John Boyega believes The Rise of Skywalker will be his final Star Wars film

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

We already know that the upcoming STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER will not only serve as the finale to the Sequel Trilogy, but to the entire nine-film Skywalker saga as well, but Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy recently teased that we could see certain characters again. "There’s no question that there’s certain characters that we’ve created, certainly in the last three movies, that we may very well want to see down the line in the future," Kennedy said.

Although this does leave the door open for future appearances from franchise characters following THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, John Boyega doesn't believe he'll be one of them. While speaking with MTV, Boyega was asked whether or not he'll ever play Finn again.

Honestly, the bottom of my heart, I don’t think that I am [going to appear after The Rise of Skywalker]. This really is that movie. I think everyone doesn’t believe it but this is that war that just ends everything.

While I'm looking forward to seeing just how director J.J. Abrams and the cast have brought the Skywalker saga to a close, it will likely be a bittersweet affair as we'll be saying goodbye to characters both new and old. It won't be the end of the STAR WARS franchise obviously, far from it, as Kennedy has previously said that they're busy planning out the next decade of the series, which will include a trilogy of films from STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI writer/director Rian Johnson and another trilogy from Game of Thrones show-runners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff. "We knew we were going to close this up, we knew that even before we started The Force Awakens. We are looking at the next saga. We are not just looking at another trilogy, we're really looking at the next 10 years or more," Kennedy said. "This [movie] is the culmination of the Skywalker Saga; it’s by no means the culmination of Star Wars. I’m sitting down now with Dan Weiss and David Benioff…and Rian Johnson. We’re all sitting down to talk about, where do we go next? We’ve all had conversations about what the possibilities might be, but now we’re locking it down."

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER will hit theaters on December 20, 2019.