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FINN’S CONTINUING JOURNEY

01 Finn (John Boyega) and
Poe (Oscar Isaac) are
changed men by the end
of The Last Jedi, (see
opposite page).
02 Finn is reunited with Rey
(Daisy Ridley).
03 John Boyega as Finn.
04 Finn and Poe witness Luke
Skywalker’s self-sacrifice
on Crait.
05 Rose (Kelly Marie Tran)
forces Finn back onto his
heroic path.
03

05
Internalizing Trauma “impossible” active tracking technology. very much on his own, and he is still in
In our journeys through life, we all face Finn wakes in the medical ward in the imminent peril of death at the hands of
crises that test who we are and what we midst of the First Order’s pursuit of the the First Order.
are capable of. After every crisis comes Resistance, only to discover that their When Rose Tico encounters Finn
the time to reflect, absorb the lessons warships are trapped at the end of Hux’s as he attempts to steal an escape pod,

learned, and chart a path forward. The metaphorical string. Finn barely has the he has refused the Call to Adventure
Last Jedi opens with the Resistance still chance to deal with the ramifi cations of to join the Resistance. Finn justifi es his
very much in peril. The destruction of the huge events that have happened intentions as protecting Rey by getting
Starkiller Base has not undermined the in his life since defecting mere days her beacon far away from this deadly
threat posed by the First Order, which earlier, before he has to absorb this new trap. Perhaps he is, but his personal
is now even more urgent in its goal to set of circumstances. Rey is gone, and survival instinct is also true to the

wipe them out: first bringing a massive Poe, who also helped shape Finn’s path character we know, and who now has
dreadnought to bear and, when that to heroism in The Force Awakens, is experienced great personal trauma and
fails, revealing the implementation of having his own personal crisis. Finn is not been given the time to process it.

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