CT Ewoks, yay or nay?

Even today, I don't really have a problem with the Ewoks. Wicket was adorable when I was a kid, and later learning Warwick Davis was just a child himself in '83 explained some of that.

 

Wookies would have been better and if they did it in the Holiday Special what's to say ROTJ (with a bigger budget and a little bit more of creative imput by GL) couldn't have pulled it out.

But....I dont mind Ewoks. I like them.

 

When I was a kid the age divide was around 10 years old.. under 10 you loved the Ewoks more than life - over 10 and you tolerated their presence (and in some cases disliked). I was on the older side of the equation. The feeling was (and is) that Ewoks would have been far more acceptable if they didn't defeat "an entire legion" of the emperor's "finest troops."

 

Yay. For the moment, let's set aside the decades worth of EU, interviews, etc., and look at the Ewok evidence presented solely in ROTJ.

From the start, IMHO, they were never presented solely as comic relief. It makes sense that when you have a species both smaller than the average humanoid and evolved within a specific environment, that they're going to be able to use said environment to best effect against an invading force. The very first scene where Wicket sneaks around the Scout Trooper made sense to me, because A. Wicket is naturally camoflagued and B. able to maneuver better.

(Seriously, who wears black and white armor to a forest environment? And armor has natural gaps. If spears or arrows don't penetrate a chestplate, aim for the neck or joints. It's not such a stretch to consider that an "inferior" force might overcome a technologically advanced one.)

The village scene, where Luke uses the Force, is another example. The Ewoks were going to eat their captives. It's all the more unsettling now because they were cute. True, applying deep thought to the scenario means that Luke likely would have freed the others, but at a terrible cost to the Ewoks and maybe Team Skywalker - sometimes being in real control of a situation means watching, waiting, and analyzing. Jedi don't slaughter furballs, they try and make friends first.

Back to the EU: The Essential Guide to Warfare pretty clearly lays out that the Ewoks were more in charge of the situation than ROTJ presents. And while Imperial arrogance about the "primitives" isn't evident in ROTJ, there are several EU examples where the Empire considered the Ewoks not worth the trouble of containing/otherwise confronting.

Even before that, there are plenty of examples of Ewok courage and determination in the EU (Kolot, the Ewoks manning that weapon emplacement in, IIRC, Dark Empire). They aren't just teddy bears, they're warriors.

 

I never minded the Ewoks at all and the backlash they get I think is tiring. They're not even really that cute when you think about it, they were going to eat Luke, Han and Chewie, not exactly kiddie stuff.

 

And they were losing the battle, people. Quick thinking and some Corellian trickery carried the day.

 

I'll go with yay. They legitimately fought the battle. They didn't win by some crazy luck or something. They're pretty cool and I did liike them as a kid. Heck, I still like them now. Celebrate the love, yub nub!

 

I like the Ewoks and have no beef with them. I never understood the bad rap they get (but that's just me)

 

I like the idea of the Ewoks that a primitive species can help make a stand but it's the handling I don't like. The potential of human sacrifice and worship of what could basically be a golden idol due to Luke's playing on their fears. No, thanks.

 

A part of me would kinda like to see a much darker take on the Ewoks with them eating their prey. I think it could be fun to see as part of a twisted spin-off story.

 

I like Ewoks, I really do. The problem is when the battle comes in. I would have at least like to see a stormtrooper able to withstand an Ewok on his back instead of crashing to the ground. Sure they know their terrain better and have other tactical advantages, but come on. Stormtroopers are cannon fodder in the OT. Its like they're there, purely for the purpose of being killed.

 

NAY.

And I find it funny that so many OT purists hate on Jar Jar and the Gungans for being too "kid-friendly," but completely defend the concept of an army of cute teddy bears being able to defeat the Empire.

Completely ironic.

 

Nay, because there is no way a stone-headed spear can be that effective when thrown at such a low velocity.

 

I just like to sit in Star Wars movies yelling "NO WAY!" at every scene.

 

Love them. Love ROTJ, love the cartoons, love the spin-off films. Yub yub.

 

Yay. I absolutely love that our heroes are brought together with a tribe of animist warrior teddy bears in order to defeat the Empire. Hence my signature.

Allayloo ta nuv!

 

Yay. A pride of Wookies ripping storm troopers apart would have been more than I could have take as a child.

 

Ugh no.

 

Never had a problem with them back in '83 and I don't recall many other people having an issue with them back then either.

I'm all for a Yay... Static eyed ones and not the blinking buggers from 2011.

 

They are fine.

 

They need to bring them into the senate with slicked back hair and business suits

 

The Ewoks of Wall Street

 

Nay

 

Yay. Forever.

 

I like them and never really had any issues with them. I would be more than alright with some Ewoks in the ST, even if they're just background characters.