Just like The Empire Strikes Back before it, Star Wars Episode VIII will be much darker than the previous installment.
In an interview with Vogue, John Boyega offered a tease about the tone of the upcoming sequel as well as his role in it.
Boyega explained, "It's great. Much darker, but we're very excited...My part in the next film will be much more physical so I might be in the gym a bit more."
That shift in tone seems appropriate, although hopefully Episode VIII won't be as similar to The Empire Strikes Back as The Force Awakens was to A New Hope. J.J. Abrams recently addressed that criticism, saying that he felt the franchise needed to return to its roots in order to go forward.
The comment about his role in Episode VIII being "much more physical" is definitely interesting too, as Boyega already had a bunch of physical moments in The Force Awakens. Could Finn have another lightsaber duel in the next film and could he actually win this time?
Star Wars: Episode VIII opens on May 26, 2017.