Ewoks eat people (and Predators)

Way back when, we all hated the Ewoks. They seemed like an absolutely inappropriate, cutesy distraction in the middle of Return of the Jedi. After two of the greatest sci-fi movies ever, suddenly the third film in the trilogy inflicted all these little warrior teddy bears on us.

Well, flash forward a few decades, and after we've all been subjected to Jar Jar, the Ewoks really don't seem so bad anymore. I mean, at least nobody can say that they're racist caricatures. And they can't talk. There are no embarrassing gags involving Ewoks stepping in "poodoo"...

Actually, the Ewoks are kind of bad-ass, in their own teddy bear way. They easily captured Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. They took down the Empire, using sticks and hang gliders. And they eat people.

That's right. Ewoks eat people. This article from a couple of years ago makes the case pretty well. Why else do you think they had Skywalker and company hanging on spits over a fire? Han Solo came this close to being Ewok chow.

Still don't buy the Ewoks as tough guys? Here, watch them make a tasty snack out of the Predator.




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