Here's a thread on how much representation has mattered to Disney Lucasfilm

John Boyega was cast as the male and co-protagonist of the sequel trilogy by JJ Abrams, who had to fight for JB to be cast against the preferred (White) casting choices. Then there was the boycott https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1360740908417753091
Here's a thread on how much representation has mattered to Disney Lucasfilm John Boyega was cast as the male and co-protagonist of the sequel trilogy by JJ Abrams, who had to fight for JB to be cast against the preferred (White) casting choices. Then there was the boycott https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1360740908417753091
Here's a thread on how much representation has mattered to Disney Lucasfilm John Boyega was cast as the male and co-protagonist of the sequel trilogy by JJ Abrams, who had to fight for JB to be cast against the preferred (White) casting choices. Then there was the boycott https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1360740908417753091
The boycott was groups of bigots who wanted the ST to be boycotted. What was the response from Lucasfilm? Zero defense of John Boyega, but their actions were transparent when they shrunk Finn on the TFA poster, kept him off the TLJ teaser poster, and small on the official poster
The boycott was groups of bigots who wanted the ST to be boycotted. What was the response from Lucasfilm? Zero defense of John Boyega, but their actions were transparent when they shrunk Finn on the TFA poster, kept him off the TLJ teaser poster, and small on the official poster
The boycott was groups of bigots who wanted the ST to be boycotted. What was the response from Lucasfilm? Zero defense of John Boyega, but their actions were transparent when they shrunk Finn on the TFA poster, kept him off the TLJ teaser poster, and small on the official poster
The boycott was groups of bigots who wanted the ST to be boycotted. What was the response from Lucasfilm? Zero defense of John Boyega, but their actions were transparent when they shrunk Finn on the TFA poster, kept him off the TLJ teaser poster, and small on the official poster
By giving into the boycott and doing their best to erase and sideline John Boyega, Lucasfilm proved they would always cater to mob law if the mob was big enough. Do I have proof of this boycott against John Boyega? Yes, I do.
By giving into the boycott and doing their best to erase and sideline John Boyega, Lucasfilm proved they would always cater to mob law if the mob was big enough. Do I have proof of this boycott against John Boyega? Yes, I do.
By giving into the boycott and doing their best to erase and sideline John Boyega, Lucasfilm proved they would always cater to mob law if the mob was big enough. Do I have proof of this boycott against John Boyega? Yes, I do.
By giving into the boycott and doing their best to erase and sideline John Boyega, Lucasfilm proved they would always cater to mob law if the mob was big enough. Do I have proof of this boycott against John Boyega? Yes, I do.
By giving into the boycott and doing their best to erase and sideline John Boyega, Lucasfilm proved they would always cater to mob law if the mob was big enough. Do I have proof of this boycott against John Boyega? Yes, I do.
Did Lucasfilm after The Force Awakens try to support their Black lead in any way? No. In fact, they began to erase him harder than ever to the point Fans started a hashtag #WhereIsFinn because it was getting so bad. But Bryan Young, a Lucasfilm writer, sure loved to hate on Finn
Lucasfilm was so racist, the very concept of a Black man and a white woman getting together sent them into such a frenzy Lucasfilm had to have it removed from any EU material just to make sure they kept it nice and bigot friendly

Alan Dean Foster on the subject:
Ppl have tried to twist the narrative or put words in Boyega's mouths, but his GQ interview paints the picture rather clearly. He was sidelined due to his race after The Force Awakens when The Last Jedi came around with a "reordered character hierarchy" Lucasfilm's order btw
If you're interested to know more about what had happened with John Boyega's Finn in detail and without the Twitter character limit, I made a breakdown covering Finn's journey in the sequel trilogy and what John went through
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