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John Boyega seems like a really swell dude, but his friends have so little faith! Boyega revealed to Jimmy Fallon that his buddies back in London were shocked to see how much of Star Wars VII he was actually in. Apparently, they all thought he was just an extra.

Jimmy Fallon also talks about John Boyega surprising Star Wars fans at showings of the film, which will really bring a smile to your face:

😂😂😂😂 loved surprising these two! They were sitting down watching the Star Wars trailer. Had to surprise them :D London takeover ! #starwarsdude

A video posted by @john_boyega on Dec 20, 2015 at 3:16pm PST

See what I mean? Really swell guy.

This Star Wars themed Duracell battery commercial shows two siblings using their imagination to battle Stormtroopers at Christmas time. Problem is, the sister is dressed as Rey, and is using a lightsaber that looks an awful lot like the one belonging to one of the candidates for her father and not the other. She's also force pushing foes around like a badass.

In all likelihood, this is probably just creative liberty taken by someone at the ad production company, but feel free to be smug about it if this spoiler turns out to be true.

The Extended SuperCut

We've already seen a couple of new Stormtrooper helmets from Star Wars VII, but there's something distinctly silvery about this one. Rumors of "chrome troopers" have been circulating the web for a while, but this is the first real photo we've seen of them in the wild. What do you think of this new Chrometrooper? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

I hope you didn't need to get anything done for the rest of the day, because you're about to be too busy fighting Stormtroopers.

Lightsaber Escape is a new game/experience built by Google that turns your smartphone, in combination with Chrome on your computer, into a lightsaber. Once you pair and calibrate your device, you're off on a quest to escape a Star Destroyer filled with Stormtroopers. They're surprisingly good shots.

I'm not the real Kylo Ren... The real Kylo has been retired fifteen years and is living like a king in Patagonia.

I can't read lips at all, but based on all his pantomiming, this looks like a damn good movie.

Star Wars is launching another charity campaign with Omaze that's full of great prizes, including an opportunity to go to the red carpet premiere of Star Wars VII and meet the cast. A bunch of lucky Star Wars fans got to hear about this new campaign from Han Solo himself, Harrison Ford.