I'll be honest, as a fan of the old Star Wars movies, I enjoy these films. They are made for kids and still enjoyable in a simple saturday morning way.
I actually watched these movies as a kid before I even saw any of the Star Wars movies. I loved these movies, they were imaginative and adventurous like a lot of other 80's Fantasy movies. Maybe this is one of the reasons Return of the Jedi is my favorite Star Wars movie, the Ewoks were familiar to me, and it was cool that they were in a shared universe, it also helped that Luke wasn't a whiny prick anymore but a full fledged Jedi Knight.
Jared RB Garrison Yes, finally another who discovered these films first! I didn’t even learn they were connected to Star Wars till about 20 years later. 😆
Haha same! Me and my sister watched the heck out of these as kids! I love all the Star Wars now but Return of the Jedi is my favorite too. Love thoHaha same! Me and my sister watched the heck out of these as kids! I love all of Star Wars now but Return of the Jedi is my favorite too. Love those little Ewoks!
Love em’, and all the more so now that they don’t make them like this anymore. The Giant in the first film legitimately terrified me as a child... all the better that I saw it at the house of my parents friend who live in the woods. That was a fun, Giant haunted ride home. Also nice that these were just on regular old TV... no subscription needed.
4:22 "The standard argument for it is "It's for kids", but where have we heard that before?" I always hear that argument when I criticize The Last Jedi.
I remember seeing this when I was very young I think it was when it aired on TV. Some friends down the block from me had HBO or whatever premium service just came on and I was probably just a little older than a little girl in this. I was wondering if this was it just a Mandela effect but I'm glad to know I didn't hallucinate this whole thing.
The second film is my favorite, my theory is it takes place before Return of the Jedi, since the Ewoks are more organized than the first film, and....... Cindle is Captain Phasma as a little girl!
They actually killed off the little girl's brother and parents without bringing them back? That's surprisingly dark for something so obviously aimed at children. Is it bad that despite not watching the original Star Wars since aged 10 and not bothering with the latter two of the prequels I still recognised the Hans Shot First controversy and was laughing before the final line? I still think it looks like a better film than Santa Claus Conquers the Martians though.
+wildroses2009 While it is dark that her family is slaughtered at the opening of the 2nd film, she gets over it really quickly, so imagine they were never really that close.
This must have occurred before the Battle of Endor. No Rebel or imperial star ship debris and most important no Death Star debris. That alone would make Endor a waste land.
From what I’ve gathered, the 2nd Death Star’s destruction had very little effect on the forest moon since most of the debris was diverted by the gravity generated by Endor (as in the massive gas giant the forest moon orbits).
@@geoffreyrichards6079 The latest Star Wars movie (which I don't care for or the series or characters-Po, Ray, Finn, Kylo , Snoke) shows massive ruins of the Second Death Star. Much of it could have been diverted to the main planet away from the moon and much of the smaller debris could have been burned up in the moon's atmosphere.
Im so board with people shitting on George Lucas. The Ewok movies are fine cute kid movies. Their not supposed to be spin offs of the big amazon untouchable Trilogie.
I also loved that the story was on one world with a lot of diversity on it, Star Wars likes to move from world to world and really remove some exploring.
Dude you are way off , you sir are way off with no imagination by so many means. It was a great movie if you seen it as a child first, one off my favs better then the first star wars! I commend and thank George lucus for making this and my childhood Hood with thoughts of magic to broaden imagination!!
I actually saw both of them in my pre-teen years - sadly my introduction to anything spinning off from the original STAR WARS Trilogy. But hey, at least they were light years beyond the STAR WARS Holiday Special set on Chewbacca's home planet... check out Sean "The Smeghead" Moore's review of that on Cinematic Excrement if you're interested.
I have an idea: How about The Thief and the Cobbler? Even though it is a good film, as true as this show, there are not one but two different released versions that are a lot worst than the 1992 workprint. There are a few fun fact for this film:1. It got Vincent Price (the first in Dark Corners)2. It is an animated film (another first in Dark Corners)3. Richard Williams was working for this film for almost 30 years until he was fired for a lot of deadlines and way over budget and was replaced by a TV producer who made this film faster and cheaper as possible.
its my personal prequel to starwars, when i watched starwars 6, i could not believe my fav. ewoks were in this movie, only years after I understood it was spin off, but never or less I prefer this as spinoff prequel to ewoks + original starwars which both share same or atleast similar movie techniques, technology atmosphere and stop motion :)
I loved the Caravan of Courage as a kid. Even today I think it's fine even though it's kind of a ridiculous looking from an adult point of view... Back then hadn't even seen the Star Wars movies or knew that these movies were related to them somehow. I also found the giant spider pretty creepy.
