History Film / StarWarsEwokAdventures

In the mid-1980s, two ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-TV Movies]] were produced: ''The Ewok Adventure'' (1984), later retitled ''Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure'', and ''Ewoks: The Battle for Endor'' (1985). They star a young child, Cindel, whose family has crash-landed on Endor, and Wicket, the Ewok who befriended Leia in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. The success of these movies led to an animated series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'', which ran for two seasons. The main character, Cindel, got a cameo much later in the ''Legends'' novel trilogy ''Literature/BlackFleetCrisis'' as a reporter (in which she interviews a Scout Trooper who survived the Battle of Endor and claims the Ewoks committed numerous atrocities), and Teek was featured in the safety video for ''Ride/StarTours'' prior to the 2011 refurbishment.

* DisneyDeath: The Gorax falls down [[NotQuiteDead twice]] into a bottomless pit.
* GiantSpider: The Rearing spider. Unlike Earth spiders, this one has six legs.

* MamaBear: Cindel's mother picks up Mace's blaster rifle and shoots the Gorax in the back, causing it to fall to its death, as it threatens Cindel on the other side of a giant chasm.
* TheMillstone: Mace. Pretty much all he does the entire film is be moody and doing stupid things that endanger himself and force the Ewoks to rescue him again.

* TheClan: The Ewok tribe appears to be a variation of this trope.

* DisneyDeath: Two Marauders that chase after Cindel and Wicket who freed themselves, end ups falling off a cliff.
* TheDragon: Charal
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Charal

* HappyEndingOverride: Worst. Offender. ''Ever.'' [[spoiler: In the first few minutes, Cindel's entire family is ''murdered'' by the BigBad's minions.]]

* JumpScare: Teek looks from behind the bushes to see the approaching Marauders. One of them jumps in front of Teek, but luckily he ran quickly to warn the others.

* TheRuntAtTheEnd: The midget Marauder.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Barely 10 minutes into the film, [[spoiler: Mace is killed, and so are both parents.]] Cindel is the only human protagonist from the first film to survive the second one. Considering how the goal of the first movie was to save the parents, it's a good example of a sequel making the previous work seem like a ShootTheShaggyDog. According to Lucas, his daughter got into ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'', so the sequel contrived to give Cindel the same kind of relationship with Noa.

* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:Terak]]

* YouNoTakeCandle: Wicket has learned some basic English from Cindel.

In the mid-1980s, two [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-TV Movies]] based on the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise were created: ''The Ewok Adventure'' (1984), later retitled ''Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure'', and ''Ewoks: The Battle for Endor'' (1985). They star a young child, Cindel, whose family has crash-landed on Endor, and Wicket, the Ewok who befriended Leia in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. The success of these movies led to an animated series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'', which ran for two seasons. The main character, Cindel, got a cameo much later in an Expanded Universe novel as a reporter (in which she interviews a Scout Trooper who survived the Battle of Endor and claims the Ewoks committed numerous atrocities), and Teek was featured in the safety video for Ride/StarTours prior to the 2011 refurbishment.

* GiantSpider: The Rearing spider. Unlike regular spiders, this one has six legs.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Barely 10 minutes into the film, [[spoiler: Mace is killed, and so are both parents.]] Cindel is the only human protagonist from the first film to survive the second one. Considering how the goal of the first movie was to save the parents, it's a good example of a sequel making the previous work seem like a ShootTheShaggyDog. According to Lucas, his daughter got into ''Literature/{{Heidi}}, so the sequel contrived to give Cindel the same kind of relationship with Noa.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Barely 10 minutes into the film, [[spoiler: Mace is killed, and so are both parents.]] Cindel is the only human protagonist from the first film to survive the second one. Considering how the goal of the first movie was to save the parents, it's a good example of a sequel making the previous work seem like a ShootTheShaggyDog.

* HappyEndingOverride: Worst. Offender. ''Ever.''

In the mid-1980s, two [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-TV Movies]] based on the Franchise/StarWars franchise were created: ''The Ewok Adventure'' (1984), later retitled ''Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure'', and ''Ewoks: The Battle for Endor'' (1985). They star a young child, Cindel, whose family has crash-landed on Endor, and Wicket, the Ewok who befriended Leia in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. The success of these movies led to an animated series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'', which ran for two seasons. The main character, Cindel, got a cameo much later in an Expanded Universe novel as a reporter (in which she interviews a Scout Trooper who survived the Battle of Endor and claims the Ewoks committed numerous atrocities), and Teek was featured in the safety video for Ride/StarTours prior to the 2011 refurbishment.

In 2004, the movies were released on a double-feature DVD under the title ''Star Wars Ewok Adventures''.

