Ewoks

1985
Ewoks

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EP1 The Crystal Cloak Sep 13, 1986

Wicket is awarded the 'belt of honour' meaning he is ready to begin the path of becoming a warrior - a task he believes will take only a week. His self-confidence however could get him in more trouble than it's worth when Latara asks his help to retrieve 'the crystal cloak' from the terrible Groca of the Floating Mountain, a winged creature who stole the cloak from the Ewok's village many years ago....

EP2 The Wish Plant Sep 13, 1986

Kneesaa is proving not to be the greatest gardener when all the plants she's been looking after have died. Despite this she is approached by the 'Leaf Queen' who asks her to look after a pretty plant for three days. The 'Leaf Queen' says the key the maintaining it is by loving it but nevertheless Kneesaa is worried the plant will die in her hands. Problems get worse when the Woklings discover the plant to be a wish plant and Latara and Wicket, in particular, get a little greedy on the wishes. For every wish the plant looses a leaf and by the time Kneesaa gets her hands on it again, it ain't looking too good. The 'leaf Queen' returns and Kneesaa claims the plant to be sleeping and that she'll have to visit later. Skeptical, the Queen threatens that if there is something afoul here she will turn the perpetrators into leaves. Kneesaa, Wicket, Teebo, and Latara hurry in their quest to repair the plant....

EP3 Home Is Where The Shrieks Are Sep 20, 1986

When Wicket continually gets nagged by his mother to tidy up, he decides its time to leave home, and together with Teebo, moves into an abandoned treehouse apparently haunted by the shrieks.

EP4 Princess Latara Sep 20, 1986

Queen Sluga is looking for a bride for her son Prince Vork and sends her guards to find an Ewok Princess. Coincidentally, Latara wishes she were a princess so Neesa allows her to play the part for a day and cons Wicket and Teebo to act as loyal servants. But Latara takes her power trip a little too far and Wicket and Teebo quit, leaving Latara by herself. Sluga's guards, witnessing the charade before and believing her to be a real princess, seize the perfect opportunity to capture Latara and take her back with them to be wed to the vile, Prince Vork, It's up to Wicket, Neesa and Teebo to stop the proceedings before it's too late.

EP5 The Raich Sep 27, 1986

The Shadow Night Festival is approaching and Wicket and Latara are in search of costumes. Coming across a golden cap at the top of an oddly-shaped tree, Wicket - despite warnings from Teebo - declares it must be his. But upon taking the cap, the tree transforms into a gigantic monster known as 'The Raich' a creature which has the power to control the animals in the forest. When Baga, Kneesaa's pet, is beckoned by 'The Raich', our four favourite woklings rush to find Logray and ask his help. The other Ewoks, already alerted that the Raich has been released, mock the fool that took the cap, unaware - and thankfully on his part - that Wicket was responsible. Logray informs them that this giant beast once roamed the forest, luring animals to it's dwellings where it would feast on them. Thankfully a person named ""the Two-headed"" Gunster made a magic cap which, when placed on a small opening on the Raich's head, turned it into a lifeless tree.

EP6 The Totem Master Oct 04, 1986

While picking dangleberry juice the four Woklings come across a strange visitor who asks for a refreshment and offers them a totem in exchange. Despite Kneesaa's warning that you shouldn't aceept gifts from strange creatures, the visitor (referred to as the Totem Master) feeds on Wicket's ego claiming an warrior should have a totem. Wicket accepts and takes it to the village. However, that evening , while the Ewoks sleep, the totem comes alive with the statues turning into creatures and ransacking the village. The 'Totem Master', who controls the totem with a special ring, appears and leads his troops away with their fortune but not before Teebo, who witnesses this event, is turned into part of the totem himself. The following morning the Ewoks awake to learn that many of their possessions are gone - particularly Latara. Wicket, who actually witnessed the event last night but thought it was a dream, heads off with Latara and Kneesaa to find the 'Totem Master'. Upon finding him howev

EP7 A Gift for Shodu Oct 04, 1986

Wicket and Teebo are working in Logray's hut on finding a birthday gift for Shodu (Wicket's Mother) but Teebo's magic ain't exactly up to speed yet. Wicket however, comes across an old map to a lost temple which apparently contains treasure, which instantly makes Latara part of the team. Kneesaa reads further and says that Ewoks must never enter the temple, but who listens to Kneesaa?? The Wickets head off to the temple and upon activating a booby trap they fortunately miss the perils of the trap and find themselves in a room full of gems. The room however is not without its problems too - namely a large dragon. The Woklings escape with but two gems. On their way home however, the Duloks (King Gorneesh has dispatched his troops to find a gift for his wife) learn of these gems and plan to take them for themselves. To make matters worse, we learn that the gems ain't exactly what they appear to be.....

