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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Like Leia, Poe is a critical rebel agent whose capture is the inciting incident of the story, and whose rescue brings Finn into the conflict. But whereas Leia was a double agent, posing as an Imperial politician, Poe is already famous even among the bad guys as a daring Resistance hero. Also to Han Solo. While they're both cocky and hot-headed {{Ace Pilot}}s, Han starts out as a cynical smuggler who's OnlyInItForTheMoney, while Poe is already a devoted and high-ranking member of the Resistance, who helps others out of altruism. It's also revealed that Poe used to smuggle spice but gave it up after being recruited by the Resistance.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Like Leia, Poe is a critical rebel agent whose capture is the inciting incident of the story, and whose rescue brings Finn into the conflict. But whereas Leia was a double agent, posing as an Imperial politician, Poe is already famous even among the bad guys as a daring Resistance hero. Also to Han Solo. While they're both cocky and hot-headed {{Ace Pilot}}s, Han starts out as a cynical smuggler who's OnlyInItForTheMoney, while Poe is already a devoted and high-ranking member of the Resistance, who helps others out of altruism. It's also revealed that Poe used to smuggle spice spice, but gave it up after being recruited by quit, then joined the Resistance. New Republic Navy.
*** In Poe Dameron: Free Fall, he was a Spice Runner when he was 16/17 for a year, then joined the New Republic Navy.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While his decision to hold off retreating to destroy the First Order dreadnought is dangerous, costly, and insubordinate, in the novelization of ''The Last Jedi'' Leia admits that in hindsight it did need to be destroyed, otherwise it would have just leapt after the Resistance fleet thanks to the First Order's hyperspace tracking technology and eradicated them before they got anywhere near Crait.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Downplayed on the Jerkass part. While his decision to hold off retreating to destroy the First Order dreadnought is dangerous, costly, and insubordinate, in the novelization of ''The Last Jedi'' Leia admits that in hindsight it did need to be destroyed, otherwise it would have just leapt after the Resistance fleet thanks to the First Order's hyperspace tracking technology and eradicated them before they got anywhere near Crait.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: BB-8 is a cute and loyal little droid but he demonstrates a ruthless streak and has no problem with [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique inflicting pain]].
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: BB-8 is a cute and loyal little droid but he demonstrates a ruthless streak and has no problem with [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique inflicting pain]].pain if necessary]].
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* BewareTheCuteOnes: BB-8 is a cute little droid but he demonstrates a ruthless streak and has no problem with [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique inflicting pain]].
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* BewareTheCuteOnes: BewareTheNiceOnes: BB-8 is a cute and loyal little droid but he demonstrates a ruthless streak and has no problem with [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique inflicting pain]].
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-> See his [[Characters/StarWarsFinn separate character page]].
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-> See his [[Characters/StarWarsFinn separate character page]].
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!!!'''Homeworld:''' Yavin IV
!!!'''Callsign:''' Black Leader
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/OscarIsaac\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LexLang (''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]'') Hugo Serrano (Latin American Spanish dub), Guillermo Romero (European Spanish dub), Fuminori Komatsu (Japanese dub), Benjamin Penamaria (European French dub)\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' [[note]] voice only [[/note]] | ''Literature/PoeDameronFreeFall'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfResistance Age of Resistance]]'' | ''Literature/BeforeTheAwakening'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]'' | ''[=C-3PO=]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsPoeDameron Poe Dameron]]'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance Resistance]]'' | ''Literature/JoinTheResistance'' | ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' | ''Film/TheLastJedi'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsResistanceReborn Resistance Reborn]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAllegiance Allegiance]]'' | ''Literature/SparkOfTheResistance'' | ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''
-->''"We are the spark that will light the fire that will burn the First Order down."''
The son of Rebel Alliance [=SpecForce=] soldier Kes Dameron and A-Wing pilot Shara Bey, Poe Dameron is an X-Wing pilot and commander of the Resistance Starfighter Corps. While serving in the New Republic Starfighter Corps, Poe was recruited into the Resistance alongside his squadron by General Leia Organa following an encounter with the First Order attacking civilian vessels that his superiors refused to follow up on. After uncovering information that the First Order is hunting for Lor San Tekka to locate Luke Skywalker, Poe is sent on a mission by Leia to find him before the First Order does. He is captured by the First Order, but is rescued by Finn, who needs a pilot to help him desert his post.
!!!'''Callsign:''' Black Leader
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/OscarIsaac\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LexLang (''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]'') Hugo Serrano (Latin American Spanish dub), Guillermo Romero (European Spanish dub), Fuminori Komatsu (Japanese dub), Benjamin Penamaria (European French dub)\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' [[note]] voice only [[/note]] | ''Literature/PoeDameronFreeFall'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfResistance Age of Resistance]]'' | ''Literature/BeforeTheAwakening'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]'' | ''[=C-3PO=]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsPoeDameron Poe Dameron]]'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance Resistance]]'' | ''Literature/JoinTheResistance'' | ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' | ''Film/TheLastJedi'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsResistanceReborn Resistance Reborn]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAllegiance Allegiance]]'' | ''Literature/SparkOfTheResistance'' | ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''
-->''"We are the spark that will light the fire that will burn the First Order down."''
The son of Rebel Alliance [=SpecForce=] soldier Kes Dameron and A-Wing pilot Shara Bey, Poe Dameron is an X-Wing pilot and commander of the Resistance Starfighter Corps. While serving in the New Republic Starfighter Corps, Poe was recruited into the Resistance alongside his squadron by General Leia Organa following an encounter with the First Order attacking civilian vessels that his superiors refused to follow up on. After uncovering information that the First Order is hunting for Lor San Tekka to locate Luke Skywalker, Poe is sent on a mission by Leia to find him before the First Order does. He is captured by the First Order, but is rescued by Finn, who needs a pilot to help him desert his post.
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!!!'''Callsign:''' Black Leader
->'''Portrayed by:'''
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LexLang (''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]'') Hugo Serrano
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* TheAce: Back in the Stormtrooper Academy, Finn was in the top one percent of the class. He still got assigned to ''sanitation'', for all the good his grades did him. Given that his first battle turned him into a deserter and he seems to only know how to use a blaster, that might say more about the academy, but then again, [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy his skill with blasters is indeed fantastic for a stormtrooper]].
%%* AdventureDuo: He is this with Rey in ''The Force Awakens'' and once again with Rose in ''The Last Jedi''.
* AffectionateNickname: Poe calls the then-nameless FN-2187 "Finn" as a sign of friendship. Finn then decides to adopt the moniker for good after he ditches the First Order completely.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: FN-2187 never fit in with the rest of his squad. First Order Troopers often nickname each other, and his unit refused to nickname FN-2187 as a way of ostracizing him. Just goes to show that bullying is alive and well even in totalitarian space armies. [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe It's also no wonder he becomes attached to Poe Dameron so quickly, since Poe nicknames him immediately with his only question being if Finn likes the nickname.]]
* AlmightyJanitor: Finn states that he worked in sanitation on Starkiller Base and the ''Supremacy'' when he was stationed at each location. It's TruthInTelevision--low-ranking enlisted personnel[[note]] Officers are not immune to it either, though for them it's usually punitive; the US Navy has a term, SLJO or "Shitty Little Jobs Officer," for officers who can't be trusted with anything more important than scrubbing toilets[[/note]] in various military specialties, especially infantry, also handle whatever menial labor needs to be done, and troops with any kind of disciplinary problem will get the most menial and undignified ones. In this case, it blows up in the First Order's faces, as Finn's knowledge of the installation is invaluable to the Resistance. What's more, he's the best marksman in his class and is capable on going toe-to-toe with Kylo Ren with a weapon non-Force users are not familiar with.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl:
** Finn convinces the Resistance that he knows how to destroy Starkiller Base in order to rescue Rey. In reality, his knowledge about the base was just from his work assignment in sanitation, and he wasn't privy to more sensitive information about the weapon. {{Lampshaded}} by the fact that he and Rey ''do'' manage to [[JustInTime save the day]], at a price.
** In ''The Last Jedi'', when things look bleak for the Resistance, he takes the long-range tracker Rey is using to find them again and attempts to flee in an escape pod, as he's worried she will fall into the First Order's clutches if she comes back to their current location, even if that means abandoning the Resistance. However, he changes his mind about this eventually...partly due to a ticked-off Rose stunning him for attempted desertion.
* AmazonChaser: Finn has a look of awe after he sees Rey take down a couple of thieves by herself and later awkwardly asks whether she's got a boyfriend.
* AmbiguousSituation: Canon hasn't made it clear if Finn is Force-sensitive, or just a BadassNormal with a good heart. It is heavily implied in ''The Rise of Skywalker'' that Finn is indeed Force-sensitive, as he is able to sense the (brief) demise of Rey without being present to witness it, much like other Force-sensitives throughout the series have been able to. WordOfGod has confirmed that Finn is, in fact, a Force-sensitive, though it's never explicitly stated in-universe.
* AntiHero: {{Downplayed}} as Finn's defining trait is his compassion. However, he can be rather cynical and melancholic, despite his sense of humor. He is also not above prioritizing personal relationships (specifically his friendship with Rey) over the mission at hand, even to the point of attempting to leave the Resistance behind at the beginning of ''The Last Jedi''.
* TheAtoner: As his caption says, he's trying to start anew after having served the First Order.
* BadassAdorable: A painfully sincere and kind-hearted young man who uses his lifetime of First Order training to fight against their tyranny.
* BadassNormal: No Force powers to speak of (at first), but manages to hold his own with a lightsaber against other Stormtroopers and then again, if only briefly, in a duel with Kylo Ren. Justified as the lightsaber is an AbsurdlySharpBlade laser-sword and Finn is an infantryman trained to fight with a variety of ranged and melee weapons, and because [[AchievementsInIgnorance an amateur really can give a trained professional problems]] simply by being unpredictable due to a lack of classical training.
* BadLiar:
** Finn's Resistance fighter act is so transparent that it doesn't fool Han for a minute. Before that, Poe calls bullshit on his motivation for helping him escape even more quickly. The only person fooled is Rey, and only because she's nearly as naïve as he is.
--->'''Poe:''' Why are you helping me?\\
'''Finn:''' Because it's the right thing to do.\\
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'''Poe:''' You need a pilot.\\
'''Finn:''' I need a pilot.
** When he tries to come up with a lie to Rose about why he's at the escape pods in ''The Last Jedi'', he noticeably stumbles over his words. She sees through it almost immediately and realizes he's trying to desert.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Poe's warmness to Finn and treatment of him as a human being is why the two became fast friends.
* BecomingTheMask: He initially pretends to be a Resistance member to avoid admitting to being an ex-stormtrooper. He eventually becomes the real thing.
* BetterAsFriends: In ''Resistance Reborn'', he tells Poe that he and Rose talked about their kiss on Crait and that it was "a moment", but that they ultimately decided that they just liked each other as friends.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Finn is actually dangerous because he is a nice person and will fight for the people he bonds with. As Phasma notes, Finn doesn't respond to the brainwashing that would make him a coldblooded killer. Case in point:
** Busts out Poe with a BavarianFireDrill, bonds with him quickly, and completes his mission to deliver BB-8 to the Resistance when he thinks Poe is dead. It doesn't matter that most of that was by accident or not his intention; that was a lethal blow.
** When Finn and Rey thinks the First Order's caught them and are about to board the Millenium Falcon, Finn gets the idea to re-route the life-support system and poison the Stormtroopers.
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: After getting the BloodyHandprint, he is immediately ordered to kill innocent civilians. His not firing makes other Stormtroopers suspect his gun was jammed (Captain Phasma and Kylo Ren were suspicious, but the slaughter helps along his HeelRealization nonetheless).
