# Porgs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porgs/803853>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 7, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porgs/803853 "2017-12-07T23:57:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porgs/803853/21 "2017-12-08T18:54:02Z")

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Looks more like a giant guinea pig to me.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porgs/803853/22 "2017-12-08T19:15:13Z")

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As a noted fan of foxes, I’m excited about seeing vulptexes in _The Last Jedi._ They’re foxes made of crystal or something.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porgs/803853/23 "2017-12-09T01:14:41Z")

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I saw a toddler with a toy porg in a store a few days ago. He squeezed it or touched it and it flapped and made odd sounds. He was fascinated.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porgs/803853/24 "2017-12-09T02:01:38Z")

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The reason Chewbacca likes them can be expressed in two words : **Deep Fried.**

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**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porgs/803853/25 "2017-12-09T02:20:44Z")

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> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> I don’t hate them yet. But they are already far too ubiquitous for a movie that hasn’t come out yet. I liked BB-8 despite its deliberate cute factor, so I hope I won’t lose it over the porgs.

Exactly, they pulled it off with BB-8, so I have faith they won’t go Jar-Jar or Ewok with them.

I note there’s also toys of an “evil BB-8”, but then remember there was supposed to be an evil R2-D2 in Rogue One.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porgs/803853/26 "2017-12-09T03:06:49Z")

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I think they’re adorable! But then, I liked the Ewoks, so I’m probably not a good judge. (If you ever read the X-Wing series, you’d probably like them too)

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porgs/803853/27 "2017-12-10T22:58:02Z")

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The cast and director talk about porgs:

> **[▶️ Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi - 'The Last Jedi' Cast Sounds Off...](https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3767580697/?listId=ls069081936&ref_=hm_vd_tlj1_i_1)**
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> Watch Video | 1:52

> [@Oscar Issac](#):
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> I like to eat them

> [@Daisy Ridley](#):
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> The body to wing … ratio would mean it couldn’t fly

Brian

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