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The 2 Ewok Films - 'Caravan Of Courage' (aka 'The Ewok Adventure'), & 'Battle For Endor' — Page 5

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Definitely wouldn’t mind checking these out. Despite the fact that I never actually watched them, these films occupy a strange and unique place in my Star Wars nostalgia. Back in the early 90s, when Star Wars was little more than a vague yet looming cultural landmark on the periphery of my awareness, I remember always seeing the Ewok films on the shelves of video rental stores along with the main films. For a long time I assumed that they, and the Ewok species in general, were a much more important part of the Star Wars saga than they actually were.

Of course, once the TPM hype train came along, I finally dove headfirst into Star Wars and learned that the Ewoks were just some unnamed alien side characters added to the third movie to sell toys and that the Ewok movies were just some weird spinoffs. But I’ve always been a bit curious about what the heck those movies were all about.

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Just had a quick look at the two Ewok films on Disney+. They look like they could be new HD masters but they do suffer with bad compression where the grain is concerned, so not 100% sure they’re not just upscales from the DVD master, although they do look a lot more detailed to me. The Holiday Special animation , although it claims on the app that its HD, is just what we had on the Blu-Ray.

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I noticed your discussion about the real 35mm film.
There is a collector in the Netherlands who has a real original 35mm theater copy of the Caravan of Courage film. This is not a white elephant, I held the reels in my hands.
He informed me that he is selling a part of his collection because of his age, this film is also up for sale.
Not posted on Ebay or any other auction (yet).
I suppose it should end up in the community.

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Do you know if it has Dutch subtitles?

And in the time of greatest despair, there shall come a savior, and he shall be known as the Son of the Suns.

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I suppose so as this copy was shown in Dutch theaters. It has original container labels.

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Any other details you could share about the print? Or where/when it will be up for sale? Also curious what else this collector might be selling.

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I’m just now learning Charal from “The Battle for Endor” was a Nightsister from Dathomir.

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A couple of intriguing fan-made ‘Making Of’ videos for both Ewok films - Caravan Of Courage and Battle For Endor

(originally posted up by screams in the void - in the General Star Wars Documentaries thread)

 

Star Wars: Making the Ewok Adventures Part 1 - Caravan of Courage’:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oh6qgmVfo8 - an 11 minute video at the Stian A. Olsen youtube channel

 
 

Star Wars: Making the Ewok Adventures Part 2 - Battle for Endor’:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oh6qgmVfo8 - a 12 minute video at the Stian A. Olsen youtube channel

 

 

Eric Walker’s (the actor who played Mace in both of the Ewok films) video, released in 2014, to then help promote demand for a quality blu ray release for the films - along with extras like The Making Of, Deleted Scenes and Commentaries etc:-

Making of Star Wars Caravan of Courage An Ewok Adventure’:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMLlKmrhfLM - a 13 minute video at the Eric Walker youtube channel
 

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Used to watch these two quite often back in the day on VHS. Then had the flipper DVD, DVD10 I believe, with each movie on one side. Recently was able to come across the D+ versions and it’s nice 1080p even though the compression was “weird”. Would have been better if it were 4K, but what can you do with “LEGENDS” material in live-action? Honestly wish these two movies were on 4K+BD and all needs to be done is have a LEGENDS banner.

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Apologies if this has previously been discussed but wondered if there was any truth in the following from Eric Walker and if so is the footage available…

http://www.lucasfan.com/ewdr/ericwalker.html

‘There were a few scenes that were cut from The Ewok Adventure. The international version of the film is said to be ten minutes longer than the American version. One scene that was cut out was the Man-eating Flower Scene. Because it was cut out, the biggest mistake in the movie was made. Remember my hand being eaten by the tree monster was my right one and then it was my left hand that was hurt later in the ewok hut. During the Flower scene the flower bites my left hand and begins pulling me underground and we see the core of the moon of Endor. It was decided that the effects would take to long. The scene was then re-written by George to be the tree scene and done during the re-shoot he directed. George also directed the scene where I throw the rock away. His daughter Amanda was on set and every time I threw the rock down and called it a stupid rock, she would ask me why it was stupid while we were filming.
The ending of the movie was completely cut and switched around. The ending scene where we are all eating around the table came first. Then Mace noticed Izrina outside. Mace then went outside and said good-bye to her thanking her for all her help. As she flew away, Mace turns around and it begins to snow. Wicket and Cindel then come outside and we all dance around in the snow.’

Would love to see the diner scene mentioned in the interview, though that sounds quite the rarity!

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I posted this in the wrong thread last week. Duh! I hope it will be a good watch, some fond memories of watching these 2 films as a kid.
 

The Yub-Nub! The Forgotten Ewok Adventures documentary is now fully funded at Kickstarter!:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yub-nub/yub-nub-the-forgotten-ewok-adventures-0/posts/3984431
 

Interview: Eric Walker – From Ewok Adventures to Kickstarter at JediNews
 

 
It is kind of cool these lesser known releases are getting behind the scenes documentaries.

The ‘A Disturbance in the Force‘ – The Star Wars Holiday Special Documentary looks fun too. Maybe better than the Holiday Special itself?

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That actually looks interesting and fun trip down memory lane. You’re right, these recent documentaries for the older lesser known stuff is good to see.

It may even be better than the original content itself if this’ll be anything like A Disturbance In The Force!

“Don’t tell anyone… but when ‘Star Wars’ first came out, I didn’t know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories - let’s call them homages - and you’ve got a series.” - George Lucas

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Sideburns of BoShek said:

That actually looks interesting and fun trip down memory lane. You’re right, these recent documentaries for the older lesser known stuff is good to see.

It may even be better than the original content itself if this’ll be anything like A Disturbance In The Force!

Definitely looking forward to seeing what they come up with!

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These silly Ewok movies capture an aesthetic aspect of classic Star Wars which has all but disappeared since the Original Trilogy - which is the classic visuals/animatronics of a Jim Henson inspired production. This really doesn’t exist anymore since CGI replaced puppets. Not that Jim Henson style puppetry and animatronics always looked good - they sometimes looked really fake or stupid. But when it was done right, it often resulted in some really amazing, memorable visuals, now infused with nostalgia.