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6. Porgs Were Actually A Way Of Disguising A Problem - The Last Jedi
Whether you love them or loathe them, there's little arguing with the fact that The Last Jedi's Porgs definitely stole more than their fair share of headlines in the lead-up and in the wake of Episode VIII's release.
Yet, the Ahch-To natives weren't actually part of Rian Johnson's original Star Wars plan out of the gates, with creature concept designer Jake Lunt Davies eventually informing StarWars.com that their inception was brought about thanks to a real-life stumbling block.
With the location of Skellig Michael, used for Ahch-To, being home to hundreds of puffins that couldn't be physically removed from the wildlife preserve, the director thought of a genius way of disguising the fact his set had been overrun by the feathered creatures.
As Davies would explain:
"You can’t remove them. You physically can’t get rid of them. And digitally removing them is an issue and a lot of work, so let’s just roll with it, play with it. And so I think he thought, “Well, that’s great, let’s have our own indigenous species.”
So, there's a good chance that whenever you spot a Porg on Ahch-To, there's likely a real-life puffin hiding underneath it wondering what all these cameras and Jedi were doing in their back garden.