CT Ewoks, yay or nay?

Actually Northern Ireland is part of the UK so if your from there, then yes, though you have option of having a Rep of Ireland passport if you wish.

 

You're right! I can't believe I forgot he was from Antrim. >_<

 

Lol so did I, was just being picky

 

it IS a lazy excuse, and a retcon to boot.

 

Isn't a retcon the act of changing something, rather than merely providing an explanation for it?

 

Prior to the Ewok cartoons, not only was there was no mention whatsoever that there were creatures precisely the height of AT-STs roaming TFMOEndor, but the movies also do not depict them. I guess it is possible to view this as merely explaining it, but the explanation at the time the movie came out was that Ewoks created crushing and rolling weapons out of huge logs to deal with the specific vulnerabilities of the AT-STs. The reason for the existence of these log traps were changed or retconned at a later date.

Define; Retroactive Continuity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroactive_continuity

 

And those logs tripping up mechanical feet would never work on a living creature

 

Right. Part of what we, as viewers, were supposed to appreciate about Ewoks is that they were so resourceful... that they were able to invent a way to defeat a legion of the Empire's finest warriors and tech on the fly.

There might even be a GL quote floating around somewhere to that effect.

 

I agree completely, it's the whole point.

 

Maybe it's because I grew up with them - not literally, though it would be cool to be raised by Ewoks - I say yay.

YUB-YUB, all day.

 

Why not? Logs crashing into the legs of anything, are going to hurt.

A case could be made that the "previously established fact" was that the Ewoks invented those traps to beat AT-STs- with no previous knowledge- and that the "newly established fact" was that they repurposed anti-Gorax traps rather than inventing them out of thin air- but I don''t remember any quotes from Lucas on the subject.

 

An animal would get out of the way. You have to be of the mindset that you want it to work to believe in it. That's the problem with these sloppy EU explanations that don't ever really fit.

 

Hence "ambush"- the animal doesn't see the trap till it's already set off.

In the case of stepping on a log, and it rolling from underfoot- it's a bit like a scaled up version of a human stepping on marbles.

 

That requires far too much of a stretch of common sense. Try and ambush an animal with rolling logs, it won't work. It works on the Walkers because they are mechanical and clumsy.

 

Goraxes are semi-sentient humanoids. If a trap like that can work on a human- why wouldn't it work on a Gorax?

 

A "Gorax" would simply sidestep it

 

Again- why do you think that?

The Ewok traps, I believe, were inspired by those used in Vietnam, only scaled up.

 

It's not that hard to figure out. Animals react.

 

Introducing "Goraxes" was an attempt at providing a reason why the traps work so well despite the Ewoks never having fought the Empire before. Thus- they invoke common sense, rather than being a "stretch of it"

And animals are caught in real-life traps all the time.

 

Oh, god. The EU.

IT HURTS!

 

Sure, it's an attempt. How good of an attempt is the issue. It works for you, great. It doesn't work for all of us.

Of course animals get caught in traps, but that one wouldn't work. And it wasn't meant to when they made the film. That's the point. It's retcon, and a silly one at that,.

 

Yes, I tend to agree

 

In your opinion.

I find the idea that the Ewoks could build such effective traps without ever having fought the Empire, or anything big enough to need traps that size, sillier.

 

Of course, and you are presenting your opinion. It's fine that they differ.

 

LOL, all I can think of when I see this is "Prepare your anus."