Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
| Ewoks: The Battle for Endor | |
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| Genre |
Adventure Family Fantasy Science Fiction |
| Screenplay by | Jim Wheat Ken Wheat |
| Story by | George Lucas |
| Directed by | Jim Wheat Ken Wheat |
| Starring |
Wilford Brimley Warwick Davis Aubree Miller Paul Gleason Carel Struycken Niki Botelho Eric Walker Siân Phillips |
| Theme music composer | Peter Bernstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) | George Lucas |
| Producer(s) |
Thomas G. Smith Ian Bryce (associate producer) |
| Cinematography | Isidore Mankofsky |
| Editor(s) | Eric Jenkins |
| Running time | 94 min. |
| Production company(s) | Lucasfilm |
| Distributor | ABC |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | November 24, 1985 |
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor is a 1985 television film set in the Star Wars galaxy co-written and directed by Jim and Ken Wheat from a story by George Lucas. A sequel to Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, it focuses on Cindel Towani, the little girl from the first film, who, after being orphaned, joins the Ewoks in protecting their village and defeating the evil marauders who have taken control of the Endor moon.
The film is set in a timeframe approximate to the Ewoks animated series occurring sometime after the events of Episode IV: A New Hope but before the events of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Nearly six months have passed since the events of the first film; the Towani family's star cruiser is almost completely fixed and Jeremitt is putting the final touches on the craft.
While the Towani family (Jeremitt, Catrine, Mace, and Cindel) are preparing to leave the forest moon of Endor, the Ewok village is attacked by a group of Marauders (originally crash landed from Sanyassa) led by Terak and his witch-like sorceress Charal. Many Ewoks are killed. Cindel escapes, but is forced to leave Jeremitt, Catrine, and Mace to their doom, both parents having already been hit by enemy fire; her mother and brother killed when a Marauder blaster-cannon destroys a hut in which they had taken refuge from the battle.
While running away from the carnage, Cindel and Wicket meet Teek, a small, fast native of Endor. Teek takes them to the home of Noa Briqualon, a human man who is angered by their uninvited presence, and throws them out. Eventually he proves himself to be a kindhearted man, letting Teek steal food for them, and inviting the two in when they attempt to build a fire for warmth.
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