* BloodyHandprint: He gets one on his Stormtrooper helmet during the opening battle, and it seems to trigger a HeelRealization.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Subverted. After displaying blatant signs of nonconformity, Captain Phasma has him evaluated and sent to reconditioning, but it seems to have no effect whatsoever.
* BreakoutMookCharacter: As a defected Stormtrooper.
* ButtMonkey: Probably has the most slapstick AmusingInjuries of any main character. When he does get seriously injured, it's treated with all due seriousness. And once he's fine, he's right back to being the butt of a joke.
* CharacterDevelopment: He eventually stops running away from the First Order and decides to fight against them. You can even see his "wants to run" eyes turn into "LetsGetDangerous" eyes when Kylo Ren hurts Rey. His arc in ''The Last Jedi'' sees Finn grow from someone who mainly looks out for himself and his friends to a proud Rebel, willing to risk giving his life to defeat the First Order.
* ChildSoldiers: He was "recruited" at such a young age that he can't remember his family or his name (if he ever had one), and he implies that this is the standard for the First Order. They "recruit" very young children and infants and brainwash them, programming them to be fanatical and violent loyalists.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He has a knack for risking his life for others regardless of his own well-being.
* ClassicalAntiHero: Finn often lacks the self-confidence to fully embrace his bravery. He's unbelievably kind and empathetic, but he has a habit of doubting himself and his own inherent heroism.
* TheConfidant: He acts as this to Rey in ''The Rise of Skywalker''; she confides her fears and worries to him several times, while he tries to offer her advice and comfort.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Like Han, Finn has a dark past, is on the run from vengeful bad guys, and initially is more interested in saving his own hide than helping the greater good. But unlike Han, who was always a self-serving loner, Finn spent his life in zealous devotion to a cause. Also, he has moral compunctions about shooting first.
* ConvenientComa: Falls into one at the end of ''The Force Awakens'' after getting stabbed InTheBack in his duel with Kylo Ren.
* CoolSword: Through the course of events on Takodana and Rey's own RefusalOfTheCall, the lightsaber of Anakin Skywalker[[note]]The very same one Obi-Wan took from a maimed Darth Vader on Mustafar and gave to Luke, and which was last seen tumbling into the depths of Bespin after Luke's disastrous duel with Vader on Cloud City.[[/note]] ends up in his hands and he uses it against Kylo Ren. When he loses the duel, the lightsaber passes to Rey.
* CostumeEvolution: By ''The Last Jedi'', Finn has removed the last vestiges of his Stormtrooper armor, becoming a full fledged member of the Resistance.
* CowardlyLion: Due to his background as a Stormtrooper, he's seen what atrocities the First Order is capable of, and believes they are too powerful to ever defeat. At first, his only goal is to get as far away from them as possible. Only after Rey is captured does he resolve to join the Resistance.
* CreateYourOwnHero: If Kylo Ren didn't order the stormtroopers to execute the innocent villagers on the Jakku, FN-2187 would never defect the First Order, save Poe Dameron, adopt the name Finn and join the Resistance in the first place.
* CripplingOverspecialization: As Finn lampshades, he was trained from birth to do exactly one thing: be a Stormtrooper, which means point and shoot a blaster. He's not a pilot, he has no mechanical skill, and he has little if any melee combat training. When he is stuck with a melee weapon, he ''does'' bravely try to defend himself with it, but is always over-matched, and always searches for a blaster to switch to at the first opportunity. Once he manages to take a blaster rifle from a dead Stormtrooper, he's a ''very'' effective marksman with it (being the first major case of a Stormtrooper actually averting the ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy). In addition, being raised from birth as a child soldier, he has only the vaguest of knowledge about the overall galactic political situation. This is underscored by his [[{{Foil}} teamwork with Rey]], as marksmanship is one of the few things she ''isn't'' highly skilled at, otherwise being a jane-of-all-trades. She's been a scavenger for her whole life so she knows machine parts and how to repair them, she's a naturally skilled pilot, and from holding her own against street toughs on Jakku she's a good melee fighter.
* CurbstompCushion: While he's ultimately outmatched in his duel against Kylo Ren, Finn still manages to wound Kylo Ren in the arm, which helps Rey defeat him later. Creator/JohnBoyega has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4teCkYtVBz8 lampshaded]] that Finn shouldn't have lasted that long in an interview with [=MTV=].
* TheCynic: In spite of his inherent kindness and heroism, Finn has a tendency to be very cynical when it comes to the war against the First Order: "You don't know a thing about me. Where I'm from, what I've seen. You don't know the First Order like I do. They will slaughter us.We all need to run." In ''The Last Jedi'', he attempts to escape from the Resistance in order to save Rey, stating that the fleet is "doomed".
* DangerousDeserter: {{Inverted}}, He leaves the evil First Order out of moral outrage and later becomes a hero of the Resistance. He's only dangerous to the First Order.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was taken from his family when he was only a baby and was forced to undergo stormtrooper training.
* DeadpanSnarker: Finn has some lines humorously pointing out the sheer absurdity of what's going on around him.
* DecoyProtagonist: While he's TheHero for most of the movie and a co-lead alongside Rey by the time he crosses blades with Kylo Ren, he gets heavily injured, leaving Rey to take Kylo on and claim her role as the main protagonist. Also notable in the advertising of the movie, which shows Finn with the lightsaber and makes him out to be the new lead character/protagonist of the series. He's not. Rey is.
* DefectorFromDecadence: He leaves the First Order after witnessing their massacre of innocent people in the beginning of the film.
* DemotedToExtra: A marginal but very noticeable example, as he remains one of the main characters throughout the new trilogy, but becomes less important with each passing film. [[DecoyProtagonist First Finn is made out to be the main character of story]], and while Rey is set up by the end of the fist installment as the true protagonist, he's still her co-lead and {{Deuteragonist}}. Then in the next film, not only does Rey become more prominent than him, but Kylo Ren is now the Deuteragonist, with Finn's story having little impact on the plot despite his large role. But while he got to lead his own storyline in the second installment, the final chapter of the trilogy has him act as Rey's sidekick alongside Poe. Again, he's a very large role, but despite what the first film might have you believe, Finn's quite secondary to Rey ''and'' Kylo in the grand scheme of things.
* DependingOnTheWriter: The film, novelization and ''Before the Awakening'' comic provide different versions of Finn's character and backstory within the First Order. The former two state that Finn was an unremarkable soldier who displayed no signs of nonconformity before his defection. The latter states that Finn was an [[TheAce elite recruit]] with a clear reluctance to shoot civilians during training simulations, and was thus ostracized by members of his own squad.
* {{Determinator}}:
** He keeps trying to fight off Kylo Ren after having one of Ren's crossguards slowly burned into his shoulder.
** In ''The Last Jedi'', Finn attempts to take on the entire First Order by himself not once, but twice.
* DeterminedDefeatist: No matter how much Finn tries to run away from the fight against the First Order, his bravery and compassion prevents him from truly giving up.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Finn plays the second largest role in ''The Force Awakens'' behind Rey, even called the co-protagonist. In ''The Last Jedi'', Finn continues his role as deuteragonist while Poe takes on the role of tritagonist with Rose.
* DoNotCallMePaul: His HeelFaceTurn is cemented by not wanting to be called FN-2187, eventually adopting the name "Finn."
* TheDulcineaEffect: He runs to Rey's defense the moment he sees her in danger.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: During ''The Force Awakens'' and ''The Last Jedi'', Finn fights as a normal human with just a gun and his wits. By ''The Rise of Skywalker'', fighting for the Resistance for a year has begun to awaken Finn's latent Force-Sensitivity.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** First seen stopping to help a mortally wounded stormtrooper. This simple act underscores both his humanity and how out of place he is as a stormtrooper, who never grudge casualties or assist the fallen.
** His storyline in ''Literature/BeforeTheAwakening'' and a deleted scene similarly set during the raid on Jakku also adds on to his humanity the point that even through fear and First Order training, he'll still try to do what is morally right (stall for time to allow a fellow stormtrooper to catch up and regroup during a battle simulation in the former storyline, and sparing a random villager's life in the latter).
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In ''The Rise of Skywalker'', his hair has grown longer compared to his previous, close-cropped hairstyle, indicating both the [[TimeSkip passage of time]] and that he's left behind his old life as a stormtrooper for good.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: During Finn's sacrifice attempt in ''The Last Jedi'', he closes his eyes at peace with his decision.
* FireForgedFriends: With Rey and Poe. The former bond after their escape from Jakku and the later have their FriendshipMoment in a TIE fighter escaping from the First Order's base.
* FiringOneHanded: Uses a two-handed stormtrooper rifle one-handed on during the fight with Takodana, and scores kills with it near effortlessly.
* FirstFriend: Discounting BB-8, he's the first friend Rey ever had since she was abandoned as a child. As a result, it's not surprising she grows attached to him so quickly and vice versa.
* FishOutOfWater: Having been raised from childhood to serve the First Order, he is clueless about how a lot of the world works once he leaves.
* {{Foil}}: Finn is one for Kylo Ren. He was raised in an abusive environment by the First Order and came out of it with his sense of morality intact, defected after refusing to kill innocent villagers on Jakku, and eventually joined the Resistance. Kylo Ren, meanwhile, was raised as part of a loving (albeit, [[ParentsAsPeople dysfunctional]]) family but chose to join the First Order, embrace the Dark side, and [[LoveIsAWeakness murder his father.]]
** Finn's arc in ''The Last Jedi'' plays directly in contrast to Poe's arc in the film. By the end of the film, Poe learns control his more impulsive tendencies and consider cautiousness and safety above all else, while Finn fully embrace his bravery and become a full-fledged rebel willing to take risks. However, both learn to become better heroes and leaders for the Resistance.
** Finn is a foil to Rey as well. Both were orphans and essentially nobodies that accidentally stumble into the war between the Resistance and the First Order. Finn was stolen from his family, while Rey was abandoned by hers. Throughout The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, both struggle with identity issues and have to find their calling in order to navigate in the new world around them.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The melancholic. Prone to anxiety and low self-esteem, but also empathetic and has a strong sense of justice.
* FourStarBadass: Promoted to a general by Poe in ''The Rise of Skywalker'' before the final battle, he raids the command ship to disable the communications array.
* FriendlessBackground: Although he began life in the First Order with his fellow stormtroopers, Finn's first true friend was Rey (and, to a lesser extent, Poe).
* FromZeroToHero: Goes from being a simple defective stormtrooper to a very capable Resistance hero.
* GeekyTurnOn: When cobbling together a plan to save the Resistance with Rose, she starts discussing mechanical terms and Finn jumps in with his own knowledge, both looking rather excited/impressed that someone else understands what they're talking about.
* GeniusDitz: Despite being the most expressive and goofiest of the main characters in the Sequel Trilogy, he is a very capable planner, strategist, and marksman with very extensive knowledge about technology (particularly made by the First Order).
* GoodCostumeSwitch:
** After escaping from the First Order, he gradually sheds his stormtrooper armor and completes his HeelFaceTurn by wearing Poe Dameron's jacket.
** By the time of ''The Last Jedi'', Finn has switched from the black undershirt of his stormtrooper armor to a white open collar shirt, along with continuing to wear the earthy brown leather jacket Poe gave him.
* GoodIsDumb: Not dumb by any stroke, but he is [[NaiveNewcomer very naive]], despite being an incredibly nice guy.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Finn is an incredibly nice guy, but he's no pushover in a fight and will not hesitate to violently defend the innocent.
* GuileHero: What he lacks in Force affiliation and experience with fighting he makes up for by thinking on his feet. Case in point, he busts out Poe with a quick BavarianFireDrill. He only shows off more smarts from there.
* GutFeeling: He somehow knows which First Order ship they need to take out during the Battle of Exegol; when asked how he knows, he just says it's "an instinct". It's possibly because he's Force-sensitive.
