Though the Ewoks themselves didn't offend me, I have always had a problem with part of their plot. If somebody was going to be seen as a god among Ewoks, it would have been Chewbacca. Lucas described the Ewoks as short, furry, primative cousins to Chewbacca. Meanwhile, C-3PO was seen as a god, and strangely, R2 wasn't. I guess all that glitters is gold.

And while I'm thinking about it, why were they ready to eat R2 and not Leia? They may be primitive, but if they were ready to eat Chewie (Chewy?

) and the two male humans, why not the female too? You think they'd be able to tell quickly that R2 wasn't edible but that Leia was.