At Florida Supercon 2025, John Boyega shared his vision for the Star Wars sequels as if he was the producer of the three films, sharing what happens to the new characters including Finn, as well as the Original Trilogy players Han Solo and Luke Skywalker.
“If I was a producer on Star Wars from the beginning,” John Boyega said at Florida Supercon 2025, “You would have had a whole completely different thing.”
Asked by an audience member at his spotlight panel what he would do if he were to remake the Star Wars sequels he appeared in (that is, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker, respectively), Boyega was incredibly honest.
“It would be mad,” said the Attack the Block star, “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.”
But it wasn’t only the legacy characters whose arcs Boyega would’ve changed.
“Our new characters,” said Boyega, “will not be OP’d [overpowered] in these movies. 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.”
Even beyond character specifics, though, Boyega’s Star Wars would’ve drawn from different sources than the new movies did.
“I’d look to the Old Republic stories,” the actor continued, “And see what we can add to the continuation of that. I would definitely want to see Force Unleashed stories in there. 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 in within the respective boundaries that stay true.”
“But Luke Skywalker wouldn’t be disappearing on a rock,” concluded Boyega, “Hell no. Standing there and he’s, like, a projector? I would want to give those characters way more way more.”
You can watch the entire John Boyega spotlight panel at Florida Supercon 2025 on Popverse.
