{"id":177928,"date":"2025-09-24T05:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T05:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/177928\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T05:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T05:48:07","slug":"john-boyega-shares-how-he-wouldve-made-the-star-wars-sequels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/177928\/","title":{"rendered":"John Boyega shares how he would’ve made the Star Wars sequels"},"content":{"rendered":"

While much of the Star Wars discourse has moved on from the sequel trilogy, actor John Boyega continues to make it clear that Disney\u2019s shortcomings were not his fault. Few could blame the actor for having a complicated relationship with the movies. From the very second he appeared on screen, he was subject to racist vitriol that continued throughout the release cycle. That his character, Finn, never developed a coherent arc didn\u2019t help<\/a>. After the series petered out with Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, which revealed Finn to be a space equestrian, Boyega made his issues with Disney, particularly its handling of non-white characters, very well known<\/a>. Appearing at Florida Supercon 2025, per Popverse<\/a>, Boyega, once again, got candid about how the sequel trilogy and how he would\u2019ve made a \u201cwhole completely different thing\u201d had he been a producer.<\/p>\n

Boyega says that if he were wearing his producer hat on Star Wars, he wouldn\u2019t be \u201cgetting rid of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, all these people.\u201d Instead, the \u201cfirst thing we\u2019re going to do is fulfill their story, their legacy.\u201d He envisions \u201ca good moment of handing on the baton.\u201d He also criticizes the new characters, saying that some of them were overpowered, echoing some of the criticisms surrounding Rey<\/a> in The Force Awakens. \u201cThey won\u2019t just grab stuff and know what to do with it,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to struggle like every other character in this franchise. I\u2019d do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also would change the ending of The Last Jedi. \u201cBut Luke Skywalker wouldn\u2019t be disappearing on a rock,\u201d he continued. \u201cHell no. Standing there, and he\u2019s, like, a projector? I would want to give those characters way more way more.\u201d It\u2019s not too surprising that most of his complaints, like those of many fans, are about The Last Jedi. In a 2023 appearance on the Hot Ones spin-off, Truth Or Dab: Rapid Fire, he declared The Last Jedi the worst of his three entries<\/a>. \u201cBut they\u2019re all lovely,\u201d he clarified while shooting a side-eyed glance.<\/p>\n

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