By Ciaran Duggan,
William Hootkins, who played Jek Tono Porkins in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, was born on this day back in 1948.
Porkins was a male human trader and pilot from Bestine. He decided to abandon his homeworld after the Galactic Empire moved in and developed a new military base there, and he ended up joining the Alliance to Restore the Republic.
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