Finn in The Last Jedi - A Visual Timeline

I’ve pulled together images of Finn in The Last Jedi that I have attempted to put into chronological order. I did the same for Rey previously, and realised there is actually a clear flow to Finn’s arc in The Last Jedi that makes it possible to pull a timeline together. There are obvious spoiler-y implications to this, so please only click read more if you’re okay with getting a sense for the film’s structure/progression.

This post does not incorporate every single image of Finn we have from The Last Jedi so far, for the simple reason that it would have been difficult to identify when certain shots come in the film. If I wasn’t at least 50% sure of where a shot should go, I left it out.





These two shots show Finn, still unconscious, recovering from his lightsaber injuries in his bacta suit. These obviously come from the very beginning of the movie.

While this is a behind-the-scenes shot, I believe it reflects a scene where Poe, Finn and Leia come together to discuss Finn’s mission.

Finn and Rose (who probably meet before, either on D’Qar or during the escape from D’Qar after it comes under attack from the First Order) are shown on Canto Bight, the casino planet where their first mission together takes them.

Finn interacts with an adorable street urchin on Canto Bight.

Finn pays a visit to the casino!

Finn and Rose visit the prison cells of Canto Bight, presumably to break out DJ (del Toro’s character). There’s reason to believe they all escape Canto Bight together on DJ’s ship.

Following the mission on Canto Bight, Finn and Rose reconvene with the freshly demoted Captain Dameron (he was previously a Commander, and Captain is an inferior rank), presumably to discuss their next mission.

Finn and Rose’s next mission sees them go undercover on a First Order Super Star Destroyer.

Finn and Rose in a scene with Phasma and a bunch of stormtroopers - my guess is that this is where they get captured/found out.

In this shot, you can see a man in the grey uniform Finn is shown in above (without the hat) being restrained as the Executioner Stormtroopers prepare to execute him. The man is clearly not John Boyega, but I strongly believe it is one of his stunt or body doubles.

Apparently in bad shape after his experiences with the First Order, Finn loses the First Order uniform and looks pretty worse for wear.

Finn seemingly goes from the First Order SSD to Crait, and while this is just BTS clowning around I think there’s strong reason to believe that this is where he is finally reunited with Rey.

These are the most intriguing shots, since it’s impossible to fix them to a particular location. Finn has a new haircut and a new costume, which has led many people to speculate that these scenes come after a time jump. The costume seems to be a flight uniform, which also supports the suggestion that there is a time jump (in TFA, Finn can’t pilot a ship).