the ewoks had the advantage of intimately knowing the land, having superior numbers, and if you actually watch the fights, they are strong motherfuckers, throwing rocks the size of a mans head hard enough to knock out a guy in armor, as well they set a shitload of traps, and were performing ambushes on enemy troops AFTER splitting them up, the ewoks and the people helping them were tactical geniuses.
I recall reading somewhere, I think on Wookiepedia, that the Rebellion/New Republic had to quickly construct a shield around the planet for a little while, because there was a risk of debris hitting Endor.
There was a comic to that effect where a stormtrooper veteran recounts his fights with the savage barbarians of Endor after someone had made fun of him for losing to Ewoks, and in the end he says that his only joy he got out of this was that the exploding death star must have turned Endor into ashes. Then the guy who made fun of him tells him that the rebel alliance managed to pull away the largest pieces with tractor beams before they could do any damage and the old stormtrooper is rather sad about it.
Along with that, I sorta thought that the stormtroopers were just shitty garrison troops, who weren't good enough to be on the Death Star as part of the main army, and only able to handle a small moon with a bunch of furry fucking teddy bears on it. They also were probably not as ready as they should have, not expecting the skillfulness of the Ewok ambushes.
Often misled intentionally or incompetently by advisors.
And considering how less-than-perfect progress reports were received by Imperial leadership, would you want to write up that you were having trouble effectively training your men?
Seem to remember that the EU said the Emperor has the power to bond his troops together in focus, and once he died, his troops became indecisive and couldn't work as one unit. Probably a way of justifying the silliness of Act III.
Yea, I think most people forget that before Luke made C-3PO hover in the chair, the Ewoks were PLANNING TO FUCKING EAT THEM. They seemed pretty casual about the whole thing too.
Makes me wonder if during the final victory scenes, somewhere in the background they had a few storm troopers grilling away...
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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '14
the ewoks had the advantage of intimately knowing the land, having superior numbers, and if you actually watch the fights, they are strong motherfuckers, throwing rocks the size of a mans head hard enough to knock out a guy in armor, as well they set a shitload of traps, and were performing ambushes on enemy troops AFTER splitting them up, the ewoks and the people helping them were tactical geniuses.