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How did Porkins make it through flight school?
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:44 pm
the guy is 300+ pounds, can't fly worth a shite, and dies first when he refuses to pull up.
were the standards for flight school in the rebellion low or were they desperate to find any available body to put in a fighter? there's no way in hell Porkins makes it through flight school and fighter training in any military branch today.
it just seems like he was there because it was all hands on deck
were the standards for flight school in the rebellion low or were they desperate to find any available body to put in a fighter? there's no way in hell Porkins makes it through flight school and fighter training in any military branch today.
it just seems like he was there because it was all hands on deck
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Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:39 pm to TH03
You can say the same about Luke. Hell has Luke ever flown in space before?
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:55 pm to TH03
Like the guy above said......they took on a guy who had never flown a space craft EVER and sent him off just because he played around in an atmospheric craft and knew a current pilot.
Oh, and he joined the rebellion about 2 hours before the attack.
Oh, and he joined the rebellion about 2 hours before the attack.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:59 pm to Volvagia
But he could shoot a womprat like nobody's business
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:08 pm to TH03
What about the "loosen up" guy? He looked like my dad trying to hook up the VCR.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:37 pm to LSUPERMAN
But Luke had The Force. Porkins was just a fatass
Posted on 8/20/14 at 12:50 am to TH03
Considering it's not a comedy I can't believe the film went as far as naming a fat character Porkins.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 6:39 am to theGarnetWay
Maybe that was his call sign.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:11 am to CaptainsWafer
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Maybe that was his call sign.
Not in the expanded universe which is now meaningless though, his name was Jek Tono Porkins, they nicknamed him piggy and belly runner according to the wiki. Apparently his skill was in low altitude strafe runs, maybe that is why he was cocky about making it when he couldn't...
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This post was edited on 8/20/14 at 8:15 am
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:22 am to TH03
They needed anyone willing to fly.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:40 am to TH03
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were the standards for flight school in the rebellion low or were they desperate to find any available body to put in a fighter? there's no way in hell Porkins makes it through flight school and fighter training in any military branch today.
it just seems like he was there because it was all hands on deck
It's kind of like how they gave a cropduster pilot the cockpit of a fighter jet in Independence Day.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:40 am to Dam Guide
Or maybe he was too big to fly higher and do anything else?
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:02 am to LSUPERMAN
true, luke had never been off his home planet and joined the rebellion a few hours prior, but ends up as the only survivor of the attack and the one who blows up the Death Star.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:03 am to LSUBoo
wasn't he a former fighter pilot though, same as the president?
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:16 am to TH03
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dies first when he refuses to pull up.
maybe because he was the best at following orders and those orders were to "stay on target"
even through the threat of death he never wavered (probably bc he was too fat to move, amirite?) but seriously that guy is a true hero to the rebellion.
Luke, turned off his targeting computer which was clearly against protocol. for what? some hail mary based on the old ewan magregor's hunch??
if a hail mary works, you don't praise the coach for superior gameplanning.
Luke got lucky.
Porkins forever!!! RIP
Never forget!!!
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:16 am to theGarnetWay
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Considering it's not a comedy I can't believe the film went as far as naming a fat character Porkins.
George Lucas is still 13 years old, intellectually. We just thought that was awesome in the 70s, brah.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:18 am to theGarnetWay
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Considering it's not a comedy I can't believe the film went as far as naming a fat character Porkins.
Yeah, there has to be a serious back story to this.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:18 am to TH03
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but ends up as the only survivor of the attack and the one who blows up the Death Star.
Whoa now, Wedge survived the attack.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:20 am to LSUBoo
yea, but they didn't care. only han, Luke, and chewy were shown when they landed and then honored later.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 9:28 am to LSUBoo
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Whoa now, Wedge survived the attack.
Wedge survived the assaults on both Death Stars.
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