First Look at Carrie Fisher as Leia from The Force Awakens
The Hashtag Show has posted an image that appears to be Carrie Fisher, wearing a grey jumpsuit and black vest, the same costume we’ve seen from the second The Force Awakens teaser.
We didn’t have any doubts that Leia was in the second teaser trailer, but now here’s a better look at her costume from the movie (via ikwiz):
Now this image has been around for some time. We’ve seen it with different watermarks, so I guess it was just a question of time before someone leaks it. The photo matches with Carrie’s new look with blonde hair she showed back in July (HERE).
You probably have heard the rumors that Princess Leia will actually be Queen Leia in The Force Awakens. It’s interesting to see the Queen wearing a uniform that looks very similar to the regular rebel trooper outfit, as seen in A New Hope:
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So the scene of Leia getting Luke / Anakin’s lightsaber becomes even more poignant.
I wonder if at this stage she thinks Luke is lost to her or even dead.
And I wonder if she will use the family lightsaber or choose to use her force talents in a different way.
That means the one shot in the tralier with R2 must be Luke!
No, the shot of R2 and the cloaked figure in the trailer IS NOT Luke Skywalker, it is Max Von Sydows character. Luke has ONLY a robotic hand. This persons entire arm is robotic. We have been told that his character is at least half bionic, like vader and grevious. I imagine that he has just given the lightsaber to R2 for safekeeping.
Well, its going to be interesting, anyhow..
Bad feeling and all that?
That looks like vaders sabre to me
The bottom of Anakin/Lukes hilt dosn’t look too different from the bottom of Vaders. They both have the black rails. Tho, the rails are not present on Lukes ROTJ saber. Only his ESB saber, wich he lost on Bespin.
But its tough to see it from that angle.. My bet is that its Lukes.. Leia did’nt have a strong connection to Vader, as Luke did. It makes more sence to me.
Luke ROTJ Saber is definitely more similar to Obiwan’s Lightsaber, which is a nice gesture if you think about it.
Correct, and Vaders lightsaber would have blown up with the second death star. It is Anakin/Lukes. I don’t get what the deal with the sword is. It holds no special powers. Its nothing more than a relic. I think the whole idea with the sword is kinda weak.
It does look like the Sithy one,more plausible if Luke just picked up his Dads than somebody finding the one that fell on Bespin.
Yea.. But, but when Lukes cuts Vaders hand off, aboard the second Death Star, it is my oppinion that the saber goes over the rails and into the abyss. Same way the Emperor does 2 minutes later 😉
Me again… I could just have watched the trailer again… Duh!
Its NOT Vaders saber. It is the Bespin saber
http://i.imgur.com/3jt2tQD.jpg
Spoiler Alert!
You might be right….Thinking about it,both are a stretch to believe,strange choice for a mcguffin.
The saber is chrome from the grip up which is Annikens lightsaber that is given to Luke in ANH. Vaders saber had a very similar grip but the tip is matte black instead of chrome. I think making it Lukes saber makes it more interesting as well. It’s the saber Anniken used to bring down the Jedi and the saber that Luke started his jounrey with, pretty cool.
There’s no question that it’s the saber that was first passed down to Luke at all, never was.
The only thing Vader’s red lightsaber has in common with that is the bottom of the hilt.
Once again so called fans up in here don’t even know the property hurrrr durrrr go JJ Abrams hiz so pirrfeckt to maek dis moobie
It seems like “Luke’s Saber” is being tossed around every time this hilt is mentioned. I think the plot point regarding the saber will focus on the fact that it once belonged to Darth Vader. Luke used it for some time, but it was never really his. His own is the green saber we see in ROTJ. I know when we think Vader’s saber we think of the red one from the OT, but in a very real sense, the blue one belonged to Vader as well. He used it as a Jedi, sure, but he also used it to slay sand people and cut down the Jedi at the temple. The blue saber is very much a Sith relic as much as it is a Jedi heirloom. The saber MacGuffin will be about the fact it belonged to Vader not Luke. Otherwise we’d be looking at the ROTJ saber in the trailer and hanging on Finn’s costume.
