Update 2! Empire Reveals Six Exclusive Star Wars: The Force Awakens Covers, Plus New Image With Poe Dameron and More!
The covers feature Rey, Finn, Poe. Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma and Han Solo. The issue is due for release on November 26th. Check them out…
From Empire:
Luminous beings are these covers, too: as fantastic as these look here, they’re even better in the flesh, making use of 3D technology so dazzling, you’ll want to frame them immediately.
However, we recommend you at least read the actual issue, before dashing off to the framers. Issue 319 is stuffed to the absolute brim with Force Awakens coverage, featuring interviews with practically everyone involved in the film. Read revealing insights from JJ Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, even Mark Hamill – a man conspicuous by his absence in LucasFilm’s marketing so far.
Empire’s Force Awakens issue: an essential purchase. Available from November 26, at all good newsagents. The circle, as somebody once put it, is now complete.
Fantastic covers! I love the Poe cover with the black astromech in the back (similar to R2-Q5). Chewie looks awesome as well. Which one is your favorite?
Update!
Empire also revealed new image with Poe Dameron:
A hotshot Resistance X-wing pilot, Dameron is sent on a special mission by “a certain princess”, crossing paths with John Boyega’s Finn before their “fates are forever intertwined”. If said princess is Leia (now “referred to as General”, according to J.J. Abrams), then Ms. Organa’s orders certainly look set to put the wheels in motion.
We’ve already seen this scene from the Behind the Scenes video showed at SDCC. And many of you know, who the Stormtrooper is…
Update 2!
Empire also revealed a limited edition cover with a Kylo Ren figure:
But if that wasn’t enough, there is also an extremely Limited Edition special issue, for dedicated Star Wars fans only. Partnering up with Hasbro, we’ve included an official action figure of Kylo Ren with certain Force Awakens issues. Only 4,500 copies of this special issue will be printed, making it an instant collector’s item.
And also they revealed the cover that all subscribers will be getting:
Oh my! Subscribers, C-3PO and R2-D2 are coming soon to a planet near you. pic.twitter.com/ohMWgzOpgj
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Best picture of Chewy so far, he looks pissed off, a beast!
I fully agree… wonder if we’ll see him pull somebodies arms out of their
sockets in this movie? = P
Absolutely! I’m still dreaming of a R-rated SW movie! 😉
Whew!!! I’m really liking the Poe Finn and Han. Glad they did Han Justice. Better angle!
Totally agree. Best Han/Chewie poster so far.
Han, Chewie, and the Falcon. Most nostalgic.
Can’t wait for Jewish X-Mas this year – Star Wars VII in 3D / IMAX & Chinese food: T-Minus 31 days & counting!
whats is Jewish X Mas anyways? hahah
December 25th: Historically (leastways here in the States), MOST things closed – businesses, malls, restaurants, etc.; in a strange but harmonious fluke, X-Mas day (it turns out) is a great day not only to catch a flick (while many American gentiles are gathered around the Festivus Pole or whatever), but in some towns, your local Chinese eatery may be just about the only other thing open too…hence, Jewish X-Mas – a great twofer…
haha I know, I was just making fun of Jewish AND Xmas cause these are directly contradictory in a sense; thought you were thinking bout hanukah
Jewish X-mas? Is there no Hannukah now?
I love
I think the Rey one has my vote. I like the brightness of it for some reason here.
And let’s be honest. She’s smoking hot. Truth be told though, all the covers look great!
I heard someone here or another site say how “hard” she looked which is why I think she’s the best bit of casting far as the new cast goes. She’s not your typical Hollywood model turned ation hero, She’s still attractive enough to be a lead while at the same time being believable enough to look like she can take care of herself. I never really bought that with Natalie at all. I did with Carrie purely due to her commanding personality but Padme never had much of either.
Supposedly Portman was tough to deal with on set too.
I can see it. She always seemed to resent the role even moreso than Ford did towards the end, I mean at least he did the con circuit a few times even if it was only recently. I always thought she was overrated too, She’s a good actress but like most she is only as good as whoever is directing her.
Love these covers, Finn is the best one though
I still cannot take Finn as a Jedi. It is so out of place. If only he had trained with a Jedi… But NO, he was a stormtrooper! How can a stormtrooper wield a lightsaber and fight as a Jedi?
IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
It’s not chronologically possible for him to be a Jedi [yet]. Maybe he’s just a stormtrooper trained to use a lightsaber. Still no evidence he is force sensitive. Think he’ll end up partnering up with Chewie (Episode VIII onwards).
Either way, never in Star Wars we had such a thing as “stormtrooper trained to use a lightsaber”. And THAT is my complaint.
It’s been 30+ years since Return of the Jedi. Some things need to change, evolve.
But it had a lizard-robot-cyborg thing with a faulty respiratory system.
And an amphibian guy with 100 dreads swinging around a blade that cuts through durasteel.
And they gave a bunch of 9 year olds lightsabers.
Therefore, Jedi are the most irresponsible useless monks in the galaxy and I might actually trust a stormtrooper with a lightsaber more than a youngling…I think I got off topic.
The point is not WHO uses a lightsaber but WHY. Is it so hard to think about?
Because…who wouldn’t want to use a lightsaber?
Raise your hand and be struck down!!!!
Who says he is trained to use a lightsaber? A lightsaber is just a melee weapon. One you have to be super careful with, sure, but still just a melee weapon. If he’s trained to use those electro-batons, which I’m sure also mess you up if you accidentally hit yourself with while fighting, and any kind of sword training, then it’s reasonable to think he can at least be somewhat competent with a lightsaber, even if not ever trained to use one specifically.
That bit where a stormtrooper’s using some kind of laser baton to contain Finn’s blow with the lightsaber (which is a really cool scene, btw) clearly shows that stormtroopers have been trained to face lightsaber-wielding enemies, at least.
It’s not far-fetched to think that they could use that knowledge to wield a lightsaber themselves, even if they’re not as accomplished at it as Jedi or Sith. And since Finn’s a former stormtrooper, he could have been taught how to do this as part of his training. Simple as that.
Except for Maz Kanata standing in front of him as he ignites the lightsaber. That scene from the TV spot, which is reminiscent of Yoda and Luke on Dagobah, strongly suggests Maz “sees” that Finn is force sensitive.
It does? I think you’re reading way too much into it. Not saying he isn’t force sensitive, there’s just not enough evidence [yet] to suggest he is.
The only thing that doesn’t make even a tiny bit of sense is the assumption that wielding a lightsaber automatically makes someone a Jedi and that being a stormtrooper should somehow prevents Finn from, possibily, becoming a Jedi.
Yeah, and I am not assuming, I am just thinking about IF he really has “some” lightsaber skill…
BTW: Han & Chewie (and others) wield lightsabers in this month’s Marvel SW comic (believe it’s #12 of the new series)…
Han Solo, Leia and Chewbacca used Lightsabers in the new canon comics.
They all must be Jedis now.
I have a feeling they included that in the comic to show that anyone can swing around a lightsaber. It’s just a weapon. You don’t need to be a Jedi to use one; you just need to be really freaking careful. LOL Whether or not Finn is Force sensitive and becomes a Jedi in Eps 8 and 9, he isn’t one yet in this film either way, so him wielding Luke’s old saber is not proof of anything. He is carrying the saber to keep it safe, and it’s a bad ass weapon, so why not use it in a fight, especially if you have melee weapons training? Makes sense to me without it having any kind of greater meaning or allusions. *shrug
I know! How could Han cut open the Taun Taun with Luke’s saber if he wasn’t a Jedi? It doesn’t make sense.
Stop fooling around! Han just cut a dead animal´s belly. Finn will actually fight against Kylo, the main bad guy.
Apparently he will also fight at least one riot trooper before that. So, yes, it has nothing to do with Han cutting the Taun Taun open.
Yeah, he’ll be fighting a bad guy that apparently doesn’t even know how to build a lightsaber proper.
Obviously, Kylo should have the advantage over Finn, but there’s nothing to indicate that he’s a master with the lightsaber, either.
Finn knows how to use a saber cause stormtroopers use a staff, not for being a force sensitive from minute 1. From that there are two options:
a – He gives the saber to Rey.
b – He actually knows the way of the force and becomes a Jedi, never as strong as Rey.
From the TV spots, it appears that he will ignite the lightsaber for the first time in front of Maz Kanata. It’s probably Maz who convinces him to wield it after seeing something different in him.
