I need to hunt around, but Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner produced and voiced a 2000-Year-Old Man animated special that ran on CBS in 1974. I was all of 7 when it ran (I was waiting for the Friday CBS Late Movie, “Willard”), and I still guffaw about the Man’s encounter with Robin Hood.
I know I am being nitpicky, but the Ewoks feasting on stormtroopers would make them "man-eaters," not cannibals (that would be Ewoks eating other Ewoks, which is never implied).
I have helped advocate the idea that the Ewoks are actually savage fighters who brutally killed the Imperials with their primitive weapons. Of all the notes I have written, I am most proud of this one for my post on The Battle of Endor:
Looking at that cute picnic book above, I'm understanding a little bit more of those "they're too cute" anti-Ewok people. The Ewok book I grew up with as a kid was "The Ewoks Join the Fight":
I need to hunt around, but Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner produced and voiced a 2000-Year-Old Man animated special that ran on CBS in 1974. I was all of 7 when it ran (I was waiting for the Friday CBS Late Movie, “Willard”), and I still guffaw about the Man’s encounter with Robin Hood.
Excuse me: according to YouTube, it was 1975. Let’s see if I can add the link: https://youtu.be/2aHxL0gTbmQ?si=qOuVWGBo5xiJqyUB
Further edit: according to the copyright info at the end, it WAS made in 1974. Gad, I’m old.
Love the Michelle Phillips Harrison Ford Story.
I know I am being nitpicky, but the Ewoks feasting on stormtroopers would make them "man-eaters," not cannibals (that would be Ewoks eating other Ewoks, which is never implied).
I have helped advocate the idea that the Ewoks are actually savage fighters who brutally killed the Imperials with their primitive weapons. Of all the notes I have written, I am most proud of this one for my post on The Battle of Endor:
https://substack.com/@christopherwilbur/note/c-211298052?r=3ulcqv
Looking at that cute picnic book above, I'm understanding a little bit more of those "they're too cute" anti-Ewok people. The Ewok book I grew up with as a kid was "The Ewoks Join the Fight":
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ewoks_Join_the_Fight_(storybook)