--- description: Daisy Ridley and John Boyega hilariously recreated their Star Wars auditions in this Saturday Night Live bonus video. Watch it here. title: Daisy Ridley and John Boyega Audition for Star Wars in SNL Bonus Sketch image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Daisy Ridley and John Boyega Unsuccessfully Audition for _Star Wars_ in _SNL_ Bonus Sketch  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jun 1, 2016 4:56 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jun 1, 2016 4:56 PM CUT Following a November sketch in which [Daisy Ridley](http://time.com/4253729/daisy-ridley-appearance/ "undefined") and [John Boyega](http://time.com/4282080/star-wars-rap-daisy-ridley-john-boyega/ "undefined") hilariously recreated their [_Star Wars_](http://time.com/4312356/star-wars-force-awakens-flaws/ "undefined")auditions, _Saturday Night Live_ has released a bonus video showing even more never-before-seen “screen test” footage for Rey and Finn. _The Force Awakens_ actors — along with stars such as Jon Hamm, Matthew McConaughey and Emma Stone — joined the _SNL_ cast to demonstrate exactly how not to land a part in the J.J. Abrams-directed film. In the clip, Ridley teams up with Janelle Monáe (Sasheer Zamata) for a chemistry test that has the pair dancing their way through a “somber scene,” while Boyega gives a _Training Day_\-inspired performance of what he calls an “urbanized” stormtrooper. “TK-420, you’re supposed to be at your post!,” he says. “I done told if I was going to get you a job you was going to clean up your act…and you was going to be a legit stormtrooper. We’re supposed to be helping Darth Vader and you ain’t in the right place? [King Kong ain’t got sh– on me!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SK6gbhuEXQ "undefined")” Watch the full video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4353465/daisy-ridley-john-boyega-star-wars-auditions-snl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4353465/daisy-ridley-john-boyega-star-wars-auditions-snl/"},"headline":"Watch Daisy Ridley and John Boyega Unsuccessfully Audition for Star Wars in SNL Bonus Sketch","datePublished":"2016-06-01T16:56:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:51.627Z","description":"The Force was not with them","url":"https://time.com/4353465/daisy-ridley-john-boyega-star-wars-auditions-snl/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","Saturday Night Live","Star Wars topic","TV","daisy ridley","John Boyega","star wars: the force awakens","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4353465/daisy-ridley-john-boyega-star-wars-auditions-snl/","name":"Watch Daisy Ridley and John Boyega Unsuccessfully Audition for Star Wars in SNL Bonus Sketch"}}]}] ```