<Tr> <Th> Home world </Th> <Td> Forest Moon of Endor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Distinctions </Th> <Td> Primitive, curious, friendly, courageous, intelligent </Td> </Tr> <P> Ewoks are a fictional species of small, mammaloid bipeds that appear in the Star Wars universe . They are hunter - gatherers resembling teddy bears that inhabit the forest moon of Endor and live in various arboreal huts and other simple dwellings . They first appeared in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi and have since appeared in two made - for - television films, Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984) and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985), as well as a short - lived animated series and several books and games . </P> <P> George Lucas created the Ewoks because he wanted Return of the Jedi to feature a tribe of some primitive creatures that bring down the technological Empire . He had originally intended the scenes to be set on the Wookiee home planet, but as the film series evolved, the Wookiees became technologically skilled . Lucas designed a new species instead, and as Wookiees were tall, he made Ewoks short . In addition, he also based the Ewoks' defeat of the Galactic Empire on the actions of the Viet Cong guerrillas who menaced American soldiers during the Vietnam War . The Ewoks are named after the Miwok, a Native American tribe, indigenous to the Redwood forest in which the Endor scenes were filmed for Return of the Jedi, near the San Rafael location of Lucas' Skywalker Ranch . </P>

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