And if there’s one thing you can count on with a Star Wars movie, it’s plenty of merchandising, which includes toys for fans young and old alike.
To promote his upcoming movie, Pacific Rim Uprising, John Boyega recently held a Reddit AMA, and naturally the session veered into Star Wars territory on several occasions, which included him answering how his Star Wars fan journey began.
Boeyga was seven years old when Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace arrived in 1999, and while it sounds like he didn’t catch the movie while it was in theaters, he was still growing up in that sweet spot when the Prequel Trilogy was expanding the Star Wars mythology.
Boyega’s sister scored a Darth Maul action figure, and by giving it to the future actor, she also added a new member to the continually-growing fandom.