Ewoks 

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

Stars:

Jim Henshaw, James Cranna, Cree Summer

2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jim Henshaw	...	Wicket 13 episodes, 1985
James Cranna	...	Teebo 13 episodes, 1986
Cree Summer	...	Kneesaa 13 episodes, 1985
Sue Murphy	...	Latara 13 episodes, 1986
Jackie Burroughs	...	Morag / ... 13 episodes, 1985
Denny Delk	...	Wicket 13 episodes, 1986
George Buza	...	Chief Chirpa / ... 13 episodes, 1985
Jeanne Reynolds	...	Kneesaa / ... 13 episodes, 1986
Douglas Chamberlain	...	Logray 13 episodes, 1985
Esther Scott	...	Shodu 13 episodes, 1986
Paul Chato	...	Paploo 13 episodes, 1985
Rick Cimino	...	Chief Chirpa / ... 13 episodes, 1986
Alyson Court	...	Malani 13 episodes, 1985
Lucille Bliss		13 episodes, 1986
Don Francks	...	Dulok Shaman 13 episodes, 1985
Cody Ryan		13 episodes, 1986
Dan Hennessey	...	King Gorneesh / ... 13 episodes, 1985
Richard Devon		13 episodes, 1986
Pam Hyatt	...	Aunt Bozzie 13 episodes, 1985
Bob Sarlatte		13 episodes, 1986
Taborah Johnson	...	Latara 13 episodes, 1985
Madeline		13 episodes, 1986
Eric Peterson	...	Teebo / ... 13 episodes, 1985
Dan St. Paul		13 episodes, 1986
John Stocker	...	Willy / ... 13 episodes, 1985
Richard Nelson		13 episodes, 1986
Greg Swanson	...	Weechee 13 episodes, 1985
Jodie Smith		13 episodes, 1986
Peter Blais	...	Trome 3 13 episodes, 1985
Michael Pritchard		13 episodes, 1986
Melleny Melody	...	Urgah 13 episodes, 1985
Morgan Upton		13 episodes, 1986
Leanne Coppen	...	Nippet / ... 13 episodes, 1985
Rob Cowan	...	Punt 13 episodes, 1985
Richard Donat	...	Deej 13 episodes, 1985
Desmond Ellis	...	Rock Wizard 13 episodes, 1985
Michael Fantini	...	Wiley 13 episodes, 1985
Alan Fawcett	...	Trebla 13 episodes, 1985
Myra Fried	...	Hoona 13 episodes, 1985
Glori Gage		13 episodes, 1985
Tabitha St. Germain	...	Asha 13 episodes, 1985
Marvin Goldhar	...	Trome 2 13 episodes, 1985
Nonnie Griffin	...	Shodu 13 episodes, 1985
Ron James	...	Mring Mring the Gupin 13 episodes, 1985
Hadley Kay	...	Oobel / ... 13 episodes, 1985
Joe Matheson	...	Zut 13 episodes, 1985
Don McManus	...	Bondo / ... 13 episodes, 1985
Antony Parr		13 episodes, 1985
Diane Polley	...	Dobah 13 episodes, 1985
Pauline Rennie	...	Kaink 13 episodes, 1985

Storyline

This series recounts the adventures of Ewoks years before the Battle of Endor. Here Wicket W. Warrick is a young Ewok struggling to achieve maturity in his community. This leads to a series of adventures with his friends, Princess Kneessa heir to the chieftain, Latara the aspiring musician and Teebo the animal empath. Together, they help the adults protect the village from their enemies like Morag the Tulga Witch and their rival species, the Duloks.

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Plot Keywords:

star wars | 1980s | endor | ewok | battle | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-G

Did You Know?

Trivia

Nelvana Ltd is based in Toronto, Canada. Lucasfilm wanted a more hands on approach on the production for the second series and most of the studio facilities work was done in San Francisco instead of Toronto. This included replacing the entire voice cast with other actors between seasons.

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Connections

Edited into Tales from the Endor Woods (2004)

User Reviews

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

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Release Date:

7 September 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ewoks

Box Office

Budget:

$7,800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nelvana, Lucasfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (35 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3