Ewoks (TV series) facts for kids
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| Directed by | Raymond Jafelice (season 1) Ken Stephenson Dale Schott (season 2) |
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| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (35 segments) |
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| Producer(s) | Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert Clive Smith |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 7, 1985 – December 13, 1986 |
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| Related shows | Star Wars: Droids |
Ewoks, also known as Star Wars: Ewoks, is an animated TV show. It features the cute, furry Ewok characters from the Star Wars movies. The Ewoks first appeared in Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983). They also starred in two movies made for TV: Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984) and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985).
This cartoon series was made by a Canadian company called Nelvana for Lucasfilm. It first aired on ABC in 1985. It was shown alongside another Star Wars cartoon, Droids. Later, it aired by itself as The All-New Ewoks.
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Discover the Ewoks' World
This show tells us about the adventures of Wicket W. Warrick and his friends. They live on the forest moon of Endor. These stories happen before the main Star Wars movies. In the show, the Ewoks speak English, not their native language. But you might still hear some Ewok words and songs!
The main bad guys are Morag, a mean witch. She has a big problem with the Ewok shaman, Master Logray. There are also the Duloks, who are a rival species. They are related to the Ewoks but are not friendly.
One important episode is "Battle for the Sunstar". In this episode, the Ewok heroes leave their moon. They go onto an Imperial Star Destroyer. This ship has come to their system. An Imperial scientist tries to hurt the Emperor. This episode connects the show to Return of the Jedi. In that movie, the Empire uses Endor as a base for the second Death Star.
Meet the Characters
Here are some of the main characters you will meet in the show:
The Ewok Tribe
The Warrick Family
- Wicket Wystri Warrick: He is the youngest brother. Wicket is brave and always ready for action. He dreams of becoming a great warrior. This often gets him into trouble! He has dark brown fur and wears an orange or green hood.
- Widdle "Willy" Warrick: He is the middle brother. Willy is a bit clumsy and loves to eat. But he is also very kind.
- Weechee Warrick: The oldest and strongest brother.
- Winda Warrick: The youngest child in the family.
- Deej Warrick: Wicket's father. He is a respected warrior in the tribe. He has dark grey fur and wears a purple hood.
- Shodu Warrick: Deej's wife and mother to the children.
- Erpham Warrick: Wicket's great-grandfather. He was a famous warrior. He appears as a ghost to help Wicket.
The Kintaka Family
- Princess Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka: She is the younger daughter of Chief Chirpa. Kneesaa is smart and often gives good advice. She seems to like Wicket. She has white and grey fur and wears a pink hood with a blue gem.
- Asha: Chief Chirpa's older daughter. She went missing but later rejoined the Ewoks.
- Chief Chirpa: The leader of the Ewok tribe. He is Kneesaa's father. He leads the warriors against the Duloks.
- Paploo: Kneesaa's cousin. He is friends with Wicket and Teebo. Paploo is older but sometimes acts less mature than the younger Ewoks.
- Bozzie: Chief Chirpa's sister. She can be very bossy towards the young Ewoks.
Teebo's Family
- Teebo: Wicket's best friend. He loves stories about magic. Teebo becomes Master Logray's helper. He is a bit of a dreamer but learns to be disciplined. He has ochre fur and wears a tan hood with a feather.
- Malani: Teebo's younger sister. She is friends with Wiley, Nippet, and Winda. Malani has a crush on Wicket.
Latara's Family
- Latara: Kneesaa's best friend. She dreams of being a great musician with her flute. Latara often looks after her younger siblings. She has a crush on Teebo.
- Nippet and Wiley: Latara's younger siblings.
- Zephee: Latara's mother.
- Lumat: Latara's father.
Other Important Ewoks
- Master Logray: The Ewoks' shaman. He is wise and knows a lot about Endor.
Other Characters
- King Gorneesh: The leader of the Duloks.
- Queen Urga: King Gorneesh's wife.
- Umwak: Gorneesh's helper and a Dulok shaman.
- Morag: The evil Tulgah witch. She uses dark magic.
- The Phlogs: A race of giants living on Endor.
- Baga: Wicket's gentle pet, a bordok.
- The Hanadak: A purple monster in the forest.
- The Jindas: Dog-like aliens who live on Endor. They were cursed to travel forever.
- The Raich: A tree demon that eats animals.
- The Gonster: A two-headed magician who helps Ewoks with spells. His heads always argue!
- The Leaf Queen: A plant spirit who protects all plants on Endor.
- Dr. Raygar: An Imperial scientist who wants to steal the Sunstar.
- Admiral Kazz: An Imperial officer who helps Raygar, but doesn't know his true plans.
- PD-28: An Imperial droid who becomes friends with the Ewoks.
- Ploob: A floating green monster who steals honey and jam.