* GuyInBack: When he and Poe steal a two-man TIE fighter, Poe flies while Finn takes the gunner's chair. Poe gives him a hurried crash course in shooting as they fight off their pursuers. Later, when he and Rey steal the ''Falcon'' to escape Jakku, he takes one of the turrets while Rey pilots.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted. Finn is a clever, effective sharpshooter while Rey is very good with a staff and a lightsaber.
* HeelFaceTurn: He ditches the First Order early on.
* HeelRealization: He makes it clear that he thinks that working with the First Order made him the "bad guy," even if it was only for a brief period of time and he ditched them after his first combat mission. The exact moment that this hits is when Phasma orders the other Stormtroopers to gun down innocent villagers.
* HellBentForLeather: Takes to wearing Poe's leather jacket. Poe thinks it suits him.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Stormtroopers have never been shown taking their helmets off (Phasma states that they're forbidden from doing so, at least while in action). So, the instant he takes his off, we see that he is becoming one of our heroes.
* HeroicSacrifice:
** In ''The Force Awakens'', he attempts to do this in the climax when Kylo Ren knocks out Rey before she and Finn can run to the Falcon. Knowing he is outmatched and will probably be killed, Finn nevertheless turns on Luke's lightsaber and goads Ren into fighting him, to buy time for Rey to recover and escape, and puts all his combat training into use. He loses, but not before giving Ren a long fight. Rey saves him, however, after she knocks out Ren, so that he lives.
** ''Attempted'' on Crait, when he tried to destroy the massive cannon. But Rose crashes into his speeder so he can't go through with it.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Played with: while he prefers blasters as his trained weapon, he takes up the lightsaber in the middle of the film when he decides to stand and fight against the First Order instead of running away. He's also heavily associated with the sword in most of the marketing, though this is a RedHerring, as Rey claims the lightsaber after he gets injured by Kylo Ren.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Finn's main arc is about him not truly embracing his inherent heroism. He has a habit of denying people telling them that he's not a hero. He comes full circle by the end.
-->'''Finn to Rey:''' I'm not with the Resistance. I'm not a hero.\\
'''Finn to Rose:''' Look, I'm not a Resistance hero but it was nice talking to you, Rose.
* HeroicSpirit: Finn is unfailingly brave and full of heroism. In ''The Force Awakens'', Finn attempts to rush in and save Rey from bandits (only to realize that she can handle herself), helps his allies fight against the First Order at Maz Kanata's castle, and rushes toward Kylo Ren in order to protect Rey. In ''The Last Jedi'', he defiantly rushes toward Captain Phasma and defeats her, inspires other rebels to fight against the First Order on Crait, attempts to fly alone into a massive cannon to save the entire Resistance, and then after getting injured attempts to rush back in the Battle (once again alone) to help Luke Skywalker.
* HiddenDepths: Finn (then FN-2187) is first introduced as a Stormtrooper, but is quickly revealed to be a good person who wants nothing to do with serving as the First Order's tool.
* HoldingHands: In order to urge her to safety, Finn takes Rey’s hand while running away, which she does ‘’not’’ like. She eventually reciprocates when she realizes his genuine concern for her well-being and begins to trust him.
* HonorBeforeReason: His attempt at what he believes to be a HeroicSacrifice on Crait, would have proven fruitless had Rose not intervened, as the Cannon would have decimated him before he even reached the shaft.
* HopeBringer: Rose Tico in ''The Last Jedi'' sees Finn as a hero for what he did in the previous movie.
* HumbleGoal: He wants to stop fighting and start a new life with Rey, in either a platonic or romantic relationship. With that said, he will put that goal aside if someone needs him.
* IAmNotAGun: He was raised by the First Order to be a stormtrooper, but the brainwashing never truly stuck and during his first mission he realizes he cannot stomach being a mindless killing machine. He defects and then tries his best to get as far away from the First Order as possible; however, he ultimately ends up rejoining the fight on the side of the Resistance.
* ImNotAHeroIm: States this more than once throughout the first two movies in Sequel Trilogy.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy Amusingly]], Finn might very well be the most accurate Stormtrooper put to film. During a firefight, he is constantly on the run and fires his blaster while moving, several times with only one hand. Regardless, almost every shot lands dead in the center of his target's chest. He was top of his class, so his exceptional marksmanship is justified. The implication that he's Force-Sensitive also helps.
* ImprobableAge: He's made a Resistance general by the age of 24.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: He makes Rey, a worthy Jedi, look evil by comparison. He never hit anyone who was about to help him.
* InSeriesNickname:
** His old stormtrooper unit used to call him Eighty-Seven.
** Han takes to calling him "Big Deal" when Finn initially pretends to be a member of the Resistance. This originates from Finn himself telling him "You should know, I'm a big deal in the Resistance."
* InsistentTerminology: Rather understandably, once he defects from the First Order, he insists on being called "Finn", not "FN-2187".
* IndyPloy: Finn's greatest tactical asset is his ability to improvise. It's a hastily executed plan on Finn's part that ends up kicking off the plot of the movie, and he manages to figure out a way to disable the shields on Starkiller base even though he admitted not minutes before that he didn't personally know how.
* InsultBackfire: After he defeats Phasma in a fight, Finn takes his former commander's taunt as a badge of honor.
-->'''Phasma''': You were always scum.\\
'''Finn''': ''Rebel'' scum.
* ItWasAGift: His jacket, which originally belonged to Poe. Technically he originally salvaged it from the wreck of their crashed TIE fighter, thinking Poe was dead, but when he tries to return it later Poe responds that it looks better on Finn.
* JackOfAllStats: He's a good marksman, but not on the same league as [[LivingLegend Han and Chewie]]. He can wield a lightsaber, but not as proficiently as Kylo Ren or Rey. He can also pilot a ski speeder on Crait sufficently, but he needed Poe to fly a TIE-fighter for him and Rey to fly the ''Falcon''.
* JustifiedCriminal: Finn becomes a fugitive by first defecting the First Order and rescuing Poe Dameron, then by helping BB-8 and Rey get to the Resistance by stealing the ''Millenium Falcon''.
* LineOfSightName: Poe, not wanting to call him by a serial number, improvises "Finn" from "FN", the first two letters of his callsign. The former stormtrooper immediately takes a liking to it.
* LogicalLatecomer: He starts out as this after his HeelFaceTurn; he's annoyed and shocked that anyone wants to return to the wasteland planet Jakku, and knows that one person alone can't stand against the First Order and its new weapon, which is why he wants to run. Towards the end he sheds this, as shown when he tells Han that the Force will guide them, and Han has to point out that the Force isn't omnipotent.
* MadeOfIron: While it leaves him comatose, Finn survives the lightsaber wound to his back given to him by Kylo Ren.
* MeaningfulRename: Takes up the name "Finn" when Poe suggests it, signifying his rejection of YouAreNumberSix and abandonment of the First Order.
* MercifulMinion: He cannot go through with the order to kill the defenceless villagers of Tuanul (and in a deleted scene he also spared a villager during the initial attack). Although the villagers all die anyway as there's nothing he can do to stop it, it is this act of mercy that precipitates his HeelFaceTurn.
* MilhollandRelationshipMoment: A possible example. In ''The Force Awakens'', Finn finally comes clean to Rey about his past: he's not a member of the Resistance as he claimed, but an ex Stormtrooper, something he felt ashamed about, thus lying to her out of fear of rejection. Rey doesn't seem all that fazed by this; she's more upset that [[PleaseDontLeaveMe he's planning on leaving her behind]] to escape the First Order.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: He undergoes his HeelFaceTurn after his first mission. Supplementary material notes that he was an excellent team leader whose only fault during training was an odd reluctance to actually kill people.
* {{Mook}}: He starts out as just another stormtrooper before he defects after refusing to slaughter a village of innocent people.
* MookFaceTurn: From faceless grunt to runaway to hero.
* MoralMyopia: Played with. Finn has a conversation with DJ pointing out that his shady methods are “stealing from the bad guys and helping the good.”In response, DJ points out that the Resistance have also used shady methods to win the war.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Finn is horrified when he realizes that he indirectly allowed for Kylo Ren to capture Rey by leaving her. Even though he doesn't know the circumstances, he wasn't there when Ren threatened his friend and took her away.
* MyGreatestSecondChance:
** Finn thinks that Poe died on Jakku. When he learns that BB-8 is Poe's buddy, and has the plans, he helps Rey as best as he can deliver BB-8 to the Resistance, only trying to leave when he thinks the mission is complete and he's not needed. He's very relieved to see that Poe survived the crash.
** He regrets leaving Rey to try and run from the First Order, which indirectly to her capture. Finn bluffs the Resistance so as to save her ''and'' take down Starkiller Base at the same time. Then when Kylo Ren prevents them from leaving, and he knocks out Rey, Finn refuses to run and leave her to Ren's mercy. He wields the lightsaber Maz gave him and prepares to die defending her.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: He appears to sense Rey's temporary death on Exegol. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he is Force-Sensitive.
* MythologyGag: His operating number, 2187, is also the cell number Princess Leia was held in aboard the Death Star in ''Film/ANewHope'', which in turn was a ShoutOut to ''21-87'', an art film that inspired ''Star Wars'' creator Creator/GeorgeLucas. Further, his call sign FN-2187 is based off the FantasticNamingConvention in George Lucas' dystopian sci-fi film ''Film/THX1138''.
* NeutralNoLonger: Initially, after deserting from the First Order, all Finn wants is to get as far away from his former employers as possible. This changes when Rey is kidnapped by Kylo Ren, causing Finn to throw his lot in with the Resistance. Come ''The Last Jedi'', he still prioritises his and Rey's safety over fighting the First Order, but meeting Rose and getting a greater sense of the galaxy around him ends up galvanising Finn to the point that he proudly proclaims himself a Rebel to Phasma, fully committing himself to the cause of the Resistance.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Being ordered to kill innocent civilians in his first mission is what triggers his HeelRealization and he cannot bring himself to go through with it.
* NiceGuy: Astoundingly holding onto his sense of morality through a lifetime of abusive ChildSoldier upbringing, Finn is a kind-hearted and compassionate soul who will ''unfailingly'' leap to the defense of a helpless innocent.
* NoSell: Stormtrooper brainwashing doesn't affect him. Phasma is less than amused when she finds out.
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Whenever [[PhraseCatcher someone in the First Order called him a traitor]], he would fight back in some form or another no matter who it was. Not even Kylo Ren. He clearly got sick of being reminded of this [[DefectorFromDecadence when he had every right to leave]].
* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: Finn begins the Sequel Trilogy afraid and running away from the First Order. By the end of ''The Force Awakens'', he stands up to his former First Order leaders Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma, even fighting the former and destroying the latter in the second film. By the end of ''The Last Jedi'', he's willing to take them on all by himself and is completely on board with bringing them down at all costs.
* NotAfraidToDie: Finn begins the Sequel Trilogy afraid of his own death, however, both ''The Force Awakens'' and ''The Last Jedi'' give him moments where he's willing to sacrifice himself to save someone or in ''The Last Jedi'''s case, everyone.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: His initial motivation in ''The Force Awakens'' after defecting is to get as far away from the First Order as possible, but he decides to help the Resistance find BB-8 because he felt that he owed Poe that much--following that, he intends to get as far away from them as possible. Later on, his goal changes to something more noble, and he more or less admits on Starkiller Base that the key reason he agreed to take part in such a dangerous mission was due to his loyalty to Rey and nothing else. By the end of ''The Last Jedi'', it appears as though he's fully committed to being a part of the Resistance itself; he proudly proclaims himself to be "rebel scum" and is even willing to sacrifice himself for the Resistance.
* OddFriendship: With Han, given how they interact with each other over the course of ''The Force Awakens''. They both [[VitriolicBestBuds snark at each other,]] but Han makes it clear that he likes Finn and saves his life when he shoots Nines with Chewie's bowcaster. Following that, Finn is absolutely as horrified as Rey when they both witness Han's murder.