“I see your eyes…”
Of course you have to point out that even if he is force sensitive he won’t be as powerful as Rey. You folks are obsessed with keeping him in his place.
What’s the deal? I’m saying that because Rey looks the center of the galaxy in this film, together with the force being the main theme of the whole saga, that’s why I say that. JJ wants to talk about “who’s Luke Skywalker” as well, I mean, the Skywalkers are the strongest isn’t it? Of course there’s the possibility that Finn is a Skywalker, but I really doubt it,
It would be lame to make Finn a Skywalker. I honestly hope they don’t do it.
Also, I think SW should move away from that “the Skywalkers are the strongest” theme. True, the force is strong in the Skywalker family, but, if the force has “awoken”, couldn’t there be a new “chosen one” who is not a Skywalker ? Finn maybe ?
I would imagine that the universe of force sensitive beings must be much greater than the Skywalkers and that the Skywalker clan is just a minuscule part of the history of force users throughout the galaxy.
Skywalker was brought to the universe by Darth Plagueis… I think that kinda justifies why are the strongest.
I never get why it has to be a one or none. Can we not accept that they are both possibly force sensitive?
Why don’t you wait to find out from the film instead of getting butt-hurt?
Cuz no
Push a button. Swing the thing around.
Okay fine. I’ll give you a serious answer.
It’s easily explained. He was a Stormtrooper like the guy he was fighting. I’m guessing he was friends with the guy. So he was trained in a weapon like the Stormtrooper has.
(Drops mic)
Pick up that mic boy, no littering allowed.
If Rey ends up fighting Kylo with a lightsaber and all she has been all her life is a scavenger how would that make any more sense? If your answer is she has the force well then maybe the same explanation can be applied to Finn.
You fanboys keep getting so worked up over the idea of Finnn being a jedi eventually. Why does it bother you? Why does it scare you?
I think Ainnem’s dismay stems from his faulty premise that Finn already fights like a Jedi. There’s no evidence of that in the trailers, so far. Finn, for all we can tell, is simply fighting with a lightsaber — and not Jedi trained.
HOW DOES A FARM BOY BECOME A JEDI?????
HE BECOMES, IS TRAINED. FINN IS A EMPIRE SORY FISRT ORDER STORMTROOPER
Hmm, let me think. Who was thinking of joining the Empire so he could be a pilot? Oh that’s right, Luke Skywalker.
Does it mean bb-8 will be following Rey in the future like R2D2 to luke? Will it leave Poe?
I think BB-8 might go back to Poe.
We see it in the back of Poe’s X-wing during the battle of Star Killer base,
in one of the trailers.
I think BB-8 might actually go off with Rey at the end of the movie.
Look at the end of Reys staff. Are those lightsaber emitters?
No, she already said it’s just a plain, ordinary staff.
Looks like Kylo serves Sauron, isn’t that the tower of Barad-Dur behind him? 😉 Snoke is Sauron!
my first impression too haha! its how they placed the shuttle onto the tower thing
That’s not terrible, unless its the flaming vagina eye again.
Finn’s jacket looks like something from Armani. Talk about contemporary.
Its a copy from Luke’s in ANH ceremony.
Also, I can’t imagine a world where a leather jacket isn’t cool.
And Luke’s looked like something Michael Jackson would wear (laughs) https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5366a0bebca7892252a06ea21028a9e3af42f532bf0970994515e548ab47dc30.jpg
Luke’s yellow jacket is super-cool.
What have they done to poor Johns face.
It’s like the magazine editors don’t know what to do with his face. I can’t tell if that’s weird, or just awesome.
Poe’s cover gets my vote. I love Isaac and I’ve been yearning for more promo featuring Poe which sadly has been quite low in the past month or two. Phasma and Finn look very weird in my opinion, like the poses feel super unnatural, very forced – exactly magazine cover orientated. I realize that this Phasma pic has been all over marketing but I just don’t know, looks akward af, probably cuz of foreshortening at a strange angle. Also I don’t understand why th have to Photoshop Harrison so hard, everyone knows he’s 70, don’t neeed to make him look like a 50something who just got silverhair
Yeah, that’s buyable. The color, the light, everything’s balanced. He others just look photohyped.
Han & Chewie look badass. Per usual. Might have to pick that one up.
