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I like RotJ because it has the best space battle, but I think I like the Porgs better than the Ewoks.

 Just Tony wrote:
I've been spared the... seedier aspects of Trek fandom, that's for sure. My comment was more about the validity/invalidity of the EU stuff.

Well, for that you've always got the question of how the X-men/Next Generation crossover novels fit in. (Yes, really)
Or debates on the morality of the USS Defiant, whether Star Trek Enterprise is actually canon since its just a holo-novel in the end and on and on and on.

The ST fandom isn't demonstrably less crazy than the SW fandom.

At age 39, I'm in a position that Ewoks were Star Wars canon as soon as I was old enough to know any concrete details about Star Wars in general. And, I had spin-off comics and Ewok storybooks a decade before I actually got to watch Star Wars.

I was in my twenties before I even realized there were people who didn't like Ewoks. How could anyone not like Ewoks? They were a beloved child memory.

Now I'm a creaky old man who's seen the Two Ewok movies, an Ewok cartoon, and no less than nine Star Wars films. Porgs show up, and by the end I'm like "oh, okay, they don't have Jar Jar to scream "Oh no-sah!" and crash into a wall for comedic effect whenever the spaceship turns, but they really wanted that kid-pleasing over acting CGI monster thing, so they stuck Hamtaro into the movie to cover that."

And, I'm right. And I'm just as wrong as the Ewok haters, because my four year old will love them.

I'm 40 and I loved them! The critical difference between Porgs and Ewoks (not a fan, but don't rabidly hate them) or Jar Jar (I long for a time when digital creations can feel pain just so this thing can be tormented for all eternity) is they're completely incidental, no part of the plot revolves around them, they're just a little in-universe flavour and levity in adorable little fluffy packages.

And I'm ok with that.

 curran12 wrote:
Porgs look like they are born, live and die in a state of utter, screaming existential terror.

They are my spirit animal.

LMAO.

I love the post. All they do is scream or cry (when Chewie was eating a cooked Porg).

I've been looking for a good porg plushie and unable to find one. They are either super cheap looking, or well made porg plushie a with hard plastic boxes inside them that defy cuddling.

 Nick Garai wrote:

 curran12 wrote:
Porgs look like they are born, live and die in a state of utter, screaming existential terror.

They are my spirit animal.

LMAO.

I love the post. All they do is scream or cry (when Chewie was eating a cooked Porg).

It'd have been better if he tore the wings off and ate it raw.