Vanity Fair releases new Star Wars: The Force Awakens stills and cast confirmation!

May 4, 2015 Kelly Orazi Fantasy Movies, Featured Articles, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi Movies, Star Wars

The one and only Annie Leibovitz recently traveled to London for a Vanity Fair exclusive Star Wars: The Force Awakens photo shoot. We not only have some amazing photos as a result, but cast confirmation as well: Adam Driver is bad-guy Kylo Ren, and Gwendoline Christie (who also portrays Brienne of Tarth in HBO’s Game of Thrones) is Captain Phasma!

 

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Adam Driver as Kylo Ren

 

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Director J. J. Abrams with actress Daisy Ridley in a scene where Rey pilots her speeder through a bustling marketplace on the planet Jakku.

 

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Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron stands next to his X-wing fighter.

 

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Travelers and smugglers assemble inside pirate Maz Kanata’s castle.

 

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Tracking dots on Lupita Nyong’o’s face make it possible for CGI team to transform her into the pirate Maz Kanata

 

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Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma.

 

Watch the cast on set for the Vanity Fair cover shoot:

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About Kelly Orazi 49 Articles
Kelly Orazi is currently a graduate student of medieval and fantasy literature at the newly founded Mythgard Institute. Her interests range from children’s fantasy literature (especially Harry Potter) and modern fantasy to medieval and classical literature. Her scholarly work on fantasy has been presented at Mythcon 43 and at 2013’s largest Harry Potter conference, LeakyCon Portland. She has also contributed to the popular Harry Potter site, thehogshead.org and writes regularly on J.R.R. Tolkien and other fantasy works on her own blog, http://themiddlepage-orazi.blogspot.com
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