What's up Star Wars Fans, my name is Prince, and I am an Urban Acolyte.
If y'all don't mind, today, I just want to talk about my main man Finn because I don't
think anyone else is really saying too much about Finn in their Episode IX, rumor/prediciton
videos.
I could be wrong, and maybe I am--because I don't really watch those videos.
Anyway, I'll tell you the rumors that I HAVE heard-- I've heard that Finn is going to display
a new set of skills in Episode IX.
I've heard that Finn might actually pilot the Millennium Falcon.
We've seen the pictures of Finn, Poe, and Chewie on some forest or grassland planet.
I actually think those might be two separate planets.
People loved seeing the interaction between Finn and Poe in The Force Awakens, and they
were originally going to be paired together for the Canto Bight scenes in The Last Jedi.
I don't know if them being paired together will be a "Buddy Cop" thing like their original
scenes in The Last Jedi were going to be-- but the Poe Dameron comic book has pushed
Poe into this role as the emerging leader of the Resistance.
Poe is presented to us as this kid whose mother is Top Gun, and his father is like Master
Chief or something.
We haven't really seen all those skills play out on the big screen.
Of course then there's Finn--FN2187 was the standout cadet in his class who Phasma once
thought would rise above the ranks of a Stormtrooper and become an Officer within the First Order.
I'm not going to talk about how awesome Finn was as a stormtrooper cadet because I've done
that in a bunch of videos that I put out over the last 2 years already--just go check my
Finn playlist.
To address the question as to how Finn could have been so awesome if he was "only a janitor"--well,
I've already answered that one, too.
Cadets don't actually have jobs outside of their training other than to clean.
Any military veteran in the real world will tell you that--and Cardinal talks about it
in the Phasma novel, too.
Finn was a janitor, he was in charge of all the other cadets who were also janitors.
He was the leader of his fireteam...and when he wasn't cranking, that's what we called
it on my ship, the Mighty USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)--when he wasn't crankin', he was
being really awesome to the point that I think he's Force sensitive.
But enough about the past--let's talk about The Present...let's talk about Finn from the
man playing him, John Boyega himself--so the big homie Chris Ryons who has a new Star Wars
channel called "Broaxium" tweeted John Boyega a few days ago about Episode IX.
So Chris said "Hopefully my man John Boyega will truly shine in IX and the Finn character
will be shown as the B.A.
hero I've been waiting for him to be since VII....and hopefully he'll weild a saber agan..."
He actually got a reply from John Boyega--"We've got you in this one bro!
TRUST me!"
So I don't know--how do we take that-- Finn is going to be shown as the hero we've been
waiting to see?
Finn is going to wield a lightsaber again?
I'm hoping for ALL OF THE ABOVE.
And if you happen to be new here--let me point you to this video from January 2016 that I
did about Finn's lightsaber scenes being cut from The Force Awakens.
So my source for everything in that video came from Jason Ward at Making Star Wars.
Jason basically leaked an entire outline for an earlier version of The Force Awakens.
The concept artwork in "The Art of the Force Awakens" along with the The Force Awakens
novel lines up with what was in that outline.
In it, Finn was the one who initially accepted Anakin's lightsaber.
Now we saw Maz hand it off to Finn after Rey ran following her Force back vision-- but
that whole thing was originally much different.
The force back scene was going to be a flashback where Maz told the story of how she acquired
the lightsaber.
The lightsaber was going to be the key to locating Luke Skywalker on Ach-To.
Finn was going to use the lightsaber during the First Order's attack on Takodana--and
Maz would then travel back to Dakar with the Resistance where she would later tell Leia
that Finn needed the lightsaber on his mission to Starkiller Base to find Rey.
Finn was then going to use the lightsaber during the seige on Starkiller Base, and instead
of Phasma dropping the shields, Finn was going to use the lightsaber to destroy those computers--so
think of it as like a mirror to Kylo Ren's tantrum when he destroyed all that equipment
earlier in the movie--basically, Finn was going to be presented as like a mirror to
Kylo Ren in an earlier version of The Force Awakens.
I mean, looking back on this whole thing--even though Rey was always going to be the person
who was destined to find Luke Skywalker--it was like Rey is the one caught in the middle,
Ben Solo representing the Dark Side and Finn representing the Light.
When you really think about it--Ben was born into the light--Leia is his mother, and she's
made all these selfless choices to save the galaxy.
