UPDATE 3! Possible New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Promo Art has Hit the Web. New Celebration Art for Battlefront and Rebels!
Breaking early this morning are a trio of images that look to be “official” pieces of promo art! After the jump we will take a look at the first possible full look at The Force Awaken’s Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma (the Chrometrooper), stormtroopers, and flametroopers!
Special thanks to our friend Tim Veekhoven for the heads up. The art looks really very well executed with an impressive amount of detail. Still if you notice all the elements from the art has already been leaked online in the past and this made us doubt the authenticity of the images. No matter if they are fan art or the real deal, they look absolutely fantastic. Take a look:
The images were originally posted on the Association of Star Wars fans of Valencia’s Facebook page. What do you think? Legit or fan art?
Stay tuned for all the updates coming from Star Wars Celebration Anaheim today!
UPDATE!
According to Indie Revolver the art is “100% legitimate”!
I can confirm that the Force Awakens promotional art that popped up this morning is 100% legitimate. http://t.co/dDINX12OoT #SWCA
— Jay – Indie Revolver (@IndieRevolver) April 16, 2015
UPDATE 2! And even more:
Kylo Ren Motherfucker! #SWCA # TheForceAwakens pic.twitter.com/24kgF9yVhu — linnemeister (@linnemeister) April 16, 2015
UPDATE 3!
In addition to the content promoting The Force Awakens, art for other forthcoming Star Wars content has also gotten out a little earlier than intended. The first is a poster and a pair of cardboard stands for Rebels (special thanks to RebelScum for the find).
The second one (which has a slim chance of not being real) is a beautiful mural for Battlefront.
It’s possible the planet shown in the Battlefront image ties into Episode VII. We’ll find out more tomorrow.
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Ha!
All of these posters look so generic. Anyone following the rumors alone could have come up with these.
Yes, I am the first! 🙂
Edit:…nah 🙁
It’s okay, buddy. Sooner or later you had to realize that it’s not 2002 anymore, and that you need to get over the first! stuff.
Wow…news already…Happy Star Wars celebration days.
Ha I thought I was too…lol
Loving the flamethrower helmets. And i’m glad they turned the lines in Kylo’s from yellow to silver.
Exceptional work!
Wow, this looks really cool! Im so exited!
Kylo Wren looks awesome. Love the 70s style ribbed sleeves.
Kylo Ren
Don’t want to be a Duke Groundrunner about this or anything, but those are clearly fake.
Based on…?
Based on the unpolished quality, the reuse of the same images and that all the images are of things we’ve already seen, in pretty much the exact same poses (kylo’s stance in the first picture for example). They’re great pieces of fanart but that’s all I think they will be.
these are official concept promo pieces dude…..these are not the final product. but these are legit…sorry to burst your bubble
Promo posters ARE finalized. When you are working on a blockbuster film you don’t release anything to the public unless it is fully finished and represents the quality of the finished picture. Anything “not final” would only come out if it were leaked. This is fan art, it just isn’t the caliber of art that Disney would hire. You have to understand that they would only ever hire accomplished professional artists. This just doesn’t quite have the look. I know some people on this site can be super eager to accept anything they see. Trust me though, this is going to come out as fan art.
Look at promo posters of Attack of the Clones or Revenge of the Sith and it’s same quality.
https://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/116/MPW-58353
This aren’t even teaser posters or feature posters, but they’re definitely official.
I would say these aren’t production-ready or final but they look real enough. Unfinished but real.
P.S. They better be!
Too bad you’re an Anonymous which is worse.
Guys its real art. If you look closely at the stormtrooper armor its the same look that was officially shown last night of the full armor. Plus the kylo ren helmet and gear is real too because if look at the photo of kylo rens toy they equally match! Plus the chrometrooper commander image was only teased once last year when 30 concept images were released last year (which was in poor quality) and I can’t see how anyone could get a good look at the chrome commander and do any the of “fan art” to it.
Trust me, after comparing this new art to old art and things that were teased to us in the past, this IS legit
Darth Vader who?
