Episode 23: There and Back Again: An Ewok's Tale ("Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure," 1984)

Proletarian Contrarian

English - June 08, 2019 21:50 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MB - ★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 22: Execute Order 69 ("Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith," 2005)

Next Episode: PREVIEW Episode 24: Ewoks: The Rise of Brimley ("Ewoks: The Battle for Endor," 1985)

The description to Episode 22 stated that it was the final film of Star Wars month. Well, as Obi-Wan said, "Your eyes can deceive you; don't trust them." Anyway, there's an argument to be made that "Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure" (1984) technically isn't a Star Wars film because it doesn't have the term "Star Wars" in its title, and because it's a straight-up fairy tale in the mold of an Amblin Entertainment flick or a poor man's Tolkien/Lewis mashup. And for all of that...this film actually kind of works! A children's film through and through, it very much knows its audience, and ultimately contributes more to the Star Wars mythos than most of the theatrical releases.

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Music-
"when the struggle itself becomes identified with a series of defeats" by 红山郡 (hongshanjun.bandcamp.com/album/-)

Theme song from the "Star Wars: Ewoks" cartoon series