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* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: Complicated by the fact that the first film has two titles, ''The Ewok Adventure'' and ''Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure''. However, ''Ewoks: The Battle for Endor'' does not logically follow either of those titles.
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* ActionizedSequel: This one contains quite a bit more action than the first one, as evidenced by the fact that it has the word "battle" in the title.
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* MarketBasedTitle: Originally, the film aired in the U.S. under the title ''The Ewok Adventure'', and the title ''Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure'' was only used for overseas theatrical releases. For the 2004 DVD release, Lucasfilm decided that the ''Caravan of Courage'' title would henceforth be used in the U.S. as well.
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* {{Narrator}}: A first for a ''Star Wars'' project, replacing the title crawl. The voice is by Burl Ives of ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' fame.

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* {{Narrator}}: A first for a ''Star Wars'' project, replacing the title crawl. The voice is by Burl Ives Creator/BurlIves of ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' fame.
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* ParentsInDistress

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* ParentsInDistressParentsInDistress: The entire film is about Mace and Cindel rescuing their parents from the Gorax.
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* HeartwarmingOrphan: [[spoiler:Cindel becomes one after her family is killed.]]
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* BreakoutCharacter: Cindel's role is expanded from the first movie, as [[spoiler:the death of her entire family]] turns her into the ''de facto'' main character. Well, unless you count Wicket, whose role is also expanded in the second movie.
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* AlienSky: Both films feature several shots of the Endor gas giant in the sky.


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* SoapOperaDisease: At the beginning of the film, poor Cindel comes down with this tragic ailment. Fortunately, it's cured by the random medicine that the Ewoks have on hand.
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* SingleBiomePlanet: Averted, despite having been played straight when Endor first appeared in ​''Return of the Jedi''. There it was called a ​"forest moon" and seemed to have no other type of environment, but this film and its sequel show the moon to have more varied environments.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Supplementary materials give "Towani" as the family's surname, but only their first names are ever mentioned onscreen.
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* DoNotGoGentle: [[spoiler:Cindel's brother and father]] are both last seen defiantly shooting at forces who have them outgunned and outnumbered, before [[spoiler:their life-monitoring signals on Cindel's bracelet go out.]]


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* EvilTowerOfOminousness: The brutal Sanyassans live inside a large castle which is introduced in a creepy fashion.


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* MutualKill: Teek tricks two Sanyassans into shooting each other by framing one of them for cheating at cards.


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* TookALevelInBadass: Mace's ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy aim has improved, as he makes a few kills during the opening battle with the Sanyassans. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this motivates them to focus on targeting him.]]


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* VineSwing: Ewoks swing from vines while striking at Marauders in both the opening and final battles.
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* GiantSpider: The Rearing spiders that lurk in the caves under the Gorax's fortress. Unlike Earth spiders, these ones has six legs.

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* GiantSpider: The Rearing spiders that lurk in the caves under the Gorax's fortress. Unlike Earth spiders, these ones has six legs.have ''six'' legs like insects.

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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: Mace,]] who can't be much older than thirteen, is killed in the opening.



* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Mace,]] who can't be much older than thirteen, is killed in the opening.
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* 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. Only in the final battle does he learn humility and, subsequently, pull his weight.

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* 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. Kind of justified in that he's a scared kid who is way out of his depth, and probably feels he has to be brave for Cindel. Only in the final battle does he learn humility and, subsequently, pull his weight.
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* HorseOfADifferentColor: While the Ewoks tend to ride regular old horses (alien horses?), the Marauders' wagons are pulled by blurrgs, peculiar creatures that look like a cross between a tadpole and a TyrannosaurusRex. Blurrgs would return in a smaller form in ''Series/TheMandalorian'', years later.

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* HorseOfADifferentColor: While the Ewoks tend to ride regular old horses (alien horses?), the Marauders' wagons are pulled by blurrgs, peculiar creatures that look like a cross between a tadpole and a TyrannosaurusRex.''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Blurrgs would return in a smaller form in ''Series/TheMandalorian'', years later.
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In 2004, the movies were released on a double-feature DVD under the title ''Star Wars: Ewok Adventures'', and are also set to launch on Creator/DisneyPlus in April 2021.

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* 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.]]

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* 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 Wicket had more sense and took the rock with him when the kid ditched it.]]

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* AchievementsInIgnorance: In an attempt to save Noa when Terak was about to kill him, Wicket swung a sling at the Marauder and struck the ring around his neck. [[spoiler:Not only did this result in Terak's death, but Charal was left trapped in the form of a raven forever]].
* AcidPool: Upon arriving at the Marauders' fortress and finding it surrounded by a moat, Wicket tried to swim across it. Noa stopped him and used a tree branch [[AteTheSpoon to show him that the moat was sulfuric]].



* BigBad: Terak

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* BigBad: TerakTerak.


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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:The deaths of Mace and the children's mother]].


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* GreatEscape: Upon infiltrating the Marauders' fortress, Noa and Wicket free Cindel and the captured Ewoks.
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* TreeTopTown: The Ewok village, naturally.

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* TreeTopTown: The Ewok village, naturally.though they're featured less due to the film's reduced budget.
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* ShapeshifterModeLock: The ultimate fate of Charal. According to the EU, the ring she used was a Talisman of Transformation, a dark side artifact used by the Nightsisters of Dathomir. They allowed their wearer to take the shape of another creature. Hers was the raven. When her ring was destroyed she was [[AndIMustScream stuck in the form of a raven]].