I still think you have to go far down the anals [sic] of bad Star Wars moments to beat the actress who played "Maude" singing in the Star Wars Christmas Special.
Actually, only the two trilogies and the 3D “Clone Wars” series remained canon. The rest of the media were disregarded under Legends, though they seem to be bringing back elements from them.
I must admit. i have never been a fan of the ewoks. Even in return of the jedi i found them kind of stupid. So when i heard that they was 2 movies based on them i just thought "Oh no this cant be good." Guess i was right,.
It’s better than what Lucas originally intended for RotJ. Initially, it would’ve been Wookiee instead, and after the fiasco that was the “Holiday Special”, I think they made the right call. The Wookiees in that special got really annoying.
In the old Legends continuity, yeah. But even the new Disney canon makes reference to them, with Goraxes, Blurrgs, and Duloks making appearances in some recent tie-in media.
Star War Holiday Special was awful. Star Wars was science fantasy ( not science fiction ), Lucas was trying to over jam fantasy into these two TV movies ; magic instead of science , or the force instead magic. Aliens replaced orcs , aliens replaced giants, aliens replaced fairies, but we all know that they're orcs, giants and fairies. Lucas should had just created a new fantasy world of magic and monsters, but either he or the network were too afraid to try something new , so just shoved the stories into the star Wars Universe and hoped for the best ... and they didn't hope enough.
![I Watched The Ewok Movie [and its SURPRISINGLY DARK Sequel]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZPM9X8k444I/mqdefault.jpg)
Had Caravan of Courage on an overnight rental when I was 9. Watched that thing 3 times before it went back!
I'll be honest, as a fan of the old Star Wars movies, I enjoy these films.
They are made for kids and still enjoyable in a simple saturday morning way.
It's so nice to see that the Ewoks took in that stranded family instead of roasting them alive and eating them.
+Paul Snow they look cute but are deadly :D
I think they intended to kill Han Solo as a ritual. I don't think they naturally eat human flesh.
Day's still young...
where do you think leai's dress came from...
@@garethspotfur1 =D
I actually watched these movies as a kid before I even saw any of the Star Wars movies. I loved these movies, they were imaginative and adventurous like a lot of other 80's Fantasy movies. Maybe this is one of the reasons Return of the Jedi is my favorite Star Wars movie, the Ewoks were familiar to me, and it was cool that they were in a shared universe, it also helped that Luke wasn't a whiny prick anymore but a full fledged Jedi Knight.
Jared RB Garrison Yes, finally another who discovered these films first! I didn’t even learn they were connected to Star Wars till about 20 years later. 😆
Haha same! Me and my sister watched the heck out of these as kids! I love all the Star Wars now but Return of the Jedi is my favorite too. Love thoHaha same! Me and my sister watched the heck out of these as kids! I love all of Star Wars now but Return of the Jedi is my favorite too. Love those little Ewoks!
Wow, I loved these movies as a kid! I taped them off TV onto VHS and rewatched them over and over again. haha.
Love em’, and all the more so now that they don’t make them like this anymore.
The Giant in the first film legitimately terrified me as a child... all the better that I saw it at the house of my parents friend who live in the woods. That was a fun, Giant haunted ride home.
Also nice that these were just on regular old TV... no subscription needed.
that huge snarling beast that chased them through the forest really got me as a kid
Low rent? These effects were pretty ambitious for an 80's made for tv movie.
They're at least more original than the Star Wars schlock we get now.
I don't care what this guy says.. these are still my favorite Starwars movies
I used to love these movies I was the perfect age for them in the 80s growing up.
The little girl shows young Annakin levels of acting.
"Kids are smarter than this. They deserve better than this." - Truer words were never spoken.
Kids are much smarter than George Lucas.
Have you seen the crap they make for them these days?
I have nothing but good memories as a kid, The first movie is the best.
I really don't think they were that bad, I was a kid when they came out and I enjoyed watching them.
No, they really were that bad.... but then I'm a poor judge as I think anything Star Wars is boring as fk and have for over 40 years.
