"Ewoks" (1985) TV series 1985-1987

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Writer:

George Lucas (characters)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

1995 (Finland)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The adventures of the Ewoks in Wicket W. Warrick's youth before the Battle of Endor.

Plot Keywords:

Battle | Witch | Creature | Forest | Underdog

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jim Henshaw	...	Wicket W. Warrick (13 episodes, 1985-1986)
Lesleh Donaldson		(13 episodes, 1986)
Cree Summer	...	Princess Kneesaa (8 episodes, 1985-1986)

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Series Directed by
Raymond Jafelice		(13 episodes, 1985)
Dale Schott		(13 episodes, 1986)

Series Writing credits
Bob Carrau		(14 episodes, 1985-1986)
Paul Dini		(14 episodes, 1985-1986)
Michael Dubil		(2 episodes, 1986)
Michael Reaves		(2 episodes, 1986)
Linda Woolverton		(2 episodes, 1986)
George Lucas		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Paul Dini	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Michael Hirsh	....	producer (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Peter Hudecki	....	assistant supervising producer / line producer (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Lenora Hume	....	supervising producer (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Patrick Loubert	....	producer (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Clive A. Smith	....	producer (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Miki Herman	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1985)
Peter Sauder	....	associate producer (13 episodes, 1985)
Michael Dubil	....	associate producer (13 episodes, 1986)
Elana Lesser	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1986)
Cliff Ruby	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 1986)
Heather Walker	....	assistant line producer (13 episodes, 1986)
George Lucas	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Patricia Cullen		(13 episodes, 1985)
David W. Shaw		(13 episodes, 1985)
Patrick Gleeson		(13 episodes, 1986)

Series Film Editing by
John Baktis		(13 episodes, 1985)
Richard Bond		(13 episodes, 1985)
Peter Goodale		(13 episodes, 1985)
Mac Holyoke		(13 episodes, 1985)
Stephen Hudecki		(13 episodes, 1985)
Chris Hutton		(13 episodes, 1985)
Gordon Kidd		(13 episodes, 1985)
Paul McGowan		(13 episodes, 1985)
Sheila Murray		(13 episodes, 1985)
Philip Stilman		(13 episodes, 1985)
Keith Traver		(13 episodes, 1985)

Series Casting by
Arlene Berman		(13 episodes, 1985)
Judy Nelson		(13 episodes, 1986)

Series Production Design by
Jim Craig		(13 episodes, 1985)
Dave Quesnelle		(13 episodes, 1985)
Shawn Seles		(13 episodes, 1985)
Cynthia Ward		(13 episodes, 1985)
Kirk Henderson		(13 episodes, 1986)

Series Art Direction by
Julie Eberley		(26 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Production Management
Karyn Booth-Chadwick	....	production manager (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Dale Cox	....	production supervisor (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Richard Pimm	....	unit manager (26 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Larry Jacobs	....	assistant unit director (13 episodes, 1985)
Dale Schott	....	unit director (13 episodes, 1985)
Lisa Atkinson	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Kim Cleary	....	graphics (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Sam Dixon	....	storyboard artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Raymond Jafelice	....	storyboard artist / storyboard director (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Cathy Parkes	....	design coordinator (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Alan Bunce	....	storyboard artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Nicholas Campbell	....	storyboard assistant (13 episodes, 1985)
Dave Cox	....	storyboard artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Roy Meurin	....	storyboard artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Ted Ravn	....	storyboard assistant (13 episodes, 1985)
Dale Schott	....	storyboard artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Arna Selznick	....	storyboard supervisor (13 episodes, 1985)
Sam Agro	....	storyboard artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Charles E. Bastien	....	designer (13 episodes, 1986)
Patty Beausoleil	....	designer (13 episodes, 1986)
Ross Campbell	....	designer (13 episodes, 1986)
Jim Craig	....	storyboard artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Tom Nesbitt	....	storyboard artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Frank Nissen	....	storyboard artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Laura Shepherd	....	storyboard artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Jan Steel Moffatt	....	storyboard coordinator (13 episodes, 1986)
Cynthia Ward	....	designer (13 episodes, 1986)

Series Sound Department
Susan Phillips	....	recording assistant (13 episodes, 1985)
Timothy Eaton	....	assistant sound editor (13 episodes, 1986)
Teresa Eckton	....	supervising sound editor (13 episodes, 1986)
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer (13 episodes, 1986)
Mary Helen Leasman	....	sound editor (13 episodes, 1986)
Greg Smith	....	assistant sound editor (13 episodes, 1986)
Jeff Watts	....	sound editor (13 episodes, 1986)

