Lucasfilm’s dandy Dan Brooks recently spent some time chatting for a bit with the Story Group’s information extraordinaire Pablo Hidalgo about the new creatures called porgs that were seen briefly in the special The Last Jedi BTS video from D23 Expo.
Check out the interview intro below and then take the supplied source link for the full read.
It blinked its eyes, turned its head toward us, and it was love at first sight.
I’m talking, of course, about that short, slightly chubby, and insanely cute creature from the Star Wars: The Last Jedi behind-the-scenes reel shown at D23. It was only shown for about a second — a puppet on a work bench — but immediately inspired lots of online chatter from fans. What is it? Where does it come from? Can I keep it?
StarWars.com is excited to reveal that that little critter is called a porg. And to get just a little more information, we talked to the Lucasfilm Story Group’s Pablo Hidalgo.
