Editorial: Star Trek's Lost Purpose

[Gaith]

I heard him talking about the Rebel Alliance in that clip. I did not hear the Ewoks mentioned even once.

Dang it. Well, I certainly didn't come up with the idea, and both Wikipedia and Wookiepedia report there was a direct Ewok-VC inspiration:

In the audio commentary for the 2004 re-release of Return of the Jedi, as well as the documentary Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy, Lucas also cited the Viet Cong as being the primary inspiration for the Ewoks, particularly their defeat of the Galactic Empire.​

So, there ya go. I don't have time to provide further citation, but I'll trust the above, and this History.com article.