She even decided against becoming a Jedi herself because she felt it was her responsibility
to personally help rebuild the Republic and raise her son.
Ben was the one who trained with Luke, but for whatever reason, he had this affinity
to the dark side--and I know the Ben Solo fangirls are going to say it was Snoke's influence,
but your boy had a choice, and he chose the dark side.
He chose to kill his father, Han Solo.
He chose and chose and chose--just like he continously chose to ignore the pull to the
light.
Before you go and say "yeah, but he chose to save Rey," yeah--he did, he chose to save
Rey for selfish reasons--so that still means he chose the dark side over the light because
he could have helped Rey after they killed Snoke and the Praetorian guards.
Finn--on the other hand, resisted the dark side.
He rejected the First Order--and sure, maybe he wanted to save his own life, but he stopped
the help Rey.
When Finn wanted to run in "The Last Jedi," it was because he hadn't chosen to join the
Resistance, he thought he was going to save Rey.
In the end, when he finally made his choice, it was after learning that running would not
stop the First Order--he had to stay and fight for himself, for the many people who suffered
like Rose's family, and for countless other beings he'd never meet.
What I think played a part in Finn's character being changed--For one, if Finn had been running
wild all over the place with Anakin's lightsaber, it would have confused everyone about the
fact that Rey is the one who is supposed to rebuild the Jedi and stand against Kylo Ren.
Also--John Boyega pointed this out when filming began for "The Last Jedi," If Finn had acted
a fool with a lightsaber in the first movie, that doesn't leave a lot of room for character
development.
Part of the whole "comedic relief" when it comes to Finn's character is he's literally
learning about everything for the first time.
I can recall trying to adapt to the real world after only 2 months at bootcamp, and I'm sure
I looked pretty funny to civilians.
I can't imagine what it would have been like if bootcamp had been my only reality for 20
years.
I think that if there's a time gap between the events in "The Last Jedi" and Episode
IX, Finn will have had enough time to adapt to his new role as a soldier within the Resistance.
I think he'll still have some comedic lines, but it won't be like in the previous two movies.
I think Finn is going to display the skills mentioned during his time as a cadet with
the First Order.
Now for Finn wielding a lightsaber?
Who knows--right now we only know of 2 lightsabers in the entire galaxy--Kylo Ren's lightsaber
and Luke's green lightsaber which is somewhere on Ach-To along with any other possible lightsabers
the Caretakers have put away--and yes, Luke's lightsaber is there on Ach-To--the caretakers
collected it and his other relics after Luke became one with the Force.
But anyway-- I don't know y'all.
I really just wanted to geek out about Finn for a moment.
To be honest, that whole thing about Ben Solo being on one end of a spectrum and Finn being
on the other--that just sorta kinda came to me once I got into a flow state in this video.
I think it's an interesting idea, and something I REALLY REALLY hope will happen.
I'm still sticking with the opinion that FINN IS FORCE SENSITIVE.
I know there are people who will be quite vocal in disagreeing with me, and that's okay--
I mean Vice Admiral Holdo was from Gatalenta-- it's a planet that has deep connections to
the Jedi.
They are very spiritual-- Holdo turned out to be Force Sensitive and I don't think she
displayed any traits or abilities...so you never know.
All I'm saying is that there's no way you can look at what Finn was doing as a cadet
and not think that he could be Force sensitive.
I also don't see how anyone can be a fan of Darth Bane's story from Legends and not consider
the possibility that Finn is Force Sensitive...since, so far, he has some things in common with
Bane...and Kyle Katarn.
I mean, I'm just sayin' it's all there, and you don't have to strain to reach.
But I'd like to hear from all of you.
First off--how do you interepret what John Boyega said on Twitter?
"We've got you on this one bro!
Trust me!"
Does it mean that Finn is finally going to be the big deal we've been hoping to see?
Honestly, I don't want JJ and his folks to do too much with Episode IX.
I've actually got some ideas for how I'd like to see Finn's story go down, and it involves
the Streaming Service.
I'll leave it at that-- but what about you Finn fans?
What would you like to see for Finn in Episode IX?
If you're a Finn hater...well... keep it clean if you disagree with any of this because kids
watch my Finn videos, so you'll probably get your comments deleted if YouTube doesn't flag
them first.
Just being honest.
There are people who hate Finn's character to the point that they will harass John Boyega...shout
out to Geeks and Gamers--keep it classy Jeremy.
Anyway, that's all I've got for this one--so let me know your thoughts in the comments
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