Ewoks are a pretty good representation of the “little guy,” in a number of ways. I don’t mind the idea behind them, but I do wish the film did a better job proving they could actually take on “an entire legion of [the Emperor’s] best troops,” or at least showed that they got some help from the better trained alliance troops.

Somehow, I still like these conversations. Though it seems like they’ve been hashed out ad nauseaum, every once in a while you’ll realize something new. Like, I’ve known for awhile that the recruitment of the Ewoks harkens back to the first draft of Star Wars with the Wookiee army. But what I didn’t think of until now is that, in that early draft, the Wookiees are trained to fight and defend themselves using the more advanced Rebel technology ala Seven Samurai. Where was that in ROTJ? Could have been another way to make their victory more believable.