9. PUFFINS ON PARADE

The Porgs (effectively the new Ewoks), who inhabit Ahch-To are unbearably cute. A comely hybrid of an otter and penguin, with a fluffy hint of owl, they were inspired by the puffins on Skellig Michael off the coast of Kerry. How one gets into the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon is being kept under wraps. There are other new creatures too. The Caretakers, who tend the Jedi temple, are ancient, all female, ‘fish-bird-type aliens’ who speak a ‘blubbery sort of Scottish talk’.