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On Wednesday, the actor stopped by 'Good Morning America' to promote his upcoming 'Star Wars' film, 'The Rise of Skywalker,' and there he admitted it was his script for the film that ended up on eBay.
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00:00Careful, he was not. Star Wars actor John Boyega ended up on Disney's Dark Side after
00:12the star's copy of the script for the upcoming Rise of Skywalker movie ended up on eBay.
00:18The man who plays the reformed stormtrooper Finn in the current Star Wars trilogy explained
00:23how it all happened to Michael Strahan on Good Morning America Wednesday. Boyega left
00:28the script under his bed at a temporary apartment, planning to take it with him the next morning.
00:34Then he got distracted. Then a few weeks later, with Boyega long gone, the script found its
00:49way to the internet. That's about $85, a pretty
00:58low price to have all the spoilers for one of the most anticipated movies of the year
01:03in your hands. Earlier in the week, Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams admitted one
01:09of his stars was responsible for the leak, but that someone at Disney found the listing,
01:13recognized that the script was real, and forced eBay to remove it. The whole episode got Boyega
01:19in pretty big trouble, and not just with his director.
01:22Even Mickey Mouse called me like, what did you do?
01:26Rise of Skywalker hits theaters December 20th, and now we'll have to actually see it to know
01:31what happens. Keep the force strong with you by visiting THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter
01:37News, I'm Mike Janela.
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