This year, Boyega has made it clear he doesn't feel that way, that he isnāt going to bite his tongue.
The five-film series is playing on the BBC in the U.K. and on Amazon Prime in the U.S.; āRed, White and Blueā will debut Dec. 4 on Amazon.
In the true story, Boyega plays Leroy Logan, an aspiring research scientist who gives up the lab to join the overwhelmingly white London police force in the 1980s.
āRed, White and Blueā puts Boyega front and center and wrestles with many of the social issues -- race, change, belonging -- that he is grappling with, too.
Since Boyegaās comments about āStar Wars,ā heās received a supportive phone call from producer Kathleen Kennedy that Boyega has described as frank and transparent.