Talk:Jek Porkins/@comment-30220004-20170325005725/@comment-208.98.157.12-20170326185445

It's not too apparent in the movie (I think, it's been awhile), but in the novelization he dies because of a freak accident and not because of lack of piloting skill. Biggs and Porkins, while doing their attack run accidentally blow up a series of important terminals which releases a ton of radiation and other gasses. Biggs manages to clear the area but Porkins gets hit by the explosion which messes up his computers. So he doesn't notice when his X-wing gets target locked by a gunner and gets shot down.


 * I read the novel just a couple weeks ago.