* OddNameNormalNickname: He was formerly known as his identification number assigned at birth, FN-2187. When he defects and joins the Resistance, Poe Dameron gives him the name "Finn". Finn likes his new name and goes by it for the rest of the trilogy.
%%* OhCrap: Has this reaction in ''The Force Awakens'' when he sees that the stormtroopers spotted him with Rey on Jakku.
* OneSteveLimit: He shares the same name with Finn Ertay, a Twi'lek Jedi who was murdered by Darth Maul during WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Justified, as his "real name" isn't really a name but a serial number/call sign.
* OnlyOneName: Simply goes by “Finn.”
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Subverted. Despite Luke’s lightsaber calling to Rey, Finn uses it in battle multiple times throughout ‘’The Force Awakens’’.
* OverlyNervousFlopSweat: Several scenes show him sweating profusely.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: He's a well-trained soldier, but he's not trained in the force or very skilled with a lightsaber, a common staple of the series. This almost gets him killed when he faces a foe with both lightsaber and force training.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: According to prequel material, Finn had the best scores of any Stormtrooper recruit and was singled out as officer material by Captain Phasma. His only flaw was his unwillingness and inability to shoot unarmed civilians, which becomes the reason he defects after he is forced to participate in a village massacre.
* PhraseCatcher: After his desertion, he is referred to as "TRAITOR!" by First Order members, including FN-2199, Kylo Ren, and Captain Phasma.
* PlotArmor: Not like the series never used it before, but the rathtar scene shows him to be uncannily lucky. the beasts immediately tear apart and devour everyone else they get a tentacle on, with two exceptions. One of the gangmembers and Finn get dragged away instead, which gives Rey time to rescue him.
* PossessionImpliesMastery: Despite not having any force powers or any training with the lightsaber, Finn is able to hold his own in a lightsaber duel with (an injured and loop) Kylo Ren.
* PrecisionFStrike: In ''The Last Jedi'', Finn utters the harshest language yet heard in a ''Star Wars'' film when he condemns DJ for betraying the Resistance to save his own neck.
-->'''Finn''': You murdering bastard!
* ProperlyParanoid: Before entering Maz's castle, Finn asks Han if there's any chance there may be First Order sympathizers inside. Sure enough, they're recognized the moment they walk through the door.
* RankUp: In ''The Rise of Skywalker'' Poe grants him the rank of general shortly after he himself is promoted.
* RedOniBlueOni: Played with:
** Finn is the vigilant, pragmatic Blue Oni to Poe Dameron's headstrong, rebellious Red Oni.
** Finn's the more emotional and expressive Red Oni to Rey's more introverted and focused Blue Oni.
** In ''The Last Jedi'', he's the more focused, cautious Blue Oni to Rose's fiery and spirited Red Oni.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: As a Stormtrooper, he would have died as a single {{Mook}} with no name or reputation. As a member of the Resistance, Rey saves him from dying and gives him a second chance.
* RedemptionPromotion: In the First Order, he was an interchangeable {{Mook}}. On the side of the Resistance, he's becoming a hero and eventually receives the rank of general. Oh, [[EmpoweredBadassNormal and he gains Force powers.]]
* RefusalOfTheCall: Both in ''The Force Awakens'' and ''The Last Jedi''. Maz Kanata calls Finn, Rey and Han to join the fight against the First Order and Finn instantly attempts to leave the planet. In ''The Last Jedi'', Finn attempts to leave the Resistance’s ship in order to protect Rey and himself, but Rose stops him.
* ReluctantWarrior: He spends the majority of ''The Force Awakens'' (and some of ''The Last Jedi'') not wanting to completely commit to the fight against the First Order. By the end of ''The Last Jedi'', he's a full-blown rebel.
%%* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: General Hux describes him as a textbook example of this in the novelization.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: The First Order wants to kill him for his desertion. Said desertion involved deciding not to slaughter innocent civilians, freeing the Order's prisoner, and killing other Stormtroopers in self-defence. By the time Finn crashed on Jakku the First Order had a lot more motivation to kill him than just him leaving their ranks.
* RousseauWasRight: Twenty years of the First Order's brainwashing, and indoctrination was ''still'' not enough to destroy the fundamental decency of the little boy who grew up to be Finn.
* SadClown:{{Downplayed}}. Despite being generally friendly and fun, he hides a lot of paranoia and fear for his well-being, while also having some lingering angst about being involved in a war he desperately wants to escape.
* SayMyName: Screams Poe's name after their TIE Fighter crashes on Jakku, and does the same with Rey after she is kidnapped by Kylo Ren. He screams for Rey when he wakes up from his coma and when he sees her fighting Kylo Ren.
* ScreamingWarrior: In his fights with Kylo Ren in ''The Force Awakens'' and Captain Phasma in ''The Last Jedi'', Finn lets out a few aggressive shouts, either as battle cries or taunts for his opponent.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: His CharacterArc in a nutshell; whether the "rules" are the First Order or simple self-preservation, Finn finds himself ignoring them when the chips are down. This is deconstructed in ''The Last Jedi'', where his desire to help outside the rules puts a con artist in a position to betray him, Rose, and the entire Resistance.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** He spends a significant part of ''The Force Awakens'' wanting nothing more than to get as far away from the First Order as possible. Maz eventually calls him out on it.
** Part of his story arc in ''The Last Jedi'' is based around him still having thoughts about whether he's really committed to the Resistance or if he wants to get as far away from the war as possible. His initial instinct after waking up is to find Rey and then run off with her.
* SecretSecretKeeper: It's {{implied|Trope}} in ''The Rise of Skywalker'' that Finn knows Rey is Palpatine's granddaughter, as he tells Poe that he and Leia both understand what Rey is going through, though he doesn't ever bring it up with Rey. He just supports her as best he can.
* ShipTease:
** With Rey. They develop a close friendship in a short span of time, Finn asks her at one point if she has a boyfriend, Rey is heartbroken when he tries to leave, Finn goes deep into enemy territory to rescue her, they reunite with a long embrace, and she kisses him on the forehead in the end while he's in a coma. In ''The Last Jedi'', his first concern is how Rey is doing and making a safe place for her, and they immediately have a happy embrace upon reuniting.
** With Rose in ''The Last Jedi''. She fangirls over meeting him, they have a great teamwork and banter, shares several tender moments, and she even kisses him during the final battle. During the ending scene, he's also hovering over her comatose side, clearly worried. It gets [[ShipSinking sunk]] after this movie, though; in ''Resistance Reborn'' Finn says they decided to just be friends after all and in ''The Rise of Skywalker'' they don't interact outside of only briefly talk about their missions. He also gets some ShipTease with newcomer, Jannah.
** Finn and Jannah bond very quickly, especially over the fact they're [[BirdsOfAFeather both ex-stormtroopers who defected after being ordered to kill civilians]]. They stick close together for the rest of the film and work together during the Battle of Exegol to destroy a flagship, implicitly trusting each other.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Finn is the catalyst for the destruction of Starkiller Base and the discovery of where Luke is. His decision to defect and rescue Poe sets off a chain of events that puts the base schematics into the hands of the Resistance, it's his knowledge of the base's layout that allows the Resistance to exploit its weakness and destroy it, and it's his collaboration that leads to the Resistance getting the missing piece of the map. If it wasn't for Finn, the First Order almost certainly would have wiped out the Resistance and ran roughshod over the New Republic, and Rey would not have had a chance to discover she could use the Force.
* TheStrategist:
** One of his main talents. He comes up with the plan for he and Poe to escape the First Order. He develops the idea to re-route the life support system on the ''Millennium Falcon'' when he thinks they have been captured. He incites a plan of attack to destroy Starkiller Base and acts as a frontman. He develops a plan to infiltrate the First Order in order to shut down their trackers to save the Resistance.
** In ''The Rise Of Skywalker'', he is promoted to General. And proves to be just as competent as Poe. His only actual use of the Force allowed him to see through [[EvilGenius Pryde's]] plans quickly and outsmart him.
* StrongGirlSmartGuy: Played with. Rey is the strong, capable, badass female Force-user while Finn is the strategist and great with a blaster. However, the two switch roles sometimes as Rey is also very intelligent and Finn is no slouch in a fight and eventually revealed to be Force-Sensitive as well.
* SupportingProtagonist: Initial advertising set him up to be the lead character of ''The Force Awakens'' and he is the one who incites a lot of the action, but the story is ultimately about Rey.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: When he and Rey first meet, she mistakes him as a member of the Resistance. He goes along with this misconception until Maz eventually reveals the deception to Rey.
* ThatManIsDead: He wants to leave his past as the First Order Stormtrooper FN-2187 behind him. In the novelization, he even outright tells himself that "FN-2187" is dead.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: The novelization makes him out to be an unusual ''heroic'' example, where after the whole Jakku-''Finalizer'' fiasco, the First Order considers him a traitor, and General Hux pores over everything they knew about Stormtrooper FN-2187, troubled that he ''had'' no clear "outbursts of individuality" before that day.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Finn, the ex-stormtrooper, starts the film as a CowardlyLion and remains one for much of it, but when Rey gets kidnapped, and later knocked out by Kylo Ren, he finally ''stops running''. The change is complete when he ignites Luke's old lightsaber and duels Kylo Ren; he'd come quite a ways from thinking that running away was the only option.
** In ''The Last Jedi'', he continues down this trajectory. After struggling with a standard Stormtrooper wielding a stun baton in ''The Force Awakens'', he's able to best Phasma in a duel [[MeaningfulEcho using one himself]].
** In ''The Rise of Skywalker'', Finn has become a capable strategist who can think on his feet, and started to develop Force powers.
* TookALevelInIdealism: Throughout ''The Force Awakens'' and ''The Last Jedi'', Finn is mostly cynical about the chances to stand up against the First Order despite actively participating in the fight against them. However, by the end of the second film, he is completely willing to believe in the Resistance and die for the cause.
* TragicKeepsake: Subverted in regards to Poe's jacket -- given that Poe is the only friend he's had in his life at this point, and it's the only thing of his that he can find in the crashed TIE, it's set up to be a sad reminder of the apparent sacrifice he made. Then it turns out that Poe's alright after all, and he tries giving the jacket back, though Poe then tells him he can keep it.
* {{Tykebomb}}: He was raised by the First Order to be a soldier from a young age.
* TheUnchosenOne: Has no special lineage that we can see, doesn't have initial Force sensitivity or a prophecy about him, as was the case with the Skywalkers. He didn't switch sides because he had to, but because he didn't want to be a mindless killer. Still wields a lightsaber when he needs a weapon, and deals a great blow to the First Order by rescuing Poe, [=BB8=], and Rey. By the time of ''The Last Jedi'', the Resistance sees him as a HopeBringer.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Despite the fact that Finn rescued Poe and has rescued Rey, Kylo Ren doesn't see him as a threat. When Kylo Ren knocks out Rey in the climax, Finn drops his blaster to check on her, and turns his back. It's a prime opportunity to knock him out, Ren allows Finn to challenge him with a lightsaber, toys with him during the fight, and doesn't expect to get injured in the process. He still beats the former Stormtrooper, but Finn proves he doesn't go down easily.
* UndyingLoyalty: Not at first, but Finn does develop this. First, for Rey and then for the entire Resistance.
* UnskilledButStrong: It's established in-canon that lightsaber proficiency is something that doesn't come easily to most people -- even those who are well-equipped in melee combat. Finn, however, is able to competently use the weapon in battle, and even though he's still outclassed by Kylo Ren, he's still able to singe his opponent.
* UpbringingMakesTheHero: Subverted. Finn was kidnapped as an infant, raised by the First Order, and conscripted to be a killing machine. Yet Finn manages to be a kindhearted, brave fighter that stands up for morality and justice.
* VillainousBSOD: Seeing Slip's death places him in a brief state of shell-shock that leads directly to his HeelRealization and HeelFaceTurn.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Han initially calls him out for lying to the Resistance and going to Starkiller Base just so he can rescue Rey. Fortunately, he more than makes up for it due to his knowledge of the installation.
