The Ewok Mystery

The Ewoks is one of the most discussed topics in the Star Wars community.

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[joshrichardson]

I always felt there was nothing wrong with the cuteness of the E-woks, but they need rows of four inch fangs. I have always assumed that the e-woks ATE the stormtroopers. As navyreviewer points out, they were going to roast Han alive.

[MOSESI]

I always think of that one ewok wearing a dreywolf skull for a hat. He saw the most dangerious preditors on the forest moon turned it into clothing.

[Enjay]

"I think they were even intended to be wookies at one point"
Yes, that's been documented in several places. The reasoning given sometimes changes, but the fact that the wookies were at least considered for a while seems to be real.

Also, lots of people don't spot it but, the name is a clue: Wook-ie E-wok. It's basically the same thing but reversed.

[keithtorgersen]

Something I find hard to believe is that the rebels would be aloof to the Ewoks’ imminent destruction after the Death Star was destroyed, I’m sure they evacuated some of them at least.

[Trailbreaker]

The Ewoks actually made sense to me. They took down the Empire due to numbers. I kinda of assume that there’s at least 500 that appeared in return of the Jedi and that since the stormtroopers at the generator were supposed to be the empires best they were a smaller division like the Phoenix rebels (not to be mistaken for the Ghost crew but the Ghost crew are a part of Phoenix)

[violetlight]

The Ewoks *were* supposed to be Wookiees originally. It's right there in their name, "ewok" = "wook-ee" backwards. I admit they're a little nonsensical if you only look at their appearance in Return of the Jedi, but their own cartoon series did a lot to explain their world. For example, the traps they used to destroy AT-STs are actually defenses against giant, Ewok-eating creatures on the Forest Moon of Endor. It's also understandable that the Empire would not consider them an actual threat, or likely to join the Rebels -- their first reaction was to try to *eat* the rebels, after all. If they are hostile to all outsiders, what stormtrooper or Imperial officer would *ever* expect them to help their enemies?

I agree that RotJ could have done a lot more to show the Ewoks as a real people, worthy of respect, not a joke, and that did hurt the rest of the franchise's history -- look at the Gungans, and how Jar-Jar's buffoonery taints their entire species. I would like SW to put more effort into its story on-screen, instead of relying on fans to look up supplementary information to get the whole story. Supplements should be for extras, not to make sense of the main work, IMO.

[navyreviewer]

Oh, so you think the Ewoks are cute? Why dont you ask them where the stormtroops were at the feast? You know, the ones whose helmets they turned into drums? Just remember until Luke interfered they were actively trying to spit roast Han.

[Skyfighter]

I never had an issue with the Ewoks. The fact is, they are small, well camouflaged, and while technologically inferior, they always displayed creativity and cunning, befitting their status as dangerous predators.

They have built entire cities out of wood up among the trees. this indicates a societal level that is in Earth terms, well beyond the Bronze age. Given their nearly limitless manpower of a large city/tribe of Ewoks, I completely buy that they were able to, almost overnight, build everything they used during the attack on the Shield generator.

[Kylechaneymultimedia]

I thought it was well known that the Ewoks beating the Empire was a Vietnam allegory, the poorer VC beating the much more advanced and funded Americans.

[shaifunnessa]

Hey bro different types of clone troopers or stormtrooper explained please make video

[andrewpowers]

it's not just the ewoks. it's the stupid plan the heroes make to save han solo that makes absolutely no sense. why have the droids get captured, only for luke to come and get captured, just to have leia be there to get captured, while lando is there the whole time? and why do boba fett so dirty? a lot of that movie is a mess.

[skepticalsmurf]

sorry, I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT(oops, l mean EWOKS)!!! 🤣

[CDP]

Nice try. I have seen more believable things in saturday morning cartoons. Even for Star Wars all this was a little too much. Those few troopers were a legion of the emperor's best men? That was a company of raw recruits, by far not a legion. And did those raw reruits not at least have experienced sergeants who kept their men in line and knew better than to abandon the object you were supposed to protect and follow into the woods? I have seen real raw recruits who were smarter than that. And how dds stone age teddy bears build those fancy traps? Did they carry around those massive tree trunks in their pockets? Even with heavy equipment that would be a challenge to do in the woods, especially under the eyes of a legion of the emperor's best men. But yes, stone age teddy bears are unstopable.