The Ewok Adventure (1984)

Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children on a quest to find their parents.

Director:

John Korty

Writers:

George Lucas (story), Bob Carrau (teleplay)

Stars:

Eric Walker, Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric Walker	...	Mace
Warwick Davis	...	Wicket
Fionnula Flanagan	...	Catarine
Guy Boyd	...	Jeremitt
Aubree Miller	...	Cindel
Burl Ives	...	Narrator (voice)
Daniel Frishman	...	Deej (as Dan Frishman)
Debbie Lee Carrington	...	Weechee (as Debbie Carrington)
Tony Cox	...	Widdle
Kevin Thompson	...	Chukha-Trok
Margarita Fernández	...	Kaink
Pam Grizz	...	Shodu
Bobby Bell	...	Logray
Darryl Henriques	...	Wicket (voice) (as Daryl Henriquez)
Sydney Walker	...	Deej (voice)

Storyline

The Towani family civilian shuttlecraft crashes on the forest moon of Endor. The four Towani's are separated. Jermitt and Catarine, the mother and father are captured by the giant Gorax, and Mace and Cindel, the son and daughter, are missing when they are captured. The next day, the Ewok Deej is looking for his two sons when they find Cindel all alone in the shuttle (Mace and Cindel were looking for the transmitter to send a distress call), when Mace appears with his emergency blaster. Eventually, the four-year old Cindel is able to convince the teenage Mace that the Ewoks are nice. Then, the Ewoks and the Towani's go on an adventure to find the elder Towanis.

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Plot Keywords:

moon | quest | forest | monster | giant monster | 

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Taglines:

You'll live the adventure... You'll love it's heroes.

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 November 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure

Filming Locations:

Marin County, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Korty Films, Lucasfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie took 6 weeks to film, a re-shooting took 1 week, and a dubbing procedure took 2 weeks. So the movie took 9 weeks to complete.

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Goofs

At the beginning when we first see Wicket, his mother has a baby Ewok held in her left arm with nothing wrapped around it. In the next shot, she has the baby in her right arm, wrapped in a leather blanket.

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Quotes

Jeremitt: Let's get outta here.
Catarine: That's not the worst idea I ever heard.

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Connections

Followed by Ewoks (1985)

User Reviews

Only for Star Wars fans...

Keep in mind this was a MADE FOR TV film, originally aired in 1984, and obviously intended for kids! The first of two EWOK ADVENTURES, known as "CARAVAN OF COURAGE," does not hold a candle to the original STAR WARS trilogy in terms of story-telling, effects, or production design, but it is an interesting little footnote for anybody who wants to explore the SW universe a little further. I have vague, fond memories of seeing this when it originally aired, and I was excited to relive it again, 20 years later. The first and third act are kind of exciting and cool, but the middle drags, and if you didn't like them in ROTJ, you're certainly going to find the Ewoks awfully annoying here. Some of us can look past the contrivances and cheesiness- after all, it's STAR WARS!