Ewok actor, Tony Cox reveals 13 people quit on day one because the Star Wars SUITS were so HELLISHLY HOT their UNDERWEAR was SOAKED in 5 minutes… and you could literally STEAM a pot of rice off their heads...and George Lucas personally DEMANDED him after DUMPING Ron Howard’s choice "Yeah, it was no work…… little people was always seen in costumes. I didn’t really wanna be in costumes…… I even turned down the first job that was in a costume because I said I didn’t wanna start out like that…… But when the Star Wars came about, that was something different." "Those were the hottest costumes I’ve ever been in in my life…… first you had to put the pajamas on, and then after the pajamas come the bulk…… it took two to three people to put the other stuff on, you know, the fur. And man, when they stuck their head on, man, you were sweating so hot, your underwear was soaked within five minutes, where they could just wring it out…… when they pull their heads off, you could’ve steamed a pot of rice up there, because all the Ewoks used to just see steam coming up. Thirteen people quit the first day. Ewoks was laid out all over the place…… the eyes would fog up…… and they got trees coming down. So it was like, man, just run for it…… because you could have got hit by the trees…… and you hope you made it." "I’m so glad I stayed, because that led to Ewok One, Ewok Two…… I also had the opportunity to work on Willow…… George Lucas didn’t like who Ron had hired, and he said, get me Tony Cox here…… So that made me feel good." "I did almost quit the game…… something was going on with my heart…… I only played like about eleven seconds of the fourth quarter. And I just felt like it was my fault…… I was the leading scorer in the game, and I was also the captain…… So I’ve got like four or five gold medals in basketball…… It’s recorded me hitting a half court shot, and I used to hit them every game we play."