John Boyega
publication date: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 (part of Fall 2017)
category: Movies
clue: His breakthrough role fighting Sith lords helped him secure a role rising up against Kaiju next spring.
explanation: Boyega stars in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Pacific Rim: Uprising. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, and Erik Bates
trivia: Longtime Star Wars fan Matthew Preston couldn't help pointing out after the goo's publication that technically, there were no Sith lords in The Force Awakens, as the villains did not belong to that fictional religion.
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