George Lucas intended that a primitive race should overthrow the Empire in what was intended at that time to be the final episode, and had originally planned to use Wookiees, but decided against it after it had been established that Chewbacca was already proficient with technology at that point. His answer was to create a new race called Ewoks, which is "Wookiee" with the syllables reversed and altered to resemble the name of a Native American people, the Miwok. [22] The Ewoks were born of George Lucas’ imagination in the 1983 Star Wars movie Return of the Jedi. They were the inhabitants of the Forest Moon of Endor and turned out to be a critical piece of the puzzle when the Rebel Alliance set out to destroy the second Death Star and the Emperor. Cute but deadly: why Ewoks deserve your respect". The Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk. 2015-11-27 . Retrieved March 16, 2017. With the shield generator destroyed, the Rebel Admiral sent his fighters, led by Lando Calrissian piloting the Millennium Falcon, to destroy the Death Star’s main reactor. They were successful and the Death Star blew up. Luke, however, was safe, having survived a light saber fight with Darth Vader and almost death until Darth Vader had killed the Emperor. Luke escaped the Death Star in an Imperial shuttle with the body of his father Anakin Skywalker, formerly Darth Vader, who had returned to the good side just before his death.

Alter, Ethan. " 'Star Wars': How 'Ewoks' and 'Droids' Arrived on Saturday Morning TV". Yahoo . Retrieved December 19, 2015. It’s interesting to note that neither the term “Ewoks” nor any of the Ewoks’ individual names are part of the movie, but were only revealed in the end credits and in their subsequent films. Lussier, Germain (October 29, 2018). "Ewok Merchandise Exists in the Star Wars Universe and We Have Questions". io9. Gizmodo . Retrieved October 29, 2019.

Despite their primitive technology and their isolated homeworld, [1] Ewoks were not totally unknown in the wider galaxy; during the Clone Wars, " Ewok Jerky" was sold at Power Sliders, a diner on the planet Abafar. [17] The Ewoks were a primitive people who lived high above ground in the tall trees of the forest. They were naturally suspicious of strangers, and kept to themselves, which is probably why the Imperial troops ignored them. Well, short help is better than no help at all." ―Han Solo reluctantly accepts the Ewoks' help in the Battle of Endor [1] TAMI KATZOFF (May 23, 2013). "FANS STILL LOVE TO HATE EWOKS 30 YEARS LATER". www.mtv.com . Retrieved March 16, 2017.

Snellgrove, Chris (March 23, 2023). "It May Sound Like Gibberish, But Ewoks Speak A Real, Human Language In Star Wars". Giant Freakin Robot . Retrieved March 25, 2023.

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McMilian, Graeme (April 25, 2014). "Lucasfilm Unveils New Plans for Star Wars Expanded Universe". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 13, 2015. Separately, it has been reported that the speech of Ewoks in Return of the Jedi utilizes Nepalese and some sped-up Tibetan phrases, the latter oddly including the phrase "there is lots of money here". [10] Appearances [ edit ] Return of the Jedi [ edit ] Ewok Village, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue at Walt Disney World in Florida Chitwood, Adam (September 1, 2011). "More Changes to STAR WARS Include Blinking Ewoks and Different Cut of Greedo Shooting First". Collider . Retrieved November 28, 2019. Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004). DVD. 20th Century Fox Television. Event occurs at 2:17:00. George Lucas created the Ewoks because he wanted Return of the Jedi to feature a tribe of primitive creatures that bring down the technological Empire. He had originally intended the scenes to be set on the Wookiee home planet, but as the film series evolved, the Wookiees became technologically skilled. Lucas reversed the syllables to designate a new species, [1] which rhymes with the Miwok, a Native American tribe indigenous to the Redwood forest in which the Endor scenes were filmed for Return of the Jedi. [2] He also based the Ewoks' defeat of the Galactic Empire on the actions of the Viet Cong guerrillas who fought against American soldiers during the Vietnam War. [3]

A canon Ewoks-themed comic spun off from Return of the Jedi is scheduled for release in April 2023. [20] Reception [ edit ] Outstanding Children's Program - 1985". 37th Primetime Emmy Awards, September 22, 1985. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved February 6, 2016. That evening, C-3PO told the Council of Elders led by Chief Chirpa and the tribal shaman Logray the story of the Rebel’s fight against the Empire. The Ewoks made the strike force team part of their tribe and agreed to take them to the field generator bunker and help them defeat the Imperial troops that were there. In Ewok society, the most important people were the chief, the medicine man, and the Council of Elders, with a different council leading each individual Ewok tribe. [5] Later that night Luke went alone to the shield generator bunker, was captured and taken by Darth Vader to the Emperor on the Death Star.In April 2014 (with the sequel film The Force Awakens in production), Lucasfilm separated the Star Wars Expanded Universe (rebranded as Star Wars Legends) from official Star Wars canon. [7] Television films [ edit ]