{"id":2577,"date":"2017-12-02T23:01:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T23:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/12\/02\/the-last-jedi-star-john-boyega-admits-he-doesnt-like-porgs-thus-turning-to-the-dark-side-watch\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T23:01:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T23:01:17","slug":"the-last-jedi-star-john-boyega-admits-he-doesnt-like-porgs-thus-turning-to-the-dark-side-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/12\/02\/the-last-jedi-star-john-boyega-admits-he-doesnt-like-porgs-thus-turning-to-the-dark-side-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Last Jedi\u2019 Star John Boyega Admits He Doesn\u2019t Like Porgs, Thus Turning to the Dark Side \u2014 Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No one has seen &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/star-wars\/\" id=\"auto-tag_star-wars\">Star Wars<\/a>: The Last Jedi&#8221; yet, but everyone has seen \u2014 and formed an opinion on \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/porgs\/\" id=\"auto-tag_porgs\">porgs<\/a>. The adorable (or not) creatures came up on &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live&#8221; last night, with Kimmel asking the cast of Rian Johnson&#8217;s contribution to the mythos what they think of them. Only one person admitted to not being a fan: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/john-boyega\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-boyega\">John Boyega<\/a>. Watch below.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/11\/bb-9e-evil-in-star-wars-the-last-jedi-1201901741\/\" title=\"BB-9E: Everything You Need to Know About BB-8\u2019s Evil Droid Counterpart in \u2018Star Wars: The Last Jedi\u2019\">BB-9E: Everything You Need to Know About BB-8\u2019s Evil Droid Counterpart in \u2018Star Wars: The Last Jedi\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">He isn&#8217;t especially vocal about his disdain, initially signaling it with a gesture. After being asked for his thoughts by Kimmel, however, Boyega holds nothing back: &#8220;I just naturally don&#8217;t like them,&#8221; he says. &#8220;I don&#8217;t. We were on the Falcon and there was a hole and there was, like, little porgs all bunched together and then there were big ones&#8230;I&#8217;m not into it.&#8221; Oscar Isaac, meanwhile, is proudly pro-porg.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">Read More: \u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"\u2018Star Wars: The Last Jedi\u2019: Laura Dern\u2019s Top Secret Character Revealed (and She\u2019s Causing Trouble)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/11\/star-wars-last-jedi-spoilers-laura-dern-vice-admiral-amilyn-holdo-1201899443\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Star Wars: The Last Jedi\u2019: Laura Dern\u2019s Top Secret Character Revealed (and She\u2019s Causing Trouble)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People forget that these movies were made for children,&#8221; Hamill says when asked about what could be the most controversial &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; creature since Ewoks and Jar Jar Binks. He&#8217;s quickly interrupted by Kimmel, however: &#8220;No, they&#8217;re made for middle-aged men now.&#8221; Fair point.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one has seen &#8220;Star Wars: The Last Jedi&#8221; yet, but everyone has seen \u2014 and formed an opinion on \u2014&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-2577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-Fz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}