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Originally Posted by trackercowe
I for one like parts of the proposed darker ending (killing off Han), but I agree that the the rebels winning out in the end was the right direction to go in. If only they could of done something about the Ewok's, to this day most fans (including me) are still angered that they could play such a large part in overthrowing the Empire. They brought in Ewok's over Wookie's as a cost issue, but that doesn't make sense to me as Star Wars was already a billion dollar franchise by the time Jedi was being filmed, and cost shouldn't have been an issue. I am sure there are other reasons why they chose Ewok's over Wookie's, but I can barely stand the Endor scenes anymore, as it destroys a lot of the credibility the Empire had.
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The Ewoks weren't brought in as a cost issue. Lucas was enamored with the idea that a primitive tribe could overthrow the technological empire (just like the native indians defeated the europeans? oh wait... that never happened).
He originally wanted the Wookies but Chewie demonstrated that the Wookies were a technical race and weren't as primitive as he wanted so in his infallible Lucas logic, he decided that since Wookies were tall, he would just make a bunch of short furries and move the "E" from the end of the name to the front. Ewok = Ewooki.
Or at least that's what Wikipedia says.