EP8 Night of the Stranger Oct 11, 1986

On a mysterious night, two moons surrounding Endor eclipse one another and a wormhole opens from which a comet appears and consequently plummets to the forest moon. In the Ewok vllage, Logray informs Wicket and Teebo that he senses evil afoot and ventures off to find it's source. Wicket and Teebo, disappointed that they cannot join the Ewok magician on his quest, find a new task when they witness the comet falling to the forest. Interupting a warrior ceremony, Wicket and Teebo inform Chief Chirpa of the fireball but when the leader of the Ewoks searches for a bright light in his telescope he only sees a Lantern bird and angrily orders the two Woklings away. Not giving up, Wicket and Teebo - along with Kneesaa and Latara - decide to search for what they strongly believe was a comet. Upon finding the fallen rock however, they are surprised to learn that something was actually contained within the comet and has since broken free, unaware that this ""something"" is actually the evil.

EP9 Gone With The Mimphs Oct 18, 1986

When the Ewok warriors head off to hunt for the Heradak - a giant beast - Wicket wants to join in, but both Chief Chirpa and Latara claim he is too young, labelling him as a Wokling. His ego crushed, Wicket sets out by himself to capture the beast, but upon encountering the Heradak, the little warrior winds up unconscious down stream and wakes to find himself tied up by small creatures called the Mimphs. While Teebo, Kneesaa and Latara set out to look for their friend, afraid he may be dead, Wicket and the Mimphs find themselves in trouble when the Heradak finds the village.

EP10 The First Apprentice Oct 18, 1986

An evil Ewok magician named Zorak, who years ago was exiled from the village, seeks a new apprentice in the form of Teebo. Teebo, who has slowly been learning magic under the watchful eye of Logray, has been a little impatient wanting to learn the more powerful tricks. Logray has declined to teach him at this early stage and so when Zorak offers him his chance, Teebo follows the dangerous magician. But when Logray learns of this he and Teebo's little friends - Wicket, Kneesaa, and Latara - all set out to rescue the young apprentice only to find themselves captured by Zorak. It's up to Teebo to save the day....

EP11 Hard Sell Oct 25, 1986

Wicket, Teebo, Latara, and Kneesaa find themselves pitted against each other when they join a sales competition after visiting Moof and becoming envious of acquiring Eordor tusks. Moof , who's got the flu, offers the tusks as a prize to the Ewok who can trade the most of his/her products. It's boys vs girls but neither has too much success so they resort to confronting the Bowbog - the meanest creature in the forest.

EP12 A Warrior and A Lurdo Oct 25, 1986

Wicket wants to prove he can make any Ewok a warrior within a day and bets on it with Latara. If he wins she had to sweep his hut. If she wins he has to babysit her younger brother and sister. The odds begin to point towards Latara's favour however when she nominates Teebo to be Wicket's trainee and the task of taking on a large beast - that has created a dam to keep the water for itself - seems even more daunting....

EP13 The Season Scepter Nov 01, 1986

Latara and Kneesaa are enjoying the summer season by sunbaking when an adventurous Wicket decides to do a bit of surfing, resulting in saturating Latara as he comes to shore. Teebo, attempting to help his favourite Ewok, uses a little magic to create a small breeze in the hope of drying Latara but to his surprise - as well as all the other creatures on the forest moon of Endor - strong winds and winter snow prevail and cover the entire moon. Fearing Teebo is responsible, he and his friends head to Logray's hut to get help but the Ewok wizard is no where to be seen. Glancing at the blazing sunstar, the four woklings notice a message inside from the Leaf Queen asking for Logray's assistance. With Logray missing, Wicket urges his friends to head off to the Sun palace to assist the Leaf Queen and her sister, the Flower Queen, and brother - the Sun King. Upon arrival they learn that the change in the weather was not in fact caused by Teebo but a result of the season scepter being stolen by

EP14 Prow Beaten Nov 08, 1986

The Duloks end up with the sacred fish carving that is the center of the Ewok fishing festival. Wicket and company go on a rampage, destroying King Gorneesh's new boat in an attempt to get it back.

