John Boyega Says ‘Star Wars’ Is ‘So White That a Black Person Existing in It’ Is a Big Deal

[Jaguar93]

Star Wars been garbage since the prequels lol

 

[OneManGang]

He's no off base, Boyega was presented as being a major lead character and that is what drew out the racist crowd, because people thought he might be the lead character, Lando and Mace while recognisable were side characters and that's understood

Nothing in the lead up to the new trilogy suggested he was going to be a lead anything. Why he or anyone would assume that is a mystery. Literally nothing suggested that. It was always marketed with Rey and the new Sith character Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren.

And also Lando and Mace were pivotal in every movie and comic and cartoon they ever appeared in. Saw Guerrera is a pivotal figure in the early rebellion. Black characters have major roles in this white mans vision

Boyega is just mad he was a shyt character in a shyt trilogy. He got plenty of screen time and was a major supporting character in what they were trying to do. I don’t get his complaints

 

[Roid Jones]

Nothing in the lead up to the new trilogy suggested he was going to be a lead anything. Why he or anyone would assume that is a mystery. Literally nothing suggested that. It was always marketed with Rey and the new Sith character Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren.

And also Lando and Mace were pivotal in every movie and comic and cartoon they ever appeared in. Saw Guerrera is a pivotal figure in the early rebellion. Black characters have major roles in this white mans vision

Boyega is just mad he was a shyt character in a shyt trilogy. He got plenty of screen time and was a major supporting character in what they were trying to do. I don’t get his complaints

Now you're being disingenuous

 

[OneManGang]

Now you're being disingenuous

Nope. Can you show me any examples of any type of indication he was a lead? I mean, in a way like I said, he had a TON of screen time. He was a major SUPPORTING character for sure. But those movies were never going to be about his character.

 

[xiceman191]

I was so hype to watch the first movie after the trailer with him and the lightsaber and it turned out to be a whole lot of nothing. Never watched anymore of them shyts

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

Boyega is a good actor

 

[Knicksman20]

Lucas himself said he sold Star Wars to white slavers.

12 Years A Space Slave

 

[DonB90]

UK FBA Boyega

 

[Knicksman20]

Nothing in the lead up to the new trilogy suggested he was going to be a lead anything. Why he or anyone would assume that is a mystery. Literally nothing suggested that. It was always marketed with Rey and the new Sith character Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren.

And also Lando and Mace were pivotal in every movie and comic and cartoon they ever appeared in. Saw Guerrera is a pivotal figure in the early rebellion. Black characters have major roles in this white mans vision

Boyega is just mad he was a shyt character in a shyt trilogy. He got plenty of screen time and was a major supporting character in what they were trying to do. I don’t get his complaints

Nah. There was a HUGE discussion here & Boyega has confirmed in later interviews he was supposed to have a big role in being a Jedi & with the Rey being his love interests only for Disney to pull the rug from underneath him & neuter the character. Do you remember what they did to him when they advertised the movie in China? Take a look at the US release poster to the Chinese one:

 

[Shadow]

Nothing in the lead up to the new trilogy suggested he was going to be a lead anything. Why he or anyone would assume that is a mystery. Literally nothing suggested that. It was always marketed with Rey and the new Sith character Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren.

He was presented as co-lead.

Peep at 1:28 (timestamped) when Han Solo says 'the dark side' the trailer shows the stormtroopers, then when he says the Jedi they show Finn.



Finn using the lightsaber is one of the main things people remember from the trailer.

From the comments:

@Veind
5 years ago
Remember when we though Finn's is the main character and will be a Jedi in this movie

@simonf9160
5 years ago
Back when Disney fooled us into thinking Finn was the Jedi.

@vaultboi7649
9 years ago
when Finn turned on that lightsaber and said "come and get it" I couldn't help but scream "HELL YEAH" and clap

@JustLycan00
12 days ago
Remember when we thought that Finn was the protagonist? A stormtrooper learning the way of the Jedi? What did we have at the end? REEEYYYY

@Ace_of_Horns
9 years ago
That moment when Finn turns that lightsaber on n is about to fight kylo always gives me chills

In the character posters Finn is the only one besides Kylo holding a lightsaber. Meanwhile Rey is holding her staff. The lightsaber is the iconic weapon of the series.

It was a clear bait and switch.

 

[wire28]

Boyega turned down the butter biscuits

He stay shytting on Disney. I approve it and I pray @Ziggiy does as well

@Bryan Danielson you win this round

 

[OneManGang]

Nah. There was a HUGE discussion here & Boyega has confirmed in later interviews he was supposed to have a big role in being a Jedi & with the Rey being his love interests only for Disney to pull the rug from underneath him & neuter the character. Do you remember what they did to him when they advertised the movie in China? Take a look at the US release poster to the Chinese one:

He was presented as co-lead.

Peep at 1:28 (timestamped) when Han Solo says 'the dark side' the trailer shows the stormtroopers, then when he says the Jedi they show Finn.



Finn using the lightsaber is one of the main things people remember from the trailer.

From the comments:











In the character posters Finn is the only one besides Kylo holding a lightsaber. Meanwhile Rey is holding her staff. The lightsaber is the iconic weapon of the series.

It was a clear bait and switch.

I’ll concede this

When presented like this I can see the point. But I still stand by that Adam Driver had a way bigger proposed role in the lead up with comics and other things. We knew he was going to be connected to Luke and Han and Leia. We knew he turned. We knew Rey was the main character. Those were the knows. No one knew what to expect with Boyegas character. Just like we didn’t know what to expect from Snoke. There was a lot of conjecture, but ultimately he was a victim of the lack of direction the new trilogy had, nothing else.

 

[Mazino]

It's all true, the character Finn could've been a great character even not as a Jedi but Disney is too dumb and lazy

That bait and switch was truly nasty work

Isn't he returning to the bullshyt new films they want to do about Rey thoguh? That'd be some sucker shyt if true

 

[Htrb-nvr-blk-&-ug-as-evr]

I LOVED Season 1 of this show



Episode 7 of S1 of Paradise was amazing!

Intense, wasn’t it ? That ep should get some kind of award or sumtin…

 

[Hey_zeus]

Star Wars lost me with how they did him in this trilogy.