Nanta

Nanta was an Ewok in the Bright Tree tribe of the moon Endor. In 4 ABY, Nanta was part of a scouting party that discovered a group of rebel offworlders caught in one of their net traps. Surrounding the offworlders, the Ewoks disarmed them, with Nanta taking the Wookiee Chewbacca's bowcaster. Nanta and the other Ewoks then fell to their knees and prayed to the protocol droid C-3PO, mistaking him for the deity known as the Golden One.

In his childhood, Nanta failed at most of Ewok activities: making spears and knowing the berries and plants of Endor. However his mind wondered about things in the stars. During a confrontation with Logray in a class to identify plants, Logray identifies how Nanta would be a great story-keeper. Nanta chooses then to start writing stories on a puny tree near the village.

The scouting party brought the offworlders back to Bright Tree Village, where they were eventually accepted as members of the tribe. The Ewoks then agreed to help them fight the Galactic Empire on Endor. The next day, the Ewoks led the rebels to a Imperial shield bunker which the offworlders infiltrated; however, after the rebels were captured in an Imperial trap, the Ewoks attacked the Imperial forces at the bunker. In the ensuing battle, Nanta was fatally wounded by a shot from an All Terrain Scout Transport. The Ewok's friend Romba knelt beside his fallen comrade and hugged the dying Nanta.

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