[nquixote]

After reading Ursula K. LeGuin's The Word for World is Forest, I look on Return of the Jedi's cutesy little Ewoks a lot more sympathetically...TWfWiF is about a bunch of furry little spear-wielding forest people who look cute but actually have dignity, masculinity, traditions, politics, and a fierce protectiveness toward their homeland...basically, Lucas ripped the book off completely, which is fine by me...but in any case, reading the book certainly makes me take the movie more seriously.

Ewoks kick ass.

[Garyfury]

That's funny; I thought he was supposed to have ripped off H. Beam Piper's books Little Fuzzy, Fuzzy Sapiens, and Fuzzies and Other People.

[Michigan]

sure I loved Ewoks... when I was 8. Now i'm pissed because I know they were originally supposed to be Wookies.

[Sparrow]

After reading Ursula K. LeGuin's The Word for World is Forest, I look on Return of the Jedi's cutesy little Ewoks a lot more sympathetically...TWfWiF is about a bunch of furry little spear-wielding forest people who look cute but actually have dignity, masculinity, traditions, politics, and a fierce protectiveness toward their homeland...basically, Lucas ripped the book off completely, which is fine by me...but in any case, reading the book certainly makes me take the movie more seriously.

Ewoks kick ass.


The Ewoks only kick ass because George Lucas is retarded.

In reality, a culture that hasn't progressed much beyond chimpanzees wouldn't really fend off the Empire.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11234-spearwielding-chimps-snack-on-skewered-bushbabies.html

[Michael B]

The Ewoks only kick ass because George Lucas is retarded.

In reality, a culture that hasn't progressed much beyond chimpanzees wouldn't really fend off the Empire.
Considering that the Empire successfully built and operated a base on the Ewok's planet without any trouble until the Return of the Jedi, the credit for their attacks must go to the Rebel terrorists who trained them. Without the support of Solo, Organa and the other war criminals, the Ewoks would have continued their uncorrupted lifestyle.

[nquixote]

The Ewoks only kick ass because George Lucas is retarded.

In reality, a culture that hasn't progressed much beyond chimpanzees wouldn't really fend off the Empire.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11234-spearwielding-chimps-snack-on-skewered-bushbabies.html

Not over time, certainly, nor if the Empire had more than a handful of troops on the planet. But if the Empire assumed that the natives were only semi-intelligent, when in fact they were highly intelligent, organized, and aggressive, they very well might distract and disrupt one of the Empire's operations with a massive surprise attack.

I do agree that it would have been good to show large numbers of Ewoks being incinerated by massive Imperial barrages.

[Michael B]

if the Empire assumed that the natives were only semi-intelligent,
The Empire was anthropophilic. If an individual is not homo sapiens then it is automatically semi-intelligent.

[Sparrow]

Not over time, certainly, nor if the Empire had more than a handful of troops on the planet. But if the Empire assumed that the natives were only semi-intelligent, when in fact they were highly intelligent, organized, and aggressive, they very well might distract and disrupt one of the Empire's operations with a massive surprise attack.

I do agree that it would have been good to show large numbers of Ewoks being incinerated by massive Imperial barrages.


As it is a well trained platoon of US Marines with air support could have cleared the forrest of'em, much less an Empire that has subjugated an entire galaxy. One has to expect any culture that achieves FTL travel and can destroy whole worlds on a whim can also exterminate pint-sized furry creatures. But, it is only a movie. ;)