Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

"An adventure on a world beyond the stars."

1985 1h 40m EN

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Synopsis

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The army of the Marauders, led by King Terak and the witch Charal, attack the Ewoks village, killing Cindel's family. Cindel and the Ewok Wicket escape and meet Teek in the forest, a naughty and very fast animal. Teek takes them to a house in which an old man, Noa, lives. Like Cindel, he also crashed with his Starcruiser on Endor. Together they fight Terak and Charal.

“An adventure on a world beyond the stars.”

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Cast

Wilford Brimley
Noa Briqualon
Warwick Davis
Wicket W. Warrick
Aubree Miller
Cindel Towani
Siân Phillips
Charal
Carel Struycken
Terak
Niki Botelho
Teek
Paul Gleason
Jeremitt Towani
Eric Walker
Mace Towani

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ken Wheat
Writers: Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat, George Lucas
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CAST

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Part of the "Star Wars: The Ewok Adventures Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ken Wheat, shot by Isidore Mankofsky. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Peter Bernstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Eric Jenkins shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Wilford Brimley and Warwick Davis and Aubree Miller carry the top of the cast.

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CAST

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Marketing tagline: "An adventure on a world beyond the stars.".

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IMDB entry: tt0089110 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Ken Wheat directs. Isidore Mankofsky behind the camera. Peter Bernstein scores. Eric Jenkins cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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141 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Star Wars: The Ewok Adventures Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Ken Wheat, shot by Isidore Mankofsky. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Peter Bernstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Eric Jenkins shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Wilford Brimley and Warwick Davis and Aubree Miller carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "An adventure on a world beyond the stars.".
8IMDB entry: tt0089110 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "kingdom", "village", "liberation", "coronation".
10Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Isidore Mankofsky
Original score: Peter Bernstein
Editing: Eric Jenkins
Production design: Joe Johnston
Costume design: Michael Becker
Makeup / hair: Karen Bradley
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)

Part of

Star Wars: The Ewok Adventures Collection

The Ewok Adventures is a 1984 American made-for-TV film duology based in the Star Wars setting. It was released theatrically in Europe as Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, and is known by that title today. The film focuses on the struggles of a brother and sister, stranded on the forest moon of Endor, in locating their parents, who have been kidnapped by a monster known as the Gorax. The film is set sometime between the fifth and sixth episodes of the Star Wars saga. It is the first of two spin-off films featuring the Ewoks from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. A sequel to this movie released in 1985. While the sequel's working title was simply Ewoks II, it was released as Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

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r96sk2021-02-07
★ 6/10
There's nothing I like about it, but it at least betters <em>'The Ewok Adventure'</em>. <em>'Ewoks: The Battle for Endor'</em> makes for a boring watch, despite some attempt at action and even a minute amount of heart at the conclusion. Overall, it's not good enough... but there isn't anything I hated or anything, I just won't remember it for all that long after viewing.
Sierbahnn2026-06-16
★ 5/10
Not like this When I saw the Ewok Adventures (Caravan of Courage) I was dismayed at the lack of articulation in the Ewoks' expression. This has been remedied in this movie, in the worst way possible. The chin just unhinges like a cartoon character. It looks awful. When I saw the Ewok Adventure I disliked the proportion at which screen time was divided between characters. This has been remedied in this movie, in the worst way possible. They just killed off everyone but one of the main characters. So the poster is even a blatant lie. When I saw the Ewok Adventure I disliked the narrator. He did a good job, but it was not for a Star Wars movie. This movie remedies that, and the movie is worse for it. The action lims along, and is just sad at part. This is not a good movie. It is a kids' movie even more so than the Ewok Adventure, but it has airs of trying to be a fairytale with scary monsters and villains. And it just falls flat.