Pic of the Day!
The cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the cover of Vanity Fair! I think this image really tells us a lot. These will definitely be the main characters in the movie. It also very well matches with all the rumors…
Vanity Fair also states that there will be more photographs and exclusive video and interviews from the galaxy far, far away tomorrow on Monday, May 4.
Stay tuned.
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Harrison looks awesome!
They are in the Falcon – I think.
So the picture can be a kind of hint concerning the beginning of the movie.
A possible opening: Han finds the lost Falcon and then helps Rey and Finn in their escape.
The character placement is very interesting. Rey is practically front and center. This is the strongest evidence yet that she may be the main character (even though Natalie Portman was front and center in TPM Vanity Fair issue in 1999, though she was sitting down below the eyelevel of several other characters.)
That was my observation also! Great eyes see alike it would seem
Portman was front and center for all three VF covers of the prequels even thought she was at best the third primary character for each film. Anne L. apparently likes to place the lone female front and center.
Yeah, Padme was prominent on all covers. Even Ep. III, where her entire role was basically “Stand on balcony and cry”. Looks like Rey has more to do than that, thankfully!
Yea Harrison looks awesome and it’s funny how obvious that his “Han Solo look” and costume is just how Harrison ford is meant to look. When I see him in normal clothes or in another movie, it just seems wrong lol. He IS Han Solo.
I still have a perfect copy of vanity when Revenge of the Sith came out and that is nothing compared to this.
I think I’ve still got my Phantom Menace Vanity Fair, somewhere.
Harrison trying to care haha
I remember picking up an issue of Vanity Fair back in 1998 that had a similar feature on The Phantom Menace – I was excited than, and I’m excited now. Bring it on…
NOT a reboot!
It’s a soft reboot. This is not a direct continuation. It’s a new story with all new characters taking the saga in a new direction.
Wish you people that don’t even work in the industry would stop correcting industry people on their use of terms. Go spend more money on stuff that we make thanks.
So the Prequels were a soft reboot as well?
In other words, it’s a reboot… from a certain point of view.
FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, THE PREQUELS ARE REBOOTS!
None not them are reboots. Technically, reboots are a remake of the originals….
THEN YOU ARE TRULY LOST!!!!
THE EMPIRE REBOOTS, NOT THE MOVIE!!!
Oh don’t pic on those not on the “inside” as you put it Anonymous @23:06. They aren’t wrong in saying it’s not a reboot, and it’s no more a soft reboot than Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was to its predecessors. It is a direct sequel, it has continuity, it has characters reprising roles, not replacing them.
There’s been enough of the media’s over-use of terms like “reboot” when several movies have clearly not been reboots.
If you are an “insider”, then please don’t gloat about your so-called position or get mad at people who have waited for this thing to commence after years of Lucas’ revisionist history blanketed the public perception on several occasions involving his franchise.
reboot is a play on the military “booting up” for battle. The empire re-boots is a double word play for the empire gets ready to fight again/fresh new series of sw films.
Sorry dude. That doesn’t make it a reboot. Some Star Trek films aren’t direct continuations, some Marvel films aren’t direct continuations. Doesn’t make them reboots.
As someone else said, a reboot – of any kind, is a remake of the original.
it is not any sort of reboot….and sorry buddy…it IS a direct continuation.it IS a sequel…
…just such an awesomely cool picture – can`t wait to see the rest tomorrow!
No Oscar Isaac, yet still wonderful picture! 🙂
Ah Solo has some Rank Cylinders…so he does command some other ship… bigger one for sure 😛
He might, but the jacket looks beat up, maybe he stole it?…He looks scruffier than ever. I imagine he could have been on the run from the new Imperials (what are they called again?…DOH!)for the last 30 years. Han’s story in this will be amazing I pretty much assume that this is the Han that Harrison has always wanted to play 🙂
I’m sure the Han he “always” wanted to play was in ESB.
that title sucks… this is no reboot
It is reboot for the Empire, not the entire film!
When did the TPM vanity fair come out relative to the movie? I believe it was where Lucas revealed the crawl.
I remember that… Lucas revealed all three crawls before the films opened didn’t he? I remember forums going crazy over ep. III’s crawl and the terms “WAR!” and “heroes on both sides” dividing fans over the meanings.