How the Show Was Made
The Ewoks series is a prequel to the two Ewok movies. These movies were Caravan of Courage (1984) and The Battle for Endor (1985). The movies themselves were prequels to Return of the Jedi. The first season of the show was more detailed. The second season had a simpler style for both writing and animation.
Episode Guide
The show has two seasons with a total of 26 episodes. Some episodes are split into two shorter stories.
Season 1 (1985)
The theme song for the first season was sung by Taj and Inshirah Mahal.
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| 1 | 1 | "The Cries of the Trees" | September 7, 1985 | |
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Morag the witch makes the Queen of the Wisties set the forest on fire. The young Ewoks put out the flames using gliders.
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| 2 | 2 | "The Haunted Village" | September 14, 1985 | |
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Master Logray creates invisible soap to hide special trees from a monster. The Ewoks save the trees, even with the Duloks trying to stop them.
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| 3 | 3 | "Rampage of the Phlogs" | September 21, 1985 | |
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Morag makes a family of giants (Phlogs) attack the Ewok village. Wicket and his friends rescue the Phlog baby from the Duloks.
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| 4 | 4 | "To Save Deej" | September 28, 1985 | |
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Wicket's brothers must find special items for Master Logray. He needs them to make a cure for their father, Deej.
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| 5 | 5 | "The Traveling Jindas" | October 5, 1985 | |
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Latara joins the Traveling Jindas because no one likes her flute playing. Wicket and his friends save her from getting lost and from the Duloks.
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| 6 | 6 | "The Tree of Light" | October 12, 1985 | |
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Wicket, Princess Kneesaa, and Latara join a trip to restore the tree of life. The Duloks want to destroy it.
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| 7 | 7 | "The Curse of the Jindas" | October 19, 1985 | |
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Master Logray breaks a curse on the Jindas. This makes the Rock Wizard angry, but Princess Kneesaa has a way to help the wizard.
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| 8 | 8 | "The Land of the Gupins" | October 26, 1985 | |
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Wicket and his friends help the Gupins save their home from the Grass Trekkers.
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| 9 | 9 | "Sunstar vs. Shadowstone" | November 2, 1985 | |
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Morag captures Teebo and his friends to get the Sunstar. Morag uses the Sunstar's power, but Master Logray defeats her.
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| 10 | 10 | "Wicket's Wagon" | November 9, 1985 | |
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Wicket rebuilds an old battle wagon. The Duloks steal it, but Wicket and Malani get it back and break it.
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| 11 | 11 | "The Three Lessons" | November 16, 1985 | |
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Princess Kneesaa accidentally makes a plant grow too big. Wicket helps her find ingredients to shrink it.
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| 12 | 12 | "Blue Harvest" | November 23, 1985 | |
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The Duloks try to steal the Ewoks' harvest. Wicket turns a giant Phlog named Hoona against them.
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| 13 | 13 | "Asha" | November 30, 1985 | |
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Kneesaa and Wicket find Kneesaa's lost sister, Asha. They help her fight the Duloks and reunite her with Chief Chirpa.
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Season 2 (1986)
This season was called The All-New Ewoks. Most episodes were shorter, with two stories in each half-hour. A new theme song, "Friends Together, Friends Forever," was introduced.
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| 14 | 1 | "The Crystal Cloak" | September 13, 1986 | |||
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Wicket and his friends try to get back a stolen crystal cloak. They end up destroying it.
Kneesaa must care for a wish plant. Her friends use it too much, but Kneesaa fixes it before the Leaf Queen arrives. |
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| 15 | 2 | "Home Is Where the Shrieks Are" | September 20, 1986 | |||
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Wicket and Teebo try to live alone in a house with a monster. The monster convinces them to go home.
A queen kidnaps Latara, pretending she's a princess for her son to marry. Wicket and his friends rescue Latara. |
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| 16 | 3 | "The Raich" | September 27, 1986 | |||
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Wicket accidentally frees the Raich, a tree demon. With help from the Gonster, Wicket and his friends trap the Raich again.
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| 17 | 4 | "The Totem Master" | October 4, 1986 | |||
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Creatures disguised as a totem steal from the Ewok village. Wicket and his friends follow and defeat their master.
Wicket and his friends go into an old temple to find a jewel for Shodu's birthday. The jewel turns out to be a dragon egg. |
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| 18 | 5 | "Night of the Stranger" | October 11, 1986 | |||
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A ghost makes the Duloks raid the Ewok village to steal the Sunstar. Wicket and his friends stop the ghost from causing more trouble.
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| 19 | 6 | "Gone with the Mimphs" | October 18, 1986 | |||
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Wicket is captured by small creatures called Mimphs. He then has to save them from a monster.
A former apprentice tries to teach Teebo magic. Wicket and his friends help Teebo master enough magic to win. |
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| 20 | 7 | "Hard Sell" | October 25, 1986 | |||
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Wicket and his friends try to sell goods to get valuable horns, but they fail.
