Spoilers ahead if you've not watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Thread with caution. But also, this is a pretty fun fact. So you might actually want to check it out too!


Remember Finn? He's one of the new heroes in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He first starts off as a Stormtrooper.

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Finn was taken from his family at an early age as part of General Hux's new non-clone Stormtrooper regime and he's pretty low in ranks. He works in the sanitation department and only seen battle once. He's got an identification number: FN2187.

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Later in the movie, he realizes the Dark Side is evil and defects. He gets a new name from Poe Dameron: Finn. Like FN. But easier to pronounce.

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But as we all know, this must mean something. So FN2187 isn't just a random number.

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What could it mean though?

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It goes way back. All the way to Princess Leia, when she gets captured by the Galactic Empire.

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When Han and Luke go to rescue her, Han asks which cell number she's being held in. And you guessed it: 2187.

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Talk about throwback of sorts?

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Nicely done, J.J.

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