The Ewok Adventure

Original title: Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure

TV Movie
1984
TV-G
1h 36m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

13K

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Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Guy Boyd, Aubree Miller, and Eric Walker in The Ewok Adventure (1984)

Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.

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Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

13K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Deej
(as Dan Frishman)

Debbie Lee Carrington

Weechee
(as Debbie Carrington)

Tony Cox

Widdle

Kevin Thompson

Chukha-Trok

Margarita Farrell

Kaink
(as Margarita Fernández)

Pam Grizz

Shodu

Bobby Bell

Logray

Darryl Henriques

Wicket
(voice)
(as Daryl Henriquez)

Sydney Walker

Deej
(voice)

Nancy Carlin

Shodu
(voice)

James Cranna

Widdle
(voice)
(as Jim Cranna)

Hal Rayle

Weechee
(voice)

Director
- John Korty
Writers
- George Lucas
- Bob Carrau
All cast & crew
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Trivia
The Ewokese words heard in this adventure translate into English as follows:
Yehah = Goodbye
Yubnub = Hooray
Acha = All right
Gunda = Good/Yummy
Feech = Dang
Lurdo = Loser
Tyatee = Come
Kush = Who/what
Roda = Eat
Chak = Yes
Jeeks = That
Den = No

Goofs
Mace's effort to rescue his parents from the cage are pointless since the gaps are already big enough for them to fit through and the rope is in the cage to begin with.

Quotes
Narrator: Our story begins in a time long, long ago, deep in an enchanted forest on the distant moon of Endor.

Alternate versions
Comparing the original VHS release (which is presumably what originally aired on television) to the 2004 DVD release (a double feature with "Ewoks: Battle for Endor"), the following changes are noted:
The on-screen title has changed from "The Ewok Adventure" to "Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure".
The beginning credits have been retyped; they look virtually the same, but a comparison shows them to be smaller in font size.
The end credits have been retyped as well. Not only are they much smaller in font size, but they run 1 1/2 minutes longer as many new credits were added (so many people were not credited in the VHS release).

Connections
Edited into Willow (1988)

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Featured review

5/10

Very silly and outdated cash-in, but I used to love it

It's unfortunate that sometimes nostalgia can turn out to be a deceiving pain. I used to watch "The Ewok Adventure" on VHS when I was younger and was a huge fan - I'd view it frequently (probably even before I saw all the original "Star Wars" films) and, although I recognized it was cheesy even as a child, I still enjoyed it.

Today, it simply doesn't hold up. It comes across as a desperate and silly cash-in on "Star Wars: Episode IV: Return of the Jedi." The "lovable" Ewoks of that film return here to wreak more havoc - they find a boy and his younger sister after they crash land on the planet. The boy and sister have lost their parents, whom were apparently grabbed out of the space ship by some scary alien creature.

The alien creature's special F/X are absolutely terrible which explains why his full frontal view is saved until the ending - which is ludicrous and way over-the-top.

If you're a "Star Wars" fan you'll need to own this simply because it's got the Lucas "stamp of approval" - but to any casual viewer it comes across as a desperate and pathetic franchise cash-in.