It never belonged til Vader.. It belonged to Anakin (and Obi Wan, who passed it on to Luke). But I understand where youre going with it 🙂
He was Darth Vader before Obi-Wan cut him up.
I understand that you didn’t watch Revenge of the Sith, wherein Anakin becomes Vader and proceeds to kill lots of Jedi with that blue lightsaber until Obi-Wan leaves him to die. Nothing like a bunch of “Star Wars fans” chiming in on movies they don’t even know that well.
Dont buy into him being Vader at that time. I Admit its been years since i’ve seen ROTS, but I don’t recall him being called Vader untill the very last end, (Rise lord Vader).
What I belive we see is Anakins rage. He dos’nt become Vader untill his transformation is complete, and called upon by the Emperor.
haha “I understand that you didn’t watch Revenge of the Sith”
By that logic, you really don’t understand very much…
You need to watch it again. He is called Vader from way earlier in the movie.
Palpatine names him Vader immediately after Mace Windu dies.
I Stand corrected then 🙂
hey give them a break, as if ROTS is easy to sit through even once.
I, and many others, don’t regard the prequels as canon. Let’s not bring them into these discussions. Three big steaming turds, they were.
What more be said. I’m a hardcore fan and you just killed it. It IS Vader’s ORIGINAL…….saber.
The sand people massacre was with anakins first saber that was destroyed in the droid factory
Oh yeah. I forgot about that. He definitely killed younglings with it though
Sandlings aren’t people.
Dude, he killed young Jedi with it.
Anakin didn’t use that sword to kill the sand people. I have a replica of his sword from clones. The sword that is passed down to luke is not introduced until Revenge of the Sith. If you pay close attention to the first fight in Sith you can tell that both Anakin and obi wans sabers sound different than the ones in episodes II and III because they went back and used the original sound effects for their swords in A New Hope.
In a way, it was Vader’s saber. It was Anakin’s saber that Ben gave to Luke that was lost on Bespin when Vader cut Lukes hand off.
Why don’t you guys just call it “the father” saber. It’s must simpler.
I hope people will now stop saying that it’s Rey that receives the light saber in the 2nd teaser trailer 🙂
Everyone really jumped to that conclusion with out even looking at the two shots of both hands in the tralier, I knew it was her since she had a ring on but really Luke said” my sister has it” so I new it was her anyway.
Oh, It will end up belonging to either Rey or Finn by the end of the film. I have a strong feeling that Rey is Lukes daughter.
May I point out that it also looks a lot like what the person that gets the lightsaber in the 2nd teaser is wearing.
I think you might need another coffee before returning to your keyboard…
So they weren’t ‘rebel troopers’ per se, they were Alderanian troopers? That costume IS the same as the Tantive IV troopers, and the Tantive IV wasnt a rebel ship, it was an Alderanian consular ship.
She looks great! I was kind of worried how Carrie might look in this film, but they have done a good job here. Very fitting with the OT, particularly with the ESB style hair. (She does seem a little uncomfortable/awkward in these photos though).
theres something strange there…
Please tell me that mods in the Cantina don’t have access to unreleased pics unless they were theirs to begin with. Please please tell me only Viral Hide has access to these pics and not forum moderators. Otherwise it seems awfully unfair.
And why is that?
Because unless they have inside sources or information, then they are just fans like everyone else. I mean posting a lot and being in the Cantina 24/7 should not give you special access to insider information unless you have connections yourself.
You’re being silly, Viral can do what he wants with whatever he has or gets.
He started this site and i like the way he runs it. Nothing unfair about it, but
if some of the Cantina members that he picks out to be mods get to see stuff that we don’t get to see thats not unfair. Its just the perks of them putting time and effort in helping keep this place going. Its similar to someone complaining about movie theater workers getting to see a movie early, its not unfair its just perks of the job.
Do you really think they help keep the Cantina going? Duke they don’t, every fan in combination does. They are no different than any other poster. And some members contribute more to information, or stopping misinformation from spreading than the mods. That’s the truth. I understand if they are close personal friends, or are an insider source, but often these guys are complete strangers. Seeing those images should not be an incentive.
