While I'm for cutting Ewok stuff, I don't believe it can be a successful complete excision. Therefore I think minimizing certain things and rearranging the plot can be a more realistic solution, plus inserting a couple of well-placed home-filmed commando clips.
Now speaking of all this filming action, no one has volunteered any ideas on how to obtain costumes. When we finally decide on what we're filming, where will we get the costumes?