We may know what Finn was going to tell Rey in 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' and it could have a connection to 'The Mandalorian'

• Warning: There are major spoilers ahead for "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker."
• When things looked dire in the film, Finn told Rey he had something important to tell her.
• We never learn the answer during the movie. John Boyega told fans it's not that he loved Rey.
• According to a fan at an Academy screening, director J.J. Abrams told some fans Finn was Force sensitive.
• That may have a connection to "The Mandalorian" if the remnants of the Empire are trying to extract DNA from "Baby Yoda" to use in the First Order's future Stormtroopers.
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One of the most frustrating questions left unanswered by "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" ("TROS") centered around Finn. While sinking in the sand, Finn said he needed to tell Rey something. Before he could tell her anything else, he was sucked into the ground. 

When the two came out the other side, Finn dropped the topic fast. The question is subsequently brought up by Rey and Poe, the latter who badgers Finn the most. But the two-hour-and-20 minute film comes and goes without any answer given. 

Many assumed that Finn was going to tell Rey that he had a thing for her. After all, that was hinted at in "The Force Awakens." 

Monday, Boyega shot down the theory to say that wasn't Finn's big secret after all. 

So what did Finn have to tell Rey? Apparently that he's Force sensitive. 

According to Twitter user @ar1aster who was at an Academy screening for the film, "The Rise of Skywalker" director J.J. Abrams confirmed Finn wanted to tell Rey he was Force sensitive to fans.

"I just want to clarify, he didn't announce this during the Q&A but talked to every fan that wanted to talk and take pics after and one person asked about what Finn wanted to say and this is what J.J. confirmed with him," wrote @ar1aster.

There were a few teases throughout the film that Finn may be Force sensitive. Early in "TROS," Finn tells Poe he senses Kylo Ren is in the desert valley of Pasana. Near the film's end, Finn seemed able to sense that Rey had died and that she later came back to life.

Still, it came off a bit random. Since when do Stormtroopers have the ability to use the Force? Does this go back to the end of "The Last Jedi" when it was suggested that the broom boy on Canto Bight had Force powers? 

It seems like we may get an answer about this soon.

Why this may not be random and how 'The Mandalorian' could play a role

Before the release of "TROS," the Disney Plus show already teased the idea of Force-sensitive Stormtroopers. It just hasn't been said aloud, yet.

In episode three of the series, we learn Dr. Pershing is experimenting on the Child (aka Baby Yoda) for the Empire for unknown reasons. It appears they want him to extract some sort of material or DNA from the child. 

Many noticed that Pershing wore an emblem on his sleeve that looked very similar to the ones worn by clones on Kamino in "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones," insinuating that Pershing is either a clone or that he was helping to create clones. 

Why is this important? I have a hunch that the Empire — or whatever's left of the Imperial forces — want to make a stronger army for the future First Order. The first batch of clones made on the planet Kamino were based off of a bounty hunter's DNA. Why not base a future army off of the Jedi or someone who was Force sensitive? That way your army would, hopefully, be all-powerful.

"The Mandalorian" takes place shortly after the fall of the Empire in "Return of the Jedi" and more than two decades before the events of "The Force Awakens." So there's certainly enough time in between to run trials and attempt to perfect something like this. Maybe this is precisely why the First Order was stealing babies in order to experiment the tests to see if they could make kids Force-sensitive.

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