What if he's a stormtrooper that ran away?" įor the roles of Finn and other new Star Wars characters for The Force Awakens, director J. Kathleen Kennedy, one of the producers of The Force Awakens, stated: Abrams intentionally looked for unknown actors, as he wanted audiences "to meet these characters and not feel like it’s him from that thing, it’s her from that thing." Boyega, who had impressed Abrams in his debut role in the British sci-fi film Attack the Block (2011), was invited to audition for the role of Finn, a process which lasted seven months before he was finally cast. John Boyega was somebody we'd known of because of Attack the Block.
And we'd been sort of putting him on the top of our list right from the beginning. But, then again, we went on a massive search just to see who was out there, and we kept coming back to realizing that John would be the perfect Finn.
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Įinn's stormtrooper code name, FN-2187, is a reference to the number of the cell in which Princess Leia was detained in the original 1977 film Star Wars. #Star wars the force awakens full movie online xmovies8 code# "Cell 2187", in turn, references Arthur Lipsett's short film 21-87. Ībrams stated that it was intentional that Finn was given no last name in promotional materials for The Force Awakens, suggesting that his full name and background would be revealed in future films.
However, the film itself revealed that "Finn" is an adopted name, derived from his stormtrooper number. In 2021 whilst promoting the film Cherry, Marvel Cinematic Universe actor Tom Holland revealed he had also auditioned for the role of Finn before Boyega was cast. Appearances The Force Awakens įinn, originally designated "FN-2187", is an ex- First Order stormtrooper who served under Captain Phasma ( Gwendoline Christie) and Kylo Ren ( Adam Driver). He was taken from his family at a young age and sold to the First Order to become a part of their ever-expanding army. He was trained for most his life to be an effective, loyal, and merciless soldier. In spite of his training, Finn becomes disillusioned with the First Order during his first combat mission on the planet Jakku. He is traumatized when a fellow stormtrooper dies in front of him, and is later horrified when Ren, having failed to secure the map that will lead to the missing Luke Skywalker ( Mark Hamill), orders his squadron to massacre a village of Jakku civilians. The other stormtroopers follow Ren's order without hesitation. Finn, however, lowers his weapon, aghast, in a silent but firm refusal. While on Jakku, Phasma and Ren both notice Finn's inability to kill, and Phasma later instructs him to report for reconditioning to better follow her orders. Instead of heeding her word, Finn resolves to flee the First Order, and convinces the captured Resistance pilot Poe Dameron ( Oscar Isaac) to aid him in his escape. With Poe piloting a stolen TIE fighter, the two escape from aboard the Finalizer-the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer where Poe was being held prisoner. While piloting, Poe dubs FN-2187 "Finn" (from the "FN" in his designation), which the otherwise nameless stormtrooper embraces. Moments after, their TIE fighter is shot down by the Finalizer's turrets and crash-lands back on Jakku. When Finn comes to, he searches for Poe in the wreckage, but is only able to find the pilot's jacket before the shattered hull of their ship is swallowed by an enormous sinkhole.
Alone, Finn decides to search for civilization, and dons Poe's jacket in place of his own stormtrooper armor. Poe's astromech droid BB-8, now in the care of the junk scavenger Rey ( Daisy Ridley), recognizes the jacket that Finn is wearing belongs to Poe. Rey assumes Finn to be a member of the Resistance after mentioning that BB-8 has a partially completed map leading to Luke. Finn goes along with her mistaken assumption, hoping that she will help him get BB-8 to the Resistance. The three of them escape the First Order on the Millennium Falcon with help from Han Solo ( Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca ( Peter Mayhew).