F.KING AWSOME!!!!!!!!!
Gotta be Struzan! I think that’s why they have been cropped that way, to cut out his signature.
the splatter is a giveaway
Woooo-hooo! The helmet of Kylo Ren on the closer look amazing!
Earlyer i din not understanded why it’s yellow in one leaked pic, and why red on other….
it it’s METAL-CHROME just reflects the light… As I see… metal inlays in a mask covered black leather….
looks BRUTAL. Weird, cool as it would be a sith artifact….
taste
Excellent, this is getting exciting! Thank you!
Just read JJ and Kathleen Kennedy sent pizza over for everyone that had waited in line over nite for their panel this morning 🙂
And 4 hours to go…..
cool! nice of them…is there any link to read this story somewhere? thx!
I have thougt that those miniblades in sithcalibur migth use lower energy like padawan lightsabers. Therefore they wouldn’t hurt user if he hit those blades. But enemy’s saber it would defend it very well.
Totally not Star Wars related, but what is your native language? I’m a bit of a language nerd, and I detect that whatever your first language is, it’s a topic oriented language due to the word choices you made. Sorry if this is rude.
O O. Do me ill just talk and you can read it and tell me what if any origins i have. If in your experence you can, i would like to hear your understandings and hope you can give findings or reason as such. We the jedi shall not fight and if we fight we thall shall fall. I shall tell no lie but i will tell all you shall will be told and now i have told you. For i said nothing you have heard everything i shall not say no more but me you will have heard.w
I hope the artist isn’t Drew Struzan – he’s capable of much better. They look like Tommy Lee Edwards who takes photos and adds all sorts of filters and painted textures over them. There are a few Lucasfilm freelancers who use similar techniques.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCtxZ9ZW4AAVlM9.jpg
New promo art of Kylo Ren and TIE Fighters.
Found more here — https://twitter.com/linnemeister/status/588683222067728385
NICE!
If they were real wouldn’t the Stormtrooper helmtets have been done correctly? This all looks like fan art done based on the leaked concept art.
What part is incorrect? There look to be four different Trooper helmet designs in those posters. Only the basic trooper design has the single vent thingy.
The single vent which is not there on the basic helmet for the first trooper in the first pic, the chrometrooper pose is lazy (as in he looks slouched, more of a cosplay pose than an ‘official’ type of pose.) The stomach parts of the basic troopers are wrong in the first pic, the art itself if very sub-par compared to what Disney or Lucasfilm traditionally puts out, the troopers in the second pic are all copy/paste jobs and just mirrored on the right side with the vent on the helmets clearly added in after the fact, the assets used to put together the ‘art’ are of varied quality ranging from clean and crisp on Kylo’s helmet to blurry with pixelated edged and tears on the fighters in the first pic and around the chromtrooper in both pics. If this is real, even for things such as posters and T-Shirts, then it will be the first Star Wars movie that I completely bypass getting any art based things for.
“The single vent which is not there on the basic helmet for the first trooper in the first pic”
I think he is a different trooper type using a handheld minigun type weapon that requires a harness. Not sure why he wouldn’t have a vent, but he is slightly different anyway.
“the chrometrooper pose is lazy (as in he looks slouched, more of a cosplay pose than an ‘official’ type of pose.)”
If you look up Gwendoline Christie she stands like that. It is clear they used a pic of her in that pose.
“The stomach parts of the basic troopers are wrong in the first pic”
If you look really close the black on the stomach armor seems to be a series of utility pouches. I think they are wearing something over the armor.
“Actually, the vent is on the wrong side on the mirrored ones, not added in later.”
Actually it was added in before they were copy/pasted since it’s the exact same on both sides. Regardless, it is lazy design work when they should have access to actual promo and production art to work from.
“If you look up Gwendoline Christie she stands like that. It is clear they used a pic of her in that pose. ”
This is pure speculation based on the rumor that she is the chrome trooper. Either way though, the chromtrooper looks more like cosplay than looking like an actual threat.