** In the novelization of ''The Last Jedi'', when he and Rose are locked up for letting the rathtars loose, she calls him out again for thinking only about himself (half out of anger that he would abandon the Resistance cause, and half out of jealousy about Rey). When he shoots one back at her about if she would do something similar to him if Paige were the one in danger, Rose doesn't take it well.
** He isn't very scathing, but when Rey furiously states she's going to ''destroy'' Palpatine, Finn remarks that this [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness doesn't sound like the Rey he knows]].
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: At the beginning of ''The Force Awakens'', Finn, along with the other stormtroopers, is ordered by Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma to slaughter an entire village. He is the only one to refuse, which Kylo Ren takes notice of.
* WouldHitAGirl: Finn gets into a brief but brutal fight with Phasma.
* WouldNotShootACivilian: In spite of the others having no qualms against killing Jakku villagers, he refuses to fire a single shot. Phasma mistakes this for his blaster being defective.
* YouAreNumberSix: "Finn" is a name only given to him by Poe. All his life, he's gone by his callsign FN-2187.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: During an argument during his and Poe's escape, Poe reveals that the droid he's looking for has a map that leads straight to Luke Skywalker, leading to him screaming this trope at the top of his lungs.
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[[folder:Poe Dameron]]
!!General Poe Dameron
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[[caption-width-right:299:''"I can fly ''anything''."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Homeworld:''' Yavin IV
!!!'''Callsign:''' Black Leader
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/OscarIsaac\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LexLang (''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]'') Hugo Serrano (Latin American Spanish dub), Guillermo Romero (European Spanish dub), Fuminori Komatsu (Japanese dub), Benjamin Penamaria (European French dub)\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' [[note]] voice only [[/note]] | ''Literature/PoeDameronFreeFall'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfResistance Age of Resistance]]'' | ''Literature/BeforeTheAwakening'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]'' | ''[=C-3PO=]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsPoeDameron Poe Dameron]]'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance Resistance]]'' | ''Literature/JoinTheResistance'' | ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' | ''Film/TheLastJedi'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsResistanceReborn Resistance Reborn]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAllegiance Allegiance]]'' | ''Literature/SparkOfTheResistance'' | ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''
-->''"We are the spark that will light the fire that will burn the First Order down."''
The son of Rebel Alliance [=SpecForce=] soldier Kes Dameron and A-Wing pilot Shara Bey, Poe Dameron is an X-Wing pilot and commander of the Resistance Starfighter Corps. While serving in the New Republic Starfighter Corps, Poe was recruited into the Resistance alongside his squadron by General Leia Organa following an encounter with the First Order attacking civilian vessels that his superiors refused to follow up on. After uncovering information that the First Order is hunting for Lor San Tekka to locate Luke Skywalker, Poe is sent on a mission by Leia to find him before the First Order does. He is captured by the First Order, but is rescued by Finn, who needs a pilot to help him desert his post.
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%%* AdventureDuo: He is this with Rey in ''The Force Awakens'' and once again with Rose in ''The Last Jedi''.
* AffectionateNickname: Poe calls the then-nameless FN-2187 "Finn" as a sign of friendship. Finn then decides to adopt the moniker for good after he ditches the First Order completely.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: FN-2187 never fit in with the rest of his squad. First Order Troopers often nickname each other, and his unit refused to nickname FN-2187 as a way of ostracizing him. Just goes to show that bullying is alive and well even in totalitarian space armies. [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe It's also no wonder he becomes attached to Poe Dameron so quickly, since Poe nicknames him immediately with his only question being if Finn likes the nickname.]]
* AlmightyJanitor: Finn states that he worked in sanitation on Starkiller Base and the ''Supremacy'' when he was stationed at each location. It's TruthInTelevision--low-ranking enlisted personnel[[note]] Officers are not immune to it either, though for them it's usually punitive; the US Navy has a term, SLJO or "Shitty Little Jobs Officer," for officers who can't be trusted with anything more important than scrubbing toilets[[/note]] in various military specialties, especially infantry, also handle whatever menial labor needs to be done, and troops with any kind of disciplinary problem will get the most menial and undignified ones. In this case, it blows up in the First Order's faces, as Finn's knowledge of the installation is invaluable to the Resistance. What's more, he's the best marksman in his class and is capable on going toe-to-toe with Kylo Ren with a weapon non-Force users are not familiar with.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl:
** Finn convinces the Resistance that he knows how to destroy Starkiller Base in order to rescue Rey. In reality, his knowledge about the base was just from his work assignment in sanitation, and he wasn't privy to more sensitive information about the weapon. {{Lampshaded}} by the fact that he and Rey ''do'' manage to [[JustInTime save the day]], at a price.
** In ''The Last Jedi'', when things look bleak for the Resistance, he takes the long-range tracker Rey is using to find them again and attempts to flee in an escape pod, as he's worried she will fall into the First Order's clutches if she comes back to their current location, even if that means abandoning the Resistance. However, he changes his mind about this eventually...partly due to a ticked-off Rose stunning him for attempted desertion.
* AmazonChaser: Finn has a look of awe after he sees Rey take down a couple of thieves by herself and later awkwardly asks whether she's got a boyfriend.
* AmbiguousSituation: Canon hasn't made it clear if Finn is Force-sensitive, or just a BadassNormal with a good heart. It is heavily implied in ''The Rise of Skywalker'' that Finn is indeed Force-sensitive, as he is able to sense the (brief) demise of Rey without being present to witness it, much like other Force-sensitives throughout the series have been able to. WordOfGod has confirmed that Finn is, in fact, a Force-sensitive, though it's never explicitly stated in-universe.
* AntiHero: {{Downplayed}} as Finn's defining trait is his compassion. However, he can be rather cynical and melancholic, despite his sense of humor. He is also not above prioritizing personal relationships (specifically his friendship with Rey) over the mission at hand, even to the point of attempting to leave the Resistance behind at the beginning of ''The Last Jedi''.
* TheAtoner: As his caption says, he's trying to start anew after having served the First Order.
* BadassAdorable: A painfully sincere and kind-hearted young man who uses his lifetime of First Order training to fight against their tyranny.
* BadassNormal: No Force powers to speak of (at first), but manages to hold his own with a lightsaber against other Stormtroopers and then again, if only briefly, in a duel with Kylo Ren. Justified as the lightsaber is an AbsurdlySharpBlade laser-sword and Finn is an infantryman trained to fight with a variety of ranged and melee weapons, and because [[AchievementsInIgnorance an amateur really can give a trained professional problems]] simply by being unpredictable due to a lack of classical training.
* BadLiar:
** Finn's Resistance fighter act is so transparent that it doesn't fool Han for a minute. Before that, Poe calls bullshit on his motivation for helping him escape even more quickly. The only person fooled is Rey, and only because she's nearly as naïve as he is.
--->'''Poe:''' Why are you helping me?\\
'''Finn:''' Because it's the right thing to do.\\
''[{{beat}}]''\\
'''Poe:''' You need a pilot.\\
'''Finn:''' I need a pilot.
** When he tries to come up with a lie to Rose about why he's at the escape pods in ''The Last Jedi'', he noticeably stumbles over his words. She sees through it almost immediately and realizes he's trying to desert.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Poe's warmness to Finn and treatment of him as a human being is why the two became fast friends.
* BecomingTheMask: He initially pretends to be a Resistance member to avoid admitting to being an ex-stormtrooper. He eventually becomes the real thing.
* BetterAsFriends: In ''Resistance Reborn'', he tells Poe that he and Rose talked about their kiss on Crait and that it was "a moment", but that they ultimately decided that they just liked each other as friends.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Finn is actually dangerous because he is a nice person and will fight for the people he bonds with. As Phasma notes, Finn doesn't respond to the brainwashing that would make him a coldblooded killer. Case in point:
** Busts out Poe with a BavarianFireDrill, bonds with him quickly, and completes his mission to deliver BB-8 to the Resistance when he thinks Poe is dead. It doesn't matter that most of that was by accident or not his intention; that was a lethal blow.
** When Finn and Rey thinks the First Order's caught them and are about to board the Millenium Falcon, Finn gets the idea to re-route the life-support system and poison the Stormtroopers.
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: After getting the BloodyHandprint, he is immediately ordered to kill innocent civilians. His not firing makes other Stormtroopers suspect his gun was jammed (Captain Phasma and Kylo Ren were suspicious, but the slaughter helps along his HeelRealization nonetheless).
* BloodyHandprint: He gets one on his Stormtrooper helmet during the opening battle, and it seems to trigger a HeelRealization.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Subverted. After displaying blatant signs of nonconformity, Captain Phasma has him evaluated and sent to reconditioning, but it seems to have no effect whatsoever.
* BreakoutMookCharacter: As a defected Stormtrooper.
* ButtMonkey: Probably has the most slapstick AmusingInjuries of any main character. When he does get seriously injured, it's treated with all due seriousness. And once he's fine, he's right back to being the butt of a joke.
* CharacterDevelopment: He eventually stops running away from the First Order and decides to fight against them. You can even see his "wants to run" eyes turn into "LetsGetDangerous" eyes when Kylo Ren hurts Rey. His arc in ''The Last Jedi'' sees Finn grow from someone who mainly looks out for himself and his friends to a proud Rebel, willing to risk giving his life to defeat the First Order.
* ChildSoldiers: He was "recruited" at such a young age that he can't remember his family or his name (if he ever had one), and he implies that this is the standard for the First Order. They "recruit" very young children and infants and brainwash them, programming them to be fanatical and violent loyalists.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He has a knack for risking his life for others regardless of his own well-being.
* ClassicalAntiHero: Finn often lacks the self-confidence to fully embrace his bravery. He's unbelievably kind and empathetic, but he has a habit of doubting himself and his own inherent heroism.
* TheConfidant: He acts as this to Rey in ''The Rise of Skywalker''; she confides her fears and worries to him several times, while he tries to offer her advice and comfort.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Like Han, Finn has a dark past, is on the run from vengeful bad guys, and initially is more interested in saving his own hide than helping the greater good. But unlike Han, who was always a self-serving loner, Finn spent his life in zealous devotion to a cause. Also, he has moral compunctions about shooting first.
* ConvenientComa: Falls into one at the end of ''The Force Awakens'' after getting stabbed InTheBack in his duel with Kylo Ren.
* CoolSword: Through the course of events on Takodana and Rey's own RefusalOfTheCall, the lightsaber of Anakin Skywalker[[note]]The very same one Obi-Wan took from a maimed Darth Vader on Mustafar and gave to Luke, and which was last seen tumbling into the depths of Bespin after Luke's disastrous duel with Vader on Cloud City.[[/note]] ends up in his hands and he uses it against Kylo Ren. When he loses the duel, the lightsaber passes to Rey.
* CostumeEvolution: By ''The Last Jedi'', Finn has removed the last vestiges of his Stormtrooper armor, becoming a full fledged member of the Resistance.
* CowardlyLion: Due to his background as a Stormtrooper, he's seen what atrocities the First Order is capable of, and believes they are too powerful to ever defeat. At first, his only goal is to get as far away from them as possible. Only after Rey is captured does he resolve to join the Resistance.
* CreateYourOwnHero: If Kylo Ren didn't order the stormtroopers to execute the innocent villagers on the Jakku, FN-2187 would never defect the First Order, save Poe Dameron, adopt the name Finn and join the Resistance in the first place.
