John Boyega isn’t holding back when it comes to his thoughts on how the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy could have been handled differently.
Speaking at Florida Supercon 2025 in Miami Beach, the actor – Boyega, who played former Stormtrooper Finn across “The Force Awakens,” “The Last Jedi” and “The Rise of Skywalker” – offered a candid take on what he would have done if he had been a producer on the films from the beginning. When asked by an audience member during his spotlight panel what changes he would make to remake the sequels, Boyega delivered a blunt assessment of the franchise’s creative choices.
“If I was a producer on ‘Star Wars’ from the beginning, you would have had a whole completely different thing,” Boyega said, according to Popverse. “It would be mad. First of all, we’re not getting rid of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, all these people. We’re not doing that. The first thing we’re going to do is fulfill their story, fulfill their legacy. We’re going to make a good moment of handing on the baton.”
Boyega also took aim at the power scaling of new characters in the sequels. “Our new characters will not be OP’d [overpowered] in these movies,” he said. “They won’t just grab stuff and know what to do with it. No. You’ve got to struggle like every other character in this franchise. I’d do that.”
Beyond character development, Boyega outlined a different creative approach that would have drawn from the expanded universe of “Star Wars” storytelling. “I’d look to the Old Republic stories and see what we can add to the continuation of that. I would definitely want to see Force Unleashed stories in there,” he said. “I would try to expand the ‘Star Wars’ universe as much as possible while respecting the lore. If we’re expanding the lore, we have to do it within the respective boundaries that stay true.”
The actor was particularly critical of Luke Skywalker’s arc in “The Last Jedi,” where the character appeared as a Force projection during the film’s climax. “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.”
