# Thread about overweight fictional heroes—insensitive?

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**Created:** [July 13, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-overweight-fictional-heroes-insensitive/946362 "2021-07-13T02:02:33Z")
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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: [July 14, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-overweight-fictional-heroes-insensitive/946362/28 "2021-07-14T19:38:55Z")

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Can’t forget this guy, who died heroically over the Death Star: [What was Lucas thinking with the Porkins character in Star Wars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-lucas-thinking-with-the-porkins-character-in-star-wars/510349)

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