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Finn’s trooper
47 designation is
FN-2187, a reference created by
director J.J. Abrams to Princess
Leia’s cell number, 2187, aboard
the Death Star in A New Hope.
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46‘TIL BESPIN!

J.J. Abrams love of the Beastie
Boys features in his 2009 movie Star
Trek (the band’s song “Sabotage”
plays during young James Kirk’s
introduction) and continues in Star
Wars: The Force Awakens.
The Beastie Boys were an American
hip-hop/rock band from New York
City, consisting of Michael “Mike D”
Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam
“MCA” Yauch (vocals, bass), and Adam
“Ad-Rock” Horovitz (vocals, guitar).
The Abednedo harassed by First
Order troopers in the Jakku village
is named Ilco Munica. These are the
first two of a series of references to

the Beastie Boys. Abednedo is close
to the word “Abegnego,” which is a
character in a biblical story they told
in a track called “Shadrach” on their
album “Paul’s Boutique.” Ilco Munica
refers to “Ill Communication,” their
fourth studio album.
The second Abednedo with a
name whose reference is to the
Beastie Boys is present on Hosnian
Prime, a senator named Brassmon
Kee, which is similar to the Beastie
Boys hit “Brass Monkey.”
The third Abednedo character
whose name references the Beastie
Boys is an X-wing pilot who sacrifices

his life in the battle over Starkiller
Base. His name is Ello Asty, which
is a reference to the fifth studio

album of the Beastie Boys,
“Hello Nasty.” Ello Asty’s
helmet bears the words
“Born to Ill” in
Aurebesh, a reference
to Lt. Joker’s helmet in
Stanley Kubrick’s Full
Metal Jacket that
reads “Born to Kill.”
It’s also a
o
e
reference to
t

the debut
album of the
Beastie Boys,
“Licensed
to Ill.”

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