The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Marauders raid the Ewok village and steal a power supply they believe to be magical. Wicket helps Cindel escape the evil witch Charal, and they befriend a hermit who may help them save the village. Just like with the first film Ewoks: The Battle for Endor is a film that except the fact that is boring and dull the Star Wars name is been butchered to death. There are so many characters like the old man that lives in the woods or the villain that looks like fish. And basically the entire film is uninteresting and i got bored a lot it's made for kids and kids will like it but hardcore fans of Empire Strikes Back and the original Star Wars Trilogy will get some Holiday Special flashbacks plus it feels cheap a lot like the Hercules TV Show with Kevin Sorbo from the acting to the characters themselves. Overall Ewoks: The Battle for Endor is a movie that kids should see but everyone else? No!!

I expected to either be bored or have a good laugh while watching the made for television Ewok films. While there are indeed dumb moments and bad acting in some spots, these Ewok films are actually watchable and have an almost Grimms Brothers fairy tale like darkness about them. Out of the two, The Battle for Endor (1985) is much stronger.The movie is dark from the start: the little girl from the first sees her entire family die in an ambush and has to rely on Wicket, a weird monkey with supersonic speed, and an old man named Noah who's been stranded on Endor for decades. The lot of them are menaced by a warlike clan of monsters and their sorceress accomplice.Really the whole thing feels more like your typical 1980s fantasy movie than a Star Wars flick, but it's a solid work in its own right. You actually care about the Ewoks and hope they make it through their adventure. It touches on themes of family and even death in ways that move. Definitely rough around the edges (and it IS odd to hear Wicket speak English-- yes he speaks English in this), but certainly not bad.

This is probably the best made for t.v. movie aside from Too Legit: The M.C. Hammer story. Only disappointment was the fact that Wilford Brimley does not once mention his "diabeetis". Otherwise Wilford aka the greatest actor to ever live gives a great performance and i highly recommending finding this movie and watching about 30-40 times. Also the lack of Ewok huckle buckle was disappointing, there should have been much more of that, at least 1 scene would have excited me. Great cast, script, some of the best cinematography I've ever seen, comparable to that of Bloodsport. Also the action was some of the best I've seen ever. If you see this movie for one reason alone, see it for Wilford Brimley, one of the great thespians of our time.

This story of an orphaned girl and the lovable teddy bear ewoks is no masterpiece by far, but still is a great family movie. I loved the ewok movies as a child, and I believe that generations of children will love it in the future. 7.4 out of 10.