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{{short description|Fictional moon in Star Wars}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Endor (''Star Wars'')}}
{{notability|fiction|date=November 2023}}
{{use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox fictional location
| name = Endor
| image = PlanetEndor.jpg
| caption = IX3244-A, the forest moon of Endor
| source = [[Star Wars]]
| first = ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''
| last = ''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker|The Rise of Skywalker]]''
| creator = [[George Lucas]]
| genre = [[Science fiction]]
| type = [[Earth|Gaia]]-world
| races = [[Ewok]], [[Dulok]], [[Gorax]], [[Yuzzum]]
| population = Over 30,000,000 Ewoks
| blank_label = Terrain
| blank_data = {{plainlist|
; Major
* [[Forest]]
* [[Savannah]]
* [[Grassland]]
* [[Mountain]]
* [[River]]s (shallow)
}}
{{plainlist|
; Minor
* [[Desert]]
* [[Ocean]]
* [[jungle]]
}}
| blank_label1 = Oceans
| blank_data1 = 3
| blank_label2 = Sun(s)
| blank_data2 = 2
| blank_label3 = Standard Galactic Grid Coordinates
| blank_data3 = H-16
| blank_label4 = XYZ Coordinates
| blank_data4 = 
}}
'''Endor''' (designated: '''IX3244-A''') is a fictional [[Natural satellite|moon]] in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Universe of Star Wars|universe]], known for its endless forests, savannahs, grasslands, mountain ranges, and a few oceans. The moon was the site of a pivotal battle depicted in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''. It is the homeworld of the sentient [[Dulok]], [[Ewok]], and [[Yuzzum]] species, as well as the semi-sentient [[Gorax]] and [[Wistie]] species. The Endor solar cycle is 402 [[Galactic Standard Calendar|GSC]] days orbital, with a breathable earth-like atmosphere conducive for humans, 85% Standard Gravity <ref>"Star Wars: Complete Locations"</ref> and 8% surface water. It is where [[Darth Vader|Darth Vader's]] funeral is held.

The moon orbits '''Tana'''—the Ewokese word for Endor's host planet—a [[gas giant]] located in the '''Endor system''', a [[star system]] positioned in the '''Moddell sector''' of [[Star Wars galaxy|the galaxy]]'s Outer Rim Territories.<ref>"Star Wars:Absolutely Everything You Need to Know"</ref><ref>"Star Wars: Galactic Atlas"</ref> Located in grid square '''H-16''' on the Standard Galactic Grid, it was connected to [[Cerea]] and [[Bakura (Star Wars)|Bakura]] by a hyperspace route.<ref>"Star Wars: Beginner Game"</ref> Other nearby planets in the H-16 sector include [[Rattatak]], Bunduki, Tirracles, Ponemah, and Firrerre. The [[planet]] was [[orbit]]ed by nine moons, the largest of which was known as the forest moon of Endor or "sanctuary moon".<ref>"Star Wars: Complete Locations"</ref> The ocean moon of '''[[Kef Bir]]''' was also one of these moons, and is the location where the [[Death Star#Second Death Star|second Death Star]] crashed after it exploded over Endor in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.<ref>''Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker''</ref> It also had two suns: '''Endor Prime I''' and '''Endor Prime II'''.

==Description==
The forest moon of Endor first appears in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', in which it is the body in whose orbit the [[second Death Star]] is constructed, and is the home of a race of furry aliens called [[Ewok]]s. The moon later appears in the original [[Star Tours]] [[Disney Parks, Experiences and Products|Disney theme park attraction]], Ewok [[TV movie]]s ''[[The Ewok Adventure]]'' and ''[[Ewoks: The Battle for Endor]]'', as well as the animated ''[[Ewoks (TV series)|Ewoks]]'' and its [[Marvel Comics]] tie-in series.

