Ok.... I have been a Star Wars fan since 1977 when I saw it in the theatre for the first time. I was five. I would actually like to proclaim myself as "#1 STAR WARS FAN" but someone on the east coast probably beat me to it.
Like most True Fans, I hated the Ewoks. It was like, George Lucas got stoned, and asked his kid what kind of alien to make. Then during the 23rd day of shooting, the pot-heroin-LSD-speed-bastardization-high that Lucas was on wore off and the Biggest Mistake that could be made in a Galaxy Far Far Away was too far along in production for him to do anything about it.
Or COULD he?
If you ask Lucas, he would say that the Ewoks started off (in his head) as a society of Wookies, but since Chewbacca already was advanced and could fly spaceships, he needed to invent another race. Granted, the Ewoks are teddy-bear-muppet hybrids who had no idea how to rid their forest of the Stormtroopers until they met Leia.
And Han.
Hmm...
Okay.... HERE is how you can watch Return of the Jedi and actually enjoy it.
<DELETED SCENE> As Han, Chewie, Luke and the Droids arrive (bound by the Ewoks) the ground is strewn with the shredded and bloodied camouflage uniforms of Rebel Infantrymen. One Ewok even kicks a severed human head (still wearing a Rebel's helmet) across the courtyard. The human bodies number about half of the force that Solo ordered to rendevous at the shield generator. Several other Ewoks are feasting on obvious (Rebel) human body parts as Solo is deposited over the pit where a fire is about to be built. Leia comes out of the hut after detangling her hair.</DELETED SCENE>
NOW, answer the poll.
