John Boyega, the actor who plays Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has dropped a couple of hints at what to expect from Episode VIII

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In an interview with Vogue , Boyega gave a little more detail on the tone and physicality of the next film.He called the Rian Johnson-directed sequel "much darker," but said that he and co-star Daisy Ridley (Rey) are very excited for it. He also implied that his character of Finn will be a little more action-oriented next time, saying it "will be much more physical so I might be in the gym a bit more."Boyega's comments about a darker second installment echoes the original trilogy, in which Empire Strikes Back is the dark middle chapter. Director J.J. Abrams recently addressed criticism that Force Awakens is too similar to A New Hope, saying he wanted a "tried and true" mythology and saying that those tropes were around long before Star Wars.Meanwhile, The Force Awakens continues to break records, having recently become the third-highest grossing film of all time behind Titanic and Avatar. It held strong yet again this weekend, crossing $800 million domestically and opening big in China.

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