Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor are often overlooked. However, this made-for-television duology incorporates more magic and mysticism into Star Wars’ space opera universe, making the franchise truly a blend of science fiction and fantasy. One of the most important characters to blur these lines is Charal, a sorceress and one of the main villains of Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

While Charal is not currently a part of Star Wars' main canon, she was later connected to the Nightsisters in works such as Daniel Wallace’s Book of the Sith: Secrets of the Dark Side. Thus, the rise of the Dathomiri and the Nightsisters in Ahsoka could open the door for more Star Wars: Legends versions of the Nightsisters like Charal to become canon once more. While the Ewok movie duology might not be completely brought back into the fold, characters such as Charal and Cindel Towani could still be adapted to fit within the current canon. This would be similar to how Grand Admiral Thrawn has been adapted from Star Wars: Legends canon to fit with the current canon universe.

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The Ewok Movies Blend More Fantasy into the Star Wars Universe

Caravan of Courage and The Battle of Endor are more fantasy movies than science fiction, even though both movies combine elements of both genres. In Caravan of Courage, Ewoks, magic and fairy-like creatures called Wisties help Mace and Cindel Towani reunite with their parents. The Battle for Endor takes a far darker turn when a group of Sanryssan Raiders led by Terak capture most of the Ewoks and murder the entire Towani family except for Cindel. She and Wicket W. Warrick escape to find help, but one of their main adversaries is Terak's sorceress and second-in-command, Charal, played by Sian Phillips.

Charal's main magic power is her ability to transform herself into a raven with the use of a magic ring, and she used this power to track Cindel multiple times. She also tries to use her magic to unlock the technology of the Towani family starcruiser's power cell. Even though Terak, Charal and the Sanryssan Raiders were later retconned to be from other planets, in the original movie, their attempts to figure out the power cell reflected fantasy characters being suddenly confronted with technology. At the film's end, Charal becomes trapped in her raven form after the ring causes Terak to turn into calcified ash. It is left ambiguous whether Charal would be able to retrieve the ring and transform back into her original form.

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Charal actually predates the creation of the Nightsisters in the Star Wars universe. But later works in the Star Wars: Legends canon connect Charal with the Dathomir. For example, in the Star Wars Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Sansweet, published in 1998, Charal's entry states, "Some say Charal escaped from the planet Dathomir and was stranded on Endor's moon." Thus, Charal was by that point understood to be a runaway Nightsister from Dathomir rather than a random sorceress.

Even current Star Wars reference books such as Star Wars: Book of Sith by Daniel Wallace allude to Charal and her role as a former Nightsister. In a section of Mother Talzin's writings on the Nightsisters' "Talismans and Totems," Talzin writes, "One of our sisters has yet to return the Talisman of the Raven." Thus, Charal opens up more possibilties for Nightsister powers and shows that the Nightsisters might have more factions within their coven than previous works have shown. Charal remains one of the main magic components of The Battle for Endor and a strong part of Star Wars' fantasy elements.

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Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Could Help Drive New Stories in Star Wars

The Ewok duology are not part of the current canon, partially because their precise place in the timeline is hard to pin down. However, the Ewok movies themselves do not have to be recanonized in order to make their characters part of the current canon once more. For example, Grand Admiral Thrawn was a major character in Star Wars: Legends canon, but his storyline has been adapted to fit with more recent Star Wars works.

Future Star Wars works could use a similar tactic to reintegrate Charal into the current lore. With the return of the Nightsisters in Ahsoka, Charal could be an interesting figure in Star Wars since she is a Nightsister who walked away. Cindel labels Charal as "evil," understandably since Charal is allied with the marauders who killed her family. However, scenes between Charal and Terak reveal his tendency to threaten her life on the chance she refuses to assist him. This places her role in his raiders into question. While Charal is an antagonist in The Battle for Endor, there is still enough space for her to take on a different role. Even more so as the galaxy must deal with the Dathomiri's current allegiance to the Imperial remnant.

The rise of the Dathomiri in Ahsoka creates room for other Nightsisters like Charal to return to the Star Wars canon. Star Wars will also be releasing Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, which is a coming-of-age story and the first live-action Star Wars television event that's created specifically for younger audiences. Since The Battle for Endor was also originally targeted toward children, Charal could be a good fit to return during that series, either as an antagonist or as an anti-hero. Even if Charal does not return in that series, she could still be a powerful character in the Star Wars galaxy in the wake of Thrawn's return.

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