STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER's Oscar Isaac Blames "Disney Overlords" For No Poe/Finn Romance

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER's Oscar Isaac Blames "Disney Overlords" For No Poe/Finn Romance

Ever since The Force Awakens was released in 2015, a huge number of fans have been "shipping" Poe Dameron and Finn. However, that ultimately came to naught, and Oscar Isaac has some thoughts on why...

By JoshWilding - Dec 26, 2019 06:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: IGN
Were Poe Dameron and Finn meant to be together? Well, ever since the former complimented the ex-Stormtrooper (while biting his lip) during Star Wars: The Force Awakens, fans have been adamant that there was something more to their friendship. That wasn't really touched on in The Last Jedi, but it is something Oscar Isaac was hoping for in The Rise of Skywalker.
 
"I think there could’ve been a very interesting, forward-thinking - not even forward-thinking, just, like, current-thinking - love story there, something that hadn’t quite been explored yet; particularly the dynamic between these two men in war that could’ve fallen in love with each other," he revealed during an interview with IGN to promote the final chapter in the Skywalker Saga.

"I would try to push it a bit in that direction, but the Disney overlords were not ready to do that."

Looking at Isaac's face as he recalls this points to him being unhappy with the studio's decision, and it will be interesting as we move forward to find out exactly how much these actors enjoyed their time in a Galaxy Far, Far Away (it doesn't seem like much based on a lot of recent comments).

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WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 12/26/2019, 6:57 AM
Disney wanted the China money. The irony is, TLJ and TROS flopped over there anyways.
tmp3
tmp3 - 12/26/2019, 7:08 AM
@WakandanQueen - Xi Jinping to Iger
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 12/26/2019, 7:06 AM
I never understood why anyone shipped them. They literally had 1-2 scenes together in TFA. And people shipped them on the basis of that. There chemistry wasn't really romantic in nature.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 12/26/2019, 7:07 AM
Aside from anything it's clear Finn ins't gay. He's been romantically linked to two other women in the series.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 12/26/2019, 7:10 AM
@Nightwing1015 - One of which was the epitome of forced romance.
tmp3
tmp3 - 12/26/2019, 7:10 AM
@WakandanQueen - Forced romance 🤔
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 12/26/2019, 7:15 AM
@tmp3 - What you did there, I see.
On a serious note, if Rose was a dude/Poe, there would be waaaaay more people calling the romance "forced". Even if it was more fleshed out.
tmp3
tmp3 - 12/26/2019, 7:22 AM
@WakandanQueen - Yeah, Finn & Poe had great chemistry and Isaac even says here that it would have been a new dynamic of two soldiers from war falling in love. I think the bigger issue is that they're touting this movie as having revolutionary representation when it turned out to just be two background characters, when if they truly wanted something revolutionary there were two dudes right there lol
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 12/26/2019, 7:09 AM
I like how Isaac pushed for it. That said, I think it would've felt out of place. They seem like bro's before anything else (just like Cap and Bucky, which was another dumb 'ship)
Bokis
Bokis - 12/26/2019, 7:34 AM
@MalseMarcel - It's like everytime that male characters show affection towards each other fans think they must be gay. Seems kinda counter-progressive...
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 12/26/2019, 8:04 AM
@Bokis - oh boy, then you're gonna love the My Hero Academia fandom
madhombre
madhombre - 12/26/2019, 10:03 AM
@MalseMarcel - 😂😂
He didn’t push for anything.
He’s just saying it after the fact to get SJW points.
TanukiTrooper
TanukiTrooper - 12/27/2019, 6:19 AM
@madhombre - Um, he was pushing it since the Force Awakens. He said he played Poe as being into Finn. And you can really tell by his performance in TFA.
IndominusTitan
IndominusTitan - 12/26/2019, 7:30 AM
Worst two characters in the trilogy aside from Rose.
NegativeNerd
NegativeNerd - 12/26/2019, 7:39 AM
@JokerVenom - Interesting.
Thing94
Thing94 - 12/26/2019, 7:34 AM
soberchimera
soberchimera - 12/26/2019, 8:56 AM
@Thing94 - Kathleen Kennedy without makeup? I keed, I keed.
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