Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
As it happens , both actor faced recoil in the wake of their casting , in the main from on-line trolls who object to the " diverseness " advertize in movie and the " SJW takeover " of popular enfranchisement . In Boyega ’s example , the rebound came from those who for some reason could not penetrate the concept of ablack Stormtrooper . But Tran faced even spoiled criticism when she appear inThe Last Jedi , both from fans who did n’t like the direction the story lead and from flat - out racialist , being trolled so hard by on-line yobo that she finallydeleted her societal media accountsentirely .
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In a recent interview withVariety , Boyega was asked to address online backlash and , specifically , what Tran front from trolls afterThe Last Jediand made some remarks that were construed as a direct criticism of Tran ’s manipulation of the situation . Since then , Boyega has descend out to clear up his remarks and apologize . study his controversial remark and his tweets about the situation below :
Being in this position , you just infer the passel , how the masses think , you eff . Through societal medium , we get to engage , we get to have playfulness . But at the same clock time , for those who are not mentally stiff , you are washy to believe in every single thing that you show . That ’s , you do it , it is what it is . I do n’t know , for me anyway , when I see that [ backlash ] , I ’m like , well , that ’s actually not true . But no , it is in reality not true . So it ’s kind of like [ shrug ] it is what it is .
Boyega ’s retiring social media comment on post with trolls have indeed been more supportive . In 2018 the worker nip :
If you do n’t care Star Wars or the character read that there are determination [ sic ] makers and plague the thespian / actress will do nothing . You ’re not entitled to civility when your coming is rude . Even if you paid for a slate !
Of naturally , like all fan , Boyega is gentle to his thought positivistic or disconfirming . But as Boyega said himself in his own premature Twitter remarks , it ’s authoritative to still express those opinions without get crude . on the face of it , Boyega should have taken some of his own advice before holding forth in theVarietyinterview in a way that would make him later on have to apologize . It ’s believably a good matter thatStar war : The Rise of Skywalkerwill likely beBoyega ’s last appearanceas Finn , because it seems he ’s get rather frustrated with the whole experience of being a part of theStar Warsphenomenon .
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author : John Boyega / Twitter , Variety