“This is pure speculation based on the rumor that she is the chrome trooper.”
I personally have zero doubt that it is her character. And she does in fact have that posture in many photos.
“Actually it was added in before they were copy/pasted since it’s the exact same on both sides.”
Not sure what you mean. That doesn’t contradict what I said. It is the same image flipped, so the vent is on the wrong side for the right set of troopers.
“the troopers in the second pic are all copy/paste jobs and just mirrored on the right side with the vent on the helmets clearly added in after the fact”
Actually, the vent is on the wrong side on the mirrored ones, not added in later.
Even Drew Struzan has had sloppy moments.
I think you are overreacting a bit.
And these are leaked anyway, not necessarily in hi-rez release quality.
“If this is real, even for things such as posters and T-Shirts, then it will be the first Star Wars movie that I completely bypass getting any art based things for.”
Not all the art will be done by the same person. Relax…
Yeah, I get that, but generally movies tend to have a cohesive look and feel to the art and packaging across tie in products of all types and this is very indicative of the direction they’re going with it, which is lazy and poor quality. Granted, they may not be final images, but they'[re worse than anything that Lucasfilm has ever put out before.
No line this size is going to have perfect marketing art across the board.
And I’m sure if we saw all your art we could nitpick it for the same kind of stuff.
If you feel the need to tell me to relax because of the conversation we are having then we can end it right here. I haven’t been anything but relaxed and I don’t appreciate you treating me as if I’m blowing things out of proportion. You asked why I thought it was fake and/or bad, I explained. I do these things for a living and it’s sad to see some of the really really bad artwork that Disney has put out for the last couple Marvel movies and now this. I’ve enjoyed and continue to enjoy the movies, but the people getting paid to do this work should be embarrassed as should whoever the people are that have been doing the Age of Ultron promo stuff for Marvel. The artwork has just been really bad.
I said relax because of this:
“If this is real, even for things such as posters and T-Shirts, then it will be the first Star Wars movie that I completely bypass getting any art based things for.”
I’m just saying don’t jump the gun based on a leaked image. Base your purchases on individual pieces, not a sampling.
Me stating that I don’t want to spend money is a reason to tell me to relax? You really need to get out more if you think I was anything other than relaxed when I said that. I haven’t bought any posters or art based products from Ago of Ultron either because of the shoddy artwork that’s been coming out for it.
They all look good to me except the second poster. Those heads look mighty small.
Huh, new Imperial symbol…
I noticed that too and was wondering the same thing. Has the Sith Empire hex logo border, but a bit of a lazy inner bit, not like the cool Imperial “cog”. I guess it looks good enough.
The new Imperial symbol resembles a butt hole. Anyone else notice this?
I work for a clothing line, we have the star wars license and the movie art guide, this art is official and real 🙂 looks fantastic!
There is a paint run in the center of one of the Kylo pics,thats sloppy if they are real.
Which one?
The one of Kylo with the TIE fighters that you posted,red splodge in the center.
Could be artistic but looks out of place to me.
its just a reflection from the cross saber
If you are talking about a line on our left, his right, his mask is distressed there. You can see it better in the newest pics.
Not on the helmet,four ‘paint runs’ just above the cross guard and underneath the TIE fighter.Doubt it’s anything other than promo art for some tie in,the theatrical one sheet would have the heroes in there as well.Still looks cool though,I ain’t bitching,just observing.
I see what you are talking about now. It does look sloppy.
The only thing I can think of other than actual paint drips is his tattered cape. Maybe this is a photo of a botched print or someone spilled something on it before the print fully dried?
Could be all sorts but it does look like a last minute mistake like a touch up went wrong or something,glad someone else noticed,thought I was seeing things.
My brand new Asian bride likes these new pictures. My brand new Russian bride? Not so much.
new imperial logo?
If this is official I am disappointed, especially with the quality of art. They should be more critical, just like I said for the new comics aswell.
These are probably those cheap posters you find in department stores. Those don’t need to be theatrical poster quality.
