John Boyega and Harrison Ford Briefly Talk The Force Awakens. Boyega Promises “a Sneaky Gift” for Star Wars Fans Today!
John Boyega and Daisy Ridley recently revealed that they met with the Star Wars maestro John Williams, while he was conducting the music for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Few days ago, while chatting with ET Online at the Britannia Awards, Boyega and Ford briefly talked about the highly anticipated new Star Wars movie…
During the brief interview Boyega revealed that his character Finn will have his own theme on the movie’s soundtrack:
“That was amazing,” said Boyega. “We heard some original tunes and some new ones too.”
“Let me just say, it’s crazy to have your own theme, people!” said Boyega. “It’s absolutely ridiculous.”
According to ET Online Boyega was on the carpet in support of his Force Awakens co-star, Harrison Ford, who was being honored for his ‘Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment.’ Ford said:
The cast is fantastic, I’m delighted to be involved.
Later Boyega posted this funny dialogue between him and Ford on his Instagram:
Definitely sounds like this is something Han Solo would say, right? Who knows, maybe, or maybe not. Still, it’s interesting that it was Boyega there for Ford’s support. From what we’ve seen so far and Boyega’s multiple interviews, it is clear that both actors have spent a lot of time together on the set. The whole truth about their roles will be revealed in just 43 days!
Also today John Boyega posted the following tease on twitter:
I’ve got a sneaky gift for SW fans today. Watch this space #TheForceAwakens — John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) November 4, 2015
What could it be? Stay tuned…
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Finn having his own theme song is actually a big deal – because bear in mind, HAN SOLO doesn’t have a theme song yet, there’s the leia theme in ANH, and the romance theme in the next two. Luke has a theme, Yoda has a theme, Vader has two theme songs, Palpy has a theme.
Han Solo was always in no-music scenes, the closest thing to a theme-song he has would be either the fanfare in the meteor chase or the Cantina Jazz.
It seems that Star Wars in general only gives themes to MAIN, MAIN characters – everyone else gets generic faction themes. Further, I’d venture that so far there has yet to be an individual character theme for a non-force-sensitive in the entire saga — UNLESS they’re a one-off bit player villain like Boba Fett or Grievous. Both those guys get custom themes which is actually an interesting exception.
So yeah, basically what this means is that any “JB isn’t the main character” theory is bullshit.
So is Finn THE main character in TFA or just one of the main ones?
I think he is ONE of the main characters but he is VERY central to the film so kinda like how obi wan and anakin were the main characters of the prequels we might get the same thing with Finn
I expect in this trilogy that Finn gets the girl and Rey walk away solo…I do not believe that Poe will be her love interest. Actually I don´t need her to be romantically involved with anyone.
I expect in this trilogy that Finn gets the girl and Rey walk away solo…I do not believe that Poe will be her love interest. Actually I don´t need her to be romantically involved with anyone.
yea I don’t think poe would be with her, poe might have a girlfriend already
From the promotional art and the trailers it looks like if there is ONE main character it would have to be Rey, but I believe this trilogy will be slightly more of an ensemble than previous entries. Rey will likely be the “main” hero, since rumors point to her having Skywalker blood. Screen-time wise, however, I am guessing that Rey, Finn, and Kylo will all have almost identical screen time.
While this is definitely the Skywalker Saga and we will follow Rey predominantly and possibly Kylo, I do think Finn is going to be as important as Obi Wan in the latter part of the prequels. Really central, a good close friend and ally to the Skywalker clan. And a Jedi it seems. Nothing wrong with that, we can’t just continue Star Wars with every characters having some connection to past ones, might get a bit unbelievable and incestuous, lol.
So I’m looking forward to seeing a new kind of protagonist that we’ve not really seen yet. Someone who has a shady past (through no fault of his own really) who goes on to redeem himself and play a pivotal role for good in the galaxy.
Agreed. I think episode IX will close out the “Skywalker Saga” and so its great to drop those seeds. You need a thread tying all the movies together but you don’t want to become too formulaic or shrink the galaxy by having every character be a direct decedent of another character. After all, before Luke was a SKYWALKER, he was just a cool character in a cool movie- I think we need to see more of those and I think episode 7 will do that in a big way since I am guessing almost all of the new characters are unique with only 1 or 2 skywalker/solo kids.
And HAN!
I wouldn’t say that John Boyega is ‘THE’ main character but rather ‘ONE’ of the main characters…
Grivious got his own theme in the prequels. i think Williams is a little more open to themes for everyone in recent years.
So did Boba Fett, it appears GG and BF got the same music treatment, which is definitely odd.
General Greivous has a theme song and Han doesn’t. Still trying to process that.
Also, I have always felt that Gen. G getting his own theme song was wrong and weird. Why WAS he in that movie anyways? And why was the General considered important enough to get his own theme? Moff Tarkin didn’t have a theme. What gives?
Lando got one as did the Jawas and Ewoks. None of which are force sensitive nor main characters or one-off bit player villains.
Han did have one in Empire but it was never used in the final cut.
Jawas and Ewoks are a faction, same as how the Rebels and Empire get their own music. Not the same as an individual theme. I don’t actually recall Lando having a them though, I think Bespin had a theme as he was showing them the facility, but him personally I never heard anything. This requires a re-watch, just to make sure I’m not missing anything!
Species but that’s splitting heirs. The Death Star strangely had one too. In the linear notes of TESB, It says the Cloud City march is his theme which is used a few times in the film.
The Droids also had a theme though they dropped it after Jedi.
Based on the information provided, I think that Finn takes Leia’s position: First appearance, own theme song, telling the military side of things – While Rey takes Luke’s position: Second [central human] to appear, telling the Skywalker side of things. Poe appears to be a slightly more blue blooded take on Han Solo with very little changed, he even gets his own torture scene and everything! 🙂
What’s fascinating is that the Leia/Finn position has been switched into the Jedi role, whereas the Luke/Rey position have yet to be shown with a lightsaber.
So JB is the new Luke [Jedi of the series] but he has Leia’s story duties [second-tier promotion, military background]. Rey is the new Leia [non-Jedi (or IS SHE?)] but has Luke’s story duties [desert-born underdog, Binary Sunset dreams of greatness, probably gets trained by an old jedi]
So far, I think this story rhymes much better and more cleverly with the OT than PT ever did – but it’s cleverly twisted and altered to make it – and retroactively the OT – fresh. I’m happy.
Boyega is such an awesome guy, he is well spoken and quite funny in every interview he is in. I could easily see Boyega becoming the new face of star wars, if he isn’t already that is
He is quite charismatic, I agree
I wonder what the tease could be . . . a new TV spot perhaps?
i’m thinking it will be some of the newly recorded music from the film…
hope so
By the way there is a giant poster of John boyega hanged up in the street I work on, so he is definitely benefiting from Star Wars
could it be a snippet of Finn’s theme? That would be cool! I just hope its not just a behind the scenes photo or something lame. When someone promises me a “sneaky gift”, I get my hopes up for something cool and clandestine.
Tweet from Boyega 14mins ago saying ‘Give me an hour ; )’
it is a badasss character poster
I actually like this picture, it’s much better than the video I’ve watched of him. I don’t know what it is, the guy just rubs me the wrong way. Really hoping his acting and the character are superb.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CS-4-ePWoAEKd2w.jpg:large
new poster:
Actually I want to see a big bunch of these posters… Rey, finn, what else?
Carrie Fisher released a Leia one
!!!!
Very very cool
PLS BE MUSIC PLS BE MUSIC PLS BE MUSIC