-You're a stud. This is a movie star here. I love that suit.
-Look, man, the paycheck came through.
[ Laughter ] New suit, new suit.
-This is the final "Star Wars."
-Yeah, man, it's the last one.
-The last one in the whole -- the whole saga.
-It's the end. It's the end.
-What does it mean to you to be part of this?
-It's a -- it's a humbling experience.
A life-changing experience and something I'll always cherish
for the rest of my life, it's just been amazing
meeting great people, having good fun,
and most importantly entertaining you guys.
It's been really, really cool. -Yeah. It's been great --
[ Cheers and applause ] Thank you very much.
It's been great watching you. -Thank you.
-Do you have any, like, standout moments when you're,
like "oh," the first time you met Harrison Ford,
or Carrie Fisher, or you and Daisy.
Anything, like, "Oh, that was a cool day."
-I think a really cool day was, you know,
us being on the new horses that they have in "Star Wars."
They're, like space horses, but they're called "Orbaks"
and they're, like really big, really, really fast
and we had, like a really cool cavalry charge
with explosions on the Death Star.
[ Laughter ] -What?
Are they real robots or are they, like --
-They're horses in costume.
So, the horses were wearing, like fur and then they had,
like, some motion capture things going on in the horses' face
and they added horns and stuff to it.
It's just so, so, so cool, just charging down on that.
-J.J. Abrams doesn't fool around.
-He doesn't mess around. He uses all of the budget.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. And more, and more, right?
-And more and more. -Yeah, exactly.
Oh, he's a talented dude. -He is.
-Last day, emotional, I'm assuming?
-Very, very emotional. Very, very emotional.
I actually wrapped kind of like two shots before Daisy.
So, me and Naomi Ackie had a pickup shot to do,
and then Daisy had her scene and I waited,
and then me and daisy wrapped together, and I said
a gorgeous speech.
It was absolutely amazing. Everybody was in tears.
[ Laughter ]
However, Daisy's speech was absolute nonsense.
[ Laughter ]
-You're saying that because she's not here.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. I am, I am.
Yeah, she cried throughout the whole thing.
We didn't understand a word she was saying.
But it was emotional nonetheless.
[ Laughter ] -Was she really?
-Yeah. -Aw.
-You know, we've had such fun just being around each other
and it's just been, like six, seven years of work,
and you create, you know, really, really cool friendships.
-Yeah, and amazing experiences, like you said,
just meeting the fans alone. -Yeah.
-People, kids are dressing up like you Halloween.
-That is nuts, man. -Isn't that weird?
-Nuts. This time it's cheaper.
Halloween becomes cheaper for me.
Because, all I have to say is, "I'm Finn at home."
[ Laughter ] -Yeah.
-I'm at home. -I'm Finn relaxed.
I'm Finn relaxed. -I'm Finn in sweatpants.
Yeah, exactly. You'll never see this costume.
-Look --
-Yeah, you got a great costume forever.
-Really cool.
-You can't say much about the new movie.
Can you, or no? -Oh, no, no, no, apparently so.
And right now I'm under extreme eyes.
Everyone's got eyes on me because of a recent situation
so I can't say much. -I heard about the situation.
-Hmm. -And I'll say what I can say
about it, but -- -Yeah, sure, sure, sure.
Open up, mate, you know? -Sure.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-You leaked the whole script to the Internet.
[ Laughter ] And almost, like, ruined it
for all the fans out there. -Guys, guys, no.
Why would I -- me? I would never do that.
I just --
-What happened and how scared were you?
-I left the full script under my bed,
and then I was moving apartments the next morning,
and so I forgot the script under my bed.
We weren't shooting, by the way, we had wrapped up.
It was all in the past, and I just forgot about
the script, and then, yeah, someone sold it on eBay.
[ Audience ohs ] -For how much?
-Hey, look, Disney bought it back.
They bought it back. [ Laughter ]
It was like -- it was something silly, it was, like, you know,
like $85 or something.
So, they obviously didn't know.
I think they were basing the price on my name
being on the pages. [ Laughter ]
Not on it being a "Star Wars" script,
and I don't think the person ever read the pages.
They just thought that it was, like, something cool,
tried to sell it online to make a few bucks.
-Your name is, like, kind watermarked on all the pages.
-On every single page. [ Laughter ]
So, when I received the call from my agent saying,
"Mate, I've just received a call from Disney and all the big --
the gods of the movie industry that you work for,
that your livelihood comes from, saying that you lost
the most powerful script in Hollywood right now."
-Seriously. This is going to make a billion dollars
and you're gonna mess it up. -I know. I know.
A way to feel your organs and your big toe, mate,
I'll tell you that. [ Laughter ]
-Who called -- who ended up calling you from Disney?
-Well, Femi, my agent, had spoken to several different
powers-that-be.
These powers include Bob Iger, Kathy Kennedy,
just people that, look, these are normal, casual --
And apparently they were at Galaxy's Edge going for,
like, a tour of the place and --
-When this happened?
-Spielberg was there as well apparently.
[ Laughter ] And so, you know,
let's just say they'll never work with me again.
-No, that's not true. That's not true.
-No, no, we're cool. -I heard you actually met J.J.
years before you did "Star Wars."
-Yeah. -You actually met him at his
production company, at Bad Robot?
-Yeah, yeah. I was taking meetings in L.A.
at the time and I went down to Bad Robot
to actually meet J.J.'s producing partner,
and then as I'm waiting in the lobby, J.J. and Tom Cruise
end up walking out of the editing room,
'cause they're editing "Mission: Impossible."
So, obviously I'm looking at Tom Cruise thinking,
"That's Tom Cruise." [ Laughter ]
And J.J. Abrams stops me and he goes,
"Oh, I loved you in 'Attack the Block.'
I'm going to find you something."
Now, listen. In Hollywood, they always say
they're going to find you something.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -It's never really true.
-Yeah. -So, I'm thinking, move away,
little man. That's Tom Cruise.
[ Laughter ]
Little did I know -- my ignorant self --
little did I know that that guy was gonna
actually come through and... -Change your life.
-...and give me some "Star Wars" magic.
-Absolutely. -Yeah.
-And I heard your family's going to come
to this premiere as well? -Yep, so if anyone's
going to be at the London premiere,
best know it's going to be loud as hell.
I apologize on behalf of the Boyegas.
We're going to make a lot of noise.
-The Boyegas are allowed to make a lot of noise.
-Oh, yeah we will. -They should be proud
of young John Boyega. -Thank you, man.
-I want to show everyone a clip.
Here is a scene from "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
Take a look.
♪♪
-We spotted the fugitives.
[ Whirring ]
-[ Grunts ]
[ Blasting ]
♪♪
-Yes!
♪♪
[ Whirs, beeps ]
♪♪
-Oh! -Oh, they fly now.
-They fly now?
They fly now! -"They fly now!"
-They do. [ Cheers and applause ]