Star Wars Did John Boyega's Finn So Dirty, Fans Are Still Not Over It

For a moment, fans did see a glimmer of potential in The Force Awakens. Although largely a duplicate of A New Hope (ironically), the film introduced a strong female lead with a mysterious history, new budding friendships, and a Stormtrooper named Finn, who abandoned his duty to the First Order to join the Rebel Alliance.

Finn's story arc should have been one of great potential and to the satisfaction of many fans who were excited to see more of this character's evolution from the bad side to the good.

Instead, the character seemed to be left further behind as the films progressed. Leaving many fans upset, not only because they didn't get to see enough of Finn later on, but he never got the story he was owed.

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The Force Awakens came out almost seven years ago, and yet fans are no more over Finn's mistreatment than when the subsequent movies first came out. Browsing several Twitter or Reddit threads talking about the later trilogy, it is common to see fans discussing their dismay towards Finn's narrative throughout the films.

Not only do fans state they dislike Finn's continuing storyline (or lack of one) in the other movies, they regard it as one of the major failings of the whole trilogy.

Some even suspect that his inclusion within the first movie was nothing more than bating or misdirection by the studio, used to get fans hyped for the initial release. Only to then disregard much of the character once he was revealed as not a Jedi. Generally, this seems to only entice fans more, who wonder 'why couldn't Rey and Finn have both become a Jedi?'

Even John Boyega himself (who played Finn in the films) is well known to have spoken in interviews after the release of The Rise of Skywalker about his own disappointment with being pushed to the sidelines of following movies.

Believing himself and other cast members of color (including Naomi Ackie, Kelly Marie Tran, and Oscar Isaac ) experienced similar treatment of their characters not receiving the same nuisance as Daisy Ridley or Adam Driver.

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If there is any benefit to the experiences these actors and their characters encountered within the Star Wars universe, it is that Disney and other filmmakers will hopefully learn from such a mistake for future movies and franchises.

Unfortunately, it seems unlikely that fans will ever see more of Finn's story or his presence again in any other following Star Wars productions. Especially the return of John Boyega as the character, who has moved on to several new projects since his first appearance as Finn in The Force Awakens.

And yet his very presence may have helped spawn the variety and diversity that we are beginning to see from Star Wars now. Demonstrated by the multiple Disney+ shows centred around the Star Wars universe, which already show a greater depth to its characters and stories than the franchise has ever seen before.

Finn may not have gotten his dues from this trilogy, but hopefully, another Black character will in the next.