finn flies to the resistance base, where he discovers that poe is still alive and meets general leia organa (carrie fisher), c-3po (anthony daniels), and the hibernating r2-d2 (kenny baker). finn reveals some details about the first order's superweapon, starkiller base, and claims to be able to disable their shields. when he arrives on the planet with han and chewbacca, however, finn reveals that he only worked in the base's sanitation section. nevertheless, the team takes phasma hostage and finn forces her at gunpoint to disable the shields. this allows the resistance to attack, led by poe. they meet up with rey, who has freed herself from captivity. later, finn watches in horror with the others as ren kills han. ren confronts finn and rey in the woods, claiming that their fight is not over. finn picks up luke’s old lightsaber after rey is knocked out by ren and tries to fight him, but ren easily overpowers him and knocks him unconscious. rey stops ren from killing finn, and she and chewbacca has escape starkiller base in the "millennium falcon" and bring the comatose finn to the resistance base for medical care.