TV's Frink said:

shanerjedi said:

I have a question: why do the imperials care so much about endor? why would they care about the primitives ?

They care about Endor because it's where the shield generator is located. Who said they care about the Ewoks?

This is going on the "there's a small war going on between the imperials and the ewoks" angle. Bingo and others brought it up as a way to suggest the ewoks are not just a bunch of docile bears that are talked into fighting but have already been fighting the imperials for some time now.

What is the motivation?

Strangely, some of this post-war carnage reminds me of the boat trip upriver searching for Kurtz in Apocalypse Now.