Boyega then tweeted about the topic on Monday, confirming that Finn hadn’t been trying to make a romantic confession, though he left out what Finn was trying to say. Instead, he was trying to tell his Jedi pal that he thought he was Force-sensitive. Abrams reportedly confirmed after a fan Q&A at a weekend screening that the thing Finn had been trying to tell Rey throughout the film wasn’t that he loved her, as many fans assumed. Throughout the film, John Boyega’s character knows things he shouldn’t really know, which can only be explained by his feeling things through the Force, just as we’ve seen Jedi do throughout the series.ĭirector J.J. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, however, reintroduced the idea that Finn may well have a sensitivity to the Force. **SPOILER WARNING: This story contains detailed spoilers for Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.**
Finn was the first of the two of them to use the blue Skywalker lightsaber in battle - first against Stormtroopers and then against Kylo Ren - but the saber ultimately belonged to Rey, as did the Jedi journey. When Star Wars: The Force Awakens first premiered, the movie kept audiences questioning who the true Force wielder was between Rey and Finn up until the film’s final moments.
