Gorph/Legends

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"My son, Prince Vork, must marry a princess. One of wealth, breeding, and wealth. Gorphs, bring in the canidates."
―Queen Slugga — (audio) Listen (file info)[1]

Gorphs were sentient amphibians native to the Forest Moon of Endor known for their long tongues. Gorphs lived in a grotto. By 3 ABY, Queen Slugga abducted princesses from other tribes on Endor to marry her son Prince Vork, but was foiled by a group of Ewoks.

Biology and appearance

"Ok Kneesa, you and Teebo distract them while I swing down and pluck Latara out from under their warty little noses."
―Wicket W. Warrick — (audio) Listen (file info)[1]

Sentient[1] frog-like amphibians from the Forest Moon of Endor, the Gorphs were known for their long pink tongues which they used to catch their food.[3] They had green skin, lacked hair, had few teeth, and hopped around to move. Their eyes were dark green, surrounded by yellow sclera.[1] Gorphs were about 2 meters in height,[2] had three fingers and toes, tails, and huge chins with three green dots. When hopping, they made a squishy noise.[1]

Society and culture

"Once you marry my son, our two tribes will unite with me as ruler."
―Queen Slugga to Latara — (audio) Listen (file info)[1]

Living in a grotto, Gorph society was tribal, and led by a queen. Sitting atop a throne, if the queen disapproved of someone, they were cast into a dark hole in her audience chamber known as the Pit. Most Gorphs wore orange suits and gloves atop green shirts, however Queen Slugga wore a green and yellow robe and Prince Vork wore a blue shirt. Most Gorphs held spears, however members of the royal family did not.[1]

History

"Princess Latara? Oh boy, an Ewok princess for Queen Slugga."
―A Gorph chatting with another Gorph — (audio) Listen (file info)[1]
Queen Slugga conversing with Gorphs in her audience chamber

By 3 ABY,[4] Queen Slugga was in power, ruling from the grotto. She looked for princesses from their homeworld of Endor to marry her son, Prince Vork, in an attempt to unite different tribes, with herself as ruler.[5] Two sets of Gorphs returned first with the princess of the Mudgub tribe, and then the princess of the Titterbug tribe. Though Prince Vork was attracted to both, the queen disapproved and ordered the princesses to be cast into the pit. The queen then turned to the Ewoks, seeing an opportunity to unite the two tribes. She sent out Gorphs to capture the Ewok princess. Two Gorphs then found a group of Ewoks. The Gorphs believed that Latara was a princess and would please Queen Slugga. When the two Gorphs returned with Latara, who was pretending to be a princess for the day, Latara stated that she wasn't the real princess. This angered Slugga who used her tongue to hang Latara over the pit. Before being dropped in however, Latara lied, telling Slugga that she actually was the real princess. Slugga commenced the wedding, in spite of Latara's continued protestations.[1]

After finding a piece of Latara's hood, her Ewok friend Wicket noticed Gorph tracks heading to the grotto. Wicket, the real Ewok princess Kneesaa, and Teebo went to rescue her, arriving just as the wedding began. Hearing noises, two Gorphs went out to investigate, causing the Ewoks to hide. After finding nothing, the Gorphs headed back to the wedding. The Ewoks overlooked the wedding and began planning on how to save Latara, when they again got caught by guards, but Wicket tackled a Gorph while Kneesa stepped on the foot of the Gorph holding her. This caused the Gorphs to jump in pain, allowing the Ewoks to escape. Heading to the queen's audience chamber, the group rescued Latara, running down a hall to escape. Slugga, Vork, and two Gorphs began chase of the Ewoks. After the Ewoks failed to climb a slippery ramp, the Gorphs were getting ever so closer when Wicket took Kneesaa's crown and threw it, sending Slugga, Vork, and two other Gorphs into a spiral. The spiral of Gorphs rolled into Slugga's audience chamber, eventually sending the Gorphs into their own pit.[1]

Behind the scenes

Gorphs first appeared in "Princess Latara,"[1] the fourth episode in the second season of the animated television series Ewoks. The episode was written by Paul Dini and premiered on September 20, 1986.[5]

The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia entry for Gorphs decapitalizes the species as "gorph," something it does with non-sentient species only.[6] "Princess Latara" however, shows the species to be sentient.[1] This article takes the Ewoks episode as precedence.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 Ewoks—"Princess Latara"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 In the Ewoks season two episode Princess Latara, Gorphs are shown as being about two times taller then Ewoks. According to Ultimate Alien Anthology, Ewoks are 1 meter tall, thus Gorphs must be about two meters tall.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 354 ("gorph")
  4. ↑ "Star Wars Publications Timeline" – Star Wars Insider 23 dates the events of the Ewoks television series, which include the appearance of the Gorphs in "Princess Latara," 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.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "A Star Wars CELibration" – Star Wars Insider 27
  6. ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
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