The Spin Off movies

LongVin · Post by **LongVin** » 2006-10-01 11:53pm

While browsing Wiki for information about the Star Wars Holiday Special I came across the links to two other Star Wars movies. Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

Now I am a little confused about these movies is there any continuity between them and the official films. Also what level is the canon for these films since they are technically films are they given top level canon?

000 · Post by **000** » 2006-10-02 12:00am

They're C-canon, like any other non-hexology material. They take place, if I remember right, four years or so prior to Return of the Jedi.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-10-02 12:07am

C Canon, and actually one year prior to RotJ.

Tychu · Post by **Tychu** » 2006-10-02 01:35am

Even though it dosent answer your question it does make sense for another question you might have

These movies are also available on DVD if you want them. But yes they take place before the OT. Really i dont think they can be a year before ROTJ. Mainly because the Empire had that system locked down for a good amount of year while it had the Death Star and its shield being built up

anyways in the United States the movies were made-for TV. For some reason Europe decided that they were meant for the big screen and showed them, i dont know how long but they did. In theaters it was known as Caravan of Courage and In the States The Ewok Adventures. Lo and behold they did fairly well that any real Star Wars fan should either own a copy of the DVD or have some old taped off TV VHS of it

Edit: Oh and the small girl who is one of the main Character(her name escapes me right now) appeard as a news anchor in one of the wierder EU books

LongVin · Post by **LongVin** » 2006-10-02 08:44pm

Alright thanks. I am going to buy the DvDs now just so I can go piss off my friends and go "I own ALL of the Star Wars movies and you don't."

Murazor · Post by **Murazor** » 2006-10-03 03:35am

Tychu wrote:Edit: Oh and the small girl who is one of the main Character(her name escapes me right now) appeard as a news anchor in one of the wierder EU books

I'd hardly call the Black Fleet trilogy "one of the weirder EU books", considering the existence of jewels such as Darksaber and the Crystal Star. At any rate, the character you mention probably appeared in Shield of Lies, the second book.

Tychu · Post by **Tychu** » 2006-10-06 07:21pm

Murazor wrote:
Tychu wrote:Edit: Oh and the small girl who is one of the main Character(her name escapes me right now) appeard as a news anchor in one of the wierder EU books
I'd hardly call the Black Fleet trilogy "one of the weirder EU books", considering the existence of jewels such as Darksaber and the Crystal Star. At any rate, the character you mention probably appeared in Shield of Lies, the second book.

thanks for that pickup its been a long time since i read these: Black Fleet, Crystal Star, Planet of Twighlight or Children of the Jedi so...
yeah for some reason i was placing that journalism bit in with Crystal Star or Planet of Twighlight (yeah i know thats spelled totally wrong, i still blame damn late '80's early '90's phonetics is the way to go thing in school)

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2006-10-06 07:38pm

As someone who can remember watching the Ewok movies when i was younger, I thought the Cindel towani/life monitor reference was kinda neat.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2006-10-06 07:43pm

I thought Cindel was in "Tyrant's Test" (Book 3)?

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2006-10-06 08:28pm

It is. IIRC. Hiram Drayson is doing some of his illict PR spin-doctoring, and he uses her as an outlet to release (I believe) Plat Mallar's story.