Bingowings said:This change would make the Ewok's less cuddly and set them up as the sort of creatures that could take on the Empire (and also remove a cheap gag at the expense of Chewie's stomach...or give it a more icky undertone).
Okay, THATS what I'm talkin about! The dialogue could be edited slightly and maybe some catini-izing could be done to Han (with the eyebrows - give him a worried/sick look; nothing TOO much, but enough to show they recognize a human (albeit an Imperial human) head.
And you HAVE to keep the flesh hanging out of it for it to really work.
To add to Bingo's comments, remember we've had in STAR WARS so far:
(1) sliced off arm
(2) multiple Jawa bodies (which are then thrown into a fire)
(3) charred skeletons of Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen (with crispy flesh still on them)
(4) torture of Princess Leia (who knows what Vader was doing in there with her)
(5) major droid trauma (R2 getting blasted by a TIE fighter)
(6) and of course, a few billion people getting blown up (from planet and then a few million on the Death Star)
(7) Luke's bloody face after being wacked by Wampa
(8) Luke almost getting eaten by said Wampa
(9) sliced Wampa arm
(10) gratuitous Han and Chewie torture
(11) Luke loses his right hand
(12) Vader's gross exposed head
So at least the originals were known to throw in some grossness just to remind you these aren't completely meant for kids.
On a similar note, anyone thought of maybe adding a slight glow to the Ewok eyes too (not to the extent of say the Jawas, but more like the replicants in BLADE RUNNER)? I would love to see a shot like the one where they all jump up over the tree log above the storm troopers, but darken them almost to sillouettes, give them that back-eye lighting and change their "YUU-WAA!" high pitched yell to something more gutterall or frightening.
Maybe something "like" this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqnr4hjE0e0