Topic: Droids & Ewoks
Started by: Michael Hopcroft
Started on: 2/7/2003
Board: Cartoon Action Hour
On 2/7/2003 at 6:38am, Michael Hopcroft wrote:
Droids & Ewoks
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.
On 2/7/2003 at 3:08pm, Eddy Fate wrote:
Re: Droids & Ewoks
Michael Hopcroft wrote: 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...
On 4/8/2003 at 2:09am, Slant wrote:
RE: Droids & Ewoks
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.
On 4/29/2003 at 10:35am, Madcat wrote:
RE: Droids & Ewoks
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.
On 4/29/2003 at 12:26pm, Cynthia Celeste Miller wrote:
RE: Droids & Ewoks
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)
On 4/30/2003 at 2:09am, Slant wrote:
RE: Droids & Ewoks
Oh, and the Droids series had a cameo by Boba Fett. Even animated Fett is way cool.
On 4/30/2003 at 4:10am, Cynthia Celeste Miller wrote:
RE: Droids & Ewoks
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)