People like Dekka129, Pomojema and others do help keep this place going and growing. I’ve been here long enough to see it. This site use to not even have a Cantina, who do you think helped Viral with this site with posting articles, moderating comments and editing articles ? He did a lot but he had some help so don’t discount their participation its disrespectful.
Ah, yessss… I remember the days before those fancy, lime-flavored popsicle “Likes”. Folks like me come far-n’-wide for a few kernels of information to sustain us.
Man, those years were lean! 0_o
Nowadays, these young whipper-snappers complain about the so-called “lack of relevant VII news”, not having the sense to realize they haven’t passed out from malnutrition yet. “Spoiled!” is what they are! Hmph.
You know, for a little while we had fun abusing the “Dislike” system, heh heh HEHHH! Thems were good times. Ahem. Alas, Old Man Viral…heh, he put an end to that. <};^{C
Were done here.
Young and reckless. Never their mind on where they were. Hmmph. What they were doing hmmph.
I wasn’t talking about the original mods like Pomojema or Dekka though…
(That wasn’t me who responded to you earlier about the early days of the Cantina, that was someone else)
Then thats your fault for not having a name.
Even newer mods like Bluestreaking and Tom Voxx have done a lot. But this really comes down to Viral can do what he wants so don’t be jealous if you want some perks maybe work on trying to be a mod but don’t complain and tell him what he should or shouldn’t do.
First of all, I was not telling Viral what to do. Of course he can do what he wants, but that doesn’t mean Viral is not open to feedback. Let’s put it this way: If I was one of his sources I would never go to a mod to leak something, and I certainly would not want them to see anything that I would not want to be made public. And I am glad you responded that way, because that is exactly my point! I should not want to become a mod so I can see images. It would be so I, you know, I actually wanted to be a mod. But whatever he will probably find out the hard way, if he hadn’t already from the incidents of FakingStarWars. You act like this is actually bad advice when it’s actually the wise thing to do to not share material with new mods. I think you must be buddies with them or else you would not feel the need to speak for them.
so covergirl is putting out a star wars makeup line now :/… the disney jedi princess era has begun and shot whatever new hope we had at a decent trilogy in the face with a DL44
So according to you, Star Wars is over because they decide to sell a line of makeup to women? Do you also believe women were created from man’s rib bone as well? Sheesh.
Lol, lol, lol, lol. Don’t tell me thats true?
If women weren’t that ugly, they would
not need so much makeup (be warned
of the social commentary sarcasm)
Disney must really be desperate!
Great. Well done. *sigh*
Michael Kaplan, costume designer for ep. VII, said this a while back: “So I made two very, very clean-cut palettes. The Empire is in very cold blacks and grays and metallics and teal blues. The Rebels are in khakis and olives and some oranges—warmer colors.”
This costume reveal may very well be giving us a bit more information about the characters and factions of the movie than it would seem at first glance….
“So, you have a twin sister. Your feelings have now betrayed her, too. Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me. Now his failure is complete. If you will not turn to the Dark Side… then perhaps she will…”
Maz Kanata is a sage
I think that may be the Alderan military uniform rather than the Rebel uniform – which would tie in with the hints in the now canon Princess Leia comics about her trying to unite the remnants of the Alderan population scattered across the Galaxy – wouldn’t be surprising, therefore, for her to be Queen now.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rebel_Trooper
Oh you think? Well I happen to know that those were always referred to as Rebel Troopers and Alderaan has no military because I paid attention.
“SIGHhhhhhhh” are you people even actually Star Wars fans? Do you know anything about Star wars? That IS the BEspin Saber.YES VADER DID USE IT…Anakin died at the same time Mace Windu was destroyed. it is the same light saber that killed all the jedi and younglings in the Jedi Temple by “VADER” and the same lightsaber that “VADER” used to fight Obi-Wan…The suit does not define Vader…the fact that he Became Vader in Palpatines chamber after they killed Mace Windu defines Vader,…ALSO….Alderaan was a Peaceful planet with NO WEAPONS and had NO MILITARY….It is a Rebel Uniform, if it is not a rebel Uniform then Kenner misprinted millions of action figures in 1977…and if you didnt know that was Leia the day that the Teaser aired…then you really need mental help.you can clearly see part of her Pony tail in the teaser, and Rey is a damn scavenger..do you really think she gets an anual mannicure? i doubt they stop off at the emerald city and get their hair and nails did, before they travel down the yellow brick road to find the wizard (luke). ( it is a rebel uniform) ( it is vader’s saber) ( the lightsaber is the main character in the film and has everything to do with the force awakening)………. good lord
Is Captain Antilles wearing a rebel outfit, then? He has the same style helmet as the soldiers.
