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|observedby=Citizens of [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]],<ref name="CWA">{{TCWA|loc=Main Hall}} {{C|"Halloween" festival, October&ndash;November 2011}}.</ref> [[Ewok/Legends|Ewoks]] of<ref name="CCK">{{Shortstory|story=Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!|book=Ewoks Annual}}</ref> [[Bright Tree Village/Legends|Bright Tree Village]]<ref name="EGC">''[[The Essential Guide to Characters]]''</ref>
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*Highlight of the Ewok [[Standard year/Legends|year]]<ref name="CCK" />
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{{Quote|Arroo!&raquo;<br />&laquo;Whazzat?&raquo;<br />&laquo;It's only me. This party is great fun, isn't it?|translated=1|Teebo and Wicket W. Warrick in costume on Halloween|<ref name="CCK" />}}
{{Quote|Arroo!&raquo;<br />&laquo;Whazzat?&raquo;<br />&laquo;It's only me. This party is great fun, isn't it?|translated=1|Teebo and Wicket W. Warrick in costume on Halloween|<ref name="CCK" />}}
'''Halloween''', or '''Hallowe'en''', was a festival held in certain locations in [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]], including the [[Jedi Temple]] on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] and the [[City/Legends|settlement]] of [[Bright Tree Village/Legends|Bright Tree Village]] on the [[Endor/Legends|Forest Moon of Endor]]. For the [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]], the festival entailed decorating the [[temple]] with carved [[Pumpkin/Legends|pumpkins]] and cobwebs. For the [[Ewok/Legends|Ewoks]] of Endor, the festival was an [[Standard year/Legends|annual]] highlight characterized by revelry, costuming, laughter, and a large feast. During the Halloween of [[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]], a [[Diet/Legends|predatory creature]] known as a [[hanadak]] attacked Bright Tree Village but was coaxed into leaving when [[Wicket Wystri Warrick/Legends|Wicket W. Warrick]] and other Ewoks placed pacifying [[Dlock plant|blue dlock]] leaves upon it. Later during that same Halloween, a band of [[Dulok/Legends|Duloks]] kidnapped the Ewoks' leader, [[Chief/Legends|Chief]] [[Chirpa/Legends|Chirpa]], but Warrick and his friends [[Teebo/Legends|Teebo]] and [[Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka|Kneesaa]] rescued the chief and allowed the Halloween festivities to continue.
'''Halloween''', or '''Hallowe'en''', was a festival held in certain locations in [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]], including the [[City/Legends|settlement]] of [[Bright Tree Village/Legends|Bright Tree Village]] on the [[Endor/Legends|Forest Moon of Endor]]. For the [[Ewok/Legends|Ewoks]] of Endor, the festival was an [[Standard year/Legends|annual]] highlight characterized by revelry, costuming, laughter, and a large feast. During the Halloween of [[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]], a [[Diet/Legends|predatory creature]] known as a [[hanadak]] attacked Bright Tree Village but was coaxed into leaving when [[Wicket Wystri Warrick/Legends|Wicket W. Warrick]] and other Ewoks placed pacifying [[Dlock plant|blue dlock]] leaves upon it. Later during that same Halloween, a band of [[Dulok/Legends|Duloks]] kidnapped the Ewoks' leader, [[Chief/Legends|Chief]] [[Chirpa/Legends|Chirpa]], but Warrick and his friends [[Teebo/Legends|Teebo]] and [[Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka|Kneesaa]] rescued the chief and allowed the Halloween festivities to continue.


