Droids & Ewoks

[Michael Hopcroft]

Does anyone remember a pair of cartoons aired together that Lucasfilms licensed from the original Star Wars trilogy? Evdiently they pulled the licence, because they haven't been seen in years.

One was Ewoks, low-tech adventures with the furry, short barbarians from Return of the Jedi. The other was Droids, a trilogy-indepenedent series fo adventures in which C-3PO and R2-D2 went from one mishap to another, with C-3PO companining all the while that all he wanted was some peace and quiet.

If anyone knows more about these series than I do, maybe they'd be good idea fodder for CAH.

[Eddy Fate]

Does anyone remember a pair of cartoons aired together that Lucasfilms licensed from the original Star Wars trilogy? Evdiently they pulled the licence, because they haven't been seen in years.

One was Ewoks, low-tech adventures with the furry, short barbarians from Return of the Jedi. The other was Droids, a trilogy-indepenedent series fo adventures in which C-3PO and R2-D2 went from one mishap to another, with C-3PO companining all the while that all he wanted was some peace and quiet.

If anyone knows more about these series than I do, maybe they'd be good idea fodder for CAH.

Somewhere I recall someone talking about doing a Star Wars campaign with CAH, in the theme of Droids, with a little Anime Star Wars thrown in...

[Slant]

I remember them quite well.  As a matter of fact, both series were put on vhs and should be quite easy to find on ebay.  I have the droids series on vhs, but declined the way too cutesy ewoks.  Hopefully Lucas will consent to putting both series out on dvd at some point.

[Madcat]

Droids was seriously cool.  One of the things that I liked about it was that there was a feeling of some continuity between episodes and a feeling that the characters were actually in danger.

[Cynthia Celeste Miller]

I'm with ya here, Madcat.  There was indeed a sense of danger.  Generally, the Droids cartoon was well-written and maintained the Star Wars "feel".  Unfortunately, this was not the case with its sister show, the Ewoks.

But, well, I did like the Duloks.  Any race who hates the Ewoks can't suck too much.  ;0)

[Slant]

Oh, and the Droids series had a cameo by Boba Fett.  Even animated Fett is way cool.

[Cynthia Celeste Miller]

I think Boba Fett was better animated than on the movies.  After all, in the cartoon, he didn't get the crud kicked out of him by a blind guy and then scream like a school girl as he plummetted down into the Sarlacc.  =0)