* CripplingOverspecialization: As Finn lampshades, he was trained from birth to do exactly one thing: be a Stormtrooper, which means point and shoot a blaster. He's not a pilot, he has no mechanical skill, and he has little if any melee combat training. When he is stuck with a melee weapon, he ''does'' bravely try to defend himself with it, but is always over-matched, and always searches for a blaster to switch to at the first opportunity. Once he manages to take a blaster rifle from a dead Stormtrooper, he's a ''very'' effective marksman with it (being the first major case of a Stormtrooper actually averting the ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy). In addition, being raised from birth as a child soldier, he has only the vaguest of knowledge about the overall galactic political situation. This is underscored by his [[{{Foil}} teamwork with Rey]], as marksmanship is one of the few things she ''isn't'' highly skilled at, otherwise being a jane-of-all-trades. She's been a scavenger for her whole life so she knows machine parts and how to repair them, she's a naturally skilled pilot, and from holding her own against street toughs on Jakku she's a good melee fighter.
* CurbstompCushion: While he's ultimately outmatched in his duel against Kylo Ren, Finn still manages to wound Kylo Ren in the arm, which helps Rey defeat him later. Creator/JohnBoyega has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4teCkYtVBz8 lampshaded]] that Finn shouldn't have lasted that long in an interview with [=MTV=].
* TheCynic: In spite of his inherent kindness and heroism, Finn has a tendency to be very cynical when it comes to the war against the First Order: "You don't know a thing about me. Where I'm from, what I've seen. You don't know the First Order like I do. They will slaughter us.We all need to run." In ''The Last Jedi'', he attempts to escape from the Resistance in order to save Rey, stating that the fleet is "doomed".
* DangerousDeserter: {{Inverted}}, He leaves the evil First Order out of moral outrage and later becomes a hero of the Resistance. He's only dangerous to the First Order.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was taken from his family when he was only a baby and was forced to undergo stormtrooper training.
* DeadpanSnarker: Finn has some lines humorously pointing out the sheer absurdity of what's going on around him.
* DecoyProtagonist: While he's TheHero for most of the movie and a co-lead alongside Rey by the time he crosses blades with Kylo Ren, he gets heavily injured, leaving Rey to take Kylo on and claim her role as the main protagonist. Also notable in the advertising of the movie, which shows Finn with the lightsaber and makes him out to be the new lead character/protagonist of the series. He's not. Rey is.
* DefectorFromDecadence: He leaves the First Order after witnessing their massacre of innocent people in the beginning of the film.
* DemotedToExtra: A marginal but very noticeable example, as he remains one of the main characters throughout the new trilogy, but becomes less important with each passing film. [[DecoyProtagonist First Finn is made out to be the main character of story]], and while Rey is set up by the end of the fist installment as the true protagonist, he's still her co-lead and {{Deuteragonist}}. Then in the next film, not only does Rey become more prominent than him, but Kylo Ren is now the Deuteragonist, with Finn's story having little impact on the plot despite his large role. But while he got to lead his own storyline in the second installment, the final chapter of the trilogy has him act as Rey's sidekick alongside Poe. Again, he's a very large role, but despite what the first film might have you believe, Finn's quite secondary to Rey ''and'' Kylo in the grand scheme of things.
* DependingOnTheWriter: The film, novelization and ''Before the Awakening'' comic provide different versions of Finn's character and backstory within the First Order. The former two state that Finn was an unremarkable soldier who displayed no signs of nonconformity before his defection. The latter states that Finn was an [[TheAce elite recruit]] with a clear reluctance to shoot civilians during training simulations, and was thus ostracized by members of his own squad.
* {{Determinator}}:
** He keeps trying to fight off Kylo Ren after having one of Ren's crossguards slowly burned into his shoulder.
** In ''The Last Jedi'', Finn attempts to take on the entire First Order by himself not once, but twice.
* DeterminedDefeatist: No matter how much Finn tries to run away from the fight against the First Order, his bravery and compassion prevents him from truly giving up.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Finn plays the second largest role in ''The Force Awakens'' behind Rey, even called the co-protagonist. In ''The Last Jedi'', Finn continues his role as deuteragonist while Poe takes on the role of tritagonist with Rose.
* DoNotCallMePaul: His HeelFaceTurn is cemented by not wanting to be called FN-2187, eventually adopting the name "Finn."
* TheDulcineaEffect: He runs to Rey's defense the moment he sees her in danger.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: During ''The Force Awakens'' and ''The Last Jedi'', Finn fights as a normal human with just a gun and his wits. By ''The Rise of Skywalker'', fighting for the Resistance for a year has begun to awaken Finn's latent Force-Sensitivity.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** First seen stopping to help a mortally wounded stormtrooper. This simple act underscores both his humanity and how out of place he is as a stormtrooper, who never grudge casualties or assist the fallen.
** His storyline in ''Literature/BeforeTheAwakening'' and a deleted scene similarly set during the raid on Jakku also adds on to his humanity the point that even through fear and First Order training, he'll still try to do what is morally right (stall for time to allow a fellow stormtrooper to catch up and regroup during a battle simulation in the former storyline, and sparing a random villager's life in the latter).
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In ''The Rise of Skywalker'', his hair has grown longer compared to his previous, close-cropped hairstyle, indicating both the [[TimeSkip passage of time]] and that he's left behind his old life as a stormtrooper for good.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: During Finn's sacrifice attempt in ''The Last Jedi'', he closes his eyes at peace with his decision.
* FireForgedFriends: With Rey and Poe. The former bond after their escape from Jakku and the later have their FriendshipMoment in a TIE fighter escaping from the First Order's base.
* FiringOneHanded: Uses a two-handed stormtrooper rifle one-handed on during the fight with Takodana, and scores kills with it near effortlessly.
* FirstFriend: Discounting BB-8, he's the first friend Rey ever had since she was abandoned as a child. As a result, it's not surprising she grows attached to him so quickly and vice versa.
* FishOutOfWater: Having been raised from childhood to serve the First Order, he is clueless about how a lot of the world works once he leaves.
* {{Foil}}: Finn is one for Kylo Ren. He was raised in an abusive environment by the First Order and came out of it with his sense of morality intact, defected after refusing to kill innocent villagers on Jakku, and eventually joined the Resistance. Kylo Ren, meanwhile, was raised as part of a loving (albeit, [[ParentsAsPeople dysfunctional]]) family but chose to join the First Order, embrace the Dark side, and [[LoveIsAWeakness murder his father.]]
** Finn's arc in ''The Last Jedi'' plays directly in contrast to Poe's arc in the film. By the end of the film, Poe learns control his more impulsive tendencies and consider cautiousness and safety above all else, while Finn fully embrace his bravery and become a full-fledged rebel willing to take risks. However, both learn to become better heroes and leaders for the Resistance.
** Finn is a foil to Rey as well. Both were orphans and essentially nobodies that accidentally stumble into the war between the Resistance and the First Order. Finn was stolen from his family, while Rey was abandoned by hers. Throughout The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, both struggle with identity issues and have to find their calling in order to navigate in the new world around them.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The melancholic. Prone to anxiety and low self-esteem, but also empathetic and has a strong sense of justice.
* FourStarBadass: Promoted to a general by Poe in ''The Rise of Skywalker'' before the final battle, he raids the command ship to disable the communications array.
* FriendlessBackground: Although he began life in the First Order with his fellow stormtroopers, Finn's first true friend was Rey (and, to a lesser extent, Poe).
* FromZeroToHero: Goes from being a simple defective stormtrooper to a very capable Resistance hero.
* GeekyTurnOn: When cobbling together a plan to save the Resistance with Rose, she starts discussing mechanical terms and Finn jumps in with his own knowledge, both looking rather excited/impressed that someone else understands what they're talking about.
* GeniusDitz: Despite being the most expressive and goofiest of the main characters in the Sequel Trilogy, he is a very capable planner, strategist, and marksman with very extensive knowledge about technology (particularly made by the First Order).
* GoodCostumeSwitch:
** After escaping from the First Order, he gradually sheds his stormtrooper armor and completes his HeelFaceTurn by wearing Poe Dameron's jacket.
** By the time of ''The Last Jedi'', Finn has switched from the black undershirt of his stormtrooper armor to a white open collar shirt, along with continuing to wear the earthy brown leather jacket Poe gave him.
* GoodIsDumb: Not dumb by any stroke, but he is [[NaiveNewcomer very naive]], despite being an incredibly nice guy.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Finn is an incredibly nice guy, but he's no pushover in a fight and will not hesitate to violently defend the innocent.
* GuileHero: What he lacks in Force affiliation and experience with fighting he makes up for by thinking on his feet. Case in point, he busts out Poe with a quick BavarianFireDrill. He only shows off more smarts from there.
* GutFeeling: He somehow knows which First Order ship they need to take out during the Battle of Exegol; when asked how he knows, he just says it's "an instinct". It's possibly because he's Force-sensitive.
* GuyInBack: When he and Poe steal a two-man TIE fighter, Poe flies while Finn takes the gunner's chair. Poe gives him a hurried crash course in shooting as they fight off their pursuers. Later, when he and Rey steal the ''Falcon'' to escape Jakku, he takes one of the turrets while Rey pilots.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted. Finn is a clever, effective sharpshooter while Rey is very good with a staff and a lightsaber.
* HeelFaceTurn: He ditches the First Order early on.
* HeelRealization: He makes it clear that he thinks that working with the First Order made him the "bad guy," even if it was only for a brief period of time and he ditched them after his first combat mission. The exact moment that this hits is when Phasma orders the other Stormtroopers to gun down innocent villagers.
* HellBentForLeather: Takes to wearing Poe's leather jacket. Poe thinks it suits him.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Stormtroopers have never been shown taking their helmets off (Phasma states that they're forbidden from doing so, at least while in action). So, the instant he takes his off, we see that he is becoming one of our heroes.
* HeroicSacrifice:
** In ''The Force Awakens'', he attempts to do this in the climax when Kylo Ren knocks out Rey before she and Finn can run to the Falcon. Knowing he is outmatched and will probably be killed, Finn nevertheless turns on Luke's lightsaber and goads Ren into fighting him, to buy time for Rey to recover and escape, and puts all his combat training into use. He loses, but not before giving Ren a long fight. Rey saves him, however, after she knocks out Ren, so that he lives.
** ''Attempted'' on Crait, when he tried to destroy the massive cannon. But Rose crashes into his speeder so he can't go through with it.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Played with: while he prefers blasters as his trained weapon, he takes up the lightsaber in the middle of the film when he decides to stand and fight against the First Order instead of running away. He's also heavily associated with the sword in most of the marketing, though this is a RedHerring, as Rey claims the lightsaber after he gets injured by Kylo Ren.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Finn's main arc is about him not truly embracing his inherent heroism. He has a habit of denying people telling them that he's not a hero. He comes full circle by the end.
-->'''Finn to Rey:''' I'm not with the Resistance. I'm not a hero.\\
'''Finn to Rose:''' Look, I'm not a Resistance hero but it was nice talking to you, Rose.
* HeroicSpirit: Finn is unfailingly brave and full of heroism. In ''The Force Awakens'', Finn attempts to rush in and save Rey from bandits (only to realize that she can handle herself), helps his allies fight against the First Order at Maz Kanata's castle, and rushes toward Kylo Ren in order to protect Rey. In ''The Last Jedi'', he defiantly rushes toward Captain Phasma and defeats her, inspires other rebels to fight against the First Order on Crait, attempts to fly alone into a massive cannon to save the entire Resistance, and then after getting injured attempts to rush back in the Battle (once again alone) to help Luke Skywalker.
* HiddenDepths: Finn (then FN-2187) is first introduced as a Stormtrooper, but is quickly revealed to be a good person who wants nothing to do with serving as the First Order's tool.
* HoldingHands: In order to urge her to safety, Finn takes Rey’s hand while running away, which she does ‘’not’’ like. She eventually reciprocates when she realizes his genuine concern for her well-being and begins to trust him.
* HonorBeforeReason: His attempt at what he believes to be a HeroicSacrifice on Crait, would have proven fruitless had Rose not intervened, as the Cannon would have decimated him before he even reached the shaft.
