A New Star Wars Book Will Give Finn the Spotlight

This weekend is Star Wars Day, and one way Lucasfilm is celebrating the occasion is the announcement of a new book. Unlike more recent ones set around the Original Trilogy, this one takes us to the Sequel zone—specifically, to Finn.

According to a recent Penguin Random House posting, the ex-Stormtrooper played by John Boyega in the films will be the lead in The Last Order. Written by Kwame Mbalia (Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky), the YA book will see Finn and Jannah from Rise of Skywalker hunt down a First Order officer responsible for kidnapping kids to convert them into future soldiers. During their journey to find this individual, the pair will “wrestle with their own complicated pasts  as soldiers of the oppressive regime.”

If it’s been awhile since you’ve seen Rise, that movie ended with a tease of Jannah (Naomi Ackie) and Lando teaming up with Lando to find her family. It’s never been clear if Lucasfilm ever intended to follow through on that with Lando’s in-flux movie/TV show, but that thread may continue here, ditto Finn’s own past. Recall he’s the only member of Star Wars’ sequel trio whose backstory wasn’t fleshed out like Rey and Poe’s. If this is the way to take out two birds with one stone, and also give an idea of where Finn’s at with his Force training, we’re all for it.

According to Penguin’s listing, Star Wars: The Last Order releases October 21.

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