Couldn’t the uniforms they have be those of Alderaanian guard/ship personnel? And you assume “no weapons” means no small arms rather than just no larger military weapons capable of fighting huge wars. You also assume the “soldiers” are meant to have those weapons and that the guns go with the uniforms.
If they were trying to look peaceful and unarmed to the Empire then why fire on the Imperials with weapons they claim they don’t use? They could have been hired soldiers to act as protection, but that just seems hypocritical for pacifists… And above all, why have their Alderaanian Captain wearing a military style uniform/helmet while he is claiming to be on a diplomatic mission?
Just because toys use the name doesn’t mean that is the end of the story. They could be rebel soldiers who come from Alderaan and are wearing local garb. Leia doesn’t seem too bothered using weapons and is both Alderaanian and a Rebel leader.
PS. Do you even lift, bro!?
Katana means samurai sword.. interesting
Are you talking about Maz Kanata? Her name is spelled Kanata, not Katana; though it could still be a scramble of Katana.
Kanata is a native American word meaning “village” or “settlement” and is related to Canada. Don’t know if that has anything to do with the naming of the character.
Maz reminds me a maze and labyrinth, perhaps hinting at her character’s hidden true nature.
And I just found that Maz is Latvian for “little”. So maybe “Little Village”? Probably not…
Katana sounds fun. Kanata is not only ‘settlement’ but a part of Ottawa. Weirdass name.
He is christened with the name Vader when he pledges his allegiance to Palpatine after Mace was killed. He bows before the emperor and is given the title “Darth Vader”
So yes, it would have belonged to Darth Vader and that would make it a sith artifact of great importance
I just wanna see Luke…
At Celebration this year, they had concept art of Finn’s costume. In his pocket was Anakin/Luke’s lightsaber from A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. There was no mistaking the hilt as being the one lost on Bespin.
Looks awful. Yet again, Disney disses original design and stylization just to keep the whining OT fanboys happy. Bring on the jerky stop-motion taun taun…
Yeah Disney is only trying to please OT fanboys and spitefully ignoring the wishes of the PT club.. that’s makes a lot of sense.. (slaps forehead)
The taun-taun is cool.
Military uniforms don’t change much.
You’re looking for things to whine about.
Yes, the OT movies were better quality movies.
Continue your whine. I will bring the popcorn.
I think Carrie Fisher had a hand-double.
Could be, but I don’t think so. I think it is the lighting and maybe makeup that make the hands look younger. If you mess with the trailer stills in Photoshop you see they are older than they look in the trailer. There is a distinct vain/wrinkle on her left wrist in the trailer, but I can’t find many decent pics of Carrie that show it, and none it that position (I’ve been trying to prove it is her to people who question it).
I also don’t think her hands look bad anyway.
Also, many close up shots like that are done with stand-ins anyway.
Major rebels authority here.
You better do as General Leia told, or
she’s gonna get your sorry ass handed
Vader possibly had two red sabers in ROTJ. He has the one when he starts fighting Luke but he throws that one at Luke when Luke jumps up onto that second-tier ledge and starts talking all that shit about “…I don’t believe you’ll destroy me now”. After Vader throws that saber at Luke and that scaffolding thing comes crashing down, Vader whips out another red lightsaber. Not unless we are supposed to assume Vader used the force to guide the one he threw at Luke back in his hands. It happens pretty fast so it seems there is a second red lightsaber.
*bangs head on desk* …. some of these posts… meh!
