The ewoks may look primitive at first, but there is evidence in Return of the Jedi that they are a lot smarter than they appear. While not as technologically advanced, they are very good at working effectively with the resources available to them. They have a hidden talent for engineering- note the intricate structures that make up their village, which is built to be supported by trees. They even have simple gliders that allow limited flight- well beyond anything stone-age humans could have come up with. While having the means to build advanced technology, they were even capable of developing a crude understanding of how to use certain machines, like speeder bikes. They had to be smart, due to the environmental pressures of Endor. Separately, it has been reported that the speech of Ewoks in Return of the Jedi utilizes Nepalese and some sped-up Tibetan phrases, the latter oddly including the phrase "there is lots of money here". [10] Appearances [ edit ] Return of the Jedi [ edit ] Ewok Village, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue at Walt Disney World in Florida The Ewoks are seen to be a controversial element of Return of the Jedi and the Star Wars universe in general, and are seen by some to be the weakest part of the original trilogy. According to Tami Katzoff of MTV News, "a prevailing theory among Ewok-haters is that the creatures were originally conceived as a sure way to appeal to small children and sell plush toys to their parents." [21] Others enjoy the Ewoks, and they have proven to be very popular with children from their introduction in 1983 to the present day. [22] Film That night, C-3PO told the Bright Tree's Council of Elders the adventures of the Rebel heroes. The Ewoks accepted the Rebels into their tribe and allied themselves to their cause. [1] Multiple Ewok tribes [9] helped in the ground battle to destroy the Imperial shield generator on the forest floor, and their primitive weapons felled the stormtroopers and the scout walkers of the Empire, although they took many losses to Imperial blaster fire. Their assistance paved the way for the destruction of the DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station and the Rebel victory at the Battle of Endor. [1] Legend claimed it was the first time the Ewoks had returned to combat in generations. [13] Later that night, the Ewoks held a huge celebration that could be heard throughout the forest. [1] After the Battle of Endor [ ]

Breznican, Anthony; Robinson, Joanna (December 20, 2019). "25 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Cameos You Might Have Missed". Vanity Fair . Retrieved October 4, 2020. Peña, Abel G. (November 18, 2014). "Spain's Droids and Ewoks Novelizations, Part 1". StarWars.com . Retrieved October 4, 2020. Well, short help is better than no help at all." ―Han Solo reluctantly accepts the Ewoks' help in the Battle of Endor [1]A teddy bear-like Ewok doll appears in the animated series Star Wars Resistance. [17] Comics [ edit ]

Chitwood, Adam (September 1, 2011). "More Changes to STAR WARS Include Blinking Ewoks and Different Cut of Greedo Shooting First". Collider . Retrieved November 28, 2019. Jeffrey Miller. Where There's Life, There's Lawsuits: Not Altogether Serious Ruminations on Law and Life. ECW Press, 2003. English. ISBN 1550225014. "I took the end of Wookiee, the 'ie' of Wookiee, and put it at the head, like Pig Latin, and then started, when I said it phonetically, it sounded like Ewok which is very similar to Miwok which is the Indians that sort of inhabited the area where I live and where my studio is. Matter of fact, there was a Miwok village just outside my office. So I thought that was a nice, nice sort of reverberation of the idea and eventually took the 'i' and one of the 'os' out and it was Ewok." ( web archive) The Ewoks enjoyed singing and playing music during celebrations, festivals, and rituals. During the Ewok and Rebel celebration after the destruction of the Death Star II, one Ewok in Bright Tree Village used a series of Imperial stormtrooper and naval trooper helmets as drums, producing a variety of tones. [1]The Ewoks were a deeply spiritual people. They revered the surrounding giant trees and believed themselves to be descendants of the "Great Tree," a sacred tree in the forests. [20] The legend of the Golden One told [13] of a deity [1] that allowed the Ewoks to live in light. [13] After C-3PO and his rebel allies arrived and led the Ewoks into the Battle of Endor, [1] the legend told that the Golden One had returned to answer their prayers. [13] The conifer trees where Ewoks lived were also fire resistant, and served as a natural insect repellent. [5] Zurowski, Monica (January 19, 1990). "Lucas Testifies in Calgary Court That 'Jedi' Ewoks Were His Idea". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 3, 2020. a b "Meet the Ewoks from Endor | StarWars.com". StarWars.com. October 30, 2014 . Retrieved April 13, 2018. An Ewok Civil War broke out, forcing C-3PO and New Republic Captain Jaxxon T. Tumperakki to travel to Endor on a diplomatic mission to put a stop to the conflict. [14] By two years after the Battle of Endor, many Ewoks had become caf farmers. Additionally, at least one, Peekpa, had found employment with the New Republic as a slicer. [15] In the audio commentary for the 2004 re-release of Return of the Jedi, as well as the documentary Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy, Lucas also cited the Viet Cong as being the primary inspiration for the Ewoks, particularly their defeat of the Galactic Empire.

