For higher or for worse, actor John Boyega will perpetually be linked to the Star Wars franchise. He starred within the ultimate three chapters within the Skywalker Saga, together with The Pressure Awakens, The Final Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker. Whereas these movies weren’t fan-favorites, they had been additionally not extremely regarded by Boyega himself, however he was a fan of the franchise lengthy earlier than these movies, and he continues to be.
In a latest interview with Complete Movie journal (through GamesRadar), Boyega defined that regardless of his emotions on these final movies, he is nonetheless a “large, large” fan of Star Wars.
“I used to be the individual on set correcting stuff,” he laughs. “Just like the flying jet troopers that we had in The Rise of Skywalker. Poe had been saying, ‘They fly now’ and I assumed that they had seen the flying jet troopers from [animated TV series] The Clone Wars. I play the video games on Battlefront. I’ve a strong relationship with the entire Star Wars stuff.”
He provides of his love for the franchise:
“My first interplay with Star Wars was a Darth Maul determine. I’m a ’90s child so I got here in the course of the prequels. I used to be like, ‘Bloody hell, man.’ I didn’t know what it was however I knew it regarded cool and there have been spaceships and glowsticks that would slash your wrist off. Then I went again to the outdated Star Wars after. OK, I’m responsible – I did say that the results are shit after I was youthful! I didn’t know any higher. Then I grew into maturity and was in love with it. I nonetheless am in love with it. I bloody find it irresistible. However it’s nearly nicer not having to be in it, and never having to take care of that. It’s bizarre, you simply return to being a fan once more and see your self within the video games.”
He additionally shared that he watches all the Disney Plus Star Wars exhibits, and “loves” all of them. It’s too dangerous that after he acquired to be part of the franchise, it didn’t end up properly for him as an actor, or a fan.
Boyega was most just lately seen within the 2022 drama, The Girl King, and he’s at present engaged on a number of tasks, together with the extremely anticipated sequel, Assault the Block 2.
