Teebo were tasked by Bozzie to find aura blossoms for decorating the Festival of Hoods. After tumbling down a hill, Warrick found a group of Wisties—diminutive, bioluminescent beings—which he mistook for aura blossoms. Teebo pointed out Warrick's error, and the Wisties took flight.[2]
Behind the scenes
Aura blossoms were first mentioned in "The Cries of the Trees,"[2] the pilot episode of the animated television series Ewoks. The episode was written by Paul Dini and premiered on September 7, 1985.[4]
Appearances
Ewoks—"The Cries of the Trees" (First mentioned)
Sources
- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
- Star Wars Encyclopedia
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 48 ("aura blossom")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ewoks—"The Cries of the Trees"
- ↑
"Star Wars Publications Timeline" – Star Wars Insider 23 dates the events of the television series Ewoks—which include the mention of aura blossoms in the episode "The Cries of the Trees"—to three years after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 3 ABY, according to The New Essential Chronology.
- ↑ "A Star Wars CELibration" – Star Wars Insider 27