They should at least have been put together by someone that doesn’t drool on themselves.
I’m not seeing any hints in “Captain Phasma’s” costume that it is a female(Christie)
They did the same with her armor in Game of Thrones (making her look like a man). But I can see Christie in that armor.
I’m just sad that they typecast her as an androgynous soldier, though she is at least evil.
Very Dave dorman
Maybe if he stopped painting and went full photoshop while having a seizure. In all fairness, Dorman could do better than this while he was asleep and should be embarrassed if his name was on these.
So does this mean we have three different stomrtrooper armors? The non-flamers shown in the first image seem slightly different in the cuirass than the ones in the second, with all the black we see. Just the angle? Or could this be a lighter version of the standard armor?
And… it’s only characters with masks – oh JJ throw us a bone!
The first picture immediately reminded me about battlefront 2. Same blue-orange with troopers and sabers.
Pretty good if you ask me. I don’t like the new Imperial insignia though. Meh.
Hmm. I don’t think it’s real and kylo ren mask looks kinda weird. The lines are stupid. Storm troopers look cool though.
The big question here is WHAT PLANET IS THAT
Well I was already sold on the ST armor. Seeing all of the Empire together… I’m owned!
Looks awesome. I love that the Chrome Trooper is real or at least appears to be real.
Does that logo in the background remind anyone else of the sith empire insignia. I think I may need to wear a condom, if anymore of this art gets released.
I think I would have a seizure if there was a storm trooper variant with melee combat as its specialty.
Same idea as this
http://www.innergeek.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/star-wars-force-unleashed-2-ps3-xbox360-e3-screens-1.jpg
100% Fan Art, unless disney is hiring straight from high school.
Yawn. What a thoughtful critique.
He/she have got a point. Until its verbally confirmed none of us know S**t. But I hope I`m wrong.
http://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/untitled1.png
Look at the stormtroopers heads..are they just perpetually derping? Have they been shrunken?
Shrunken and derping at the same time.
The countdown timer got pushed back because JJ can’t find his keys and KK has flooded her engine.
just as i was about to light up and chill out
Or he got kidnapped and the hostage takers demand that they release an early version of star wars TFA for us to see. In return for his life.
actually, i thought about the idea of him doing the reverse. ransoming the movie until a charity or something had raised a certain amount of money. imagine if he said “the movie is done and i will release it now if people donated x amount to unicef.” he has the world’s attention, and he could use it to leverage some sort of global awakening.
Sadly not compatible with capitalism at all. Balance sheets would suffer greatly. With that idea share holders would not be able to buy a new pool, or new SUV. Imagine how sad they`d be at night knowing that.
Kylo Ren looks badass!!!!!! I’m hoping Christie’s Chrome Trooper doesn’t have a lightsaber though, that’d look weird
New Han dialog
“is this a private fight or can anybody join?”
AWESOME!!
Yes they are real. They are up at SWC
as a fan of the originals, i really really really hope they don’t ruin the brilliant atmosphere of the original concept of a saga, and don’t try to “actualize” it by giving it an “air” of a recruit film, its so crude and common today, army warmongering propaganda relating to wars of u.s mercenaries today around the globe has flood movie and game industry.
that would really make me puke. hope they kept the integrity of the original fantasy, its dreamworld touch. 🙂
kewl
Woke up staggered around forgot what day it was,logged on here,and my wig has been blown back… Damn these time zones! gotta wait a few more hours. ALMOST THERE,ALMOST THERE. At this speed do you think we will be able to pull out in time?
Kylo Ren looks AMAZING! Shot on film, uses practical effects, unknown actors, PERFECT designs, GREAT script, and much more. THIS IS IT!
I love all the designs except for the chrome storm trooper. Seems cheesy – and its kind of a lazy design. Couldn’t they have done something more unique to set him/her apart from the squad other than a cape???
Hi, I’m @IvanLorenteO and I’m from Valencia and I know people who belong to this fans club. They confirm me that those pictures are true. There are many fans of Star Wars in Spain. Congratulations to the owners of this website!!!
