This story assumes that both expected Ewok couples from the cartoon have been married for about eight to nine years and that, after what is hinted to be an offworld career related to music, perhaps due to success of Yub Nub, Latara and Teebo have only returned to their home recently. The story also assumes that Kneesaa is the leader of the tribe and that Logray and Chirpa are no longer in the picture.
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Boar-wolf is a large animal indigenous to Endor.
Yuzzums are the other prominent sentient species on Endor.
All the Yuzzums' names in this story are the result of typing with my eyes closed, then comparing the result with Joh Yowza's birth name (J'ywz'gnk Kchhllbrxcstk Et'nrmdndlcvtbrx). I imagine their language to be far more complicated than the "Yuzzum trade language" which C-3PO uses to communicate with the Ewoks in Return of the Jedi. On the contrary, it's got to be something so saturated with consonants that it's no wonder that "the boy" cannot grasp its basics. After all, Ewoks are humanoids and their language makes sense.
Yuzzum polygamy is my fanon, so is dwelling in caves and having separate caves as stables for their rakazak beasts.
Rakazzak beasts are used by Yuzzums in the same way Ewoks use bordoks. You can see these creatures in two Ewoks episodes, The Cries of the Trees and Rampage of the Phlogs; as well as the book The Adventures of Teebo: A Tale of Magic and Suspense.
As gross as this may be, yes, the poor boy had his foreskin stuck. I saw that on one of my aunt's young dogs and the poor thing cried, didn't let my aunt close and needed to be taken to a vet to help him. Yuzzums are likely not mammals, their genitalia is likely internal, they have cloacas and they have no idea how to take care of a mammal.
Ruggers are fluffy things that Yuzzums actually hunt and eat. I can imagine that a wokling would not be much bigger than a rugger, hence the boy's battle with one such creature.
Gee-om is an Endorian goat. I used the name from a model cel for the Ewoks cartoon. Later in the story, I am implying that Teebo's precious relic, The Sacred Horn of the Soul Trees was made from one such animal's horn.
Do Yuzzums eat woklings? Some say yes, some say no.
"Meatlump" as a Yuzzum endearment is my fanon, as a contrast to Ewoks' "honeydrop" or, for example, Duloks' "swamp bunny".
Why would Ewoks need scrap metal? I assume they may be trying to grasp it, or they value it highly for whatever reason.
Gwig, otherwise a background character from the first season of the Ewoks cartoon, is a fan-favourite in my fic Snowed In; so I thought I would give him a cameo here. Just like in Snowed In, even though he's twelve years older (likely about 20 in human age), he's still managing to be present on guard duty on the weirdest days possible. Hard luck!
Yertwwzzwg is not able to know that Teebo will pull what essentially is a Jedi mind trick on him; but he may have been present when a bunch of his tribesmen were chasing him as a wokling. Even with Teebo not looking one bit the same, I assume that green eyes on an Ewok can be memorable to a Yuzzum.
Before you ask: Teebo is capable of a mind trick by nature. He is doing this kind of stuff in the Ewoks cartoon, he does that to Baga the bordok in The Cries of the Trees.
Wicket, Paploo and Teebo are discussing the fact that the Moddell sector is dominated by the Ayrou.
The Great Battle and The Big Battle are references to the Battle of Endor
I am indeed implying that Lumat, Latara's father died shortly before the boy's arrival to the village.
Ovise III is an industrial, civilised planet in the Moddell sector, relatively close to Endor.
At the beginning of his address to the press, Teebo is referring to this particular scene.
"Somebody I barely knew" - Hmm, this is a mystery? WHO took Teebo and Latara away from their homeworld and why? You'll have to read the sequels to Snowed In to know...it will make sense, I promise.
Yilda Lami Jr? Who is she? And was her mother an annoying journalist, too? Stay tuned.
Latara and Teebo were on a...tour? What even? Once again, stay tuned.
Rokna blue is a VERY powerful narcotic derived from the rokna fungus commonly found on some trees on Endor. In the cartoon episode To Save Deej Wicket's father, Deej Warrick, almost dies from a rokna fungus cut on his shoulder. Whoever is using that as a spice must be totally mad, but yes, the journalists are very quick to assume parents of a small child who have just adopted another would be addicted to it.
The boy had his own ceremony indoors, as opposed to the outdoor ceremony Gwig, Mookiee and Malani have in The Cries of the Trees. Perhaps it's because he's the only one to receive a hood, perhaps because he does not have a soul tree that was planted when he was born.
Yehan means peace in Ewokese. His sister, Teebo and Latara's biological daughter, is Luufi, which means flower. Damn hippies, they are everywhere!
A quick one, regarding my OCs: Grael and Talthuk would be Kneesaa and Wicket's children, Theesa is Teebo and Malani's much, much younger sister, because, yeah, it happens.