Wicket The Ewok Figural Eraser (Butterfly Originals, 1983)
Even those who generally loathe Ewoks and what they brought to the trilogy have to admit that Wicket was damn cute. I was just a little kid when Return of the Jedi hit theaters, and thus, grew up loving the Ewoks, completely oblivious to the general ill will many Star Wars fans held towards them. Though there's several pieces of lame evidence to support the idea that this was Lucas' attempt to create a merchandising cash cow, it's not like there was that much Ewok junk on the market -- or at least, no more than the droids, aliens and main characters received.
The Ewoks got a bad rep. No matter what Lucas wrote or how his team brought it to life, Return of the Jedi was never going to live up to The Empire Strikes Back. Yes, the last installment could've and should've gone a little heavier on the story and drama, but on the flip, it's nice to have this one Star Wars movie that's just fun to watch without having to get all insanely into it. ROTJ is the perfect movie to plop on a couch for when you've got the flu. Ya can't really do that with Empire -- all that white snow hurts your sick eyes.
The figural eraser is neat enough, but only serves as a constant reminder of the one and only thing I've never been able to figure out about Star Wars. What the heck did Leia feed Wicket to get him to trust her? Was it a potato chip? A butter cookie? I'm tempted to track down the old novelization to see if whatever hack wrote it came up with a proper name, but then, ignorance is bliss, and so is thinking that Leia carried potato chips around on Endor.
