the Marauders pursue them back to the ship, where Wicket leads the Ewoks in defense of the cruiser as Noa installs the energy cell. The Ewoks put up a valiant effort, and are nearly beaten by the time Noa powers up the ship and uses its laser cannons to fend off the Marauders. Cindel goes to save Wicket and is captured by Terak, as the other Marauders retreat. Terak and Noa face off, with Wicket finally coming to the rescue, killing Terak and simultaneously leaving Charal trapped in bird form. Shortly thereafter, goodbyes are said, and Cindel leaves Endor with Noa on his starship. Cast Warwick Davis as Wicket W. Warrick Aubree Miller as Cindel Towani Wilford Brimley as Noa Briqualon Carel Struycken as Terak Siân Phillips as Charal Marianne Horine as Young Witch Niki Botelho as Teek Paul Gleason as Jeremitt Towani Eric Walker as Mace Towani Daniel Frishman as Deej Warrick Tony Cox as Widdle "Willy" Warrick Pam Grizz as Shodu Warrick Roger Johnson as Lieutenant Michael Pritchard as Card Player #1 Johnny Weissmuller Jr. as Card Player #2 Matthew Roloff as Ewok with Crutches Production Creation and crew The film, shot in the middle of 1985 in Marin County, California, was directed by Jim and Ken Wheat, executive produced by Lucas, and written by the Wheat brothers, based on a story written by Lucas. Co-director Ken Wheat explained the production and inspiration of the film: Lucas’ involvement during production was primarily in the design and editing stages, according to Wheat. The film's working title was Ewoks II. Effects Both Ewok films were some of the last intensive stop-motion animation work Industrial Light & Magic produced, as in the early 1980s, the technique was being replaced by go motion animation, a more advanced form with motorized articulated puppets that moved while the camera shutter was open, capturing motion blur in the otherwise static puppet, eliminating the harsh staccato movement often associated with stop motion. However, the budgets of the Ewok films were such that go motion was simply too expensive for the projects, so stop motion was used to realize creatures such as the condor dragon, the blurrgs, and the boar-wolves. The Ewok movies proved an opportunity for Industrial Light & Magic to hone a new technique in photographing matte paintings, called latent image matte painting. In this technique, during live action photography a section of the camera's