Series Special Effects by
Trevor Davies	....	special effects designer (13 episodes, 1985)
Dave Marshall	....	special effects director (13 episodes, 1985)
Jan Steel Moffatt	....	special effects designer (13 episodes, 1985)
Alexis Wallrich	....	special effects designer (13 episodes, 1985)
Peter Yamasaki	....	special effects designer (13 episodes, 1985)

Series Visual Effects by
Trevor Davies	....	special effects designer (13 episodes, 1985)
Dave Marshall	....	special effects director (13 episodes, 1985)
Jan Steel Moffatt	....	special effects designer (13 episodes, 1985)
Peter Yamasaki	....	special effects designer (13 episodes, 1985)

Series Animation Department
Lilliane Andre	....	animation posing artist / character layout artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Willy Ashworth	....	animation posing coordinator / character layout artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Scott Bennett	....	layout artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Charles Bonifacio	....	animation director / animation posing artist / ... (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Marie Carter	....	layout artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Jeff Dickson	....	layout artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Mary Eklund	....	color designer (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Michelle Houston	....	animation posing artist / character layout artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Tony Iacobelli	....	layout artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Pat Knight	....	animation posing artist / character layout artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Howard Lonn	....	layout artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Wendy Perdue	....	animation director / animation posing artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Lisa Ratke	....	color designer / layout coordinator / ... (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Anthony Van Bruggen	....	layout artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
John van Bruggen	....	layout artist (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Cynthia Ward	....	animation posing artist / character layout artist (14 episodes, 1985-1986)
Barry Atkinson	....	background stylist (13 episodes, 1985)
Evelyn Baker	....	quality control (13 episodes, 1985)
Carol Barbour	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1985)
Glen Binmore	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1985)
Bob Cowan	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Richard Forgues	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Ian Freedman	....	character layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
John Hill	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Bob Jaques	....	character layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Brenda Kelly	....	quality control (13 episodes, 1985)
Chris Labonte	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Jan Leitch	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1985)
Diana Lyle	....	quality control (13 episodes, 1985)
Barbara Massey	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Parker McIntyre	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1985)
Armen Melkonian	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Eileen Middleton	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1985)
Peter Moehrle	....	background stylist (13 episodes, 1985)
Rose Nangle	....	quality control (13 episodes, 1985)
Tom Nesbitt	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Betty Oldham	....	quality control (13 episodes, 1985)
Dana Orlando	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1985)
Howy Parkins	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Bill Payne	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Bill Perkins	....	animation supervisor (13 episodes, 1985)
Brian Poehlman	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Mark Pudleiner	....	character layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Debra Pugh	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Margaret Roi	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1985)
Allen Swerling	....	character layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Rhyette Zazinski	....	quality control (13 episodes, 1985)
Dick Zondag	....	character layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Ralph Zondag	....	character layout artist (13 episodes, 1985)
Rick Allen	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Doug Bennett	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Jan Burton	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Glenn Chadwick	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Susanne Clark	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1986)
Rick Corrigan	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Greg Court	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Gabor Csakany	....	background stylist (13 episodes, 1986)
Michel Dazé	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Shane Doyle	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Tony Egizii	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
George Elliott	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Stephen Fitch	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Brian Foster	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Gerry Fournier	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Mike Girard	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Scott Glynn	....	animation director / animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Denis Gonzalez	....	character layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
John Guertin	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Faye Hamilton	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Diane Hare	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Lesley Headrick	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1986)
Paul Hogarth	....	xerographer (13 episodes, 1986)
Woong Cheon Jang	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Pat Jordan	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1986)
Weronika Kapelanska	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1986)
Karen Kewell	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Tom King	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1986)
Alan Knappett	....	color designer (13 episodes, 1986)
Mark Komza	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Robert Koo	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Royce Langford	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Brian Lee	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Frank Lintzen	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Jeff Lyons	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Jim Nakashima	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Tim O'Halloran	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
John Pagan	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Dave Pemberton	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Clive Powsey	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Robert Rivard	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Rob Sadler	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Shawn Seles	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Arna Selznick	....	layout director (13 episodes, 1986)
Maureen Shelleau	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
David Simmons	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Bob Smith	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Ricardo Spinacé	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Alexis Wallrich	....	layout coordinator (13 episodes, 1986)
Steve Whitehouse	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
Lynn Yamazaki	....	animation posing artist (13 episodes, 1986)
John Yee	....	layout artist (13 episodes, 1986)

