Star Wars: Ewoks #1
Chad Burdette
Recap
A team of Imperial-led BOUNTY HUNTERS and scavengers arrive on the Forest Moon of Endor searching for a secret cache of Imperial weaponry! Are they prepared to face off against the battle-ready Ewoks who took down so many of their ranks? Who is the mysterious new warrior Ewok returning to Bright Tree village, and what is their connection to WICKET W. WARRICK?
Review
Ewoks #1 is the latest foray into the post-Return Of The Jedi canon continuity and meshes in nicely with Alex Segura’s Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising maxiseries that began last week.
Like Insurgency Rising, Ewoks begins following the Battle Of Endor as Wicket recounts meeting Princess Leia, the Rebels destroying the second Death Star, and Han and Leia getting married on Endor (which took place in 2022 novel The Princess & The Scoundrel novel by Beth Revis). Orlando ties this 4 issues series into Segura’s larger story by bringing in Moff Adelhard, who was mentioned in various canon books and appeared in the short-lived mobile game, Star Wars: Uprising.
The issue tells two stories: The Ewoks coming to terms with their knowledge of the universe after the Rebels leave and an Imperial General Koyatta who survived the Battle of Endor and claims to know of and volunteers to retrieve a weapons cache on Endor in order to prove his value to The Empire.
The Ewok story focuses on Wicket, still trying to prove himself as a warrior, as he goes hunting with the Ewok Meedro, who is a lives alone and not in the Ewok village.
General Koyatta hires a group of bounty hunters to help him locate and retrieve the weapons the Empire stashed on Endor. Of the four bounty hunters, two are new characters and the other two are the partners, Zuckuss and Foe-Elloem, last seen in Ethan Sacks’ Bounty Hunters series. Orlando captures these two characters perfectly in the way they speak and interact with each other and the rest of the group.
Orlando also teases a new addition to the Ewoks, Red Ghost and pulls from the Ewok animated series, considered to be part of the Legends corner of the universe, bringing in the other species and the Ewoks natural enemy on Endor, the Dukoks, into canon.
The art and color work in the issue work well to bring Endor to life. Moff Adelhard looks exactly like he does in Segura’s book which is a nice touch as it connects the two stories together like the story itself does.
Final Thoughts
Ewoks #1 is a strong start for the series as Orlando shows from the beginning that he knows and is passionate about the Ewoks story he is telling. He also captures established characters well and seamlessly fitting this story into the larger post Return Of The Jedi story and possibly laying the groundwork for the Ewok civil war which takes place around this time.
Star Wars: Ewoks #1
- Writing - 9/109/10
- Storyline - 9/109/10
- Art - 9/109/10
- Color - 9.5/109.5/10
- Cover Art - 10/1010/10
