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Noa Briqualon

Noa Briqualon

Physical description
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair color	Gray
Eye color	Brown
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era Rebellion era
Affiliation	Scouts

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"If I did let them stay, first thing you know, they'd want to be friends."

―Noa Briqualon^[src]

Noa Briqualon was a mid-level scout who was stranded early in his career after crashing his ship on the forest moon of Endor, where he learned to adapt to his primitive surroundings. Briqualon was an explorer, who traveled with his friend, Salak Weet.

1 Biography
2 Behind the scenes
3 Appearances
4 Sources
5 Notes and references
6 External links
- 6.1 In other languages

BiographyEdit

Early lifeEdit

As a young man, Noa spent years as a mid-level scout.^[1] Around 27 BBY, Noa and friend and fellow scout Salak Weet set out on their first mission: to chart the Moddell Sector.^[2] However, their ship's crystal oscillator shorted while moving through the Monsua Nebula—cutting off power to their starship. The malfunction, combined with the complex gravity patterns of the nearby forest moon of Endor, forced the two men to make an emergency crash landing on the moon.

After the crash, Noa and Salak hid the ship, and worked on repairs. They discovered that the crystal oscillator was shattered in the crash. Noa and Salak agreed that Salak would go search for replacement parts,^[1] while Noa stayed behind with the ship. However, during his journey Salak was captured by the Sanyassan Marauders and killed. Though he denied it to himself, Noa realized that his friend wasn't coming back, so he eventually made his home in what remained of a hollow tree trunk.^[3] Salak's father Jimke Weet funded a four-year rescue search for his son, but the search was eventually called off after Jimke filed for bankruptcy.^[2]

The Battle for EndorEdit

Noa eventually met the Teek known simply as "Teek." Teek was a mischievous creature, and the old spacer let him stay at his home, and even carved Teek his own bed out of the tree trunk walls of the house. It was Teek who led the Human Cindel Towani and the Ewok Wicket W. Warrick to Noa's house.

The old man at first was angry that the kids should be brought into his house, but soon grew to like them, as beneath his gruff exterior he truly was a kindly man.

When Cindel was captured by witch Charal and taken to the Mauraders' fortress, Noa, Teek and Wicket mounted a rescue attempt. In doing so, they free Cindel and the Ewoks of Wicket's tribe imprisoned there. Cindel pointed out Salak's remains, before showing Noa the crystal oscillator from her family's starship needed for Noa's. After escaping the fortress, the humans, Teek and Ewoks run as fast as they could towards Noa's ship, with the Marauders in pursuit. The Ewok and Teek held the line in the ensuring battle against the Mauraders while Noa installed the oscillator into his ship. Eventually, he succeeded and his ship's turrets turn the tide of the battle. However, Cindel was captured by the evil Marauder King Terak, who demanded "the power". Noa faced him in melee combat (Terak wielded a sword, Noa his walking staff). But when it seemed like Terak would prevail, Wicket used his slingshot to hit the magic ring Terak took from Charal, killing him. Following the battle, Noa and Cindel repaired the starship, bid farewell to the Ewoks, and left Endor.

Later yearsEdit

After flying the spacelanes with Cindel for some years, Noa eventually retired in the Mid Rim of the galaxy.^[4] After his retirement, his companion Cindel became a journalist on Coruscant, as well as an influential player in the New Republic.^[5]

Behind the scenesEdit

Noa Briqualon was created by George Lucas for the 1985 television film Ewoks: The Battle for Endor. In the film, he was portrayed by actor Wilford Brimley. Noa is one of only a few individuals to wear spectacles in the Star Wars galaxy.