I do not get the original post. ROTJ is still rated among top 100 films of all time on IMDb (which arguably the most relevant film rating site out there). You cannot take a few outliers and then generalise based on them.
Hoop28 said:
and given the ewoks a bit more of a threatening appearance, I.E. armor, sharp teeth, sharper weapons, I doubt you’d see people complaining about them much.
Humans do not have much of a threatening appearance either. Humans do not have sharp teeth and they look and act quite silly and harmless compared to for example a bear or a shark, yet humans are infinitely more dangerous than anything that actually looks threatening. Also, for the most of the modern history, humans did warfare without any armour and were basically dressed like clowns on battlefields (e.g., Napoleonic Wars, etc.). To quote Kyle Katarn: “so I guess looks don’t count for much”.