The release ofStar Wars: The Last Jediis imminent and Lucasfilm has been teasing a lot of Porg involvement over the past several weeks, but a lot ofStar Warsfans weren’t expecting to see Chewbacca backhand aPorgwhile co-piloting the Millennium Falcon. Many were taken aback by Chewie’s sudden violent outburst while others applauded the violence and are hoping for more within the movie. As it turns out, Finnish actor Joonas Suotamo who has taken over the Wookie gig from original Chewie Peter Mayhew, felt some remorse about hitting the little guy so hard.
A newLast Jediclip surfaced last night that featured that same Porg getting slammed into the windshield, but it wasn’t at the hands of Chewbacca and instead looks like they’re in some kind of distress. USA Today recently spoke to Joonas Suotamo about thesmack heard around the worldand he feels bad about it. Suotamo said, “I definitely felt bad about pushing the Porg aside so violently like I did,” but the actor said it with a laugh, so maybe he did mean to do it. We’ll have to continue toinvestigatethe footage further, partly because it’s so fun.
Chewbacca did just lose his best friend of 40 years, so manyStar Warsfans were expecting the Porgs to serve as therapy animals for him in his time in need. But in the movie, Joonas Suotamo says, “like any relationship, it needs some work, and Chewie doesn’t warm up very fast to anything. He’ll need some encouragement”. Suotamo went on to insinuate that the Porgs are the ones that might need to step up and initiate the friendliness, which makes sense. They’re going to have to prove themselves to the Wookie before any real trust situations come into play.
ManyStar Warsfans have been pretty scared that the Porgs are going to get a lot of screen time inThe Last Jediand the new TV spots certainly point to a bigger Porg involvement, confirming fears. Making matters worse is a recent Empire interview with Daisy Ridley, the Rey actress confirms that we haven’t seen anything yet when it comes to thePorgs. She said, “You haven’t even seen glimmer of the story they offer. What’s amazing too is that they come with us on…” Empire reports that Ridley stopped abruptly, and added, “Oops, spoiler. I’m umm… sure, there are Porgs in lots of places.” This is going to make some fans extremely angry and make Disney some dough.
Porgs are here to stay, no matter how hard Chewbacca smacks them or tries to ingest them. It looks like many fans are just going to have to come to grips that the Ewoks are back, but in the form of weird puffin/ottercreaturesand they’re going to be in a lot ofThe Last Jedi. So, you have been warned, Porgs are going to be in a lot of places. You can read more about Chewbacca’s Porg violence guilt viaUSA Today.