We agree that it looks like trying to fit older people in costume looks bad in concept but we accepted the old or aged in the classic trilogy with: Grand Moff-Tarkin to rebel leaders (Major Bren Feeling), Ben Kenobi and Owens, Yoda, Lobot, Yak-Face, Mon Mothma, General Madine, unmasked Darth Vader (older Anakin) etc. WAIT TO SEE HOW J.J. USES THEM BECAUSE STAR WARS. CHARACTERS ARE OLD AND YOUNG!
That’s it! This is definite proof that Leia is a Sith lord in The Force Awakens!!!! Dressed in black and grey. Has her father’s light saber. I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw her slaying tons of younglings and ewoks with that saber! Wicket’s days are numbered!!!!
I wish Carrie Fisher had shown a little more restrain with the plastic surgeries. She has that “I just sucked on a lemon for the first time” facial expression permanently bolted to her skull. It kinda makes me sad.
I wish society wouldn’t have said she looks like trash and said she looks “rough”, hence giving her insecurities that told her she needs to have plastic surgery in the first place.
Boom! Anonymous – just Boom! on that. Too much pressure on we ladies to look 25 all of our lives. Women in Hollywood know their days are numbered, it’s scary – men not so much, men get distinguished, we ladies get told to get plastic surgery. Carrie is a 58/59 year old woman for Pete’s sake. End of rant!
I was hoping for something more regal (like her mama) but I suppose this makes sense for a war room. Maybe Ep. VIII. What intrigues me most is: what is she “Queen” of?
I like this better than a regal outfit. I think it shows that she is still very closely involved in the rebellion/resistance. Makes me think of the scene in ESB where she is in the command room on Hoth during the attack, or in ANH when she was in the command room during the attack on the Death Star. A strong, commanding presence during dire times.
This is sort of cool to see, for those who are dying for new material. But it’s poor quality/weird pose/clearly not meant for distribution and if I were Leia/Carrie, I’d rather have the official images be the first ones released instead of this leaked thing.
I don’t like it. I was hoping for something a little more regal, something you might see Mon Mothma wear.
This looks more like a costume for action and she looks really too old for that.
Kylo searches for the crystal..was hidden in Lukes light Sabre by obiwan. Do you get the drift.
In the first draft of ESB Luke finds a “memory cell” crystal in the saber hilt that leads him to Yoda. R2 reads the data crystal and it contains coordinates to Dagobah (I don’t think it was named in the draft though).
http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lukes-lightsaber.jpg
Looks stupid… If she is a ‘Queen’ or ‘a leader’ of a new order…. I think she would be wearing something a bit more special..
Yes you all hate the PT, but at least padme had suitable attire based on her character role..
You assume Leia’s character role is to be Queenly. Maybe she is more militaristic than royal and doesn’t want to stand out among her people, which fits her personality from the OT anyway. There is also the fact that she could have more than one outfit and this is her battle uniform.
If this http://41.media.tumblr.com/d9918ec923316228145b86d56efe2331/tumblr_ngjpfn9mHP1tg9gcwo1_r2_1280.jpg was the first look you had at Padme, would you assume she wouldn’t dress in a royal manner anymore in EP2? And what if you saw her Tatooine look first in EP1?
Padme didn’t have a role.
OMG…that saber was Vader’s saber for what….4 hours? It was made by a Jedi, it was in Luke’s possession for at least a couple of years. However, that saber killed way more Jedi than Sith in that tiny time Period “Vader” had it.
-Anakin gets the title Lord Vader
-He goes to the Jedi Temple right away
-After he’s done with the Jedi Temple, he is sent to Mustifar.
-Obiwan comes to Mustifar, cuts “Vader” up, and Obiwan now has the saber.
So would you give it maybe 4 hours that “Vader” had that saber? A day at the most.
Alright, I’m totally off topic but I just have to share this thought. I’m not sold on the fact that this dessert planet is “Jakku” Perhaps the name was changed from tatooine because it was the home of Darth Vader and they wanted that memory erased from the galaxy. Rey lives there. The skywalkers come from there and she is without a doubt a Skywalker. Just a thought.I mean how many dessert planets are there???
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