Various descriptions of the Endor system exist in various media. Special effects storyboards for ''Return of the Jedi'' refer to a distant orb in the system as "Planet Endor". According to the [[Return of the Jedi (novel)|''Return of the Jedi'' novelization]], the planet disappeared in an ancient cataclysm. The Ewok television films depict a [[gas giant]] in the sky, and novels such as ''[[The Truce at Bakura]]'' and ''[[Dark Apprentice]]'' also mention a planet visible from the moon. The planet is called "Tana" in the ''Ewoks'' animated series, which depicts a [[binary star]] system (while other sources depict only one sun). According to the [[Star Wars Databank|''Star Wars'' Databank]], this "can be attributed to Ewok lore and myth".<ref name=data>{{cite web|url=http://starwars.com/databank/location/endor/index.html|title=Databank: Endor|website=StarWars.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524190603/http://starwars.com/databank/location/endor/index.html|archive-date=May 24, 2011|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref>

In a ''[[Star Wars Tales]]'' comic entitled ''[[Star Wars Tales Volume 4#Apocalypse Endor|Apocalypse Endor]]'', an Imperial [[war veteran|veteran]] of Endor refers to the moon being devastated by the [[Impact event|impact of falling debris]] from the Death Star, which was blown up while in orbit around the moon. However, another character dismisses this as a myth, saying that most of the Death Star's mass was obliterated in the explosion, and that the Rebels "took care of the rest".<ref>{{cite comic|writer=|story=Apocalypse Endor|title=Star Wars Tales|issue=14|date=December 11, 2004|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]}}</ref> ''[[The Rise of Skywalker]]'' depicts the wreckage of the second Death Star in a watery location, named Kef&nbsp;Bir, an ocean moon featured in the film that orbits the same gas giant as the forest moon.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kef Bir |url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/kef-bir |website=StarWars.com |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> [[Wicket W. Warrick]] and his son Pommet appear briefly at the end of ''The Rise of Skywalker'', at the sky after the destruction of a ''Resurgent''-class Star Destroyer.

Endor is located in the same sector as planets like Firrerre, Rattatak, Tirracles, and Bunduki, among others.

==Filming==
Scenes set on Endor were filmed on private logging company land that was shortly thereafter clearcut near the town of [[Smith River, California]]; the speeder chase scene was filmed at the Chetham Grove section of [[Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park]]<ref name="film">{{cite web|title=Map of the Movies|publisher=Humboldt - Del Norte Film Commission|url=http://filmhumboldtdelnorte.org/sites/default/files/map-of-the-movies_0.pdf|access-date=2019-12-10|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210213635/http://filmhumboldtdelnorte.org/sites/default/files/map-of-the-movies_0.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/getaways/redw/ |work=[[Redwood National and State Parks]] |publisher=[[Interior Department]] of the USA |access-date=14 August 2015 |title=Experience America's Best Idea |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021190914/https://www.nps.gov/getaways/redw/ |archive-date=21 October 2018 |date=7 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=data/> near the "Avenue of the Giants" in [[Humboldt Redwoods State Park]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://matadornetwork.com/trips/guide-to-the-redwood-groves-where-to-find-the-tallest-trees-on-earth/ |title=Guide to California's redwood groves and the tallest trees on Earth |newspaper=Matador Network |access-date=20 January 2017 |first=Hal |last=Amen |date=23 November 2009}}</ref>

==Theme park attraction==
Endor also appeared in the theme park attraction [[Star Tours - The Adventures Continue]] in [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] in [[Walt Disney World Resort]] in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[Florida]] and [[Disneyland|Disneyland Park]] in [[Disneyland Resort]] in [[Anaheim]], [[California]].

==See also==
* [[List of Star Wars planets and moons|List of ''Star Wars'' planets and moons]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last=Cavelos | first=Jeanne | year=2007 | title=[[The Science of Star Wars (book)|The Science of Star Wars]]: An Astrophysicist's Independent Examination of Space Travel, Aliens, Planets, and Robots as Portrayed in the Star Wars Films and Books | publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] | pages=29–32 | isbn=978-1-4299-7176-8 }}

==External links==
* [https://www.starwars.com/explore/encyclopedia/locations/endor/ Endor] at the Star Wars Databank
* {{Wookieepedia|Endor}}
* [http://www.theforce.net/swtc/holocaust.html Endor 'Holocaust'] at Star Wars Technical Commentaries

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