That will never happen in this new era. JJ and Lucasfilm would never reveal the opening crawl before the film opens in December.
Well it kinda makes sense. I don’t think the PT was as shrouded in mystery. We all knew, to an extent, what it was gunma be about. So putting out the opening crawl was doable. Not so much with the ST.
Pretty sure it was out Jan/Feb ’99.
Can THA beat the avengers opening weekend record of $207million? I think it will.
Chewie looks strange…
It’s the heavy eyeliner and the fact that he’s combed backed the curtain and curling hair he developed in ESB and ROTJ respectively. It’s closer to his look in the first Star Wars movie.
Yes, my first thought… chewie looks really weird.
It’s because Peter Mayhew’s head got more bloated with age, he’s also more stooped.
I’ve mentioned a lot of inflammatory stuff and have never had it deleted. It’s only the super racist shit that gets deleted. If you want to start a forum where delusional fanboys bitch about John Boyega “not looking right in the Star Wars universe” or complain about Disney being an evil company then go ahead, have fun with you miserable selves…
Surely it’s only right to remove hateful, fascist comments about race and gender? It doesn’t make him a communist, it makes him a decent human being. I’m sure everyone would be more then happy for you to go off and set up your own Nazi star wars news site.
Yes, we’re definitely moderating the comments here. If someone doesn’t like it, he is free to leave. I see that some people never give up, no matter how many times I ban their IPs for using foul language and insulting other members.
@ Viral Hide
You’re doing a lot more than “moderating.”
50% (or more) of quality content at this site is being consistently deleted.
That’s NOT “moderating.” This is HEAVY censorship.
As far as insulting other members, that’s not me.
A lot of folks have insulted yours truly though with all these wild accusations of racism.
But for some reason, this seems to be perfectly acceptable. SMH
You can’t ban a fake IP address
Without having seen any of this particular person’s comments, your site moderators are trigger happy morons that just swoop in on any occasion that someone happens to cry wolf. You need to rein that shit in and stop letting the site he dictated by people with such thin skin that they can’t handle criticism at all.
The result is a clique forum with extremely little interesting discussion and a bunch of rabid fans basically begging Disney/LFL to take their money.
yeah my home I.P was banned and i have no idea why….just because i disagreed with Viral Hide one day??? i remember getting into it with my son, because i thought perhaps he got on here and was acting like a stooge.but i later found out that he did not get on here..i can see if someone says some distastefull racist garbage or is being a total troll….but i dont think i deserved a ban…a simple warning would have sufficed…for what ever reason that may have been…i am pretty sure all i did was make a comment on how the articles were starting to get lame as the article i commented on wasnt even really Star wars related.. wasnt really fair…everyone is entitled to their opinion..i wasnt insulting or attacking anyone.This is my favorite site….
What is your home IP?
Cool! I remember past VF SW issues were always nice. Why does Chewie look so fuckin weird?! In the Force for Change pic he looks really fucked up with squinty eyes and tight, slicked-back looking hair. Hope he doesn’t look like this in TFA. He should look older, not bizarre.
@ DC
Chewie had plastic surgery between ROTJ and TFA. He used Burt Reynold’s surgeon.
Been thinking this for a while, hoping it’s just been a load of bad shots. But it seems they haven’t nailed Chewie. The eyes are just .. wrong.
I’m pretty sure it’s because it’s not Peter Mayhew in there. Peter Mayhew has distinct blue eyes. These other Chewie-doubles don’t have the eyes of Mayhew.
I think this is the double. Second 0:02: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48dGX8zmK4I
Come on man wtf, it’s not eye color. That mask is fucked up, especially around the eyes. It wouldn’t matter if there were red eyes, the hair on that mask is out of whack.
Not seen SW prop look this bad since original Phantom Menace Yoda.
Have you seen Chewie in ROTS? 😛
You can blame some of those bad Chewie scenes on shitty CGI and everyone telling George, “Yes, Mr. Lucas, it looks fantastic!”
For ROTS he was supposed to look younger. I don’t know, I agree it looks a little off but not like this shit here on VF
What an awesome picture! How GREAT looks everyone. Finn and Rey are so amazing, they fit so well as co-heroes. Han looks very good, Chewie as well. What to say about BB8…
Annie Leibovitz has done a great work covering the Prequel Trilogy and Indiana Jones for Vanity Fair. And no doubt the pics we will see in this issue will be in the line.
