[fieldmarshaldj]

The whole Ewok thing was ridiculous, and I was a bit annoyed and puzzled by it as a 9-year old in the theater. Lucas was getting weird and punch-drunk by the end of the trilogy, anyhow, and the Ewoks were a symptom of it. He needed a real director to reign in his excesses (like he had in ESB with Irvin Kershner).

BTW, I recall reading that the Ewoks were supposed to represent the Viet Cong defeating those “oppressive American capitalist-fascist pigs.” Who knew bloodthirsty Commie totalitarian devils were so cute and loveable ?

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

The whole Ewok thing was ridiculous, and I was a bit annoyed and puzzled by it as a 9-year old in the theater. Lucas was getting weird and punch-drunk by the end of the trilogy, anyhow, and the Ewoks were a symptom of it. He needed a real director to reign in his excesses (like he had in ESB with Irvin Kershner).

BTW, I recall reading that the Ewoks were supposed to represent the Viet Cong defeating those “oppressive American capitalist-fascist pigs.” Who knew bloodthirsty Commie totalitarian devils were so cute and loveable ?

Yep, Lucas intended to parallel Vietnam by having the primitive (read Vietcong) Ewoks defeat a more "technologically advanced" enemy in the Empire...a metaphor for us. Oh, he also initially based the Emperor on Nixon. Just shows you his politics are about as good as his ability to write romantic dialogue.