Star Wars: Ewok Adventures - Caravan of Courage

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Trailer—The Ewok Adventure

The Ewok Adventure

This movie is excellent! I had this movie memorized at one time! I think I watched it everyday! Wicket is cute, Cindel is adorable and I had a big time crush on Mace!!! You find yourself IN the adventure WITH them! They're easy to love and you'll want to watch it over and over! OK, yes, the graphics aren't "LoTR" quality, but good grief...look at the DATE the move was made!!! Anything that has George Lucas involved is NOT boring! I loved every minute of this movie as a kid and I just watched the trailer on this website and now I want to rush out and buy the movie on DVD! I want my kids to fall in love with it like I did! So put down your cynicism, grab your popcorn, kick your feet up and be prepared to laugh, cry, and even maybe be scared a little! You can thank me later! =)

Phew, I did sit through this one... I thought a real Star Wars fan would have to see the Ewok movies, too. Well, this one is extremely bad. The special effects look like they came from the 60s, the story has uncountable flaws, and the characters are extremely weak. I do not recommend this film for Star Wars fans ...well, to be honest: I don't recommend it to anybody.

I would not call Caravan of Courage (1984) bad exactly. It has some charm reminiscent of The Hobbit or an old, dark fairy tale. The Ewoks aren't annoying as they are in Return of the Jedi. The plot does meander but there are cool moments, like a creepy monster spider in the climactic battle. The only thing that keeps this movie from rating a respectable seven out of ten with me are the kid actors. The little girl playing Cindel is wooden as can be, but considering she was five years old, I can forgive her a little, especially when she improved so much in the sequel. The official protagonist, Mace, however, is just obnoxious. Actually, I won't blame the boy playing him; he does well with what he is given and let me tell you it is not much. Mace is whiny and rude. I so wanted to slap him and he changes at the last minute. Otherwise this is a competent movie; however, its sequel, The Battle for Endor, is much superior, with a stronger sense of fantasy, emotion, and character.

This is one of the great movies of the 80s in MY collection that I think about all the time. Back in the early 80s there were two good movies about the the Ewoks from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Both film have the spirit of the Star Wars film in MY opinion and especialy ROTJ. Both films are sad in a way but they are never boring and both have good special effects and the whole nine. Both film has some great music aswell! The Ewok Adventure is a good film and it has a giant monster and other creatures. I just love the dark forest and the big moon, that`s just beautiful! The film also has a good ending. Fans of Star Wars is gotta check this out!

I loved this movie as a child and still do. A great adventure with no cursing and little to no violence. I will be happy to let my son watch it when he is older. Great characters and how I love it when Wickett says, "Lardo". There are great outdoor settings and I thing the Ewok costumes are just adorable. They shine all on their own, and are great to see in Star Wars as well. Quirky antics and always seeming to land in trouble, that is what a children's sci-fi adventure should be about. I know it may seem a little goofy to those of you who are big sci-fi buffs and are looking for in-depth high caliber writing, but for those of you who are looking for light hearted fun, this is the movie! Two thumbs up.

The main actor is bad. He feels like they found the closest thing they could to a 12yr old Mark Hamill. The kid is the most repetitive dialogue character i have ever seen in a film. He repeated every other line like 2-3x. The best part was definently the Wispies. Also they took a big knock at Star Wars world building/lore with like 3 quarters of the creatures all being no effort real animals like horses. The few creatures they did use special effects with they did a good job. Not much to say pretty boring. As of now in 2022, I believe there are a total of 15 Star Wars films including animated (i have seen them all now) and this is undoubtabley the worst. The other ewok adventure wasnt good but it was much better.

Having heard terrible things for so many years, I actually thought this was pretty good. It started a little slow, and the dubbing took some getting used to, particularly as the Ewok's mouths bear no relation to their speech. There's really nothing original in the main story, a ragtag band of brave hearts go on a quest together to free a Princess trapped in an ogres cave, except the Princess are parents and the braves are Ewoks, but it's all done very well, filmed beautifully and there's never a dull moment. For fans of practical effects, once the band gets questing, there is one in almost every scene, tons of interesting matte paintings, puppets, stop motion, animation, superimposition, playing with film speed and scale, there's lots to enjoy. I was entertained, and that's all one could ask of any movie, really.