THIS MOVIE WILL ROCK.
not everyone…chewie looks really weird. even in the trailer he looked really weird. like he was cgi
Chewie looks exactly the same!
Looks amazing!!! All about Harrison and Chewy!!!!!
@TimSnow Send me an e-mail and I will explain you why your comments are being deleted.
It’s because I’m anti-Boyega. That’s why I was banned from the comments section. I understand completely.
But you do realize though that I’m not the only one who feels this way, right?
“There is another…and another….and another….and another…and another….”
Why are you Anti-Boyega?
In the past in every single article about Boyega you started a racist war. If you don’t want me to delete your posts, try commenting with your social account (Twitter, Facebook, G+ etc.) with your real name.
Very soon we will update our comment system and if people want to be taken seriously, they should start using the other options for commenting, not hiding behind the anonymous option.
Well lead by example then and you start using your real name.
Which I actually don’t agree with as anonymity is what makes the internet great to begin with.
Everyone using their real name would spoil all the fun.
As far as starting a racial war, that’s a little over the top, isn’t it?
Yes, I’ve been critical of Boyega. Yes, I’ve bashed him thoroughly at every given opportunity.
Maybe I said some stuff early on that was a little inflammatory….but I’ve toned it down since.
So at this point, I really don’t see why I can’t make comments like anyone else.
Of course you can comment as everybody else, but because of your history of starting wars around here I am more sensible with your comments. So I will remove them immediately if I think they could derail the topic and start something I don’t want here.
Again, if you think I am unfair, you’re free to leave this place.
why hasnt he just been banned? My home i.p was straight up banned on here and i have NEVER made any racist remarks or insulted anyone..yea i have argued with people.but that is what forums are for..to argue your opinions with other opinionated people..and sometimes you lose and have to agree with others opinion….this jerk is just a straight up racist…it really sucks that the only time i can make comments on here is from a different connection…it is pretty dumb honestly. there was no reason i needed to be banned…only harsh thing i ever said was about how dumb one of the articles were….i see 100% times worse on here everyday.
He is using proxy IPs.
“Everyone using their real name would spoil all the fun.”
Anonymity to write racist comments is not about fun, is about cowardice.
@ perrymoon
Only at this forum does espousing the position that a person was miscast equate to racism.
The truth is I’m right, and you know I’m right.
I just hope that when the film is released and it becomes crystal clear to even the most die-hard Boyega fanboys that JJ screwed up by casting him, that these same haters will extend an apology to yours truly.
BTW, I was sounding the alarm bells with jar jar prior to TPM being released. That generation of fanboys said the same thing then as this new crop does now. “Stop hatin’ Tim”. lol
OK, we get it. You don’t like him. Now move along and stop posting about this in every article where Boyega is mentioned.
You varely know this actor, and you don’t even know who’s playing beyond his name, his stormtrooper armor and his jacket. So, at this point, comparing Boyega with JarJar is quite insulting.
But yes, we get it, you don’t like it. Have a nice day.
Wah! Wah! Wah! Poor spoiled white kid who’s mad there’s a black lead in his 1982 star wars lunchbox universe wahhhhh. Hold on. I’m calling you a wambulance! It should be there by the end of the trilogy…if not who really gives a shit about your cake and eat it to. Ha! You waited all this time to let your true face show about a black guy in the STAR WARS universe of all universes. The main point of the STAR WARS universe is different races, planets, cultures, etc. etc.. You are not a true star wars fan. How can you be a true fan thinking like that? Well..happy misery for the next ten years while the us TRUE fans truly enjoy this!!!! STAAARRRR WWAARRRSSS! YYYYYYEEEAAAAAA! Oh and buy the way, this is the name I go by not a fake cause I’m not a cowered and I don’t need to hide from anybody……SSSTTTAAARRRR WWWAARRRSS IS BACK BABY!
Good on you sir!
