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Leverence, John. "Outstanding Special Visual Effects — 1986". 38th Primetime Emmy Awards, September 21, 1986. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved January 16, 2016. In concluding his original Star Wars trilogy, George Lucas had foreseen the decisive battle in the Galactic Civil War taking place between the Wookiees and the Empire; however, he considered Chewbacca too skilled with technology, and wanted a more primitive species than the Wookiees to defeat the Empire. A few different creatures, such as the stilt-legged Yuzzums, were proposed before the diminutive bear-like design of the Ewoks was settled on. [1] Although neither the word Ewok nor any of the Ewok names are actually mentioned in Return of the Jedi, a handful of Ewoks were named by the production, mentioned in the novelization, and first appeared in the Kenner action figure line based on the movie. Breznican, Anthony; Robinson, Joanna (December 20, 2019). "25 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Cameos You Might Have Missed". Vanity Fair . Retrieved October 4, 2020. Zurowski, Monica (January 19, 1990). "Lucas Testifies in Calgary Court That 'Jedi' Ewoks Were His Idea". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 3, 2020.

Not knowing that the Emperor knew of their presence on the Forest Moon, the strike force assaulted the shield generator bunker, but were soon overcome by a large force of Imperial Stormtroopers. It was then that the Ewoks entered the fray, freeing the strike force to destroy the generator and helping defeat the technologically-advanced Stormtroopers. For despite their small size and primitive weapons, the Ewoks were strong and knew the forest inside and out so as to lay traps for the Stormtroopers and their AT-ST walkers. Jeffrey Miller. Where There's Life, There's Lawsuits: Not Altogether Serious Ruminations on Law and Life. ECW Press, 2003. English. ISBN 1550225014. "I took the end of Wookiee, the 'ie' of Wookiee, and put it at the head, like Pig Latin, and then started, when I said it phonetically, it sounded like Ewok which is very similar to Miwok which is the Indians that sort of inhabited the area where I live and where my studio is. Matter of fact, there was a Miwok village just outside my office. So I thought that was a nice, nice sort of reverberation of the idea and eventually took the 'i' and one of the 'os' out and it was Ewok." ( web archive) Forces of Nature: The Wild Spaces and Wilder Creatures of the Star Wars Galaxy" — Star Wars Insider 216 The Ewoks (singular: Ewok) are a fictional species of small, furry, mammaloid, bipeds in the Star Wars universe. They inhabit the forest moon of Endor and live in arboreal huts and other simple dwellings, being seen as primitive in comparison with other sentient species. Ewoks debuted in the 1983 feature film Return of the Jedi and have since appeared in two made-for-television films, The Ewok Adventure (1984) and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985), as well as a 2D animated series, several books and games, and briefly in the 2019 feature film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. At the end, the Rebels and Ewoks celebrated their victory as the Force-ghosts of Obi-Wan, Yoda and Anakin looked on.By the time of the Galactic Civil War, the Ewoks had reached a level of civilization where they engaged in religious, artistic, medical, and even political activities, and spoke in their own native tongue of Ewokese. Nevertheless, they still focused most of their energies on the daily provision of food. [9] They had acquired knowledge of pottery, hunting, the construction of complex wooden structures and the creation of fire. While most of their lives would be spent in the treetops, several members of the tribe would be required to venture out on the forest floor to forage for berries, gather herbs, and hunt. During warm summer months, some Ewoks stayed in fishing villages or hunting and farming lodges on the forest floor. Utilizing ponies and bordoks to haul loads of supplies between settlements, they nonetheless kept their guard up for ferocious predators and other sentient creatures such as the Yuzzums. [5]

Ewoks speak their native language of Ewokese, a fictional language created for the film. This language is understood by C-3PO, but not the humans in the film.

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The Ewoks enjoyed singing and playing music during celebrations, festivals, and rituals. During the Ewok and Rebel celebration after the destruction of the Death Star II, one Ewok in Bright Tree Village used a series of Imperial stormtrooper and naval trooper helmets as drums, producing a variety of tones. [1] At the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards, Ewoks: The Battle for Endor and the CBS documentary Dinosaur! were both juried-awarded Emmys for Outstanding Special Visual Effects. [28] The film additionally received two nominations for Outstanding Children's Program and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Special. [29] [30] Notable Ewoks [ edit ] Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure was one of four films to be juried-awarded Emmys for Outstanding Special Visual Effects at the 37th Primetime Emmy Awards. [26] The film was additionally nominated for Outstanding Children's Program, but lost in this category to an episode of American Playhouse. [27] 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. 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.