==Description==
==Description==
Halloween,<ref name="CWA" /> also spelled ''Hallowe'en'', was an [[Standard year/Legends|annual]]<ref name="CCK" /> festival celebrated by the citizens of the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]]<ref name="CWA" /> and the [[Ewok/Legends|Ewoks]] of<ref name="CCK" /> [[Bright Tree Village/Legends|Bright Tree Village]]<ref name="EGC" /> on the [[Endor/Legends|Forest Moon of Endor]]. During the festival, revelers dressed in costumes. For instance, Ewoks dressed as [[Ghost (folklore)/Legends|ghosts]] or other creatures, such as [[hanadak]]s. The Ewoks also held a party with a large feast, rollicked through the forest, and scared one another. Halloween decorations included [[Color/Legends|orange]] [[Pumpkin/Legends|gourds]] with faces<ref name="CCK" /> or other symbols carved into them, and cobwebs.<ref name="CWA" /> The Ewoks considered Halloween to be one of the best events of the year.<ref name="CCK" />
Halloween, also spelled ''Hallowe'en'', was an [[Standard year/Legends|annual]]<ref name="CCK" /> festival celebrated by the [[Ewok/Legends|Ewoks]] of<ref name="CCK" /> [[Bright Tree Village/Legends|Bright Tree Village]]<ref name="EGC" /> on the [[Endor/Legends|Forest Moon of Endor]]. During the festival, revelers dressed in costumes. For instance, Ewoks dressed as [[Ghost (folklore)/Legends|ghosts]] or other creatures, such as [[hanadak]]s. The Ewoks also held a party with a large feast, rollicked through the forest, and scared one another. Halloween decorations included [[Color/Legends|orange]] [[Pumpkin/Legends|gourds]] with faces carved into them.<ref name="CCK" /> The Ewoks considered Halloween to be one of the best events of the year.<ref name="CCK" />


==History==
==History==
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
{{Quote|Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?|Mon Mothma, upon seeing toddler Luke Skywalker in his stormtrooper Halloween costume|<ref name="DV&S">''[[Darth Vader and Son]]''</ref>}}
The holiday of Halloween&mdash;spelled ''Hallowe'en''&mdash;originally appeared in the [[Star Wars comic books|comic]] story "[[Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!]]," published in [[1988]] as part of the ''[[Ewoks Annual]]'' from [[Marvel Comics]].<ref name="CCK" />
[[File:Halloween-DarthVaderAndSon.png|thumb|right|250px|Luke Skywalker goes trick-or-treating.]]
The holiday of Halloween&mdash;spelled ''Hallowe'en''&mdash;originally appeared in the [[Star Wars comic books|comic]] story "[[Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!]]," published in [[1988]] as part of the ''[[Ewoks Annual]]'' from [[Marvel Comics]].<ref name="CCK" /> Over twenty years later, the online [[video game]] [[Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (video game)|''Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures'']] featured a Halloween theme from [[October 24]] to [[November 11]], [[2011]]. The Jedi Temple in which much of the game takes place was decorated, and players had the opportunity to purchase masks of ''[[Star Wars]]'' characters and species, costumes, Halloween decorations, and two Halloween-themed droids, [[K-3RNL]] and [[J-4CK]]. The game also featured a special stage of "Rocket Rescue," in which the player controls the astromech droid [[R2-D2/Legends|R2-D2]] in a ghost costume.<ref name="blog">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.clonewarsadventures.com/news/detail.action?articleId=1060|title=Tricks and Treats!!|work=Intergalactic News|archivedate=20111223063014}}</ref>


Both the Ewok Halloween and the Jedi Temple version bear much similarity to the real-world holiday of [[Wikipedia:Halloween|Halloween]], which is also spelled "Hallowe'en."<ref name="MW">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hallowe%27en|title=Halloween - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary|work=Merriam-Webster Online|archivedate=20100409022427}} &mdash; the real-world Halloween includes costumes and Jack-O-Lanterns, both of which appear in ''Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures'' and "Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!".</ref> The real-world version appears in the non-[[canon]] children's book ''[[Darth Vader and Son]]'', written and illustrated by [[Jeffrey Brown]] and first published in [[2012]]. In the book, [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]] [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]] takes his son, [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], trick-or-treating to the home of [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] leaders [[Mon Mothma/Legends|Mon Mothma]] and [[Crix Madine/Legends|Crix Madine]]. The book's setting is nebulous, as scenes such as this one seem to take place in the real-world as opposed to the ''Star Wars'' universe.<ref name="DV&S" />
Both the Ewok Halloween and the Jedi Temple version bear much similarity to the real-world holiday of [[Wikipedia:Halloween|Halloween]], which is also spelled "Hallowe'en."<ref name="MW">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hallowe%27en|title=Halloween - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary|work=Merriam-Webster Online|archivedate=20100409022427}} &mdash; the real-world Halloween includes costumes and Jack-O-Lanterns, both of which appear in ''Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures'' and "Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!".</ref>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*{{TCWA|loc=Main Hall}} {{C|"Halloween" festival, October&ndash;November 2011}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!|book=Ewoks Annual}} {{1st}}
*{{Shortstory|story=Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!|book=Ewoks Annual}} {{1st}}
===Non-canon appearances===
*[[General Grievous Halloween audiocast]]
*''[[Darth Vader and Son]]''


==Notes and references==
==Notes and references==

Latest revision as of 09:44, 6 February 2023

This article is about the holiday. You may be looking for October 31, the date of the real-life Halloween.

