10 Dumb Decisions In Star Wars We Can't Forgive
4. Episode VI - The Ewoks
The original trilogy is a classic and it's hard to find many legitimate faults with it because back when they were being made, George Lucas had less creative control and Disney weren't yet sinking their claws into the material.
But if there is something that induces a cringe amongst viewers, it's the introduction of the Ewoks.
The Ewoks were clearly designed to sell toys and merchandise, so their presence is understandable. But their involvement in the plot of Return Of The Jedi crossed the line into embarrassing when they became adorable pets for Leia to stroke and admire, or they looked upon C3-PO as a golden deity. The worst of all was when they used Home Alone contraptions to defeat the Empire's stormstroopers.
Who would have thought that for two movies prior, when the Rebel Alliance united against the Emperor and his army and engaged in excellent dogfights in outer space or ice plants, that what they needed more than anything was an army of Care Bears and a surplus of Swiss Family Robinson-like weapons?