The Star Wars sequel trilogy was nothing if not divisive, with The Force Awakens declared A New Hope rip-off and The Rise of Skywalker derided for being a rushed, unsatisfying conclusion.
As for The Last Jedi, despite being an undeniably well-shot movie, filmmaker Rian Johnson's middle entry looks set to forever divide opinions. That's primarily down to the way Luke Skywalker's story arc was handled, with the Jedi Knight a washed-up hermit who had turned his back on the Galaxy during the First Order's rise.
That upset the majority of fans (and Mark Hamill himself, for that matter), particularly as the Expanded Universe featured a post-Return of the Jedi Luke who never gave up fighting the good fight.
John Boyega's Finn was also sorely underutilized in the movie with a bizarre side mission that largely saw him go through the same arc he did in the previous instalment. Now, the actor has ranked the Star Wars movies he appeared in (via SFFGazette.com), beginning by calling The Force Awakens "most definitely the best."
In second place is The Rise of Skywalker, and in third...well, it's obviously The Last Jedi.
"And then the worst, in the most respectful sense, is Episode VIII," Boyega says, quickly adding with a smile: "But they're all lovely." With that, he shoots some serious side-eye for the benefit of the camera, suggesting he too wasn't overly enamoured with Finn's visit to Canto Bight.
The actor has expressed an interest in returning to Star Wars after previously dismissing the notion and the expectation now is that we'll see him return as Finn in the Daisy Ridley-led "New Jedi Order" movie from filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
Take a look at Boyega's comments in the Tweet below.
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