«Arroo!»
«Whazzat?»
«It's only me. This party is great fun, isn't it?
»
―Teebo and Wicket W. Warrick in costume on Halloween[1]

Halloween, or Hallowe'en, was a festival held in certain locations in the galaxy, including the settlement of Bright Tree Village on the Forest Moon of Endor. For the Ewoks of Endor, the festival was an annual highlight characterized by revelry, costuming, laughter, and a large feast. During the Halloween of 3 ABY, a predatory creature known as a hanadak attacked Bright Tree Village but was coaxed into leaving when Wicket W. Warrick and other Ewoks placed pacifying blue dlock leaves upon it. Later during that same Halloween, a band of Duloks kidnapped the Ewoks' leader, Chief Chirpa, but Warrick and his friends Teebo and Kneesaa rescued the chief and allowed the Halloween festivities to continue.

Description

Halloween, also spelled Hallowe'en, was an annual[1] festival celebrated by the Ewoks of[1] Bright Tree Village[2] on the Forest Moon of Endor. During the festival, revelers dressed in costumes. For instance, Ewoks dressed as ghosts or other creatures, such as hanadaks. The Ewoks also held a party with a large feast, rollicked through the forest, and scared one another. Halloween decorations included orange gourds with faces carved into them.[1] The Ewoks considered Halloween to be one of the best events of the year.[1]

History

The Forest Moon of Endor

Kneesaa: «Look at that. Someone's dressed up as a Hanadak.»
Teebo: «I wonder who it is.»
Wicket W. Warrick: «Danger! That's no fancy-dress costume. That's a real Hanadak. Look at the fangs.»
―Kneesaa, Teebo, and Wicket W. Warrick discover a real hanadak loose in the village[1]

On the Halloween of 3 ABY[3] on the Forest Moon of Endor, the Ewoks Kneesaa, Teebo, and Wicket W. Warrick noticed what appeared to be a hanadak, a savage predator, in their village. At first they dismissed it as another Ewok in costume, but, upon closer inspection, they found that it was the genuine article. Warrick led a group of Ewoks to drive the creature from the village, but the hanadak repelled their assault. Warrick then led the Ewoks in covering the hanadak in the leaves of the blue dlock, a pleasant-smelling plant. The leaves soothed the beast, which retreated back into the forest.[1]

During that same year's Halloween, a group of Duloks took advantage of the Ewoks' preoccupation with their Halloween party to raid the village's storehouse. There, they accidentally stole away with not only foodstuffs but also Chief Chirpa, leader of the Ewok village. Kneesaa, Teebo, and Warrick discovered that Chirpa was missing and followed the Duloks' tracks into the woods. Warrick sneaked up behind the Ewok leader, cut him free of his bonds, and allowed the chief to fight off the Dulok brigands. The Ewoks returned to their village, and the Halloween festivities continued.[1]

Behind the scenes

The holiday of Halloween—spelled Hallowe'en—originally appeared in the comic story "Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!," published in 1988 as part of the Ewoks Annual from Marvel Comics.[1]

Both the Ewok Halloween and the Jedi Temple version bear much similarity to the real-world holiday of Halloween, which is also spelled "Hallowe'en."[4]

Appearances

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 "Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!"—Ewoks Annual
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Essential Guide to Characters
  3. "Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!" takes place concurrently to the rest of the Ewoks comic series. "Star Wars Publications Timeline" – Star Wars Insider 23 dates the events of that series 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.
  4. Halloween - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Online (archived from the original on April 9, 2010) — the real-world Halloween includes costumes and Jack-O-Lanterns, both of which appear in Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures and "Chief Chirpa Kidnapped!".

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