If you’re human, you probably watched the trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi when it dropped on Monday night. The 2.:30-long trailer reunited us with all the main characters from The Force Awakens and included a glimpse into Luke and Rey’s Jedi training sessions. But it’s a new character, who appears in the trailer for only a few seconds, that is quickly becoming a fan favorite on the internet.
Yes, we’re talking about the porg. What is a porg? It’s a creature that kind of looks like a penguin with very large eyes. Porgs reside on Ahch-To, the planet where Rey travels to find Luke at the end of The Force Awakens. In the middle of the trailer, there’s a scene of Chewbacca and the porg, in the Millennium Falcon. The porg emits a strange yell. And the internet collectively fell in love.
https://twitter.com/jowrotethis/status/917588365079322624
Me when Leia showed up in the trailer, but then the Porg yelled. pic.twitter.com/hcTFpVyj0Y
— it’s brat pizza (@muppetquayn) October 10, 2017
#TheLastJedi trailer literally could have just been the porg and I would have bought tickets pic.twitter.com/9dhL2LLiLa
— Smashadash (@Smile_Kid_amc) October 10, 2017
#TheLastJedi trailer opens with the line ‘Meesa feel a disturbance in the Porgs’ and then a Porg screams to camera for 2 ENTIRE minutes.
— Ash Crossan (@AshCrossan) October 9, 2017
Just go ahead and give me the Chewy and Porg buddy cop film announcement already. #TheLastJedi pic.twitter.com/HbVPZVrLUb
— Brandon Fitzgerald (@BrandonFitzy) October 10, 2017
What did I learn from the new #TheLastJedi trailer?
— Not Shawn Michaels (@JohnnyGargano) October 10, 2017
Porg is the new Han Solo. You can’t tell me otherwise.
The porg was instantly relatable.
Me too, Porg. Me too. pic.twitter.com/rYPxOz1nXe
— Stephen Colletti (@StephenColletti) October 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/emerylord/status/917579350752550912
https://twitter.com/kathiepham/status/917611991195205632
Naturally, the porg turned into a meme.
Sorry. pic.twitter.com/RqtYd7GjwD
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 10, 2017
The @StarWars fandom rn pic.twitter.com/FsXMhijw7U
— Gene Park (@GenePark) October 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/darth/status/917552022429114368
Leia’s outfit is actually made specifically for porg snuggling. pic.twitter.com/HuWyjhSdQk
— heath (@heathdwilliams) October 10, 2017
The yelling porg also became a popular thread on the Photoshop Battle subreddit.
What if a porg jumped out of William Hurt’s chest in the first Alien movie?
What if the sea lion that Shaq posed with was actually a porg?
What if Kylo Ren had to defeat the porgs in a game of whack-a-mole?
If director Rian Johnson kills any porgs in this film, he’ll face the wrath of the internet.
https://twitter.com/netw3rk/status/917578327799472128
Only two months left until we get to see porgs leading the Resistance.