In the mid-1980s, two [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-TV Movies]] based on the StarWars franchise were created: ''The Ewok Adventure'' (1984), later retitled ''Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure'', and ''Ewoks: The Battle for Endor'' (1985). They star a young child, Cindel, whose family has crash-landed on Endor, and Wicket, the Ewok who befriended Leia in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. The success of these movies led to an animated series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'', which ran for two seasons. The main character, Cindel, got a cameo much later in an Expanded Universe novel as a reporter (in which she interviews a Scout Trooper who survived the Battle of Endor and claims the Ewoks committed numerous atrocities), and Teek was featured in the safety video for Ride/StarTours prior to the 2011 refurbishment.

In the mid-1980s, two [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-TV Movies]] based on the StarWars franchise were created: ''The Ewok Adventure'' (1984), later retitled ''Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure'', and ''Ewoks: The Battle for Endor'' (1985). They star a young child, Cindel, whose family has crash-landed on Endor, and Wicket, the Ewok who befriended Leia in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. The success of these movies led to an animated series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'', which ran for two seasons. The main character, Cindel, got a cameo much later in an Expanded Universe novel as a reporter, and Teek was featured in the safety video for Ride/StarTours when Rex was still the pilot.

* MyNewGiftIsLame: Mace is visibly unimpressed with the very plain rock he gets, while everyone else gets cool toys. After an unsuccessful attempt to trade it for something else, he throws it away. Unfortunately they kinda ''need'' it much later on... [[spoiler: Fortunately one of the Ewoks had more sense and took the rock with him when the kid ditched it. A little FridgeBrilliance sets in when you think Logray may have been setting Mace up for a lesson with it though, since he actually did give Mace the least cool-seeming, ''but most important'', of the quest items. They would've made the whole trip for nothing without it.]]

* MyNewGiftIsLame: Mace is visibly unimpressed with the very plain rock he gets, while everyone else gets cool toys. After an unsuccessful attempt to trade it for something else, he throws it away. Unfortunately they kinda ''need'' it much later on... [[spoiler: Fortunately one of the Ewoks had more sense and took the rock with him when the kid ditched it. A little FridgeBrilliance sets in when you think Logray may have been setting Mace up for a lesson with it, since he actually did give Mace the least cool-seeming, ''but most important'' of the quest items. They would've been stuck outside the Gorax's lair without it.]]

* MyNewGiftIsLame: Mace is visibly unimpressed with the very plain rock he gets, while everyone else gets cool toys. After an unsuccessful attempt to trade it for something else, he throws it away. Unfortunately they kinda ''need'' it much later on... [[spoiler: Fortunately one of the Ewoks had more sense and took the rock with him when the kid ditched it.]]

* WhatMeasureIsNonCute: While crossing the webbed bridge, a baby rearing spider dangles above Mace who cut its web and it screamed down to the bottomless chasm.

* JumpScare: Terak looks from behind the bushes to see the approaching Marauders. One of them jumps in front of Terak, but luckily he ran quickly to warn the others.

In the mid-1980s, two [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-TV Movies]] based on the StarWars franchise were created: ''The Ewok Adventure'' (1984), later retitled ''Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure'', and ''Ewoks: The Battle for Endor'' (1985). They star a young child, Cindel, whose family has crash-landed on Endor, and Wicket, the Ewok who befriended Leia in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. The success of these movies led to an animated series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'', which ran for two seasons. The main character, Cindel, got a cameo much later in an Expanded Universe novel as a reporter.

In the mid-1980s, two [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-TV Movies]] based on the StarWars franchise were created: ''The Ewok Adventure'' (1984), later retitled ''Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure'', and ''Ewoks: The Battle for Endor'' (1985). They star a young child, Cindel, whose family has crash-landed on Endor, and Wicket, the Ewok who befriended Leia in ''ReturnOfTheJedi''. The success of these movies led to an animated series, ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'', which ran for two seasons. The main character, Cindel, got a cameo much later in an Expanded Universe novel as a reporter.

* HappyEndingOverride: Worst. Offender. ''EVER.''

* PapaWolf: Deej goes completely to town on the Marauders after they surround Wicket. He fires his stolen blaster pistol at them until it either malfunctions or runs out of ammo, and then [[HumanCatapult commandeers a catapult and launches himself onto the remaining one.]]

* ShapeshifterModeLock: The ultimate fate of Charal since the ring she use (according to the EU, they were called Talismans of Transformation, which were dark side artifacts used by the Nightsisters of Dathomir. They allowed their wearer to take the shape of another creature. Her's was the raven.) When her ring was destroyed she was [[AndIMustScream stuck in the form of a raven]].

* WomanInBlack: Charal