EP15 Baga's Rival Nov 08, 1986

Baga, the Ewok's light hearted beast of burden, is shown up by a magical unicorn named Silky. Sinister Silky is actually attempting to win the Ewoks over and steal the Sunstar.

EP16 Horville's Hut of Horrors Nov 15, 1986

The carnival has come to the Ewok Village. Wicket and his friends are told to take the Woklings to see the Tumble Bunnies Show, but the young Ewoks are drawn towards the Hut of Horrors instead. With Malani, Wily, Nippet and Winda scared out of their wits, the older Ewok children have their work cut out trying to stop their parents from finding out about their disobedience.

EP17 The Tragic Flute Nov 15, 1986

Kneesaa is resting by a lake when her ankle bracelet falls into the water. Her fears of having lost it forever rest on a sea creature who emerges from the water. She tells him that she has lost an ankle bracelet and he presents a golden band with jewels asking if this is the one. She admits its beauty but says it isn't hers. The creature presents another ankle bracelet, also made of gold and once again asks the question. Kneesaa again tells the truth by saying it isn't it. He then presents her bracelet and she acknowledges it to belong to her. The creature, impressed with her honesty, presents her with all three bracelets much to her delight. Kneesaa tells the story when she returns to the village and Latara is determined to replace her flute (one which Wicket and Teebo worked hard at making for her) with a more startling one. She heads of to the lake and drops her flute into the water. When the creature emerges he presents her with a magnificent gold flute asking her the question i

EP18 Just My Luck Nov 22, 1986

Malani is busy attempting to paint a portrait of Baga but things don't exactly go well for the little wokling and she's ready to give up. Wicket reassures her not to give up on her dreams and relates the story about how he almost gave up on wanting to become a warrior.... Teebo has just past his test to become a Wizard's apprentice, Kneesaa passes her test to rule the village one day, and Latara has shown her ability in making ""designer"" hoods. Now the weight rests on Wicket successfully passing his warrior test but he is so nervous that his friends assist with Teebo asking the help of a lucksprite. Problem is, this creature is a bad-lucksprite and with his help, Wicket fails the test miserably. Given a new career choice of being a Bordock stable sweeper, Wicket gives up on becoming a warrior but his friends are determined to make things right.

EP19 Bringing Up Norky Nov 22, 1986

Wicket is annoyed that his mother has agreed to look after a marsupial-type creature named Norky for the day. Wicket expresses to Teebo that everyone he stays over he gets Wicket into trouble and sure enough, Teebo is quick to find out - as is Kneesaa and Latara - exactly what the Ewok warrior means. Of course, to the elder Ewoks, Norky appears to be a well-behaved, polite little creature but the Woklings know better. Planning a trick, they send Norky off to the 'Vacant Valley' having him believe there is treasure but the Woklings soon learn that the place they sent him is in a state of dangerous adjustment......

EP20 Battle for the Sunstar Dec 06, 1986

The evil Dr Raygar, working for the Emperor, advises Imperial Admiral Kaaz that he plans to steal the sunstar from furry little creatures called Ewoks. Below, on the forest moon of Endor, Wicket, Latara, Kneesaa, and Teebo are talking Gin-Jang berries to the nest of baby Gubas when they come across a helpless creature in a peculiar trap. When Latara accidentally - well rather as a result of a clumsy Teebo - gets caught in the trap herself, Teebo unleashes a magic pouch which frees her and the creature but soon the four Ewoks all find themselves captive when giant robots, controlled by Raygar, attack. Imprisoning them on his ship, Raygar heads off to the Ewok village where he steals the Sunstar. Meanwhile, the trapped woklinfs come across a mistreated droid (PD-28) who helps them escape into a ""flying canoe"" pod. When the four Ewoks arrive back at their village, they realise they are too late but nevertheless are soon on their way into space,

EP21 Party Ewok Dec 13, 1986

Kneesaa isn't exactly the best host for a party. Basically she'll do something like show her acorn collection and her guests would fall asleep. So when Chief Chirpa informs his daughter that she is to hold a party for the arrival of Prince Delvy not even Kneesaa believes she'll be able to entertain but Latara has different ideas. Their party doesn't go exactly to plan however when a group of bandits - known as the Pugs - rudely interupt and worse yet, the Ewoks mistake the Pug leader as Prince Delvy.