* HopeBringer: Rose Tico in ''The Last Jedi'' sees Finn as a hero for what he did in the previous movie.
* HumbleGoal: He wants to stop fighting and start a new life with Rey, in either a platonic or romantic relationship. With that said, he will put that goal aside if someone needs him.
* IAmNotAGun: He was raised by the First Order to be a stormtrooper, but the brainwashing never truly stuck and during his first mission he realizes he cannot stomach being a mindless killing machine. He defects and then tries his best to get as far away from the First Order as possible; however, he ultimately ends up rejoining the fight on the side of the Resistance.
* ImNotAHeroIm: States this more than once throughout the first two movies in Sequel Trilogy.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy Amusingly]], Finn might very well be the most accurate Stormtrooper put to film. During a firefight, he is constantly on the run and fires his blaster while moving, several times with only one hand. Regardless, almost every shot lands dead in the center of his target's chest. He was top of his class, so his exceptional marksmanship is justified. The implication that he's Force-Sensitive also helps.
* ImprobableAge: He's made a Resistance general by the age of 24.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: He makes Rey, a worthy Jedi, look evil by comparison. He never hit anyone who was about to help him.
* InSeriesNickname:
** His old stormtrooper unit used to call him Eighty-Seven.
** Han takes to calling him "Big Deal" when Finn initially pretends to be a member of the Resistance. This originates from Finn himself telling him "You should know, I'm a big deal in the Resistance."
* InsistentTerminology: Rather understandably, once he defects from the First Order, he insists on being called "Finn", not "FN-2187".
* IndyPloy: Finn's greatest tactical asset is his ability to improvise. It's a hastily executed plan on Finn's part that ends up kicking off the plot of the movie, and he manages to figure out a way to disable the shields on Starkiller base even though he admitted not minutes before that he didn't personally know how.
* InsultBackfire: After he defeats Phasma in a fight, Finn takes his former commander's taunt as a badge of honor.
-->'''Phasma''': You were always scum.\\
'''Finn''': ''Rebel'' scum.
* ItWasAGift: His jacket, which originally belonged to Poe. Technically he originally salvaged it from the wreck of their crashed TIE fighter, thinking Poe was dead, but when he tries to return it later Poe responds that it looks better on Finn.
* JackOfAllStats: He's a good marksman, but not on the same league as [[LivingLegend Han and Chewie]]. He can wield a lightsaber, but not as proficiently as Kylo Ren or Rey. He can also pilot a ski speeder on Crait sufficently, but he needed Poe to fly a TIE-fighter for him and Rey to fly the ''Falcon''.
* JustifiedCriminal: Finn becomes a fugitive by first defecting the First Order and rescuing Poe Dameron, then by helping BB-8 and Rey get to the Resistance by stealing the ''Millenium Falcon''.
* LineOfSightName: Poe, not wanting to call him by a serial number, improvises "Finn" from "FN", the first two letters of his callsign. The former stormtrooper immediately takes a liking to it.
* LogicalLatecomer: He starts out as this after his HeelFaceTurn; he's annoyed and shocked that anyone wants to return to the wasteland planet Jakku, and knows that one person alone can't stand against the First Order and its new weapon, which is why he wants to run. Towards the end he sheds this, as shown when he tells Han that the Force will guide them, and Han has to point out that the Force isn't omnipotent.
* MadeOfIron: While it leaves him comatose, Finn survives the lightsaber wound to his back given to him by Kylo Ren.
* MeaningfulRename: Takes up the name "Finn" when Poe suggests it, signifying his rejection of YouAreNumberSix and abandonment of the First Order.
* MercifulMinion: He cannot go through with the order to kill the defenceless villagers of Tuanul (and in a deleted scene he also spared a villager during the initial attack). Although the villagers all die anyway as there's nothing he can do to stop it, it is this act of mercy that precipitates his HeelFaceTurn.
* MilhollandRelationshipMoment: A possible example. In ''The Force Awakens'', Finn finally comes clean to Rey about his past: he's not a member of the Resistance as he claimed, but an ex Stormtrooper, something he felt ashamed about, thus lying to her out of fear of rejection. Rey doesn't seem all that fazed by this; she's more upset that [[PleaseDontLeaveMe he's planning on leaving her behind]] to escape the First Order.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: He undergoes his HeelFaceTurn after his first mission. Supplementary material notes that he was an excellent team leader whose only fault during training was an odd reluctance to actually kill people.
* {{Mook}}: He starts out as just another stormtrooper before he defects after refusing to slaughter a village of innocent people.
* MookFaceTurn: From faceless grunt to runaway to hero.
* MoralMyopia: Played with. Finn has a conversation with DJ pointing out that his shady methods are “stealing from the bad guys and helping the good.”In response, DJ points out that the Resistance have also used shady methods to win the war.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Finn is horrified when he realizes that he indirectly allowed for Kylo Ren to capture Rey by leaving her. Even though he doesn't know the circumstances, he wasn't there when Ren threatened his friend and took her away.
* MyGreatestSecondChance:
** Finn thinks that Poe died on Jakku. When he learns that BB-8 is Poe's buddy, and has the plans, he helps Rey as best as he can deliver BB-8 to the Resistance, only trying to leave when he thinks the mission is complete and he's not needed. He's very relieved to see that Poe survived the crash.
** He regrets leaving Rey to try and run from the First Order, which indirectly to her capture. Finn bluffs the Resistance so as to save her ''and'' take down Starkiller Base at the same time. Then when Kylo Ren prevents them from leaving, and he knocks out Rey, Finn refuses to run and leave her to Ren's mercy. He wields the lightsaber Maz gave him and prepares to die defending her.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: He appears to sense Rey's temporary death on Exegol. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he is Force-Sensitive.
* MythologyGag: His operating number, 2187, is also the cell number Princess Leia was held in aboard the Death Star in ''Film/ANewHope'', which in turn was a ShoutOut to ''21-87'', an art film that inspired ''Star Wars'' creator Creator/GeorgeLucas. Further, his call sign FN-2187 is based off the FantasticNamingConvention in George Lucas' dystopian sci-fi film ''Film/THX1138''.
* NeutralNoLonger: Initially, after deserting from the First Order, all Finn wants is to get as far away from his former employers as possible. This changes when Rey is kidnapped by Kylo Ren, causing Finn to throw his lot in with the Resistance. Come ''The Last Jedi'', he still prioritises his and Rey's safety over fighting the First Order, but meeting Rose and getting a greater sense of the galaxy around him ends up galvanising Finn to the point that he proudly proclaims himself a Rebel to Phasma, fully committing himself to the cause of the Resistance.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Being ordered to kill innocent civilians in his first mission is what triggers his HeelRealization and he cannot bring himself to go through with it.
* NiceGuy: Astoundingly holding onto his sense of morality through a lifetime of abusive ChildSoldier upbringing, Finn is a kind-hearted and compassionate soul who will ''unfailingly'' leap to the defense of a helpless innocent.
* NoSell: Stormtrooper brainwashing doesn't affect him. Phasma is less than amused when she finds out.
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Whenever [[PhraseCatcher someone in the First Order called him a traitor]], he would fight back in some form or another no matter who it was. Not even Kylo Ren. He clearly got sick of being reminded of this [[DefectorFromDecadence when he had every right to leave]].
* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: Finn begins the Sequel Trilogy afraid and running away from the First Order. By the end of ''The Force Awakens'', he stands up to his former First Order leaders Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma, even fighting the former and destroying the latter in the second film. By the end of ''The Last Jedi'', he's willing to take them on all by himself and is completely on board with bringing them down at all costs.
* NotAfraidToDie: Finn begins the Sequel Trilogy afraid of his own death, however, both ''The Force Awakens'' and ''The Last Jedi'' give him moments where he's willing to sacrifice himself to save someone or in ''The Last Jedi'''s case, everyone.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: His initial motivation in ''The Force Awakens'' after defecting is to get as far away from the First Order as possible, but he decides to help the Resistance find BB-8 because he felt that he owed Poe that much--following that, he intends to get as far away from them as possible. Later on, his goal changes to something more noble, and he more or less admits on Starkiller Base that the key reason he agreed to take part in such a dangerous mission was due to his loyalty to Rey and nothing else. By the end of ''The Last Jedi'', it appears as though he's fully committed to being a part of the Resistance itself; he proudly proclaims himself to be "rebel scum" and is even willing to sacrifice himself for the Resistance.
* OddFriendship: With Han, given how they interact with each other over the course of ''The Force Awakens''. They both [[VitriolicBestBuds snark at each other,]] but Han makes it clear that he likes Finn and saves his life when he shoots Nines with Chewie's bowcaster. Following that, Finn is absolutely as horrified as Rey when they both witness Han's murder.
* OddNameNormalNickname: He was formerly known as his identification number assigned at birth, FN-2187. When he defects and joins the Resistance, Poe Dameron gives him the name "Finn". Finn likes his new name and goes by it for the rest of the trilogy.
%%* OhCrap: Has this reaction in ''The Force Awakens'' when he sees that the stormtroopers spotted him with Rey on Jakku.
* OneSteveLimit: He shares the same name with Finn Ertay, a Twi'lek Jedi who was murdered by Darth Maul during WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Justified, as his "real name" isn't really a name but a serial number/call sign.
* OnlyOneName: Simply goes by “Finn.”
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Subverted. Despite Luke’s lightsaber calling to Rey, Finn uses it in battle multiple times throughout ‘’The Force Awakens’’.
* OverlyNervousFlopSweat: Several scenes show him sweating profusely.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: He's a well-trained soldier, but he's not trained in the force or very skilled with a lightsaber, a common staple of the series. This almost gets him killed when he faces a foe with both lightsaber and force training.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: According to prequel material, Finn had the best scores of any Stormtrooper recruit and was singled out as officer material by Captain Phasma. His only flaw was his unwillingness and inability to shoot unarmed civilians, which becomes the reason he defects after he is forced to participate in a village massacre.
* PhraseCatcher: After his desertion, he is referred to as "TRAITOR!" by First Order members, including FN-2199, Kylo Ren, and Captain Phasma.
* PlotArmor: Not like the series never used it before, but the rathtar scene shows him to be uncannily lucky. the beasts immediately tear apart and devour everyone else they get a tentacle on, with two exceptions. One of the gangmembers and Finn get dragged away instead, which gives Rey time to rescue him.
* PossessionImpliesMastery: Despite not having any force powers or any training with the lightsaber, Finn is able to hold his own in a lightsaber duel with (an injured and loop) Kylo Ren.
* PrecisionFStrike: In ''The Last Jedi'', Finn utters the harshest language yet heard in a ''Star Wars'' film when he condemns DJ for betraying the Resistance to save his own neck.
-->'''Finn''': You murdering bastard!
* ProperlyParanoid: Before entering Maz's castle, Finn asks Han if there's any chance there may be First Order sympathizers inside. Sure enough, they're recognized the moment they walk through the door.
* RankUp: In ''The Rise of Skywalker'' Poe grants him the rank of general shortly after he himself is promoted.
* RedOniBlueOni: Played with:
** Finn is the vigilant, pragmatic Blue Oni to Poe Dameron's headstrong, rebellious Red Oni.
** Finn's the more emotional and expressive Red Oni to Rey's more introverted and focused Blue Oni.
** In ''The Last Jedi'', he's the more focused, cautious Blue Oni to Rose's fiery and spirited Red Oni.
* RedemptionEarnsLife: As a Stormtrooper, he would have died as a single {{Mook}} with no name or reputation. As a member of the Resistance, Rey saves him from dying and gives him a second chance.
* RedemptionPromotion: In the First Order, he was an interchangeable {{Mook}}. On the side of the Resistance, he's becoming a hero and eventually receives the rank of general. Oh, [[EmpoweredBadassNormal and he gains Force powers.]]