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* ShapeshifterModeLock: The ultimate fate of Charal. According to the EU, EU reference guide ''Book of Sith'', the ring she used was a Talisman of Transformation, a dark side artifact used by the Nightsisters of Dathomir. They allowed their wearer to take the shape of another creature. Hers was the raven. When her ring was destroyed she was [[AndIMustScream stuck in the form of a raven]].
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In 2004, the movies were released on a double-feature DVD under the title ''Star Wars: Ewok Adventures''. The films are set to launch on Creator/DisneyPlus in April 2021.

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

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In 2004, the movies were released on a double-feature DVD under the title ''Star Wars: Ewok Adventures''.
Adventures''. The films are set to launch on Creator/DisneyPlus in April 2021.

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* {{Prequel}}: This movie and the sequel is established by later sources to take place before ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Interestingly, the actor who played Mace, Eric Walker, said in an [[https://starwarsinterviews.com/star-wars-anthology/caravan-of-courage-the-ewok-adventure/eric-walker-mace-towani/ interview]] that this was not the original intention: Producer Tom Smith claimed during filming that it was supposed to take place 150 years after ''Return of the Jedi'', which was overwritten once Cindel appeared in post-Endor expanded universe material.

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* {{Prequel}}: This movie and the sequel is established by later sources to take place before ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Interestingly, the actor who played Mace, Eric Walker, said in an [[https://starwarsinterviews.com/star-wars-anthology/caravan-of-courage-the-ewok-adventure/eric-walker-mace-towani/ interview]] that this was not the original intention: Producer Tom Smith claimed during filming that it was supposed to take place 150 years after ''Return of the Jedi'', which was overwritten once Cindel appeared in post-Endor expanded universe material.material - though this creates a bit of a ContinuitySnarl (see YouNoTakeCandle under ''The Battle For Endor'', below.)



* GoodColorsEvilColors: Charal has black hair, wears a black dress, and has a black horse. [[spoiler:To throw Cindel off guard, she takes the form of a beautiful young witch with blonde hair, wears a white dress, and has a white horse.]]
* HappyEndingOverride: [[spoiler: In the first few minutes, Cindel's entire family is ''murdered'' by the BigBad's minions.]]

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* GoodColorsEvilColors: Charal has black hair, wears a black dress, and has a black horse. [[spoiler:To throw Cindel off guard, she takes the form of a beautiful young witch woman with blonde hair, wears a white dress, and has a white horse.]]
* HappyEndingOverride: [[spoiler: In the first few minutes, Cindel's entire family is ''murdered'' by the new BigBad's minions.]]


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* ScavengedPunk: The Marauders' technology is clearly scavenged from other sources. They have crude ray-guns that look held together with spit and glue, and
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Cindel.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: There is a scene where Noa, Wicket and Teek are attempting to free Cindel and the Ewoks from Terak's dungeon, while the prisoners were being guarded by two Marauders playing cards. While the Marauders are talking to one another in their language, as Teek grabs the keys off one of the guards, the other very clearly yells out "FUCK!" in English after losing.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: There is a scene where Noa, Wicket GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and Teek persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are attempting to free Cindel and reading this in the Ewoks from Terak's dungeon, while future, please check the prisoners were being guarded by two Marauders playing cards. While trope page to make sure your example fits the Marauders are talking to one another in their language, as Teek grabs the keys off one of the guards, the other very clearly yells out "FUCK!" in English after losing.current definition.
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* InsufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The Sanyassans can’t tell the difference between an amulet of ultimate power and what is essentially a car battery.

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* InsufficientlyAdvancedAliens: InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Sanyassans can’t tell the difference between an amulet of ultimate power and what is essentially a car battery.
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* InsufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The Sanyassans can’t tell the difference between an amulet of ultimate power and what is essentially a car battery.
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* HorseOfADifferentColor: While the Ewoks tend to ride regular old horses (alien horses?), the Marauders' wagons are pulled by blurghs, peculiar creatures that look like a cross between a tadpole and a TyrannosaurusRex. Blurghs would return in a smaller form in ''Series/TheMandalorian'', years later.

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* HorseOfADifferentColor: While the Ewoks tend to ride regular old horses (alien horses?), the Marauders' wagons are pulled by blurghs, blurrgs, peculiar creatures that look like a cross between a tadpole and a TyrannosaurusRex. Blurghs Blurrgs would return in a smaller form in ''Series/TheMandalorian'', years later.
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* {{Prequel}}: This movie and the sequel (and the animated series) takes place before ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.

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* {{Prequel}}: This movie and the sequel (and the animated series) takes is established by later sources to take place before ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Interestingly, the actor who played Mace, Eric Walker, said in an [[https://starwarsinterviews.com/star-wars-anthology/caravan-of-courage-the-ewok-adventure/eric-walker-mace-towani/ interview]] that this was not the original intention: Producer Tom Smith claimed during filming that it was supposed to take place 150 years after ''Return of the Jedi'', which was overwritten once Cindel appeared in post-Endor expanded universe material.
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* {{Narrator}}: Burl Ives.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: The Gorax is essentially a scifi version of a classic fairy tale giant.

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* {{Narrator}}: A first for a ''Star Wars'' project, replacing the title crawl. The voice is by Burl Ives.
Ives of ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' fame.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: The Gorax is essentially a scifi sci-fi version of a classic fairy tale giant.

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