EP22 Malani the Warrior Dec 13, 1986

The classic tale of you loving someone but them loving someone else is brought up in this episode as the Ewok Games begin and Wicket falls for the female warrior, Chirita. Meanwhile, Teebo's younger sister, Malani, has grown quite fond of Wicket and attempts to win his heart by proving she's a warrior. But when she is convined to steal the Sunstar under the advise of two slug-type creatures, she fails to see that the two are not assisting her in getting Wicket's affections but rather using the Sunstar to turn the forest moon of Endor into their own paradise - full of mud!
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Released: 07 September 1985 Ended
Producted By: Lucasfilm Ltd.
Country: United States of America
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The Ewok Wicket and his friends from the Bright Tree Village go on many magical adventures.

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bmartin2000 This and "Droids" are both good cartoons for kids. I enjoyed them growing up & while I am glad they released something of them on DVD, I am a little disappointed that Lucasfilm did not just release a box set of the complete series. I think trying to make them into "features" by editing 4 episodes together is a big mistake. It's a lot harder to pop 1 in for 30 minutes. Personally I miss that the original goofy opening is not available (even as a special feature) on the DVD. However it is still nice to finally have something of them available to show the kids. The best thing about these cartoons is that they are targeted for the younger kids, and every episode centers around some character trait like responsibility, making new friends, etc. They concentrate on what character development would be for a 5 to 10 year old, and they keep violent confrontations to a minimum, even when the Ewoks are challenged by the witch or the Duloks.While I remember the second season of Ewoks being far less enjoyable than the first, it is still 1000 times better than the drivel served up by the likes of today's after school mainstays: Pokemon & yu-gi-oh. It seems every kid show these days is trying to sell junky cards or is targeted for older teens. There are very few real kid shows (like this one) available. I WISH Lucasfilm would release a real box set of this series while my kids are still young enough to enjoy them.
waiching liu Right after the success of the Star Wars trilogy- Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of The Jedi, amid the 80s cartoon phenomenon, two back to back cartoon spin-offs of Star Wars was released and shown on TV on the back of this franchise- the first being Droids starring the duo of android C3PO, and R2 D2 and this, Ewoks, after their initial appearance in Return of The Jedi.Whereas in the film, the Ewoks are portrayed as being cute and cuddly, they also couldn't speak in actual English dialogue and so for us audiences it was impossible to translate and make out what they were saying, apart from the characters in Return of the Jedi. Here in the cartoon series, they can talk properly and whilst some may argue that this is just too cutesy to be taken seriously as a cartoon, Ewoks was an interesting-yet likable and inventive show.The furry creatures all have a range of different personality and character traits, not to mention that appearance-wise, each one was different from the other Ewok.What this show has successfully done is manage to turn the Ewoks- of whom were non-communicative via dialogue terms- into a bunch of talkative and expressive, peace-loving species with human feelings and emotions. The stories were diverse and cute, not to mention entertaining as well. The show also had two theme songs- the first was just horrid, whilst the second was simple-yet a massive improvement over the first.In all, Ewoks is a great little cartoon series that the whole family can enjoy. It might not be to every Star Wars fan's tastes- depending on how much you love or loathe them especially in Return of the Jedi, but for those who wish to see a completely different, and may I add superior side and treatment to the Ewoks, then you might want to give this a try.Personally, I liked it and preferred this more to Droids, even though that was a good effort as well
webmistress-1 I loved the ewoks between the ages of 11 and 13. That's an embarrassing admission since my age rendered me a little too old to be part of the target Ewoks audience. Nevertheless, I lapped-up every ewok book, comic, toy, and movie. I especially loved the first season of the cartoon series. The DVD release of the Ewoks series reminds me that while I'm not entirely proud of my fondness for ewoks, a little perspective adds a lot of clarity.I wasn't blind to the fact that the ewoks were kinda stupid in RotJ, and they were even lamer in the ewok TV movies. But as a child who'd grown up on a steady diet of Star Wars I remained unwilling to let go of my Star Wars youth. I was determined to like the ewoks, lest my life be deprived of new Star Wars.Quite frankly, when stacked against the scant few "Expanded Universe" properties available at that time, the early ewoks