Have the the official SW social media accounts like the sw tumblr always been lacking in Finn content or is it a new, post-TLJ development?

I haven’t really followed the official SW social media accounts. Anyone more knowledgeable about this than I am? I know there was considerably less Finn in the promo materials for TLJ than for TFA, so I wouldn’t be surprised if social media reflects the same trend.

native-asgardian:

Them

thelastjedicritical:

I just saw the TLJ trailer on TV and flipped off the screen with both hands until it was over. Felt good.

I called a cab and the fucking app was shilling TLJ to me like I was “automatically entered” into a sweepstske to win a ticket and the icons indicating my and the cab’s locations were bb-8 and the millennium falcon like no fuck u go away

Some light ReySolo evidence to ponder… In the press conference today they were asked about the impact of Han’s death on the characters. When it was Daisy’s turn to answer she started saying Rey is deeply affected by it and she immediately looked at Rian, a little freaked out that she might have said too much, I thought lol. And he gave her the nod to go ahead. It was about 35 minutes into the conference that the question came up.

I watched that part and while she could be just teasing–the tone is playful and giggly–she does make the point that Han’s death is a bigger part of Rey’s story than Finn’s or Poe’s, since both John and Oscar were clear in saying that the story moves too quickly on their end to dwell on Han. (I personally think this does a disservice to Finn’s character, since he also connected with Han as fans such as @kyberfox and @senatorfinn have pointed out here and here.)

It’s notable that Daisy specifically interjected after John’s and Oscar’s answers to point out how much Han’s death affected her character, perhaps to assure fans that Han is not forgotten in the movie. Blood or not, it’s clear that Rey’s bond with Han is a major part of her story.

the weeks leading up to TLJ and TFA are so wildly different it’s so weird. in 2015 everyone was talking about how dumb conservatives were for complaining about SW “going SJW” by having a black stormtrooper (finn) and saying how SW has always been abt destroying fascists (FO), but this year half the fans are all wild abt ~redeeming~ the fascists and sidelining finn in the movie and im so bummed out

roguebelmont:

TFA was all about diversity. We had a female lead for the franchise for the first time. We had a black lead and possible new Jedi lead.

We went from “yay to diversity” to “this story is going to be about these three specific white characters, specially the guy who spend the last movie murdering and torturing people maybe not being that bad”. It is now attracting a very specific group of people and fandom will reflect that. I’m not bothering checking tags anymore just following people I trust.

clydelogan:

traitorsolo:

uhhh @clydelogan just saved sw

Here’s everything babes

I can think of one example of an actor not being that involved with the promo: Chris Hemsworth for Thor 2. Hiddleston did the bulk of the promo. So its not completely unheard of. But I’m still worried, John’s twitter has Pacific Rim as a banner rather than TLJ. I know John is a producer on that film as well so maybe he’s just really proud of it, as he should be, but it doesn’t open until march and TLJ is out in less than a month. He just seems a lot less excited for SW this time round : (

jenniferrpovey:

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maplepancake:

jenniferrpovey:

lj-writes:

Honestly same.

To be fair, there’s another possible motivation here.

Star Wars does not need Boyega’s help.

Pacific Rim 2 might.

This is a good point right here.

It’s also possible TLJ is going to focus more on Rey and we won’t see as much of Finn. I’d be disappointed if so, I think as a character I like him slightly more, but if you remember how Luke-focused Empire was and that Rey is basically Luke and Finn Leia… (And yes, you will pry force-sensitive Finn out of my cold, dead hands).

But, going back to the other, because as happens I thought some more after I hit the reblog button. I think if Boyega IS choosing to promote the “less well known” movie it’s a good choice.

For myself, I was “I liked Pacific Rim, but I don’t know that it needs a seq…John BOYEGA? I’m so there!”

He’s a very talented actor who is developing the star power that gets audiences in the door, so why would he promote the movie that’s a guaranteed success instead of focusing his attention on the one that has a risk of flopping?

If the two movies had overlapping time frames for their promotional tours I might agree, but Pacific Rim Uprising opens in MARCH. So far as I know there is no press tour for PRU yet, and John did not cite it as a reason for skipping the TLJ tour.