What a hateful, delusional ‘comment’. I sincerely hope you have a deeply horrible experience come Dec 18th, not due to what is very likely going to be an incredible, groundbreaking, quality Boyega performance, no, but due to the good, genuine, humane, true, Star Wars fanboys of all races, who will shut your Adolph Hitler genuflecting ass down in emphatic fashion. They will shame, ridicule and school your dumbass as you go home crying, bussing nuts over your freshly ordered Ted Cruz For 2016! paraphernalia. People like you belong in Gitmo.
we’ve seen 2 or 3 wordless clips of boyega..i thought he looked cool in all of them. intense.
care to reiterate why you think he’s miscast? seems like a nonsensically premature opinion.
Im sorry sir, you havent seen the movie yet, still you bash someone over and over. It’s kinda childish. Sure you can have an opinion, but you don’t have anything to base this off (yet). Forums are fun if discussions are based on facts, or opinions based on facts, you sometimes go the extra mile as kids who post on screen rant about who is better marvel or dc. Its not fun, it just gets to childish and extreme and that is kind of disappointing on a site about movies we all love
Tim, please go back to 4chan /pol/. A cancerous place where you should stay.
Must be for a phisical reason because we haven’t seen him acting in the movie yet.
“Get used to it.” – John Boyega
I couldn’t be more excited…oh, hang on, what’s that? More of your Boyega-ist comments 🙁 Please, please, please go away…Please.
We already knew the world is full of a-holes. So what’s your point?
Please, please, please Lord, strike this animal down in the most forceful, emphatic way possible. Let the world witness the depravity, hate and evil in this diseased, repugnant by-product of a creature. His hatred for humanity and the true, genuine values of Star Wars is simply unacceptable. Lord, prevent this Neo-Nazi from being able to attend any screenings of The Force Awakens. Debilitate his means of communication and transport. Trap him in an inescapable, purgatory-like vortex, where he’ll be able to see from the outside, the joys and bliss of true Star Wars fans of all races and all walks of life, after they’d experienced The Force Awakens, as he stews, vomits and self-harms in protest to John Boyega. Teach this Devil a lesson. Oh, please, please, please Lord?
People complained that Chewie looked ‘weird’ in ROTS, but he looks weirder here.
He looked weirder in Revenge of the Sith.
Word to that. I think they did an awesome job on Chewie this time around
uh…no he looks wrong.
ROTS Chewie was basically an inbetween version of ANH Chewie and Hipster ROTJ Chewie. I liked that look more than this, although it’s not really that bad. I’ll just call it aging and move on!
I would like to know when this photo shoot took place.
Was it many months ago? or just recently?
many months, during production, one would assume, Ford is still recuperating
When Harrison Ford met BB-8, I wonder if he was like…
“WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?!?!?!?!?”
https://youtu.be/rB0wzy-xbwM
Hahahaha someone should make an edit with that video and bb8
Harrison looks great. Everyone else looks like they just woke up. 😛
Harrison’s replacing Oscar’s lead role spot for TFA rather than be a major supporting role alongside the 3 young leads? How disappointing.
Well yeah, there has been an awakening 😉
What’s the Yoda quote on the cover say????
In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way
Yeah great pic, timeless visual. A.L. is great as usual. As for the side tracking crap. To the asshole formerly known as Tim Snow, if that is your real name. I don’t care if you AREN’T racist. Your opinion is often inflammatory and this is not THE BILL O’REILLY SHOW , I don’t come to this site to debate or be shocked, it is not public media outlet, where ” the truth” matters or any of that other crap is espoused. I am sure you would refer to it as “the liberal media” or some other stupid regurgitated catchphrase. This is a site devoted to STAR WARS 7 NEWS. Themoderators can do whatever they like. They don’t have to listen to your opinion! There is no “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” here. It is not the U.S. government. You can say it where ever you would like, but here they can delete it anytime they would like. and I would prefer that they did. Sorry for the rant,but this is a great site other than the people that think that their opinions are better or more correct than another person’s. Of course this is just my opinion. Am I correct?
@ egocentauri
I think all the ad-hominem attacks and fan infighting needs to stop.
But I’ve been around Star Wars fandom long enough to realize this will never happen.
So hit me with your best shot. Fire away. =)
And I don’t think Chewie looks too bad, they just kinda tightened up the make up and mask around the eyes a bit they’re a little more eyelinerish sure but I’d like to think of it more as an update than ruining his look. Again just my opinion.
