Something involving Kuhn, or Kant, if I recall. It mostly dealt with Keynsian economic dynamics applied to the subplots of the minor Jane Austen characters. It got me a B+ on my Political Science paper 
I liked the Ewoks. I recently rewatched Jedi and I call shenanigans on the whole “Ewoks pwn Empire” story that people seem to parrot back and forth the each other.
The Ewoks are basically getting their collective asses handed to them until Chewbacca turns the tide by capturing the walker. The scenes of Ewok-y triumph come after we see them totally failing to stop the stormtroopers. And they have a bunch of elaborate traps set up in the forest? Of course they do. It only doesn’t make sense if you think they set them up because the bigjobs showed up and told them to make big elaborate traps in the forest. How long have the stormtroopers had their base on Endor? It seems like they’ve been there for a while. The Ewoks could have been setting all that stuff up around their base for weeks before they finally got to use it. We saw their treetop city and it was pretty impressive, so we know that the little teddy bears can do a lot with ropes and pullys.
Also, they’re kind of vicious little bastards. There’s the stripey one with the skull on his head, and they have pointy teeth. Pointy teeth! And sharp spears. My guess is if you meet an Ewok in the forest and you’re not carting a Golden God around with you (with a handy levitating Jedi to act as Grand Vizier) the first you know of them is when they eat your face off.
Unless you meet Wicket. But we know that Wicket’s just a big softy, so he doesn’t count.
I’ll be in the holodeck with my climbing gear.
How are we ever going to sell anyone on evolution if you imply we’re going backwards?
so, how you doin’?
I was like 6 when ROTJ came out. I didn’t hate the Ewoks back then, I just thought they were OK. My hatred developed later when I learned they were supposed to be Wookies.
I agree. However, note the past tense: I didn’t hate the Ewoks. At the time, I liked them just fine. Then I turned twelve. They’re fine for the younger set, but they don’t really have the broad demographic appeal.
This is in stark contrast to Jar-Jar, whom folks of all ages can hate equally.
Personally I’m indifferent to the Ewoks, I enjoy ROTJ as much as the next person. However I really liked the Ewoks cartoon that aired when I was younger - beecha wowa!
Does it have anything to do with “joyless fucks” mentioned in the OP?
This is freakin’ hysterical. Tenebras, I salute you!
One must have a heart of stone to watch the death of the little Ewok without laughing.
Little guys relatively primitive kick the ass of highly sophisticated invading army with super weapons. Sounds familiar?
Ah, the Endor Holocaust scenario.
And I’m another who thinks that they were way too cutesy.
No it doesn’t - elaborate further please.
Two words: Vietnam.
There are two words in Vietnam. One of them is angry. What are the other two?
Seriously though, thanks for clueing me in.
Sorry. I forget there are people out there who didn’t suffer through that time.
It was a bit more subtle than Anakin saying “either you’re with me or against me” in the last one.
Meh, too obvious. I say turn the Ewoks into rabid little killers, feasting on the corpses of the Stormies and just tearing their flesh to pieces, blood spraying everywere.
The symbolism, I believe, is that the Empire treated non-humans as brainless, incompetant low-lifes. Who could never possibly defeat the might Imperial Military. Well, surprise surprise, their overconfidence was their weakness.
(Oh, and Wicket launched the career of Warwick Davis. We would never have heard of him had not his grandmother not read the casting call for little people when he was eleven.)
It’s the “Star Wars Holiday Special” meets “Woodland Critter Christmas.”
I bet I know which one.
What the hell. Let’s have both!
Hey, at the end, was that a funeral pyre for Vader, or a barbeque?