Return of the Ewok Return of the Ewok is a 24 - minute mockumentary starring Warwick Davis , the actor who played the Ewok Wicket W . Warrick in and the . It was created by Davis and David Tomblin , " Return of the Jedi " ' s first assistant director . Tomblin directed . Lucasfilm Ltd . planned to use the movie as a promotional film for " Return of the Jedi " , but post - production on the film was never completed . The film is set in both the " real world " and the fictional locations of the " Star Wars " universe . Real - world locations include an airport , Elstree Studios and the actors ' dressing rooms , while the fictional locations include Dagobah , the Death Star II , Jabba ' s Palace , and the forest Moon of Endor . Throughout the film , these two realities are intermixed to produce an alternate reality . Plot summary . " Return of the Ewok " focuses on the fictional account of Davis ' s decision to become an actor and act as Wicket in " Return of the Jedi " . It also follows his transformation into Wicket . The film was shot on Tomblin ' s own 16mm camera and created during production of " Return of the Jedi " . As Warwick and as Wicket , he visits and interacts with many of the cast and crew of the movie and then characters of the movie . As Warwick , he goes to Elstree Studios where he interacts with the cast , both in and out of character . At one point , he even interacts with Luke Skywalker as he jumps out of a movie screen . As Wicket , he goes to Dagobah to see Yoda , and the Death Star he sees Darth Vader , and is chased by Boba Fett . Production . " Return of the Ewok " was conceived by David Tomblin and funded by George Lucas . According to Warwick Davis , " [ Tomblin ] kept thinking of it in the night , he used to jump up and write little bits . Eventually , he ended up with this whole story , and we made this little film . " Tomblin told " Starlog " magazine : " At lunch times , I would rush around and try and shoot pieces for it . " Legacy . The original print of " Return of the Ewok " is said to be lost ; for years , Warwick Davis ' s VHS dub was the only known copy . In 1999 , he loaned this copy to Lucasfilm so that they could make their own copy . Davis first publicly screened the film that same year at the first " Star Wars " Celebration . This was followed by screenings at both Celebration II in 2002 , and Celebration III in 2005 . In 2005 , the film won the Pioneer Award in the Lucasfilm - sponsored Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards . The first UK screening of the film was at the National Space Centre in Leicester for the " Star Wars " day convention on November 12 , 2005 ; it was presented by Davis , and included a question - and - answer session with Davis . The 2004 DVD release of the original trilogy included a bonus disc that contained an easter egg of bloopers from the films , which included a high - quality clip from " Return of the Ewok " of Wicket being chased by Boba Fett on the Death Star . In April 2005 , approximately four minutes of the film was made available on the official " Star Wars " website for members of the . This copy showed minimal cleanup , and the soundtrack has been altered in several places . Whereas the original film used Supertramp ' s " Take The Long Way Home , " the online version substituted incidental music . Dialogue was also changed ; in one example , Wicket ' s cry of " Crikey , it ' s Lord Vader ! " near the end of the film was been excised . The best known quality bootleg of the entire film is a fan preservation project created in May 2005 , a collaboration between Garrett Gilchrist of California and SKot Kirkwood of Texas . Their DVD version combines footage taken from the clip on StarWars . com , combined with a camcorder recording of the movie from one of its public showings , as well as clips culled from other sources , such as a brief excerpt shown on . Gilchrist digitally cleaned up portions of the video and audio , then combined and edited the footage from different sources to reconstruct the film . At 25 minutes , this version is slightly longer than the original , with Gilchrist adding his own opening and ending credits .