In the aftermath of the harassment Obi-Wan Kenobi star Moses Ingram just lately endured, John Boyega has revisited his personal experiences after being forged as Finn, a Stormtrooper turned hero, in The Force Awakens. Like Ingram, he endured ire from poisonous, racist followers, and that in an interview with Men’s Health, Boyega was requested if he acquired any studio help. “Hell no,” he stated. “I’m the one that brought this to the freaking forefront.”

Similarly, his Last Jedi co-star Kelly Marie Tran additionally skilled poisonous fan backlash—and both noticed their characters shifted into extra supporting roles by the point Rise of Skywalker closed out the brand new trilogy. Lucasfilm was closely scrutinized for not doing extra to deal with the racism amongst its followers or the trauma its stars endured, and for not doing the characters justice. “At least the people going into it now, after my time, [they’re] cool,” Boyega stated on his response to seeing Lucasfilm stand behind Ingram. He felt his expertise performed a job within the studio being extra protecting of its expertise from marginalized backgrounds, including that he sees they’re “going to make sure you’re well supported and at least you [now] go through this franchise knowing that everybody is going to have [your] back. I’m glad I talked out everything at that time.”

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