ST John Boyega (Finn) in Episode IX

Finns story died with TLJ. JJ doesn't have time to have him be anything other than support for Rey, along side Poe. The most exciting development Abrams can write for Boyega's character is a possible KOR showdown. We know he lives by the end of the movie so the best thing that can come from TROS is a buddy series along side Issac on Disney+ like Falcon and Winter soldier.

 

What would it be about?

What director is interested?

Is Boyega interested in doing a Finn spin-off, because it doesn’t sound like he is.

 

Doesn’t sound like you’ve given Finn’s character any thought at all tbh.

 

This is old, but I somehow hadn't seen it before. I love what JB says about 30 seconds into this clip... that he stopped while reading the script and called JJ and thanked him. That really has me excited for what's in store for Finn.

 

I'm sure i heard him say that he'd love to come back as Finn at celebration. Granted I'm sure he'd prefer a movie. It seems like Disney is relegating retired movie characters to the streaming service and Poe and Finn can be easily placed into some kind of republic agent series. I dunno maybe the Cassian series and The Mandalorian already fill that creative space.

 

Not that you were pushing this idea but it's bothered me for some time that Finn can't just be Finn alone. It's always Finn and Poe. When people talk about/speculate about spin offs it's always Finn AND Poe. For this movie it's Finn and Poe. While I liked their interaction at the beginning of TFA, to me (emphasis on "to me") it wasn't the end-all-be-all that I feel like some people make it. Like, it was so great you could never imagine one without the other. And yet I see this often. If by some miracle there was a Finn stand alone movie, at BEST, I'd only want cameos from Poe and/or Rey. I'm pretty sure if there was a spin off for Poe there wouldn't be quite the push to include Finn as part of it (because Poe did have a life before he met Finn). I just think that the concept of Finn could exist on his own in another movie. All hypothetical conjecture here because unless TRoS makes a case for it, there isn't going to be a Finn spin off.

 

Your right. My initial thought was to propose Finn being on his own but it immediately occurred to me that the only way i could see Finn being approved to return was with Poe there. If these leaks are true then its clear the LF is basing their creative direction on fan forum sentiment. "Rey's a Palpatine who chooses to be a skywalker and saves the jedi alongside her maybe future husband Kylo". The narrative in the fandom has already been set: Finn and Poe are some kind of power duo. In episode 9 Finn "is back with Poe" . Rian lessened Johns significance in these movies, I really believe that. JJ doesn't have enough time to really raise Finn from where Rian left him, so he's going with most straight forward and safe approach Poe/Finn buddy adventure. He shouldn't need a spin off because the ST was supposed to be his story as much as it was Rey and Rens, not to sound crass but Finn was always supposed to be more important to the narrative than Poe.

 

I don't think it's crass it's the truth. And I say this as someone who is glad someone stepped in and prevailed in TFA in convincing them not to kill of Poe. The overall story is better with him included (to me). I just don't think Finn needs him as a crutch. Finn should be interesting enough on his own. Poe and Rey (to me) are interesting enough on their own to drive separate stand alones, I just would want the same for Finn. Of course with SOLO bombing the way it did, it's arguable that none of the new ST characters could carry a movie by themselves if Han Solo couldn't carry one by himself.

 

I think the take was for a Disney + show like Mandalorian or Obi Wan. Not a film like Solo.

 

A little bit of Finn in the recent leaks:

• Finn and Rose are a thing in the movie but throughout the film, Finn has something he wants to tell Rey but doesn’t get the chance to. Speculates it could be Finn wanting to know if he and Rey could be a thing with Jason hearing that info recently and a long time ago.

Not sure how I feel about it, sounds like something that could be easily misinterpreted.

 

Honestly, whose boyfriend he's gonna be is the last thing I give a crap about. I hope there's a good arc attached to all this relationship drama or otherwise it's pointless.

 

could explain evil Rey.

I hope Finn takes out most of the Knights of Ren, its one year later, I'm sure his skills have went up a notch.

 

Finn is a Plaayaaaa!

 

Didn't DR say that TROS would be a different genre from both TFA and TLJ, a romance storyline would fit since neither TFA and TLJ solidified one. Though, I really don't like the idea of cheater Finn, nor our main female characters fighting over a man.

 

This could all be true and done with such a light touch that it never gets too serious. The leaks might be right, but the tone we are applying to them is wrong. I'd like to think that while cleaning up the odd bits and pieces of nine saga films, relationship beats for twenty-somethings will mercifully (humorously?) dot the background.

 

That's hope on Senator Organa levels....

 

Or something like 'I know how you feel about me; but there's someone else, sorry', with the audience already knowing about Rey's someone else.

Han was similarly blind in ROTJ when it came to Leia and Luke ('I won't get in the way'), and he has already given a little piece of advice ('women always figure out the truth') to Finn - which sounds in itself misguided, since he seems to have assumed wrongly about Finn and his intentions towards Rey.

 

You and me both. Unless they're planning on doing something with his potential kids in the future, there's no reason for it at all. It would just be fanservicing a minority who really only see him as an obstacle for Reylo.
It's basically the same thing as what Rayjefury is talking about. We can't seem to have Finn be a great individual character, everything has to be about his relationships. Whether it's pairing him off with Poe in a buddy role or pairing him off with Rose in a romance.

 

I don't see the point in being excited for "Rise of Skywalker", if Finn is going to be shoved to the side. Rey's character arc isn't exactly blowing my mind. And I honestly thought that Finn's arc had more potential, considering that he was a former stormtrooper. This is why I disliked "The Last Jedi" so much.

Or even Rey in a romantic pairing.

 

Here's the link to the leak.

 

"for example Poe reaches the end of his arc in The Last Jedi."

What arc though?

 

Did I watch a different cut of TFA and TLJ to you? A better story? Rose was even more fleshed out than Finn.