Comments on: Ewoks: a controversy

By: Sasha

Sasha — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:40:19 +0000

I can’t believe this is even controversial. I mean, the moment when Luke meets the ewok and offers him some food? The ewok babies? These are some of the cutest things that have ever happened to me! My cousins and I used to rewind the ewok part to watch it over and over.

By: LeighAnna

LeighAnna — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:17:18 +0000

Representing the pro-Ewok camp of our house, I want to point out that Ewoks KICK ASS. With basically Paleolithic technology, they were able to take out numerous Imperial Walkers and successfully aid the Rebels in their destruction of the new Death Star. This alone greatly increases their coolness.

Besides, who says Muppets are all that bad? I submit the two cranky old men in the Opera box as an example.

PS. I say we ask Pop to be the tiebreaker. Clearly he’d be on the Ewoks’ side.

By: Jesse from Cranston

Jesse from Cranston — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:37:30 +0000

Ewoks = cool. Especially the whole Wicket-meets-R2D2 primitives-meet-technology bit. Who didn’t say “awww” when that happened?

(Or didn’t cry when that one unnamed Ewok bought it in the battle scene?)

However, the remake of the final song in the “new” movie sucked. Maybe it was hearing the original “oh-wah, ee-choo, low-wah” song about a billion times when I was 12, but I liked that tune better.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:23:07 +0000

Ewoks = awesome

By: newby

newby — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:56:57 +0000

Ewoks are adorbs and totally unlame- I mean, could you build those cool tree forts they built and be so cuddly? Probably not!

By: roberts

roberts — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:54:17 +0000

Put me down for pro-ewok.

By: THE OTHER JOE BERSTEIN

THE OTHER JOE BERSTEIN — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:21:16 +0000

When I was growing up there was no negative connotation to the word ewok, and kids used “a bunch of fucking muppets”, in a way similar to “Teddy Bear-shaped warrior race”- there was no connection to an ewok’s orientation. This being the 1950’s none of us really knew anything about ewoks. It was something obliquely referred to or snickered at.
In high school (1960-63) there were some open ewoks, a few male ewoks and three ewok gym teachers. I don’t recall any of the male ewoks being harrassed. They were considered a curiosity. The three female ewoks all were pretty tough cookies as I recall.

I have a cousin who is an ewok and the whole time we were growing up I had no clue. He only acknowledged it in his mid-twenties.

I think ewoks nowadays have it a whole lot easier not having to be worried that “someone will find out” in many cases, although I guess it remains a serious fear for some.