Finn (Star Wars)
Finn is a male character who features in Star Wars.
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Biography
FN-2187 was a boy born in the years after the Battle of Endor where he was taken by his family by the First Order when he was a young boy. He was never given a name but rather a designation where he was conscripted to serve as a Stormtrooper with him spending his entire life training. Despite training as a soldier, primarily he served in maintenance and operated as a janitor in the First Order military. At some point, he was placed under the command of Captain Phasma who directed the numerous Stormtroopers under her command. They were deployed on assignment on General Hux's Star Destroyer with them being sent to support Kylo Ren as their vessel reached the planet Jakku.
FN-2187 was deployed along with 4 elite First Order squadrons of Stormtroopers, to the village of Tuanul. The First Order assaulted the village where the man was in hiding, and during the fighting his friend FN-2003 was killed by Resistance pilot Poe Dameron, wiping his blood on FN-2187's helmet. This incident affected the Stormtrooper deeply, and when ordered by Kylo Ren to kill the villagers, he refused to fire, of which Ren took note. Returning to the Finalizer, Eight-Seven felt significant stress from the mission, and Captain Phasma noticed his distress. She told him to submit his blaster to be checked, making sure he fired a shot. Knowing he would be discovered and subjected to reconditioning for not firing on the villagers, and with his faith severely shaken in the First Order, he decided to desert. He freed the captured Poe Dameron from his cell, and the two stole a Special Forces TIE Fighter. FN-2187 manned the guns, killing several of his former comrades in the hangar, and then disabling the Finalizer's turbolasers. Returning to the Finalizer, Eight-Seven felt significant stress from the mission, and Captain Phasma noticed his distress. She told him to submit his blaster to be checked, making sure he fired a shot. Knowing he would be discovered and subjected to reconditioning for not firing on the villagers, and with his faith severely shaken in the First Order, he decided to desert. He freed the captured Poe Dameron from his cell, and the two stole a Special Forces TIE Fighter. FN-2187 manned the guns, killing several of his former comrades in the hangar, and then disabling the Finalizer's turbolasers. During the escape, Dameron asked the Stormtrooper his name, to which he replied with his number. Not content with calling a man a number, Dameron named the trooper Finn, from the FN in his number. Finn liked the name and went on to use it. Dameron also told him that the map vital to the Resistance was located in his white and orange BB-series astromech droid, BB-8. Finn demanded not to return to Jakku, insisting that they would be killed, but Dameron pressed on, revealing to Finn that the map led to Luke Skywalker. The TIE was hit immediately afterward by a missile, sending it spiraling down to a crash landing in the Goazon Badlands.
Finn ejected from the TIE when Dameron triggered the ejector seat. Unfortunately, Dameron's jacket was caught in the ejector mechanism for the ship, which prevented him from escaping. Left with no choice, Dameron piloted the TIE to a crash landing in the aftermath of which he was thrown clear of the crash and knocked unconscious. Making his way to the crash, Finn found Poe's jacket, but no other sign of the man, and the fighter sank into the sand. Believing Dameron to be dead, he discarded his armor and eventually arrived at Niima Outpost, looking for BB-8 to carry on Poe's mission. Once at the settlement, he found BB-8 along with a scavenger named Rey, after witnessing her and the droid be attacked by a pair of thugs. He attempted to aid them but stopped when the young woman was able to defeat them with her quarterstaff. Soon after, BB-8 pointed him out to Rey, identifying Dameron's jacket, prompting the woman to chase after him. Finn attempted to outrun her but Rey caught up to him and smacked him with her quarterstaff. Held under questioning and accused of stealing Dameron's jacket, while also being on the receiving end of a couple of electric shocks from BB-8's arc welder, Finn explained that he and Dameron had escaped from the Finalizer, and falsely claimed to be with the Resistance to get them to trust him. The three were immediately targeted by the First Order and fled, initially hoping to commandeer a quadjumper, but after the quadjumper was destroyed by orbital fire from First Order TIE fighters, decided to commandeer an old freighter: the Millennium Falcon. Finn operated one of the Falcon's quad laser cannons while Rey piloted the ship. Despite the cannon getting stuck in forward position, Finn managed to destroy one of the pursuing fighters after Rey managed some clever maneuvering.
During this time, he continued to operate with the Resistance where they continued to battle the First Order that controlled the galaxy. It was then that the galaxy received a transmission seemingly from the deceased Emperor Palpatine. The Resistance then looked for intelligence on the incident with them receiving this from an informant within the First Order. Thus, Finn along with Poe travelled in the Falcon to rendezvous with a courier that carried the information from the spy. From there, they learnt that the Emperor was indeed alive and had built up a massive army on the hidden Sith world of Exegol with this force being known as the Final Order. With this fleet, he intended to conquer all the galaxy and bring it under his control.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Unknown to him, he was actually Force-sensitive with Finn able to have a 'feeling' about certain things. This allowed him to learn when Rey was ever in danger.
Notes
- Finn was created by Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams and Michael Arndt where he was portrayed by actor John Boyega.
In other media
Video games
- In Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Finn appeared as a playable hero within the 2017 fighting video game's multiplayer modes where he was voiced by actor John Boyega.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens:
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi:
- Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker:
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