Posted on 04/01/2025 6:37:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
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.
That’s when the franchise too a schiff
A black stormtrooper?
White men are the least bigoted people on the planet.
Prove me wrong.
Boyega thought the 3 Star Wars movies he was in were about HIM ,LOL
I’m wallowing in Snow White going full Hiroshima. Waited a long time for its epic failure, and not disappointed. Now this imbecile joins Rachel Zegler in endangering his movie. You’d think, at the very least, the studio could shut these guys up. I keep saying on this forum that you’d think that the shareholders would get tired of it, but no sign of that yet
I guess that racist creep forgot about Lando Calrissian.
I forgot to mention Darth Vader voiced by James Earl Jones. This actor, who’s name I didn’t not know, is a whining little bitch.
The stormtroopers were supposed to be clones.
Oh... What he’s saying is they forgot the black people when they created a universe filled with strange and wonderful creatures? Hold on... What about Lando Calrissian?
Sounds like he’s crapping on Billy Dee Williams. That’s no way to treat an 87 year old black man.
And Mace Windu.
Who’s going to burst this genius Boyega’s racist bubble that every Star Wars fan reveres James Earl Jones and what he meant to the franchise? Not that we care about JEJ’s color, just that magnificent voice that in Star Wars strikes cold fear down to your toes and an involuntary response to loosen your collar.
Exactly, James Earl Jones is more of a man than Johnny Boyega will ever be.
And Samuel Jackson..............
Says the black guy who chased a white girl and had basically the same one line in the movie, “Rey!” All he did was follow her and scream her name for the most part.
Yeah of the mandalorian dude.
To Boyuga
Every actor thinks the movie is about their part.
The problem for Hollyweird is that so many of the so called professional actors are LGBT Lifestyler’s and their acting skills can not cover up their homosexuality on film, so they embrace their defects and fail at the box office.
Hire better actors like Gregoy Peck who no one would have have ever suspected of being gay, instead of people so gay they can’t act normal.
Disney is the flag carrier for wokenss. Every actor they put into any film these days has been to advance the LGBT Agenda first, DNC-Marxism second, and profits last. Second rate acting doesn’t do much for a film with a LGBT agenda. It just looks like more DEI garbage.
If he is speaking up it is because he knows he is DEI certifable lousy actor.
I guess that racist creep forgot about Lando Calrissian.
Woke is not about racism. It is about promoting totalitarian leftism.
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