30. Porgs! (Episode VIII: The Last Jedi)
What’s a four-letter word for “cute little calico penguin puffin pug owl cat hamster Ewok Mogwai Tribble Furby Pikachu hybrid thing”? Ask literally any child you know and you’ll get the answer. These preposterously adorable critters, designed by Jake Lunt Davies, are so insanely marketable and merchandisable that Disney may as well have fired them via drone strike under every Christmas tree in the country (for a fee, of course). Even so, it’s hard to begrudge these island dwellers, several of whom take up residence in the Millennium Falcon, since they really are as delightful as advertised. The scene where Chewie can’t bring himself to chow down on roast porg will do more for vegetarianism than a million naked PETA ads.
With Star Wars: The Last Jedi now in theaters, I revisited and revised my list of the greatest Star Wars moments for Vulture, incorporating the new movie and cutting it down to a nice round 50 entries.
Just for fun, here’s how the list breaks down, movie by movie:
20th Century Fox theme for Episodes I-VI 1
The Phantom Menace 3
Attack of the Clones 2
Revenge of the Sith 6
Rogue One 3
A New Hope 10
The Empire Strikes Back 9
Return of the Jedi 10
The Force Awakens 4
The Last Jedi 2
Does the number for The Last Jedi tell you anything about how I felt about the movie? Hmmmmmmm.
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