As if Disney didn't have enough to worry about with its ongoing string of disappointing returns for its Star Wars projects, sequel trilogy star John Boyega decided to chime in with a new interview and call fans of the popular space opera saga racists.
Yes, that's just what a flagging intellectual property needed — accuse all of its devoted fans of not being willing to accept non-white characters.
Boyega, who played stormtroop-turned-resistance-fighter "Finn" in the sequel trilogy, makes the allegation in a new AppleTV+ documentary titled Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood, which, one could assume, is about black leading men in Hollywood.
From Variety:
'Lemme tell ya, Star Wars always had the vibe of being in the most whitest, elite space. It's a franchise that's so white that a Black person existing in [it] was something,' Boyega said in the documentary. 'You can always tell it's something when some Star Wars fans try to say, "Well, we had Lando Calrissian and had Samuel L. Jackson!" It's like telling me how many cookie chips are in the cookie dough. It's like, they just scattered that in there, bro!'
Boyega then goes on to say that Star Wars' super-white fanbase is only willing to accept black actors in specific roles.
'They're okay with us playing the best friend, but once we touch their heroes, once we lead, once we trailblaze, it's like, "Oh my God, it's just a bit too much! They're pandering,"' the actor added, while also acknowledging that being cast in the franchise was a 'fundamental moment' in his career.
Apparently lost on Boyega is the fact that Star Wars fans were actually disappointed that more wasn't done with his character of Finn. Many argued that he should have been the main character of the sequel "trilogy" (if you can call it that).
Disney left him to perform side quests and run around screaming "REEEEEEEEEEEY!" all the time.
(No but really, he ran around yelling her name A LOT)
Here's an idea, John: Be grateful for winning the lottery ticket of getting to be featured in a Star Wars trilogy.
It's not the fans' fault your storyline sucked.
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