John Boyega is sick of prejudiced Star Wars fans.

The actor behind ex-stormtrooper Finn railed against viewers of the sci-fi saga who can’t accept diverse casting during an appearance in the new documentary Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood. “Lemme tell ya, Star Wars always had the vibe of being in the most whitest, elite space,” Boyega said. “It’s a franchise that’s so white that a Black person existing in [it] was something.”

Boyega went on to explain the inherent problems with the Star Wars films (and fans) making a big deal out of the incredibly small handful of Black characters. “You can always tell it’s something when some Star Wars fans try to say, ‘Well, we had Lando Calrissian and had Samuel L. Jackson!'” he said. “It’s like telling me how many cookie chips are in the cookie dough. It’s like, they just scattered that in there, bro!”

The They Cloned Tyrone star went on to criticize certain fans’ inability to accept Black actors in leading roles. “They’re okay with us playing the best friend, but once we touch their heroes, once we lead, once we trailblaze, it’s like, ‘Oh my God, it’s just a bit too much! They’re pandering!'”

Boyega is just one of several Star Wars actors to face racist attacks from the franchise’s so-called fans. Kelly Marie Tran, who played Rose Tico in The Last Jedi, was subject to immense prejudice following the film’s release in 2017, while Amandla Stenberg, who played twins Osha and Mae on The Acolyte, received so much online hate that she released a song responding to racist fans during the series’ run on Disney+ in 2024.

Boyega has previously criticized the franchise’s handling of his character, who was initially positioned as a co-lead in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, but subsequently had a less important role in The Rise of Skywalker. “What I would say to Disney is do not bring out a Black character, market them to be much more important in the franchise than they are and then have them pushed to the side. It’s not good,” he said in a 2020 interview with British GQ, opining that the trilogy gave “all the nuance” to Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver. “You knew what to do with these other people, but when it came to Kelly Marie Tran, when it came to John Boyega, you know f–k all.”

Still, Boyega remembers his first Star Wars film as the biggest turning point in his career. “The Force Awakens to me was a fundamental moment,” he said in the documentary. “We waited months for that. When that big call came in, that’s that call that all those stars talk about that changed their life and stuff. It’s like, ‘That’s it? That’s the call!’ It’s such an attack on reality.”

Boyega remembered that he “snitched” about his casting after being instructed not to tell anyone. “You’re not gonna know who I tell!” he said in the doc. “I got in a taxi and told the driver. That was the first person I told. My mom’s not here, my dad’s not here, we’re sharing in this moment, bro. ‘Bro, I just got Star Wars!’ He was like, ‘Oh, yeah, congratulations mate. Great, that’ll be 45 pounds, please.’ It was that kinda moment. But I had to share. I know the rules were like, ‘Don’t share.’ But come on, man, you just offered me the opportunity of a lifetime!”

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Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood is now streaming on Apple TV+.