Twitter: @IvanLorenteO
Hey! My parents are from Valencia! Como te va? Do they like star wars in Spain as much as they do here in the US?
I wonder if the Rebels premiere will be available to the public to watch. Or will we have to wait till the fall when it airs? I’m guessing the latter.
Does no one notice the Light saber on top of Captain Phasma’s Gun??????????
monocular
Looks like an updated barrel to me. Can you point out what you see as saber-like? Are you talking about the scope?
I see no saber
If it’s a lightsaber it is a light-dagger. It’s too small for a hilt and is in the traditional location for a scope, so my money is on it being just that.
Kylo Ren looks like he should be featured in Mortal Kombat X, but it works! Overall these villains have a very ‘classic’ feel to them. I can’t wait to see them in action.
The Incendiary Troopers are great!!
It’s a scope not a lightsaber.
The art looks really good, but the collage job here is awful. The outlines around the characters, the mishmash of colors and light sources, this looks like fan art.
“The outlines around the characters”
I think that’s a stylistic choice they are going for rather than a mistake or sloppy work. They want it to look somewhat loose and pieced together. Comes down to personal taste.
NEW TRAILER! http://youtu.be/ZOuBP2aKLHw
You sit on a throne of lies!
Or got the link wrong… I’m sticking with the throne though.
Why am I more excited about the Rebels art?
I don’t know, why are you? It’s hideous!
It’s odd. Ahsoka’s light saber looks way too fat while Vader’s is way too thin. The lightsabers in Rebels are just…off. Don’t get me wrong, I like the series enough, but the sabers aren’t quite right.
where is the live stream??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UY64GfyovE
cheers man – it was almost brown paper bag time – anxiety levels!!
Kylo looks pretty good, I like the scowl his helmet gives, like a little bulldog that’s about to put a C4 explosive charge in your car.
The Stormtroopers are….kinda lame. I know! the looked awesome in the teaser, but something about actually seeing them in full, like all the black nylon with iPhones taped on, it’s just a little too Steve Jobs, you know what I mean? And then there’s the white stuff stuck onto the barrels of the blasters and the flametroopers, it’s just, too sleek. ugh.
PS, that cloaked Chrometrooper is DEFINITELY a chick [a badass one at that], it’s not so much the shape as the pose. The pose is specifically chosen to give little information as to it’s actual body-shape, and the placement of the shoulders, there’s just something gracefully elegant about that Chrometrooper, something feminine.
However, having a boba fett-like character who’s flaming queer would actually be AWESOME, like as a serious villain who’s as gay as gay can be, not as a joke, but play it straight [as in as a serious character, I know the terminology is confusing], I would pay money to see that happen.
But yeah, that Chrometrooper’s Christie, or Lupita? o_O
It would be interesting if the Chrometrooper was a relative of Finn.
Especially if she’s the new ‘Mara Jade’
I don’t think Finn will have any relation to the Chrome Trooper but having him related to someone else could be cool. Never even crossed my mind with Lupita. Possibilities!
I wasn’t saying that, and no, it would not be interesting if they were relatives.
I just meant Lupita being the chrometrooper, like, normally, there can be two people that AREN’T relatives in star wars right? or would that be breaking some rule?
Nope!
Look up pics of Christie. She has a very similar posture in many of her photos.
GIVE US THE DAMN TRAILER
I had an idea… what is Mara Jade is the Chrome Trooper and by Episode 9 she follows the same path?
MakingStarwars has awakened the Psychotic One
http://millenniumfalcon.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=2015&t=9605
Is Kylo Ren a female character?
The yellow helmet felt more Vader-esque on Kylo. This mask looks like something out of Mortal Kombat.
a bit of a design bummer that the storm troops look like ducks, specially when looked at in group…
OMG! Asoka confronting Vader… so sad 🙁
Kylo Renn looks like Darth Revan from kotor with a ninja themed mask,