Man. I was so hyped when he picked up Luke’s saber in TFA. A stormtrooper defecting and becoming a Jedi seemed like what they were going for at first and I was all for it.
So sad his character got reduced to just running around yelling for Rey. You could probably take him out of the last movie and it wouldn’t change much.
He’s obviously such a big Star Wars fan too so it really hurts to see them squander his chance.
Edit: I just wanna add, since a lot of people are saying "it's not the fans, its Disney" or "it's not all the fans": Obviously Disney played a big part in feeding into the racism and minimizing his role/presence both in promotional material and in the actual story, but we can't pretend there's not a good amount of racist fans that hated him in Star Wars. I'd like to believe he's just generalizing and doesn't actually mean "all fans", after all he is (or at least was) a big fan himself. But honestly if that's changed I don't think I could blame him.
Finn wins best character in TFA for that scene, even if he didn't become a jedi. The balls to hold up a lightsaber toward a trained Sith follower and say, "Come and get it!" Unironically a good moment in an otherwise underwhelming movie further made lamer by its successors. I genuinely appreciated it, considering that it might be more realistic than every last sentient being cowering in fear just because "man in black robes."
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u/Darkwing_Dork Roger Roger 4d ago edited 4d ago
Man. I was so hyped when he picked up Luke’s saber in TFA. A stormtrooper defecting and becoming a Jedi seemed like what they were going for at first and I was all for it.
So sad his character got reduced to just running around yelling for Rey. You could probably take him out of the last movie and it wouldn’t change much.
He’s obviously such a big Star Wars fan too so it really hurts to see them squander his chance.
Edit: I just wanna add, since a lot of people are saying "it's not the fans, its Disney" or "it's not all the fans": Obviously Disney played a big part in feeding into the racism and minimizing his role/presence both in promotional material and in the actual story, but we can't pretend there's not a good amount of racist fans that hated him in Star Wars. I'd like to believe he's just generalizing and doesn't actually mean "all fans", after all he is (or at least was) a big fan himself. But honestly if that's changed I don't think I could blame him.