Via Starwars.com:

For those old enough to remember, today marks the 30th anniversary of the first televised Ewok movie — yes, the first — there were two – called The Ewok Adventure (or Caravan of Courage). Airing in the US on the evening of November 25, 1984 (and subsequently screened theatrically in select theaters abroad at Christmas), it was followed in 1985 by Battle for Endor, which continued the adventures of Cindel Towani, the young girl marooned on Endor in the first Ewok Adventure (the original title before Caravan of Courage was added).

Admittedly, the Ewok Adventure movies aren’t remembered for much these days, apart from a couple mentionable footnotes — Caravan of Courage introduced the saga’s first Mace, Mace Towani, older brother to Cindel — and Battle for Endor starred Wilford Brimley, the only bespectacled Star Wars character filmed in live action to date. (Okay, Saul Dann from the Star Wars Holiday Special donned specs in a couple shots, which I seemed to block from memory — can you blame me?) Since there was little merchandising associated with the Ewok movies, and the DVD release of the movies several years back was accompanied by muted fanfare, these movies are easily overshadowed by the rest of the Star Wars experience.

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