10 Things You Didn't Know About Star Wars Ewok Movies

[bonesf]

A bloke who played an Ewok used to be a local at the pub near me. People get confused when they go in now because the walls are covered with old black and white photos of the pub but inbetween them all is a random colour photo of an Ewok.

[michaeljlyons]

Minty and the Ewoks...the combo I didn't know I needed

[jjmfrees]

10 things I didn’t know about the Ewok movies:

1. I didn’t know they existed

[cgimovieman]

I was born in 1979 and grew up in the 80’s and 90’s loving Star Wars. However when the original Star Wars movies came out, I both lived in a tiny town without a movie theater, and was just sort of too young at the time to see them. But I grew up watching the trilogy on VHS copies recorded off TV. I definitely remember the Ewok movies though, and watched them when they aired on TV. In a way they were more accessible to me, not being in theaters. I remember the network promoting them pretty heavily, and by the time they aired they seemed like a real event at the time. Being only about 5 and 6 years old when they aired, I even remember some parts scaring me a little. Which seems silly to me today, but when you’re a little kid, and especially a little kid in the 80’s not exposed to as much as kids today, some stuff that was in these films really did unsettle me a little. Today I look back at them and they feel so 80’s to me, whereas the regular Star Wars original trilogy seems timeless, and I don’t think of those films as “80’s”.

[BoundyMan]

You forgot to mention Burl Ives narrated the first Ewok movie. He was the voice of the Snowman in Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.

[Anthony-]

The Ewok movies were so awesome. I loved them when I was a kid. The adventures in both films were so fun to watch. I saw them before I ever saw Star Wars.

[Jayjay-qeum]

The Ewok Adventure was one of four films to be juried-awarded Emmys for Outstanding Special Visual Effects at the 37th Primetime Emmy Awards. The film was additionally nominated for Outstanding Children's Program but lost in this category to an episode of American Playhouse.

[djhinton]

I remember when my dad recorded these of the TV broadcasts back in the 80's. I watched them with my sister almost everyday.

[soyevquirsefron]

You hit the nostalgia spot here. I watched these when I was so young I didn’t realize how bad they were and once I realized I never watched them again, so they remain in a semi-cringe stasis in my vague memory

[aaronvalentine]

Those biscuits in the second movie, always looked tasty to me as a kid.

[wstine]

This were my favorite Star Wars films growing up. Caravan of Courage had a great fantasy epic with creative looking Ewoks. Battle for Endor had a darker tone with space witches and lizard guys who killed Cyndel's family. Wilfred Brimley was cool. I had the Ewok movie toys.

[vanryan]

SO. VASTLY. UNDERRATED. Frankly, the Ewok movies were my gateway drug to finally watching the original trilogy. No, they're not quite SCI-FI (more "Fantasy"; though BATTLE FOR ENDOR had more sci-fi elements to it), but they're just fun adventure films (definitely some of the best 80s TV qualities as far as special F/X)

[KabukiKid]

TWICE UPON A TIME! Thank you, Minty! That movie has haunted my memory since I was a kid and I would try explaining it to people and NOBODY saw it or knew what I was talking about. I didn't remember the title, but thanks to you mentioning it, I instantly looked it up and confirmed that it was my "fever dream" movie that I could never quite remember fully. lol Thank you for that. :-)

[hiltwo]

I wore out my taped VHS copies of these movies, thanks so much for the video Minty!

[DJarvis]

❤❤❤ love it, "the screw-up of many" 😂😂😂

[rickZhedgehog]

Hey Minty, I know the algorithm has been mean to you lately. While they push all those shorts maybe you could do clips and link the full video for a little bump in engagement. Best of luck man, love the content!

[D-LL]

Loved COC as a child. The GORAX scared the hell out of me too. Wish they would reintroduce the GORAX and have it fighting multiple RANCORS or similar. 👊🏻

[annea.]

As a child of the 80s, I grew up not only with the original trilogy on repeat on VHS, but also watching Caravan of Courage whenever it repeated on TV (and I think at one point, we recorded our own VHS copy). I adored CoC, not only because I could picture myself as Cindel on an adventure (similar age), but I also had a crush on Mace. I think I was a teenager before I actually saw Battle for Endor (no idea why). And I was an adult before I realized there was any actual controversy over the two Ewok movies.

And you hit it right calling them dark fantasy. As soon as you said that, my mind went straight to Willow, and then you also made the connection at the end of the video. So much nostalgia today, so thanks for this.

[Humongous]

These movies were GREAT ❤ I used to be so blown away by these stories. I wish they would have been able to continue in this tradition

[daxbradley]

I agree, the Ewok movies do have a certain charm. They were aimed squarely at my generation of kids in the 80s.

I did think the second one went a little dark, but if you think about it, most Disney movies start with the parents dying right away.

The only weird thing canonically speaking is how the Ewoks learn some basic English in these, and then in the time line Return of the Jedi happened, and suddenly Wicket doesn't speak English.

In my head-canon, it makes more sense that these movies take place after ROTJ.