Boyega says he would have kept legacy Star Wars figures in sequels

John Boyega said at Florida Supercon 2025 that the Star Wars sequel trilogy would have been "a whole completely different thing" if he had been a producer from the start, outlining a vision that would have preserved legacy characters, reshaped new-hero development and drawn more heavily on older Star Wars mythologies. The actor, who played former stormtrooper-turned-rebel Finn across the trilogy released between 2015 and 2019, made the remarks during a spotlight panel in Miami Beach on Sunday.

Boyega told the crowd he would not have removed original trilogy figures such as Han Solo and Luke Skywalker the way the films did. "First of all, we are not getting rid of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, all these people. We are not doing that," he said, adding that a priority would be to "fulfil their story, fulfil their legacy" and to create "a good moment of handing on the baton." He was particularly critical of Luke Skywalker's treatment in the sequels, saying, "But Luke Skywalker wouldn't be disappearing on a rock. Hell no. Standing there and he's, like, a projector? I would want to give those characters way more, way more."

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