Star Wars Actor John Boyega Expected 'Obi-Wan and Darth Vader' Arc for Rey and Finn, and the Allies to 'Turn Against Each Other' - IGN
Star Wars' John Boyega has said he expected a more dramatic relationship to develop between between his character Finn and Daisy Ridley's Rey throughout the saga's sequel trilogy — rather than the simple friendship viewers got instead.
Star Wars' John Boyega has said he expected a more dramatic relationship to develop between his character Finn and Daisy Ridley's Rey throughout the saga's sequel trilogy — rather than the simple friendship viewers got instead.
Speaking at Fan Expo Boston, Boyega said he had picked up on hints that his character was secretly Force-sensitive from the script of his first movie in the series, The Force Awakens, and believed that this plotline would be developed further in subsequent films — before taking more of a tragic turn.
Comparing his idea for Finn and Rey's relationship to Star Wars' classic Obi-Wan and Darth Vader showdown, Boyega said he thought the pair were due to become antagonists — which would certainly have provided Finn with more of a story arc.
"I think I assumed he was Force-sensitive from The Force Awakens script, or at least by the time I got to the end of The Force Awakens script. I thought they were planning dual Jedis," Boyega said (thanks, ScreenRant).
"I actually thought that they would Obi-Wan and Darth Vader us a bit," he continued. "That we would turn against each other or something along those lines."
Alas, this plot thread was not to be, and Finn's nascent Jedi abilities — well, he does at least wield a lightsaber at one point — are then largely ignored. Two films later, viewers get a couple of vague hints in The Rise of Skywalker, but these also ultimately go nowhere. (Remember those bits where Finn tells Rey he has a secret, without ever actually revealing it? Yep, that's about all we got.)
Finn is introduced as a character with a fresh perspective on the usual good-versus-evil events of the Star Wars films, being a former Imperial Stormtrooper. But beyond a rivalry with his former commander Captain Phasma (a plot thread that is swiftly wrapped up in The Last Jedi), this is largely left unexplored.