If a space western with wizards and evil empires counts as boring, what exactly counts as more exciting?
@@geoffreyrichards6079 And it had a Hundred foot tall evil Giant.
Caravan of Courage isn't a bad film, in fact I would watch it over all 3 of the prequels. The 2nd Ewok movie is a bit out there.
I remember liking it when the first tv movie when it came out... mind you, I was 5. So there's that.
4:22 "The standard argument for it is "It's for kids", but where have we heard that before?"
I always hear that argument when I criticize The Last Jedi.
I like that creepy Tinkerbell effect.
I love the Ewok movies. They are and always will be in my personal canon :)
Amen.
I like how they didn't even have a enough budget to have the Ewoks live in the Trees. Instead they all have huts on the ground.
What, do you think trees grow on trees?
Actually, we do see tree huts in the film. Wicket’s family just so happens to live in one on the ground.
I probably saw these as a kid, but I have no real memory of them. (I had and loved the Ewok board game, OTOH).
I remember seeing this when I was very young I think it was when it aired on TV. Some friends down the block from me had HBO or whatever premium service just came on and I was probably just a little older than a little girl in this. I was wondering if this was it just a Mandela effect but I'm glad to know I didn't hallucinate this whole thing.
Still better than anything Disney made!
The second film is my favorite, my theory is it takes place before Return of the Jedi, since the Ewoks are more organized than the first film, and....... Cindle is Captain Phasma as a little girl!
They actually killed off the little girl's brother and parents without bringing them back? That's surprisingly dark for something so obviously aimed at children. Is it bad that despite not watching the original Star Wars since aged 10 and not bothering with the latter two of the prequels I still recognised the Hans Shot First controversy and was laughing before the final line?
I still think it looks like a better film than Santa Claus Conquers the Martians though.
+wildroses2009 While it is dark that her family is slaughtered at the opening of the 2nd film, she gets over it really quickly, so imagine they were never really that close.
They never showed the brother dying. Just an explosion of the ship.
@@DarkCornersReviews Kinda reminds me of the beginning of the third Alien movie🤔
This must have occurred before the Battle of Endor. No Rebel or imperial star ship debris and most important no Death Star debris. That alone would make Endor a waste land.
They did happen before Return of the Jedi. It states in the books.
Makes sense that’s how the Ewoks were able to more or less understand Leia and Han.
From what I’ve gathered, the 2nd Death Star’s destruction had very little effect on the forest moon since most of the debris was diverted by the gravity generated by Endor (as in the massive gas giant the forest moon orbits).
@@geoffreyrichards6079 The latest Star Wars movie (which I don't care for or the series or characters-Po, Ray, Finn, Kylo , Snoke) shows massive ruins of the Second Death Star. Much of it could have been diverted to the main planet away from the moon and much of the smaller debris could have been burned up in the moon's atmosphere.
This channel is much better than the movies!
These 2 movies were obviously made for kids. I was 6 when these movies came out and my brother and I watched them everyday for months lol.
Im so board with people shitting on George Lucas. The Ewok movies are fine cute kid movies. Their not supposed to be spin offs of the big amazon untouchable Trilogie.
I also loved that the story was on one world with a lot of diversity on it, Star Wars likes to move from world to world and really remove some exploring.
I saw Caravan Of Courage at the cinema when I was a kid, I enjoyed it
"Crash! Crash!"
It’s not magic, it’s the force.
Still better than Kenobi :)
Dude you are way off , you sir are way off with no imagination by so many means. It was a great movie if you seen it as a child first, one off my favs better then the first star wars! I commend and thank George lucus for making this and my childhood Hood with thoughts of magic to broaden imagination!!
I actually saw both of them in my pre-teen years - sadly my introduction to anything spinning off from the original STAR WARS Trilogy. But hey, at least they were light years beyond the STAR WARS Holiday Special set on Chewbacca's home planet... check out Sean "The Smeghead" Moore's review of that on Cinematic Excrement if you're interested.
I really hope that in canon all ewoks were poached to extinction.
There are some languages that don’t have a word for “goodbye.”
The video quality here is surprisingly good.
Why does the tittle look different in the mobile version compared to other videos?
Wow thanks for showing Tinker Bell in this movie. I always remember the fairy from Legend, I forgot about this one.
it's not magic it's the force. I think
But there is magic in star wars canon...
