Bingowings said:

I don't really get the obsession with a Wookiee army over a band of Ewoks.

The Ewoks could have worked fine if A) better quality costumes were made for the foreground characters (with heads that fitted and eyes that didn't look like glass beads) B) they were given more of a culture instead of being largely being the receiving end of jokes C) we saw evidence that they were already successfully taking on the Empire and this was being covered up (presumably to avoid getting a visit from Vader or some other similarly ruthless enforcer).

If we saw a village with totems made out of wrecked Imperial tech and Stormtrooper armour and maybe some half eaten stormies the cute little teddybears would suddenly look like the sort of creatures who could help the Rebels take on an entire legion of the Emperor's best.

While we are on the subject a legion is about 3-6 thousand troops (and that's on top of the troops that would be expected to be there guarding such an important base).

If Lucas can make us believe in a space battle with hundreds of different looking ships why does he find it so hard to make us believe in a ground battle with thousands of troops who all look exactly the same?

All you would need would be one amazing reveal sequence and then use the same troops in different areas of the forest (or inside the base itself) being picked off, over and over again.

Some of us just like Wookiees more than Ewoks. ;)

I like the idea of a coverup on the Endor situation. Kind of like how Rabban was covering up how badly things were going on Arrakis?

Ever since I noticed an Ewok waving a Stormtrooper blaster in one shot, I've wondered what got left on the cutting room floor. There are a few unused Endor battle shots in the second Ewok movie.

Where were all the Imperial Walkers during the final battle anyway? If there was only one on the whole moon, the crew who brought Luke to Vader must have gotten really lost!