* RefusalOfTheCall: Both in ''The Force Awakens'' and ''The Last Jedi''. Maz Kanata calls Finn, Rey and Han to join the fight against the First Order and Finn instantly attempts to leave the planet. In ''The Last Jedi'', Finn attempts to leave the Resistance’s ship in order to protect Rey and himself, but Rose stops him.
* ReluctantWarrior: He spends the majority of ''The Force Awakens'' (and some of ''The Last Jedi'') not wanting to completely commit to the fight against the First Order. By the end of ''The Last Jedi'', he's a full-blown rebel.
%%* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: General Hux describes him as a textbook example of this in the novelization.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: The First Order wants to kill him for his desertion. Said desertion involved deciding not to slaughter innocent civilians, freeing the Order's prisoner, and killing other Stormtroopers in self-defence. By the time Finn crashed on Jakku the First Order had a lot more motivation to kill him than just him leaving their ranks.
* RousseauWasRight: Twenty years of the First Order's brainwashing, and indoctrination was ''still'' not enough to destroy the fundamental decency of the little boy who grew up to be Finn.
* SadClown:{{Downplayed}}. Despite being generally friendly and fun, he hides a lot of paranoia and fear for his well-being, while also having some lingering angst about being involved in a war he desperately wants to escape.
* SayMyName: Screams Poe's name after their TIE Fighter crashes on Jakku, and does the same with Rey after she is kidnapped by Kylo Ren. He screams for Rey when he wakes up from his coma and when he sees her fighting Kylo Ren.
* ScreamingWarrior: In his fights with Kylo Ren in ''The Force Awakens'' and Captain Phasma in ''The Last Jedi'', Finn lets out a few aggressive shouts, either as battle cries or taunts for his opponent.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: His CharacterArc in a nutshell; whether the "rules" are the First Order or simple self-preservation, Finn finds himself ignoring them when the chips are down. This is deconstructed in ''The Last Jedi'', where his desire to help outside the rules puts a con artist in a position to betray him, Rose, and the entire Resistance.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** He spends a significant part of ''The Force Awakens'' wanting nothing more than to get as far away from the First Order as possible. Maz eventually calls him out on it.
** Part of his story arc in ''The Last Jedi'' is based around him still having thoughts about whether he's really committed to the Resistance or if he wants to get as far away from the war as possible. His initial instinct after waking up is to find Rey and then run off with her.
* SecretSecretKeeper: It's {{implied|Trope}} in ''The Rise of Skywalker'' that Finn knows Rey is Palpatine's granddaughter, as he tells Poe that he and Leia both understand what Rey is going through, though he doesn't ever bring it up with Rey. He just supports her as best he can.
* ShipTease:
** With Rey. They develop a close friendship in a short span of time, Finn asks her at one point if she has a boyfriend, Rey is heartbroken when he tries to leave, Finn goes deep into enemy territory to rescue her, they reunite with a long embrace, and she kisses him on the forehead in the end while he's in a coma. In ''The Last Jedi'', his first concern is how Rey is doing and making a safe place for her, and they immediately have a happy embrace upon reuniting.
** With Rose in ''The Last Jedi''. She fangirls over meeting him, they have a great teamwork and banter, shares several tender moments, and she even kisses him during the final battle. During the ending scene, he's also hovering over her comatose side, clearly worried. It gets [[ShipSinking sunk]] after this movie, though; in ''Resistance Reborn'' Finn says they decided to just be friends after all and in ''The Rise of Skywalker'' they don't interact outside of only briefly talk about their missions. He also gets some ShipTease with newcomer, Jannah.
** Finn and Jannah bond very quickly, especially over the fact they're [[BirdsOfAFeather both ex-stormtroopers who defected after being ordered to kill civilians]]. They stick close together for the rest of the film and work together during the Battle of Exegol to destroy a flagship, implicitly trusting each other.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Finn is the catalyst for the destruction of Starkiller Base and the discovery of where Luke is. His decision to defect and rescue Poe sets off a chain of events that puts the base schematics into the hands of the Resistance, it's his knowledge of the base's layout that allows the Resistance to exploit its weakness and destroy it, and it's his collaboration that leads to the Resistance getting the missing piece of the map. If it wasn't for Finn, the First Order almost certainly would have wiped out the Resistance and ran roughshod over the New Republic, and Rey would not have had a chance to discover she could use the Force.
* TheStrategist:
** One of his main talents. He comes up with the plan for he and Poe to escape the First Order. He develops the idea to re-route the life support system on the ''Millennium Falcon'' when he thinks they have been captured. He incites a plan of attack to destroy Starkiller Base and acts as a frontman. He develops a plan to infiltrate the First Order in order to shut down their trackers to save the Resistance.
** In ''The Rise Of Skywalker'', he is promoted to General. And proves to be just as competent as Poe. His only actual use of the Force allowed him to see through [[EvilGenius Pryde's]] plans quickly and outsmart him.
* StrongGirlSmartGuy: Played with. Rey is the strong, capable, badass female Force-user while Finn is the strategist and great with a blaster. However, the two switch roles sometimes as Rey is also very intelligent and Finn is no slouch in a fight and eventually revealed to be Force-Sensitive as well.
* SupportingProtagonist: Initial advertising set him up to be the lead character of ''The Force Awakens'' and he is the one who incites a lot of the action, but the story is ultimately about Rey.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: When he and Rey first meet, she mistakes him as a member of the Resistance. He goes along with this misconception until Maz eventually reveals the deception to Rey.
* ThatManIsDead: He wants to leave his past as the First Order Stormtrooper FN-2187 behind him. In the novelization, he even outright tells himself that "FN-2187" is dead.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: The novelization makes him out to be an unusual ''heroic'' example, where after the whole Jakku-''Finalizer'' fiasco, the First Order considers him a traitor, and General Hux pores over everything they knew about Stormtrooper FN-2187, troubled that he ''had'' no clear "outbursts of individuality" before that day.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Finn, the ex-stormtrooper, starts the film as a CowardlyLion and remains one for much of it, but when Rey gets kidnapped, and later knocked out by Kylo Ren, he finally ''stops running''. The change is complete when he ignites Luke's old lightsaber and duels Kylo Ren; he'd come quite a ways from thinking that running away was the only option.
** In ''The Last Jedi'', he continues down this trajectory. After struggling with a standard Stormtrooper wielding a stun baton in ''The Force Awakens'', he's able to best Phasma in a duel [[MeaningfulEcho using one himself]].
** In ''The Rise of Skywalker'', Finn has become a capable strategist who can think on his feet, and started to develop Force powers.
* TookALevelInIdealism: Throughout ''The Force Awakens'' and ''The Last Jedi'', Finn is mostly cynical about the chances to stand up against the First Order despite actively participating in the fight against them. However, by the end of the second film, he is completely willing to believe in the Resistance and die for the cause.
* TragicKeepsake: Subverted in regards to Poe's jacket -- given that Poe is the only friend he's had in his life at this point, and it's the only thing of his that he can find in the crashed TIE, it's set up to be a sad reminder of the apparent sacrifice he made. Then it turns out that Poe's alright after all, and he tries giving the jacket back, though Poe then tells him he can keep it.
* {{Tykebomb}}: He was raised by the First Order to be a soldier from a young age.
* TheUnchosenOne: Has no special lineage that we can see, doesn't have initial Force sensitivity or a prophecy about him, as was the case with the Skywalkers. He didn't switch sides because he had to, but because he didn't want to be a mindless killer. Still wields a lightsaber when he needs a weapon, and deals a great blow to the First Order by rescuing Poe, [=BB8=], and Rey. By the time of ''The Last Jedi'', the Resistance sees him as a HopeBringer.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Despite the fact that Finn rescued Poe and has rescued Rey, Kylo Ren doesn't see him as a threat. When Kylo Ren knocks out Rey in the climax, Finn drops his blaster to check on her, and turns his back. It's a prime opportunity to knock him out, Ren allows Finn to challenge him with a lightsaber, toys with him during the fight, and doesn't expect to get injured in the process. He still beats the former Stormtrooper, but Finn proves he doesn't go down easily.
* UndyingLoyalty: Not at first, but Finn does develop this. First, for Rey and then for the entire Resistance.
* UnskilledButStrong: It's established in-canon that lightsaber proficiency is something that doesn't come easily to most people -- even those who are well-equipped in melee combat. Finn, however, is able to competently use the weapon in battle, and even though he's still outclassed by Kylo Ren, he's still able to singe his opponent.
* UpbringingMakesTheHero: Subverted. Finn was kidnapped as an infant, raised by the First Order, and conscripted to be a killing machine. Yet Finn manages to be a kindhearted, brave fighter that stands up for morality and justice.
* VillainousBSOD: Seeing Slip's death places him in a brief state of shell-shock that leads directly to his HeelRealization and HeelFaceTurn.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Han initially calls him out for lying to the Resistance and going to Starkiller Base just so he can rescue Rey. Fortunately, he more than makes up for it due to his knowledge of the installation.
** In the novelization of ''The Last Jedi'', when he and Rose are locked up for letting the rathtars loose, she calls him out again for thinking only about himself (half out of anger that he would abandon the Resistance cause, and half out of jealousy about Rey). When he shoots one back at her about if she would do something similar to him if Paige were the one in danger, Rose doesn't take it well.
** He isn't very scathing, but when Rey furiously states she's going to ''destroy'' Palpatine, Finn remarks that this [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness doesn't sound like the Rey he knows]].
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: At the beginning of ''The Force Awakens'', Finn, along with the other stormtroopers, is ordered by Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma to slaughter an entire village. He is the only one to refuse, which Kylo Ren takes notice of.
* WouldHitAGirl: Finn gets into a brief but brutal fight with Phasma.
* WouldNotShootACivilian: In spite of the others having no qualms against killing Jakku villagers, he refuses to fire a single shot. Phasma mistakes this for his blaster being defective.
* YouAreNumberSix: "Finn" is a name only given to him by Poe. All his life, he's gone by his callsign FN-2187.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: During an argument during his and Poe's escape, Poe reveals that the droid he's looking for has a map that leads straight to Luke Skywalker, leading to him screaming this trope at the top of his lungs.
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[[folder:Poe Dameron]]
!!General Poe Dameron
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[[caption-width-right:299:''"I can fly ''anything''."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Homeworld:''' Yavin IV
!!!'''Callsign:''' Black Leader
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/OscarIsaac\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LexLang (''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]'') Hugo Serrano (Latin American Spanish dub), Guillermo Romero (European Spanish dub), Fuminori Komatsu (Japanese dub), Benjamin Penamaria (European French dub)\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' [[note]] voice only [[/note]] | ''Literature/PoeDameronFreeFall'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfResistance Age of Resistance]]'' | ''Literature/BeforeTheAwakening'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAdventures Adventures]]'' | ''[=C-3PO=]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsPoeDameron Poe Dameron]]'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance Resistance]]'' | ''Literature/JoinTheResistance'' | ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' | ''Film/TheLastJedi'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsResistanceReborn Resistance Reborn]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAllegiance Allegiance]]'' | ''Literature/SparkOfTheResistance'' | ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''
-->''"We are the spark that will light the fire that will burn the First Order down."''
The son of Rebel Alliance [=SpecForce=] soldier Kes Dameron and A-Wing pilot Shara Bey, Poe Dameron is an X-Wing pilot and commander of the Resistance Starfighter Corps. While serving in the New Republic Starfighter Corps, Poe was recruited into the Resistance alongside his squadron by General Leia Organa following an encounter with the First Order attacking civilian vessels that his superiors refused to follow up on. After uncovering information that the First Order is hunting for Lor San Tekka to locate Luke Skywalker, Poe is sent on a mission by Leia to find him before the First Order does. He is captured by the First Order, but is rescued by Finn, who needs a pilot to help him desert his post.
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* ExperiencedProtagonist: He has the most experience out of all the new generation of protagonists, having been a soldier for years with additional time spent as a criminal prior to that, giving him a lot of skills and experience to draw upon.
