Wookies and Ewoks

Are the two species related?

Or is it just the name like pigs and guinea pigs?

Or are Ewoks electronic woks like ebooks are electronic books?

Confused ...

 

You've seen RoTJ, right? Their not related, except by a plot twist. Lucas had planned to have the final battle fought on the Wookiee homeworld where the "savage" Wookiees would end up helping bring down the Empire. But when RoTJ rolled around, he'd already shown Chewie to be too sophisticated and felt that he wasn't merely just the exception for the race. So the Wookiees were shrunk and given shorter fur, becomeing the far less technologically evolved Ewoks.

 

I dont think Wookies and Ewoks are really "related" I just think maybe HRH George Lucas wanted to do Wookies then thought, nnnnnnnnaaaaaaahhhhhhh, I think I will do cute lil ol' fuzzy things instead!!!
lmfao!!!

 

They're not related. Ewoks will throw rocks at you and Wookies will rip your arms out of the sockets.

 

W-O-O-K-I-E-E!

 

If you phoneticaly mangle it you can get Wok-e (mangled to sound like walk-e) and E-wok......coinsidence?...i think not......switch the syllables...switch the height......lucas is just ripping himself off...

wow...i really need to get more sleep...

 

Actually, Wookie is also acceptable when you consider that it was the spelling first encountered in the novels in Dec. 1976 when Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker came out. The second e appears to have been added later and this spelling is far more commonly used.

 

not at all.

AXL.

 

actually the ewoks were supposed to be lizard like creatures. then he decided to make them less scary.

i have no idea where i heard that from. but ive seen pictures, i think.

 

I heard what I said in my initial post from Lucas himself on the documentary From Star Wars to Jedi.