I actually did it. I watched the Ewoks again. Let's look at this practical.

- It is NOT a Star Wars movie. It's a fairy tale using the background of Star Wars. There's a difference.
- They had the abysmal budget of 2 mil $. By comparison RotJ, released a year earlier, had 32.5 mio $. That's why it looks 15 years older. They had to use age old movie tricks to get what they wanted. Take that into consideration before saying it's rubbish. The HD version is adding on top of that. It really shows the effects for what they are.
- Lucas wanted to make a movie for his daughter who loved Ewoks.
- The children were in over their heads. They seem to be casted because of their looks and not because of their talent. Walker especially is a clear Hamill/Skywalker lookalike. Both kids didn't had an acting carreer afterwards.
- There is little plot beside finding the parents. It's a string of events happening to get there that are supposed to add suspense.
- Yes, it could be considered as an attempt to make more money from the cute Ewoks. But even with the low budget that didn't happen. I guess many people were expecting a full-on Star Wars movie and simply were dissapointed.
- The children for whom this movie was supposed to be doesn't care for anything of the above.

Don't take it too serious.