Mark Hamill & William Shatner Banter About Porgs

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William Shatner and Mark Hamill had a little back and forward about Porgs on Twitter . It has been less than 24 hour sincethe most recent trailerforStar warfare : The Last Jedidropped and the devotee are thrilled . There has been more than 13 million aspect of the trailer on YouTube already . But there has been a 2d , interesting reaction to the preview , due to a shot of an adorable fiddling creature called a Porg .

While fans have known for awhile that Porgs were go to be in the movie , this fiddling guy cable demo up in the laggard seems to have set off a chain reaction both of adore sports fan who know them and passionate detractors who think they take aside from the dark and vivid story . Porg - mania seems to have sweep the internet , with fan art , photoshopped posters , and other tributespopping up like crazy . Even thoughdirector Rian Johnson promises that Porgs have a place in the story , some fans remain skeptical .

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And one of them took toTwitterto percentage that opinion . William Shatner postulate one aspect at a buff - made placard where every character was replace by a Porg , and tweet to Mark Hamill thatStar Warsappeared to be jump the shark . Well , there was no way that Luke Skywalker was going to lease Captain Kirk diss his franchise , and he tweet his own opinion back :

I think@starwarshas officially jumped the shark . ? ? Wasn’t@HamillHimselfsupposed to be in this movie ? ? pic.twitter.com/HFiA56hlS3 — William Shatner ( @WilliamShatner)October 10 , 2017

I think@WilliamShatnerhas formally derail the snark . ? ? You ’ve get your BORGS , Bill- I ’ve got my PORGS , OK ? ? # TheFarceIsStrongInShatnerhttps://t.co/W28T3sixr3 — @HamillHimself ( @HamillHimself)October 10 , 2017

Both Shatner and Hamill are known for their clever snark on Twitter . Whether it ’s Shatner live - tweeting his favored TV show or Hamill indication tweets from Donald Trump in the voice of the Joker , both are give to amusing their fan on societal media . And the fans responded as well , accept sides in the battle , adding young fan artistic creation ( including a draftsmanship of a Borg assimilated Porg that ’s worth scroll down for ) , pointing out that Kirk never faced the Borg himself , or calling out Shatner because one of the most popular instalment ever ofStar Trekwas ' The Trouble with Tribbles ' - which , of course of study , also star some adorable furred footling creatures .

While Shatner may joke that the Porgs are causingStar Warsto jump the shark , the truth is that the enfranchisement has a account of adorable creatures see from the days of the Ewoks to the recent introduction of BB-8 . Cute aliens and droids have always been a part ofStar Wars . So do it them or hate them , it looks like the Porgs are on their room . And odds are they probably wo n’t be the last adorable specie to be introduced in the franchise .