- "I remembered the comics from when I was a kid. FN-1971 would sneak them in. They weren't regulation, and they would have sent us to reprogramming if they'd known, but man, were they great."
- ―Finn
FN-1971 was the designation of[2] a human[1] stormtrooper who was a member of the First Order's FN Corps. FN-1971 would sneak in comics based on the animated program Kade Genti, Master of Section Nine, and gave them to a young stormtrooper, FN-2187, to read and enjoy. The two were aware that their actions were against regulation and would have led to reprogramming if they were caught.[2] Around 34 ABY,[3] FN-2187, by then a member of the Resistance who adopted the name "Finn," remembered reading the comics provided by FN-1971 and chose to use the name of the show's protagonist, Kade Genti, as an alias when going undercover at an auction hosted at Coronet City on[2] the Core Worlds[4] planet Corellia.[2]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
FN-1971 was mentioned in Resistance Reborn, a 2019 novel written by Rebecca Roanhorse.[2] The character's designation corresponds with Roanhorse's year of birth, 1971.[5]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Resistance Reborn (First mentioned, simultaneous with Resistance Reborn audiobook)
- Resistance Reborn audiobook
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded establishes that all stormtroopers who served the First Order were humans.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Resistance Reborn
- ↑ Resistance Reborn takes place days after the events of Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi, which are set directly after Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. Since Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the events of The Force Awakens to 34 ABY, the events of The Last Jedi and Resistance Reborn must take place around the same year.
- ↑
Corellia in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Rebecca Roanhorse: From Legend to Fantasy. Locus Online. Locus Publications (2018-09-17). Archived from the original on January 21, 2020. Retrieved on March 5, 2020. "REBECCA ROANHORSE was born in 1971 in Conway AR and grew up in Fort Worth TX."
