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Did you know... that some fans had a racist reaction to the character of Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

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Kempshall, Chris (2023). The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 9–10, 130, 181, 204–205. ISBN 978-1-351-38270-0.

Requested move 19 December 2015[edit]

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The result of the move request was: moved. Much like the final battle of the film, it's snowing here. Jenks24 (talk) 12:46, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Finn (FN-2187) → Finn (Star Wars) – Much more likely search term and much more natural for a parenthetical disambiguator. The more obscure numerical designator does not make a good disambiguator at all. oknazevad (talk) 22:27, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Makes sense. There aren't any other particularly notable Finns in the Star Wars universe (though there might be some Finns). clpo13_(talk) 22:30, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, like with Rey, I thought there would be other articles (such as Finn from Adventure Time for example, or just the common name Finn). I figured his stormtrooper designation (which was his referred to "name" before Finn) would be ok, but I'm not against this change either. Skykiller93 (talk) 01:33, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There's also a Star Wars (Expanded Universe character) named Finn, see this link: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Finn_Galfridian But as he's not known to the cinema universe, there shouldn't be too much confusion. Skykiller93 (talk) 01:40, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, he's much more obscure, has a last name, and does not have his own article. oknazevad (talk) 14:46, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed with the change. User:Immblueversion (talk) 18:51, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:CRITERIA In ictu oculi (talk) 19:34, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support, the FN-2187 is very in-universe.— TAnthony^Talk 23:21, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support: "FN-2187" is a terrible disambiguation, though it is completely appropriate for inclusion in the article. DARTHBOTTO_talk•cont 00:59, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. bd2412 T 15:02, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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First mission[edit]

His first mission was not to retrieve droid, they only figured out about droid during the mission. Should it be "retrieve information" instead? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.58.218.78 (talk) 09:18, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. Fixed. oknazevad (talk) 14:46, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 January 2016[edit]

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J. J. Abrams stated that he purposely withheld Finn's last name and background in The Force Awakens, saving it for Episode VIII and Episode IX.^[1] 46.50.48.3 (talk) 09:33, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Prudom, Laura (December 7, 2015). "Star Wars Actor John Boyega on Finn's Past: "I've Got Some Conspiracy Theories"". Variety. Retrieved January 8, 2016.

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Editing to Creation and Casting section[edit]

I made an to the part of the article about casting and creation and about Tom Holland auditioning fro the character as I felt this will relevant . Please double check the article to to make sure this is okay. ---Brozovera (talk) 16:34, 24 February 2021 (UTC)Brozovera.--Brozovera (talk) 16:34, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[Variety7Dec2015-1] Prudom, Laura (December 7, 2015). "Star Wars Actor John Boyega on Finn's Past: "I've Got Some Conspiracy Theories"". Variety. Retrieved January 8, 2016.

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