Titan Magazine’s next expansive release Star Wars: The Galaxy’s Greatest Heroes – arriving on 15th February 2022 – brings together the thoughts and recollections of many of the major players in the onscreen galaxy of adventures that is Star Wars, including John Boyega who reveals that his favourite Star Wars adventure is Return of the Jedi, predominantly because of the journey undertaken by Luke Skywalker.
John Boyega (Finn): I was born in 1992, so I grew up on the prequels, and then my dad told me that I should go back and watch the originals because that rounds up the whole Anakin and Luke Skywalker story. So I went back and watched the originals and thought they were amazing. Every actor captured our imaginations and it was definitely an artistic influence for actors, directors, and everybody in the entertainment field, from visual effects to everybody that makes the magic happen.
Return of the Jedi is my favorite film, because you find Luke Skywalker at a very vulnerable time. In the first film he was learning who he is and learning about this special world that’s out there that he never knew about. Return of the Jedi is a great mix of drama, comedy, and somewhat expands the universe in terms of the Ewoks and other creatures that you find in the movie.
It’s my favorite because it’s the establishment of each character at a different point in their lives. You see the whole story from a different point of view. I always saw the first two films as from the point of view of R2-D2 and C-3PO. I only cared about these droids. These droids are just being exchanged, and passed around, and the story is told from their viewpoint. But, Return of the Jedi is fixated on Luke Skywalker’s story and he’s becoming the top Jedi on the streets right now and that was really cool to me.
- Titan (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 176 Pages - 02/15/2022 (Publication Date) - Titan Comics (Publisher)
