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John Boyega slams Disney’s treatment of his ‘Star Wars’ character

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it a cinematic milestone when Disney cast John Boyega as “Star Wars’ ” first-ever black storm trooper in 2014’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” However, in a new interview with British GQ,  the British-Nigerian actor claimed that his character still played second fiddle to his white co-stars.“They gave all the nuance to Adam Driver, all the nuance to Daisy Ridley,” said Boyega, 28, who portrayed stormtrooper-turned-Jedi Finn in “The Force Awakens,” “The Last Jedi” and “The Rise of Skywalker.”He says his on-screen sidelining came despite the fact that Disney billed his character as crucial to the plot.  “[But] what I would say to Disney is do not bring out a black character, market them to be much more important in the franchise than they.

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