Kaboom can’t fuckin wait for this movie it’s gonnae be Galactic!!!
Yea this flick is gonna be really dope I can feel it. Can’t wait. This is the real deal.
What I’m really curious about is Han’s jacket. In the 2nd teaser he was wearing what looked unmistakably like a brown jacket (looks like brown leather). It had identical features to this one, such as the stitching line across the shoulders, the little rectangle below the collar that could be a button, the right breast pocket, and left side cylinders. But in this image the jacket is blue, and I doubt that lighting could cause such a drastic change in color. I really hope this isn’t an in-joke with the production referencing the ridiculous debate over his Hoth jacket, which has ruined the most recent Hasbro Han Hoth action figures for me.
So many complaints about such minor details.
But I must say, Chewie looks like Tracie Morgan, lol. But in no way am I upset about that!
Gonna just throw this out there…pretty convinced that daisy riddleys character IS gonna be han and leias daughter….she looks like the love child of natalie portman and carrie fisher….and looks a lot like kira knightly…who, as i am sure you will all rememeber, played padme’s handmaiden/body double in episode 1….just a thought, could be wrong tho 🙂 Happy star wars day from australia y’all 🙂
“she looks like the love child of natalie portman and carrie fisher”
How is that even possible? lol
Anyway, I agree she’s most likely Han and Leia’s daughter. And the twin sister of Kylo Ren which should create an interesting dynamic.
What I’m not certain about is where Domhall Gleeson fits in the mix. Is he Luke’s son? Questions, questions…
I know they couldnt really have a love child….but lets be honest…we’d like to see them try. Haha 😛
Grand Moff Tarkins grandson…..
I still agree that the yrs and months leading up to a new star wars movie are epic because of all the banter and questioning by fans.
loving the look and feel of the movie so far and what I am hoping will break Avatars box office perch.
never in my lifetime did I think we would get a sequel trilogy let alone a prequel trilogy.
star wars truly is forever!!!
“Pass on what you have learned!”
Happy star wars day from Australia.
What do you think the video will be???
Chewie looks stoned.
Something about him looks a tad off.
Can’t tell if it’s the eyes, the brow is not as prominent as before, or his hair is less scruffy looking.
One of or all of the above are slightly out of whack.
That said, he’s far better looking than in ROTS for sure.
Chewbacca’s right arm/hand is not visible in this photo or in the second trailer… Perhaps truth to the idea that he lost an arm in battle and is sporting a mechanical arm.
Nor on the leaked toy images.
There’s a video on Vanity Fair’s website now with Adam Driver confirmed as Kylo Ren!
Yes, just saw that video.. can’t wait for more!!!
The video is up on the Vanity Fair site. It absolutely confirms who is playing Kylo Ren, so spoil at your own risk, etc.
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/star-wars-the-force-awakens-vanity-fair-cover
The VF BTS video is good. You’ll see some rumors confirmed by viewing it.
Check out vanityfair.com for a short video of Annie Leibowitz’ time spent on set – includes shots of Adam Driver in full costume sans helmet and Lupita Nyongo be speckled with CGI dots.
“Kylo Ren = Christie.” STOP PLEASE STOP
watch the video, and u ll know it is adam driver 🙂
I think all the reports of Bigfoot have actually been sitings of Chebakca. Think about it, he lives near lucas film in California. That is where the Patterson footage was filmed and a lot of other films of bigfoot. Someone should let the police know.
SPOILERS!!!!!!!
SPOILERS!!!!!!!
SPOILERS!!!!!!!
video is outthere! just visit official page of vanity fair
http://youtu.be/yRwuD68NHoI
Lupita’s an Alien.
Adam Driver’s Kylo.
BOOM IT’S A THING!!
Did Chewbacca always have so much eye-liner?
yes
The main thing about Chewie that is off, aside from his slicked back fur, is certainly the eyes. They look darker around the eyes, more angular, thinner… feminine looking as if he’s wearing eye-liner.
Well, I’ll always be bummed about the EU dismissal, but their use of the word ‘reboot’ means they at least acknowledge it.
Besides, reboots of famous franchise are all the rage nowadays. I heard Marvel is releasing a new continuity of comics very soon.