projects didn't seem so bad. Granted, most of the ewoks books were too immature for my pre-adolescent tastes (it seemed like nine out of 10 ewoks story lines involved picking berries). But some ewok projects were fun.For example, Joe Johnston wrote and illustrated a rather enjoyable ewok storybook titled "The Adventures of Teebo" that formed the basis of the Ewoks cartoon. Among other things the book introduced the Duloks (who were originally much nastier than the bumbling Duloks in the TV series).Overall the Ewoks and the Droids cartoons were fairly well-crafted compared to other Saturday Morning cartoons of the period. The shows featured visual designs that were original at the time. Both shows presented continuing story lines, which were uncommon among mid-80s Saturday Morning shows.The Ewoks episodes referenced just about every previously developed incarnation of the ewoks and pulled everything together into one plot. Characters from RotJ, the ewok TV movies, the Kenner toys, the coloring books (!) and the storybooks blended together nicely thanks to the show's writers.The debut Ewoks episode introduced Morag, the primary villain. The segments which featured the Tulga Witch are compiled on the DVD as "The Haunted Village." The collected story represents the best of the Ewoks cartoons. The common story thread has Morag exploring various methods of ewok extermination and Logray thwarting her wicked plots.A particularly thoughtful aspect of the first Ewoks series was the fact that the debut episode was set in the late Summer (coinciding with its September airdate). The cartoon seasons changed in harmony with North American seasonal changes that were occurring as the episodes aired.The weaknesses of the show are all rooted in its kid-friendly nature, as well as Ewoks' reliance on vapid Saturday Morning cartoon formulas. For instance, the Duloks are the "silly villains," and not surprisingly they're as unfunny as every 80s "silly villain." The "Wicket saves the day" spiel is exhausted by the second episode. Wicket's brother is a drooling, obese, mentally-challenged disaster of a character embodying the most cringe-worthy elements of broad, uninspired children's comedy. The use of ewok words from Return of the Jedi starts out clever, but quickly becomes irritating as hell.The most successful single Ewoks episode ("Asha") is thankfully included on the new DVD. "Asha" is the very best episode among all of the Droids and the Ewoks shows. "Asha" demonstrates that the writers could have easily adapted these Star Wars properties into something interesting given the chance.Alas, the shows were not given the chance to grow after "Asha" aired. Droids was cancelled after its first season, and Ewoks was only renewed when it agreed to a full lobotomy. Even then, very few major ABC markets carried the second season of Ewoks.Before the lobotomy, I begged my way to see the cartoon Ewoks perform at the Ice Capades. I was 13 ... and I was desperate to see something --- ANYTHING --- related to Star Wars. The Ewoks' Ice Capades performance was very sobering. The skating ewoks sang rap songs, duloks told even cornier jokes than seen on the TV show, and many berries were picked.I was horrified that my childhood passion had led me to pay to see ... tacky space bears rapping on ice skates! I bid Star Wars a bitter farewell after the Ice Capades. I packed away the toys and books and decided to pursue new interests … like goofy 80s pop music and boys. The Ice Capades inspired such acute self-loathing that I didn't look back again at Star Wars until the Zahn novels … and really, only Clone Wars has come close to capturing the childhood magic of the original films.I've since viewed the second series Ewoks episodes on video, and they're utter crap. All cool visual elements were eradicated. The likable secondary characters were turned into bad comic relief. The stories were wholly mindless. The show's second season is a collection of the worst formulas Saturday Morning shows had to offer at the time.The latest DVD release truly presents the best of Ewoks. If you don't like what you see on the DVD -- know that the show didn't get any better.As with all Lucas products, the cartoons on the DVD have been 'updated.' The wacky Taj Mahal opening song is now gone, as are many of the ambient flute sounds/music cues heard throughout the series (which were kinda annoying in the original show as a result of overuse). The changes were largely unnecessary, but they do no harm.It's too bad that I didn't have a show like Clone Wars to embrace when I was 13. No … all I had was Ewoks. It was OK for the time, but it surely didn't break any ground. A brave few of us who'd grown-up on Star Wars tried our best to continue loving Lucas' (d)evolving creations, and now we must live with that shame.
briarski Many star wars fans do not like the Ewoks, but I have yet to understand why. I think they are great and I wish I owned one of the stuffed animals. This TV series of the furry creatures was fun to watch. I work at a video store and I put in the episodes we have on tape. The kids just love it. It's a lot like the Smurfs. Hey, anything Star Wars is the best.