Cavelos, Jeanne (2007). The Science of Star Wars: An Astrophysicist's Independent Examination of Space Travel, Aliens, Planets, and Robots as Portrayed in the Star Wars Films and Books. Macmillan. pp.29–32. ISBN 978-1-4299-7176-8. In a (non-canon) Star Wars Tales comic entitled Apocalypse Endor, an Imperial veteran of Endor refers to the moon being devastated by the impact of falling debris from the Death Star, which was blown up while in orbit around the moon, causing devastation to the Ewoks. However, another character dismisses this as a myth, saying that most of the Death Star's mass was obliterated in the explosion, and that the Rebels "took care of the rest". [19] Cute but deadly: why Ewoks deserve your respect". The Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk. 2015-11-27 . Retrieved March 16, 2017.That evening, C-3PO told the Council of Elders led by Chief Chirpa and the tribal shaman Logray the story of the Rebel’s fight against the Empire. The Ewoks made the strike force team part of their tribe and agreed to take them to the field generator bunker and help them defeat the Imperial troops that were there. George Lucas intended that a primitive race should overthrow the Empire in what was intended at that time to be the final episode, and had originally planned to use Wookiees, but decided against it after it had been established that Chewbacca was already proficient with technology at that point. His answer was to create a new race called Ewoks, which is "Wookiee" with the syllables reversed and altered to resemble the name of a Native American people, the Miwok. [22] Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor are made-for-TV spin-off movies that aired on ABC in 1984 and 1985 respectively. The events of both films take place between Episode IV: A New Hope and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, so don't expect any cameos by the Rebel Alliance or the Galactic Empire. The movies follow the traditional '80s child-adventurer movie template: children are separated from their parents, encounter some adorable puppet-like creatures, and go on a journey that serves as an allegory for growing up.

The good guys won the day, with the help of their furry allies. The power of the evil Empire had been broken. Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure was one of four films to be juried-awarded Emmys for Outstanding Special Visual Effects at the 37th Primetime Emmy Awards. [26] The film was additionally nominated for Outstanding Children's Program, but lost in this category to an episode of American Playhouse. [27] Alter, Ethan. " 'Star Wars': How 'Ewoks' and 'Droids' Arrived on Saturday Morning TV". Yahoo . Retrieved December 19, 2015.

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TAMI KATZOFF (May 23, 2013). "FANS STILL LOVE TO HATE EWOKS 30 YEARS LATER". www.mtv.com . Retrieved March 16, 2017. The Ewok masks were designed by Stuart Freeborn. At one point during filming, the Ewok actors went on strike and wore t-shirts with the slogan "REVENGE OF THE EWOKS." After their coach driver, who had agreed to let the actors onto set early for their strike, arrived with no actors in his bus, the actors emerged from a hill and began shouting "revenge." Margo Apostolos, who played the Ewok warrior Tokkat in the film, laughed at and recounted the moment as a memorable experience to Star Wars Insider, claiming that their protest got the crew scared as well. [10] The Ewoks are never referred to by name in Return of the Jedi 's dialogue; the name only appeared in the script directions, the novelization, the movie's credits, and other spin-off and promotional materials. At the end, the Rebels and Ewoks celebrated their victory as the Force-ghosts of Obi-Wan, Yoda and Anakin looked on.