‘Star Wars’ John Boyega Finally Shares His Thoughts On ‘Reylo’

Though the 2 characters had been by no means in an official relationship, they did share a kiss in 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker,” proper earlier than Ben Solo light into the power.

“Reylo” is the time period for the romantic pairing of the character Rey and Kylo Ren. The 2 characters first met in 2015’s “The Power Awakens,” when Kylo Ren chased her down and kidnapped her with the intention to attempt to retrieve the map that led to Luke Skywalker. Rey, via tears, managed to withstand his interrogation and switch the tables on the shaken Ren. After she watches him kill his father, Han Solo, the 2 interact in a vicious lightsaber battle that ends with Ren providing to show her the methods of the Power. Rey refuses and slashes his face along with her lightsaber with the intention to get away.

In 2017’s “The Final Jedi,” their connection deepens as they can talk with one another throughout lengthy distances. Rey learns about what led to his flip to the darkish facet and goes to him, believing that she will be able to flip him to the sunshine facet. Ren kills Supreme Chief Snoke and affords her an opportunity to rule the galaxy by his facet, however she turns down his provide.

In 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker,” the 2 are once more at odds till Rey beats him in a very contentious battle that results in Kylo Ren having a imaginative and prescient of his late father. He decides to affix Rey in her battle towards Emperor Palpatine, and the pair are in a position to defeat him utilizing the Power dyad that had developed between them. After Rey is fatally wounded after a remaining assault, Ben makes use of the Power to revive Rey, and the 2 share a kiss earlier than his physique vanishes.

Though some followers have been taken in by the enemies-to-lovers trope, others have expressed frustration at what seems to be an abusive relationship, given how they met via her kidnapping and torture. It is clear that John Boyega, who performed former Stormtrooper Finn all through the sequel trilogy, feels concerning the romantic pairing.

Whereas talking with Happy Sad Confused host Josh Horowitz on the Chicago Comedian & Leisure Expo (C2E2) final month, Boyega was requested by a fan if Finn and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) would have accepted a relationship between Rey and Ben if he had lived.

Boyega instantly responded with a transparent, “No,” which prompted the viewers to burst into laughter.

“I imply, look, girls within the room — straight girls within the room — when he’s pursuing you, him attempting to kill you is just not part of the romance, okay,” Boyega defined. “Chasing him and saying, ‘We are able to develop into one thing highly effective!’ I am there like, ‘I would not inform my sisters to do this.'”

If Ben had survived their battle towards Emperor Palpatine, Boyega has a guess how Finn would have responded. “If I had been Finn there, Finn ought to’ve had a line the place he’d say, ‘Lady, depart him be. Come dwelling with me,'” Boyega teased.

Nevertheless, he did go on to say that their relationship “displays off of the non secular ingredient to Star Wars, the truth that [Rey] acknowledged the great and was preventing for it.”

Though it appears uncertain that Boyega goes to reprise his position as Finn, he’s excited to see Daisy Ridley reprise her position of Rey in an upcoming movie.

“I miss Daisy, I have never seen Daisy face-to-face in a minute… I discovered [about Daisy’s return] on-line. Being a real fan, I am on-line, I watch response movies, I am on the subscriber lists. I get the emails, as if I am not within the movies,” he mentioned, per Entertainment Weekly.

“It made sense to increase the franchise in that approach,” he added. “I am simply trying ahead, initially, to see if it is actual, as a result of we have now had a number of Star Wars bulletins — you understand, in improvement, they can not fairly get it performed. I am simply hoping that Daisy will get that probability to shine in a franchise that is lastly hers, as a Jedi that is absolutely certified. I am unable to wait to look at it. I actually cannot. I am comfortable for her.”