Star Wars: Ewoks

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Star Wars: Ewoks
Format animation
Created by George Lucas
Raymond Jafelice
Dale Schott
Bob Carrau (writer)
Paul Dini (writer).
Starring Denny Delk
Jim Henshaw
James Cranna
Alyson Court
George Busa
Rick Cimino
Don Francks
Esther Scott
Cree Summer
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Flag of Canada Canada
No. of episodes 26
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 George Lucas
Running time approx. 0:30 (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run September 7, 1985 – January 10, 1987
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Star Wars: Ewoks (September 7, 1985 - January 10, 1987) is an American/Canadian animated television series featuring the Ewok characters introduced in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.

The series was produced by Nelvana on behalf of Lucasfilm and broadcast on ABC, both by itself and later, as part of The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour. The first season was advertised as simply Ewoks, but the second season was advertised as The All New Ewoks. The series lasted 26 episodes, divided into two seasons of 13 episodes.

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[edit] Plot

The series focuses on the adventures of Wicket W. Warrick and his friends on the forest moon of Endor during the years before the Battle of Endor and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.[1] The primary recurring villains are Morag the Tulgah Witch, who had a personal grudge against the tribe's shaman, Master Logray, and the Duloks, a rival species that is related to the Ewoks.[2]

[edit] Locations

[edit] Notable series details

  • For viewer ease, the dialogue is in Basic (English), rather than Ewokese, which was the native language of the Ewoks.
  • The first season of the show aimed for a more sophisticated style, but in the second, the writing style was geared toward a much younger audience, with less sophisticated characters.
  • The title of the series' twelfth episode (Blue Harvest) is a reference to the famous ruse used by Lucasfilm to maintain secrecy when shooting location scenes for Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
  • In the series' final episode, the Galactic Empire had discovered Endor, and several of the Ewoks stowed away on a Star Destroyer, but were returned to Endor safely after an evil Imperial named Dr. Raegar attempted to steal the magical Ewok Sunstar stone, and even dared to attack the Emperor with it. This event suggests that this led to the Empire choosing Endor to build the second Death Star around.
  • The series is a follow up to the two Ewok films: Caravan of Courage (1984) and The Battle for Endor (1985), which were themselves spin-offs of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
  • Unlike the rest of the series, the last two episodes were originally aired out of story order. The correct order was Party Ewok/Malani the Warrior and Battle for the Sunstar, respectively. However, the episodes were originally aired in the order of Battle for the Sunstar and Party Ewok/Malani the Warrior. Storywise, the series ends with Battle for the Sunstar, which depicts the Empire discovering the Endor moon, where it would later construct the second Death Star.
  • The episode Battle for the Sunstar re-aired separately on January 10, 1987, and that marked the official end of the series.

[edit] Comic book series

In 1986, Star Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics published a bi-monthly Ewoks comic, based on the animated series, which ran for two years, ending with issue #14. Like the TV series, this was aimed towards a younger audience. It was produced along with Droids, which was based on the Droids animated series. Issue #10 of Marvel Ewoks was a cross-over with Star Wars: Droids issue #4 story "Lost in Time". For more on this series, see this link.

[edit] Toy line

In 1985, a toy line was produced that was based on the series. This line included action figures, ship models, etc.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1

Episode First airdate
1. The Cries of the Trees September 7, 1985
2. The Haunted Village September 14, 1985
3. Rampage of the Phlogs September 21, 1985
4. To Save Deej September 28, 1985
5. The Travelling Jindas October 5, 1985
6. The Tree of Light October 12, 1985
7. The Curse of the Jindas October 19, 1985
8. The Land of the Gupins October 26, 1985
9. Sunstar vs. Shadowstone November 2, 1985
10. Wicket's Wagon November 9, 1985
11. The Three Lessons November 16, 1985
12. Blue Harvest November 23, 1985
13. Asha November 30, 1985

[edit] Season 2

Episode First airdate
14. The Crystal Cloak/The Wish Plant September 13, 1986
15. Home Is Where the Shrieks Are/Princess Latara September 20, 1986
16. The Raich September 27, 1986
17. The Totem Master/A Gift for Shodu October 4, 1986
18. Night of the Stranger October 11, 1986
19. Gone with the Mimphs/The First Apprentice October 18, 1986
20. Hard Sell/A Warrior and a Lurdo October 25, 1986
21. The Season Scepter November 1, 1986
22. Prow Beaten/Baga's Rival November 8, 1986
23. Horville's Hut of Horrors/The Tragic Flute November 15, 1986
24. Just My Luck/Bringing Up Norky November 22, 1986
25. Battle for the Sunstar December 6, 1986[3]
26. Party Ewok/Malani the Warrior December 13, 1986

[edit] DVD release

The cover of the 2004 DVD release of Ewoks
The cover of the 2004 DVD release of Ewoks
  • An edited compilation DVD with the title Star Wars Animated Adventures: Ewoks was released on November 23, 2004. The DVD contained eight episodes of the series, edited together as two full length movies.
    • Episodes 2, 1, 3 and 9 were edited together to make The Haunted Village (which was previously released on VHS in 1996),[4] and Episodes 10, 5, 4 and 13 were edited together to make Tales from the Endor Woods.
  • The entire original series has yet to be released on any home video format. Some of the original episodes were released in the 1980s and '90s on VHS. Star Wars prequel trilogy and DVD producer Rick McCallum, along with Lucasfilm head of fan relations, Steve Sansweet, have reportedly stated that a future release of the series in its entirety on DVD is possible.[citation needed]

[edit] References/Notes

  1. ^ Star Wars: Expanded Universe | A Closer Look at the Ewoks & Droids DVDs
  2. ^ Star Wars: Kids | Creatures of Endor
  3. ^ Re-aired on January 10, 1987 to end series
  4. ^ VHS : Star Wars Animated Classics - Ewoks: The Haunted Village
  • Star Wars: Ewoks 1985, George Lucas
  • Star Wars Insider #27
  • A Guide to the Star Wars Universe,
  • The Star Wars Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Sansweet, ISBN 0-345-40227-8 Del Rey; first edition (June 30, 1998)

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