I have an idea: How about The Thief and the Cobbler? Even though it is a good film, as true as this show, there are not one but two different released versions that are a lot worst than the 1992 workprint. There are a few fun fact for this film:1. It got Vincent Price (the first in Dark Corners)2. It is an animated film (another first in Dark Corners)3. Richard Williams was working for this film for almost 30 years until he was fired for a lot of deadlines and way over budget and was replaced by a TV producer who made this film faster and cheaper as possible.
Yeah, because Star Wars ‘never’ had any magic within its universe - isn’t that right, the Force?
As far as spinoffs aimed at younger kids goes, I don't think they're too bad (although they do feel more "Krull" than "Star Wars.")
I remember seeing those movies.
I had no idea these movies even existed
If Krull was made by Build a Bear Workshop.
These are now on Disney+
Oh joy.
i remember watching these as a kid thinking the son was going to awaken his jedi powers and stuff.
its my personal prequel to starwars, when i watched starwars 6, i could not believe my fav. ewoks were in this movie, only years after I understood it was spin off, but never or less I prefer this as spinoff prequel to ewoks + original starwars which both share same or atleast similar movie techniques, technology atmosphere and stop motion :)
Eh. While I enjoy the Ewok films myself, I don’t think all the “Star Wars” films require the same exact tone and atmosphere.
reunion for battle for endor this weekend at Penscon in Florida
This fucked me up as a kid, seeing the family get killed right away.
I loved the Caravan of Courage as a kid. Even today I think it's fine even though it's kind of a ridiculous looking from an adult point of view... Back then hadn't even seen the Star Wars movies or knew that these movies were related to them somehow. I also found the giant spider pretty creepy.
I never had any desire to watch either movie, so I think I was lucky.
A$$hole! Those Ewoks are awesome
I liked Caravan of Courage. I just wish it didn't tease us with the imminient death of Mace every ten minutes, only to fail to deliver.
0:12 I SWEAR that is Burl Ives!
Did he come back from the dead to narrate this?
Reminds me of Willow!
Darren Picone is good and cool man
I still think you have to go far down the anals [sic] of bad Star Wars moments to beat the actress who played "Maude" singing in the Star Wars Christmas Special.
good movies
Can you look at GODZILLA Cartoon Shows PS can you look at a Cartoon Show call Inhumanoids ?
fucking disney blocked the movie from youtube
But remember, ALL the movies remained canon, what includes these AND EVEN the Hollyday Special!
Actually, only the two trilogies and the 3D “Clone Wars” series remained canon. The rest of the media were disregarded under Legends, though they seem to be bringing back elements from them.
I must admit. i have never been a fan of the ewoks. Even in return of the jedi i found them kind of stupid. So when i heard that they was 2 movies based on them i just thought "Oh no this cant be good." Guess i was right,.
It’s better than what Lucas originally intended for RotJ. Initially, it would’ve been Wookiee instead, and after the fiasco that was the “Holiday Special”, I think they made the right call. The Wookiees in that special got really annoying.
This was the worst horror movie yet.
I can't even watch this review 😂 that's how terrible these movies are. Well, to be fair, they are for kids, not for 45 year old geezers like myself
So is this canon?
In the old Legends continuity, yeah. But even the new Disney canon makes reference to them, with Goraxes, Blurrgs, and Duloks making appearances in some recent tie-in media.
Should have sold it as "Wilford Brimley & the Little People."
Star War Holiday Special was awful. Star Wars was science fantasy ( not science fiction ), Lucas was trying to over jam fantasy into these two TV movies ; magic instead of science , or the force instead magic. Aliens replaced orcs , aliens replaced giants, aliens replaced fairies, but we all know that they're orcs, giants and fairies. Lucas should had just created a new fantasy world of magic and monsters, but either he or the network were too afraid to try something new , so just shoved the stories into the star Wars Universe and hoped for the best ... and they didn't hope enough.
I watched a Ewok movie as a kid. My sister liked it but I didn't much
I use to rent the vhs all the time as a kid. Stupid expensive now
I HAVE THE POWER!!! 🎼Hee-man!!!🎵
Is this even Star Wars?
Yes, it technically is. It all takes place on the forest moon of Endor and the human characters arrive there by starships.
well look at that Blurgg. ill bet he's headed for better TV.
These films are not canon
Not anymore, but they used to be. And they’re still referencing them in newer material.