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John Boyega has confirmed he’s open to returning to Star Wars, and has even hinted he’s already spoken to Daisy Ridley about the prospect. John Boyega’s Finn is generally seen as one character failed by the sequel trilogy, after teasers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens appeared to be setting him up as a Jedi. The franchise is finally exploring the aftermath of the sequels, though, with Daisy Ridley herself returning. She’s hinted she’d love to see Boyega step back into the galaxy too.
Speaking at Fan Expo Philadelphia, in a panel hosted by ScreenRant‘s Joe Deckelmeier, Boyega confirmed he’s open to returning. In fact, he even hinted he’s already spoken to Ridley; directly asked whether he’d done so, he simply answered, “Maybe.” According to Boyega, he would want Finn’s arc to be the correct one… “[which] was heavily teased.” Deckelmeier openly asked Boyega whether he has unfinished business, to which he gave a delightful response:
“C’mon, yeah, of course. That would be fun to do, but contractually I’m on three movies and then after that, we don’t know what’s happening until they, you know, give you a few calls and say ‘You should come back’ and all that kind of stuff. And because of the whole storm after Star Wars, I think Disney felt a little bit like, ‘Does he still want to be a part of it?’ I’m like, damn, like, I can like this franchise and still tell you that certain elements wasn’t all the way there. It doesn’t remove your love for the whole entire franchise. So for me, everybody knows, it’s dependent on treating the character well, it’s dependent on fulfilling the arc that was teased quite a lot during the process. And hopefully, this time, it’s them approaching it by having a plan of what they’re gonna do throughout the whole series.”
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