Series Casting Department
Deborah Patz	....	casting assistant (13 episodes, 1985)

Series Editorial Department
Camille Crawford	....	assistant editor / pre-production editor (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Steve Fraser	....	editing coordinator / pre-production editor (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Ian Jeans	....	assistant editor / pre-production editor (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Rob Kirkpatrick	....	pre-production editor / supervising editor (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Eric Mattar-Hurlbut	....	assistant editor / pre-production editor (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Mike Reid	....	assistant editor / pre-production editor (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
David Altman	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 1985)
Mike Bass	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 1985)
Peter Branton	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 1985)
John Broughton	....	supervising editor: pre-production (13 episodes, 1985)
Stephen Fitch	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 1985)
Tim Griffin	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 1985)
Al Maciulis	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 1985)
Kathy Nicholaichuk	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 1985)
Cindy Romanovich	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 1985)
Jamie Whitney	....	assistant editor (13 episodes, 1985)
Glenn Barna	....	pre-production editor (13 episodes, 1986)
Mac Holyoke	....	pre-production editor (13 episodes, 1986)
Philip Stilman	....	pre-production editor (13 episodes, 1986)
Keith Traver	....	pre-production editor (13 episodes, 1986)

Series Music Department
Robin Lee	....	music editor (13 episodes, 1986)

Series Other crew
Steve Chadwick	....	production assistant (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Joy Folla	....	production assistant / production secretary (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Judy Nelson	....	production coordinator (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Nancy Shenton	....	production assistant / production secretary (26 episodes, 1985-1986)
Barbara Bjarnason	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 1985)
Paul Hogarth	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 1985)
Rob Kirkpatrick	....	voice director (13 episodes, 1985)
Garth Roerick	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 1985)
Heather Walker	....	production coordinator (13 episodes, 1985)
Don Chrétien	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 1986)
Paul Dini	....	story editor (13 episodes, 1986)
John Hays	....	title designer (13 episodes, 1986)
Recinda Jeannine	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 1986)
Krishna Kadambari	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 1986)
Brenda Kelly	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 1986)
Sunni Kerwin	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 1986)
Elana Lesser	....	voice director (13 episodes, 1986)
Lisa Ratke	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 1986)
Cliff Ruby	....	voice director (13 episodes, 1986)
Bill Zeats	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 1986)
Lucille Bliss	....	additional voice (unknown episodes, 1986)

Production Companies

• Nelvana
• Lucasfilm

Other Companies

• Wang Film Productions Company  additional production
• Cuckoo's Nest Studios  additional production
• Sprocket Systems  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

"Ewoks & Droids Adventure Hour" (USA) (new title)
"Star Wars: Ewoks"
"The All New Ewoks" (USA) (new title)

Country:

Canada | USA

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:TV-G | Australia:G

Company:

Nelvana

Trivia:

The surname of Wicket W. Warrick is presumably a reference to _'Warwick Davis'_, who played the character in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).

Movie Connections:

Edited into Tales from the Endor Woods (1997) (V)

A Spin-Off From The George Lucas Star Wars Francise

Right after the success of the Star Wars trilogy- Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of The Jedi, amid the 80s cartoon phenomenon, two back to back cartoon spin-offs of Star Wars was released and shown on TV on the back of this franchise- the first being Droids starring the duo of android C3PO, and R2 D2 and this, Ewoks, after their initial appearance in Return of The Jedi.

Whereas in the film, the Ewoks are portrayed as being cute and cuddly, they also couldn't speak in actual English dialogue and so for us audiences it was impossible to translate and make out what they were saying, apart from the characters in Return of the Jedi. Here in the cartoon series, they can talk properly and whilst some may argue that this is just too cutesy to be taken seriously as a cartoon, Ewoks was an interesting-yet likable and inventive show.

The furry creatures all have a range of different personality and character traits, not to mention that appearance-wise, each one was different from the other Ewok.

What this show has successfully done is manage to turn the Ewoks- of whom were non-communicative via dialogue terms- into a bunch of talkative and expressive, peace-loving species with human feelings and emotions. The stories were diverse and cute, not to mention entertaining as well. The show also had two theme songs- the first was just horrid, whilst the second was simple-yet a massive improvement over the first.

In all, Ewoks is a great little cartoon series that the whole family can enjoy. It might not be to every Star Wars fan's tastes- depending on how much you love or loathe them especially in Return of the Jedi, but for those who wish to see a completely different, and may I add superior side and treatment to the Ewoks, then you might want to give this a try.

Personally, I liked it and preferred this more to Droids, even though that was a good effort as well