Despite it’s lush forests and towering tree lines, the Forest Moon of Endor was actually a terrifying place to be when its star set… especially when you were as Tiny as an Ewok. Threats ranged from shadowy witches to giant forest monsters and even included a horrifying species which would hunt down and eat Ewoks.
The Gorax were a species of horrifying creatures classified as “Behemoths” by most Galactic Journals. They were found primarily on Endor but weren’t native to the planet according to most of the Galaxy’s top scientists. These creepy beasts could grow up to sizes nearly 30 meters because of unique pull of the planet Endor’s gravity on its moons.
Although they were humanoid in shape, the Gorax were covered in thick fur and had protruding lower jaws with very thick brows. Some Gorax even had hoof-like feet, with others having ghastly toes which pointed backwards. Even though these creatures would eat plants, meat and scavenged foods, their teeth were very well adapted to eating meat. Specifically the meat of the small Ewoks who roamed the forests of Endor.
Gorax were originally created for the Star Wars Legends television film Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, which was released in 1984 and included a member of the species as a major villain. The species was confirmed to be canon in the reference book Ultimate Star Wars, which was released in 2015.
In «Survivors on Endor,» a walker assault map included in a DLC of the video game Star Wars Battlefront, the players enter a cavern containing giant spiders and what appears to be the lair of an immense creature, complete with an empty cage hanging from the ceiling. This evokes the Gorax lair in Caravan of Courage. A similar cave system can be found in the map for the mode «Ewok Hunt» in Star Wars Battlefront II.