![]() The Ewoks (singular: Ewok) are a fictional species of small, furry, mammaloid, bipeds in the Star Wars universe. At one point, Lucasfilm considered making an animated Ewoks special in the vein of The Great Heep, but opted instead to make Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.ġ0. The developers of the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies watched the entirety of the Ewoks series to prepare for creating Endor in the game.For other uses, see Ewok (disambiguation). Other changes included different voice actors, new music and a new opening which utilized CGI.ħ. The series was under strict broadcast standards, and there were limitations-set by ABC's Standards and Practices Board-as to what could be shown or dealt with in the episodes.Ĩ. ABC rejected an episode Paul Dini had written called "The Starman" because it was "too Star Warsy".ĩ. Changes were made to better distinguish the Ewoks from one another and to make them more distinctive. The titualar characters spoke English (or Basic in the SW universe) instead of their native Ewokese for the convenience of the audience.Ħ. For the second season, Lucasfilm moved a majority of the production to their own studios, and thus exherted more direct control over producing the series than Nelvana. Most of the new episodes were shorter in length, and now focused on the core characters of Wicket, Tebbo, Kneesaa and Latara, with the other characters either playing lesser roles or written out entirely. ![]() The stories were often inspired by The Lord of the Rings, Pogo and the Uncle Scrooge stories.Ĥ. For visual reference, Lucasfilm had the crew travel to Muir Woods National Monument, a location near Skywalker Ranch where the Endor scenes were filmed for Return of the Jedi.ĥ. He wanted the Ewoks' culture to be based on themes universal to Earth mythology and religion, and suggested the crew read The Hero with a Thousand Faces and The Uses of Enchantment.ģ. The crew reimagined the Ewok characters for the animated format, giving each Ewok a unique, distinguishable personality and distinctive features. George Lucas laid out his basic ideas for the series, but wasn't involved with day-to-day matters. As with Droids and the cartoon in the Holiday Special, Ewoks was produced by Nelvana.Ģ. My recommendation would give it at least one try.ġ. But as a show for little kids goes, it could have been worse. This clearly isn't for me, as unlike Droids which pretty much anyone can enjoy, this was just made for little kids. And there are several creature designs that don't work. Being a mid-1980s cartoon, it's not as expressive as most cartoons are now, and even more so than Droids, there are several flubs. Many of the episodes range from just okay to mediocre, not to mention some are just a bore.Ĥ. Bondo, the Tromes, Hoonda, Nahkee, and Gonster are annoying one offs.ģ. The Duloks (except Gorneesh) and the Skandits are very lame villains.Ģ. The animation is decent as are the backgrounds and character designs.ġ. ![]() A handful of good episodes such as The Cries of the Trees, Battle for the Sunstar, and Sunstar vs. Morag, the Stranger, Raygar, and Gorneesh are decent villains.Ĥ. Izrina, Mring-Mring, Oobell, Asha, Chukha, and PD-28 are likeable minor characters.ĥ. Kneesaa, Teebo, Paploo, Latara, Malani, Widdle, Weechee, Chirpa, and Logray are very likeable side characters.ģ. Together they protect their village and the powerful Sunstar from villains such as the savage Duloks, a phantom stranger, Imperial agent Doctor Raygar, and the dreaded Tulgah witch Morag.Ģ. Warrick and his friends Teebo, Kneesaa, Paploo, and Latara from the Blight Tree Village lead by Chief Chirpa and Ewok shaman Logray as they go on adventures involving the dazzling Wisties, the gigantic Phlogs, Jinda performers, the odd-ball Gupins, and Kneesaa's long-lost sister Asha. Lets continue the Star Wars Saga with the second animated series that premiered alongside Droids featuring the Ewoks.
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