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| Also known as | The Ewok Adventure |
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| Screenplay by | Bob Carrau |
| Story by | George Lucas |
| Directed by | John Korty |
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| Narrated by | Burl Ives |
| Theme music composer | Peter Bernstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) | George Lucas |
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| Cinematography | John Korty |
| Editor(s) | John Nutt |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
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| Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
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| Original network | ABC |
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| Followed by | Ewoks: The Battle for Endor |
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (originally broadcast as The Ewok Adventure) is a 1984 American television film based in the Star Wars universe. It is the first of two spin-off films featuring the Ewoks from Return of the Jedi and is set after the events of A New Hope but before the events of Return of the Jedi. The film focuses on the struggles of a brother and sister, stranded on Endor, in locating their parents, who have been kidnapped by a monster known as the Gorax.
On the forest moon of Endor, the Towani family starcruiser lies wrecked. The Towani family (Catarine, Jeremitt, Mace, and Cindel) are stranded. When Catarine and Jeremitt vanish (having been captured by the Gorax), the children are found by the Ewok Deej. After Mace tries to kill them, the Ewoks subdue him and take both children to the Ewoks’ home. There, Cindel and Wicket become friends. Shortly thereafter, the Ewoks kill a beast only to find a life-monitor from one of the Towani parents with the creature.
They seek out the Ewok Logray who informs them that the parents have been taken by the monstrous Gorax, which resides in a deserted, dangerous area. A caravan of Ewoks is formed to help the children find their parents. They meet up with a wistie named Izrina and a boisterous Ewok named Chukha-Trok before finally reaching the lair of the Gorax. They engage the Gorax in battle, freeing Jeremitt and Catarine, but Chukha-Trok is killed. The Gorax is thought destroyed when it is knocked into a chasm, but it takes a final blow from Mace (using Chukha-Trok’s axe) to kill the creature, which tries to climb back up after them. Thus reunited, the Towanis decide to stay with the Ewoks until they can repair the starcruiser, and Izrina leaves to go back to her family.
The original impetus for Caravan of Courage was an idea George Lucas had for a one-hour television special dealing with the Ewoks, but this was eventually expanded into two hours. Lucas had allowed his Star Wars universe to be produced for television six years earlier with the Star Wars Holiday Special which, although economically successful for the most part, had proved an embarrassment to Lucas. With The Ewok Adventure, Lucas assumed full control over the content and production of the film, to ensure a film of good quality.
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