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1. Endor is the planet, and the action takes place on Endor's moon

2. he never called it the celestial moon, it was referred to as the "Sanctuary moon" oh Endor.

Hmm, I wonder why we never actually see the planet Endor.

I thought we did see Endor?

Look at the top right.

http://host.zcultfm.com/user_uploads/endor3sd.jpg

Endor looks a little too far away.

In the orignial drafts of Return of the Jedi, then titled Revenge, the main acrtion took place on and around the capitol planet of Couriscant, then titled Utapau, I believe. Luke fought Darth Vader and the Emperor in his throne room on that planet, which I like a lot better, and the Rebellion battled two death stars orbiting that planet. Because the planet was filthy with pollution, the little moon orbiting it was called the Celestial moon, because of its green glow, and I think Endor was the title even in the earlier drafts, Ill have to check. Anyhow, notice how the Emperor referred to it as "the Celestial Moon of Endor." This was one of the lines that survived the slashing of drafts. Well, I didnt answer your question, but some of this info might be found interesting non the less.

So I guess you've never seen a shot of the Earth from the Moon? Or any distant moon from a paticular planet? You obviously have no hold on astronomical concepts.

Not that you should even worry about that in a fucking Star Wars movie.

Oh, and in the original ROTJ draft, Coruscant was called Had Abbadon, not Utapauh (which was from the original Star Wars scripts, If I'm not mistaken).

I have seen shots of the Earth from the moon and Earth looks a hell of a lot bigger than Endor.

Also, the forest moon would have to be one huge ass moon because it's gravity appears about the same as Earth's.

Professor Moriarty can you please do something about the size of your avatar.

A lack of realism here...

The Death Star 2.0 was so massive and so close to the Forest Moon (Ewokia?) that its explosion would have wiped out all life on the planet. Perhaps the Ghost Jedis used the force to shield the planet...

Máire