Teebo struggles with warrior training. He is asked to chase away a creature. Teebo uses magic to destroy the creature's dam. |
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| 21 | 8 | "The Season Scepter" | November 1, 1986 | |||
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A Snow King freezes Endor. Wicket and his friends free the season scepter to bring back the balance of seasons.
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| 22 | 9 | "Prow Beaten" | November 8, 1986 | |||
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Wicket and his friends accidentally lose Chief Chirpa's canoe carving to the Duloks. They destroy a Dulok battleship trying to get it back.
Kneesaa takes in a shapeshifting monster sent to kidnap her. Wicket and Baga come to save her. |
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| 23 | 10 | "Horville's Hut of Horrors" | November 15, 1986 | |||
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A visit to a scary hut makes the young Ewoks cry. Wicket tries to hide the truth but regrets it.
Latara is captured by a creature who makes greedy people his slaves. Wicket, Kneesaa, and Teebo must rescue her. |
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| 24 | 11 | "Just My Luck" | November 22, 1986 | |||
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Wicket has bad luck during his warrior's test.
Wicket's family has to babysit the wild Norky, which Wicket doesn't like. |
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| 25 | 12 | "Battle for the Sunstar" | December 6, 1986 | |||
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Doctor Raygar, a mad scientist from the Galactic Empire, arrives to steal the Sunstar. Wicket and his friends must stop him. This episode was re-aired as the series finale.
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| 26 | 13 | "Party Ewok" | December 13, 1986 | |||
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Kneesaa's friends save her from a gang.
Malani wants to join the warrior games, but thieves try to steal the Sunstar. |
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Where and When to Watch
Ewoks first aired on ABC. It was part of The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour. Later, it was shown alone as The All-New Ewoks. The show ran for two seasons from 1985 to 1986. It was also shown again on the Sci-Fi Channel's Cartoon Quest.
Most episodes were released on VHS tapes in the 1980s and 1990s. On April 2, 2021, the entire series became available on Disney+.
Two compilation films were made from the show's episodes. The Haunted Village came out on VHS in 1997. Tales from the Endor Woods was released on DVD in 2004. This DVD also included The Haunted Village. An "Adult Wicket" narrates the newer film.
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| Ewoks 1: Morag's Revenge | "The Haunted Village", "The Cries of the Trees", "Rampage of the Phlogs", "Sunstar vs. Shadowstone" | VHS |
| Ewoks 2: The Gupins and the Jindas | "To Save Deej", "The Land of the Gupins", "The Traveling Jindas", "The Curse of the Jindas" | |
| Ewoks 3: Wicket the Hero | "Wicket's Wagon", "The Tree of Light", "Asha", "Blue Harvest" | |
| Ewoks 4: Wicket's Adventurers as He Becomes a Warrior | "The Crystal Cloak / The Wish Plant", "The Totem Master / A Gift for Shodu", "Horville's Hut of Horrors / The Tragic Flute", "Just My Luck / Bringing Up Norky" | |
| Ewoks 5: Wickett's Adventurers | "Home Is Where the Shrieks Are / Princess Latara", "Gone with the Mimphs / The First Apprentice", "Party Ewok / Malani the Warrior", "Hard Sell / A Warrior and a Lurdo" | |
| Ewoks 6: Battle for the Planet Endor | "Battle for the Sunstar", "The Season Scepter", "The Raich", "Night of the Stranger" | |
| The Haunted Village | "The Haunted Village", "The Cries of the Trees", "Rampage of the Phlogs", "Sunstar vs. Shadowstone" | VHS / DVD |
| Tales from the Endor Woods | "Wicket's Wagon", "The Traveling Jindas", "To Save Deej", "Asha" | DVD |
The Ewoks' Place in Star Wars
Details from the Ewoks series appear in Star Wars reference books. These include A Guide to the Star Wars Universe and the Star Wars Encyclopedia. A Dulok character was even shown on Coruscant in the Clone Wars cartoon (2003).
In 2014, the Ewoks show was not considered part of the main Star Wars story anymore. This is called "Legends" status. However, some parts of the show are still mentioned in newer Star Wars books. It also appears in the web series Star Wars Forces of Destiny (2018).
The show's opening titles were briefly seen in an episode of Stranger Things (2022).
Merchandise and Comics
Action Figures
In 1985, Kenner Products made action figures based on the show. They planned a second set of figures, but they were never released. This was because the first figures did not sell very well.
Comics
In 1985, Star Comics, a part of Marvel, started publishing an Ewoks comic book. It came out every two months and lasted for two years. There were 14 issues in total. Like the TV show, the comic was made for younger readers. It was published at the same time as a comic based on the Droids show. One issue of Ewoks continued a story from the Droids comic.
See also
In Spanish: Star Wars: Ewoks para niños
