3. Don Bies confirmed that one when he was in Melbourne one time. George decided against it because everyone loved the Falcon.

2. Yep, the ewoks themselves don't bother me, it's their use that is the issue. A lot of ewok screen time is to devoted to them being comic characters, which automatically makes it harder to take them as a serious threat against the Empire.

1. I got nothing to add... just didn't want to waste the 1.