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This film is a total prostitution of the STAR WARS name to bring in cash over the huge popularity of the Ewoks. And as a kid I loved every moment of it. Now looking back, I can see it’s just an average kid adventure. It gets an extra half star for taking place in the STAR WARS universe.

Cindel (Aubree Miller, EWOKS, THE BATTLE FOR ENDOR) and Mace Towani (Eric Walker, LESS THAN ZERO) are two kids separated from their parents on the planet Endor. They meet up with the Warrick family of Ewoks. Of course, this is the family of Wicket (Warwick Davis, WILLOW), the cutest and must loveable Ewok of them all. The story begins with Cindel getting sick and Mace coming to terms with the Ewoks’ way of doing things. Afterwards, Cindel, Mace and a group of Ewoks venture out to save the kids’ parents.

Mace is a snobby Ewok-hater in the beginning, but learns to love and trust them. Some of the sequences along the journey are interesting, but most of it has been done before. The production design is equal to the features. However, the Ewoks’ vacant stares do get creepy at times. The acting is not good at all. Walker’s performance is one of the worst that you will ever see. For most STAR WARS fans, this will be the greatest sin George Lucas has committed outside of Jar Jar Binks. But in reality, this is just harmless, bland children’s entertainment that happens to take place in one of the greatest filmic universes ever put to celluloid.