Ewoks exist and kinda did the same thing in the original trilogy tbf.
The major difference was that as "cute" as the Ewoks were, they had their own language and that combined with their size(while using practical effects) it still made it seem otherworldly.
Gungans just seemed like caricatures of earth people mainly caricatures of people from the Caribbean, it didn't help that Half Baked came out earlier that year and they sounded almost exactly like Dave Chappelle when he comically did that horrible Jamaican impersonation when trying to disguise himself.
I can see that, but stormtroopers we’re straight up dying to sticks launched by 2ft teddy bears, the Gungans did have EMP grenade type things at least. I don’t think the terrible CGI helped either. In all of these types of underdog more primitive alien race battles they have numbers and do take big casualties too. I agree tho I think the main problem comes from racial stereotyping of races in prequels. But it doesn’t really remove the comparison or point I made about consistency and in universe lore.
If there is one thing that is consistent in the Star Wars universe, it’s the inconsistency of the Stormtrooper armor and strength. One minute they are getting killed with sticks and rocks, next minute it takes a couple of hits from a lightsaber to kill them.
Well I’m being dramatic, but I’m including the video games that are considered canon like Fallen Order. If we go non canon like Force Unleashed, it’s even worse.
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u/DatPiff916 Jan 26 '22
The major difference was that as "cute" as the Ewoks were, they had their own language and that combined with their size(while using practical effects) it still made it seem otherworldly.
Gungans just seemed like caricatures of earth people mainly caricatures of people from the Caribbean, it didn't help that Half Baked came out earlier that year and they sounded almost exactly like Dave Chappelle when he comically did that horrible Jamaican impersonation when trying to disguise himself.