[6.8/10] The premise here is at least something out of the ordinary for Ewoks. The main quarter of young Ewoks having to tell the trader’s wares in order to win a prize is not the sort of adventure we usually see, so there is, at a minimum, some greater novelty to this.
At the same time, I appreciate that this uses at least a bit of world-building from the series, with the Ewoks getting their mission from the trader we met in season 1, selling some items to the Cagles from an earlier episode this season, as well as Larry, the three-eyed dude from the same episode. It’s not much, but it gives the Forest Moon of Endor a little more sense of place.
That said, the block and tackle of the episode is just so-so. The boys and girls’ efforts to sell their items are dumb and/or a little sexist. And their efforts to sell to the grumpy Boban aren’t much to write home about either.
There is, however, a touch of cleverness to the fact that for all their bumbling, the Cagles and the Boban do, in fact, pay up and find themselves happy with their purchases, but the prize goes back to the animal it was taken from. It’s not much, but I appreciate the mild turns in the narrative here.
Overall, the actual salesman shtick drags this one down a bit, but the ideas aren’t bad, and there’s some cleverness to the plotting.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2022-06-07T22:47:00Z
[6.8/10] The premise here is at least something out of the ordinary for Ewoks. The main quarter of young Ewoks having to tell the trader’s wares in order to win a prize is not the sort of adventure we usually see, so there is, at a minimum, some greater novelty to this.
At the same time, I appreciate that this uses at least a bit of world-building from the series, with the Ewoks getting their mission from the trader we met in season 1, selling some items to the Cagles from an earlier episode this season, as well as Larry, the three-eyed dude from the same episode. It’s not much, but it gives the Forest Moon of Endor a little more sense of place.
That said, the block and tackle of the episode is just so-so. The boys and girls’ efforts to sell their items are dumb and/or a little sexist. And their efforts to sell to the grumpy Boban aren’t much to write home about either.
There is, however, a touch of cleverness to the fact that for all their bumbling, the Cagles and the Boban do, in fact, pay up and find themselves happy with their purchases, but the prize goes back to the animal it was taken from. It’s not much, but I appreciate the mild turns in the narrative here.
Overall, the actual salesman shtick drags this one down a bit, but the ideas aren’t bad, and there’s some cleverness to the plotting.