How could Porkins eject?

I thought you might be right for a second. But...


208. INT. PORKINS' STARSHIP - COCKPIT - DEATH STAR
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CU. Porkins (Blue Pig). The Death Star horizon rotates outside the cockpit, as the control panels inside Pig's ship go wild.

PORKINS
I've got a problem here... my converter is running wild...

BIGGS
Eject, eject, Blue Six, do you read?

PORKINS
I'm all right. I can hold it. Give me a little room, Biggs.

BIGGS
Pull up... pull up.

 

But what good would it have done for Porkins to eject? If he did, none of the rebel pilots would have took the time to save him, and he couldn't have rocketed away, as for one, he'd have to dodge hundreds of turbolasers, and if he was still alive when Luke shot the torpedos down the trench, Luke and the others would have only seconds to get away before the DS blew up, not enough time to go back and get porkins.

 

What else should Biggs have told him? "Stay put, at least your worries will be over in 3 seconds"? The fighter was doomed. The most immediate concern is to get away from it. I doubt they thought it through, but it was the obvious choice to prevent dying in the fighter.

 

blue pig lol

 

Yeah, it seems pretty clear that someone in the old WEG days decided to interpret Biggs' dialogue of "Eject!" to be Porkins' name... pretty lame if you ask me...

 

That may very well be true!

 

It's always been my theory.

 

The problem here is you're choosing to disregard this piece of dialogue:
"We're passing through the magnetic field! Switch your deflectors, double-front!"
---Garven "Dave" Dreis

So what is Dave talking about? See he calls it a magnetic field just like the imperial guy called it a magnetic field so is Dave wrong or is the imperial guy wrong? Were the X-Wings and Y-Wings flying through the opening of docking bays? No they weren't, so you're saying Dave is wrong. Are you not?

As for stormtrooper wearing special special space suits? I see a couple stormtroopers hanging around wearing stormtrooper armor that is exactly the same as the stormtroopers wear inside the Death Star except for a small backpack on it. Is that a special space suit? It is a good indication that there is not a breathable atmosphere but maybe they wear it because the air is just thin out there but is still breathable. See Porkins could survive if the air was thin, he just wouldn't want to start jogging.

These issues you have about an outside atmosphere being pointless and it floating away are really just real world points of view and don't apply to Star Wars because Star Wars is a fantasy world. The simple fact of the matter is Garven Dreis says they're passing through the magnetic field when they're far away from any docking bay and in fact never go into a docking bay. So what is the magnetic field?

Well the truth is there is no definite answer from Lucasfilm that I'm aware of. The truth is it could be something that will never be answered because Lucas wasn't all hung up on little details about sci-fi because he was not writing a hard nose sci-fi adventure where every little detail was meant to be scrutinized over and over. No, he was writing a story about people. He was writing a story about corruption and redemption and he wasn't worried about how Porkins was going to live outside his X-Wing. He was showing that the Rebels genuinely cared for each other by s

 

maybe he said it in the heat of the moment, seems like a pretty natural thing to say, "get out of there!" , "get away from there!" something to that effect
He didn't want to just sit back and watch him die, because that was sure to happen if he stayed in the X-Wing, and is what happened.

 

Unless he had a hangglider with a jet engine on it to get back to Yavin in time.

If the Ewoks made hanggliders, I'm sure the Rebels could devise a jet-powered hang glider thingy so pilots could eject.

 

then they should have used those for the attack in the first place and drop a thermal detonator down that exhaust port. If X-Wings are too small to be hit, jet-gliders would be too small to even DETECT. Awesome!

 

And how would Porkins be saved if he ejected? They only had roughly 30 minutes to approach the death star, drop into the trench, and shoot proton torpedoes into the exhaust shaft. If he had ejected, he'd have to dodge many turbolasers, as well as the TIE fighters. And I highly doubt that the rebel flightsuits were designed to keep a person alive for an extended period of time in the great vacuum of space.

 

Stealth Jet-Gliders

Flippin' sweeeeeet.

 

All I can present to you is this article from Wookieepedia which states that a magnetic field helps contain an atmosphere and since Garven Dreis says they're passing through the magnetic field when they're far away from any docking bays and in fact never go into a docking bay I have come to the conclusion that the Death Star has an atmosphere surrounding it.

I dont think the Empire valued the lives of the pilots much, so I would say the main purpose of that magnetic shield was to help shield against the effects of ion storms and other forms of potentially-damaging interstellar radiation.
It would also be pretty costly and time consuming to fill up and remove oxygen from the magnetically shielded area each time the Death Star went into hyperspace, just for the very slim chance that one of their pilots would need to eject.

 

I think that the flight suit itself extends some sort of force field in case of ejection, but I could be wrong.

 

Isn't the more pressing question why the fat guy was named Porkins? What a cruel universe.

 

Blame Lucas for that one.

 

His nickname was "Belly Runner"

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jek_Porkins

 

But how would Porkins be saved? Who would save him?

 

the wookiepedia thing is pretty lame. A magnetic field surrounds any electrical system - the Death star is a pretty big one ! It would be useful in deflected solar based radiation - otherwise everyone would die!

 

The Ewoks would save him if they could. Bar-B-Qued Porkins is one of their favorite delicacies. Along with
Porkins and Beans,
Pulled Porkins Sandwich.