Harrison looks in great shape. I hope he has some quotable lines
It’s true, all of it. The Dark Side. The Jedi. They’re real.
I’m sure he will. Although, I can’t remember any from that last Indiana Jones flick.
I’m getting too old for this.
A bit cheesy, but I’ll take it. lol
Finn with Luke’s lightsaber again ? Some Finn haters on this board will have a nervous breakdown !
Apparently he is just holding it temporarily…like a butler or waiter.
More like THE Butler. Finn is going to be a Jedi, goddammit!
Calm down.
I AM CALM.
‘Finn Haters’! I don’t hate Finn. I believe he is driven by a sense of social justice, and will become a strong popular figure in the ST. I’m also 99.9% confident that Han dies. Does that mean I hate Han as well?
Just noticed the little signature vehicles in white right below the title too.
Hahaha that font is awful.
I see comically bad photoshopped TIE Fighters in Rey’s cover.
There’s a limited edition cover that comes with a kylo ren action figure if you buy it in the UK at certain stores. It’s on their website if you guys want to add it to the news
Finn’s pose/stance is just weird… his head seem at odds with the rest of him?! Han Chewie is great nostalgia, but Ford looks to have had about 15yrs photoshopped off him…
I’d have to say Kylo’s cover is the most convincing, with Poe a close second.
I thought Ford looked pretty good here. https://www.facebook.com/StarWars/videos/1056326951085572/
exactly my thoughts
http://www.idigitaltimes.com/star-wars-force-awakens-plot-spoiler-leaks-what-does-terminator-genisys-and-emilia-492610
I’m kinda done with click bait crap.
This movie is bantha fodder for click baiting
That is totally the ROTS/ANH/ESB blue saber. F’ing idiots out there saying:”No its different, he spends time in the movie building it.”
Yeah they’re going to stop the plot and spend screen time on that. Cause that totally worked in ROTJ
Anyone who’s familiar with lightsaber designs, like us hobby lightsaber builders, know for a fact that that is Luke’s saber from ESB specifically. While Anakin’s saber in RotJ, the one Obi-wan gives Luke in ANH, and the one Luke still has in ESB are technically the same saber in the story, they are actually each different props with some big differences in the details. Each one is distinct and recognizable, as is every lightsaber ever shown in any of the 6 films. The lightsaber Finn is carrying in TFA is without a doubt the same lightsaber Luke uses in ESB and loses at Cloud City. They recreated the ESB version of the Anakin/Luke saber exactly. Those who say otherwise are ignorant fools, who don’t know what they’re talking about.
Oh I agree. It would not surprise me there would be continuity issues with props. The falcon cockpit set is different in ANH than it is ESB, and Vader’s costume changes everymovie
#RedEyes
I think you mean R2-Q2, not Q5. This is interesting because there were two R2-Q2s on screen. The first was seen on the Tantive IV travelling alongside R4-M9 (another droid returning in TFA apparently). The second was Biggs’ co-pilot during the Battle of Yavin and was destroyed by Darth Vader.
I wonder if they’ll also re-use the same droid that travels around the Death Star, the one with the glass/blue canopy that can be seen in many shots in ANH.
If it escaped the Death Star before it blew. I can’t wait to see what other fun cameos JJ threw in.
So Finn is the good guy and Kylo the bad guy then? Since one has the good lightsaber and the other with the bad lightsaber
Rey and Finn are the future Jedi and Kylo Ren is the dark side user.
Bad guy turned good if you ask me, since Stormtroopers are trained to be “evil”.
People love to jump to conclusions and take leaps in logic based on “evidence” that in no way solidifies those conclusions.
I have the answer to everyone asking about where is Luke…
“We’ve already seen this scene from the Behind the Scenes video showed at SDCC. And many of you know, who the Stormtrooper is…”
Found him! He’s back in disguise as a stormtrooper, just like he was in the original movie.
lolno
more like “trollno” :p
The only one I want is that Threepio and Artoo cover… and I can’t get it!
So excited to have at least one of these covers
Cool. I like all the covers the Kylo and captain phasma and Han are awesome. I want the special edition Kylo figure!!
It’s just like Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory! I’ve got a golden ticket, I’ve got a golden twinkle in my eye!
I think I’d pick the Poe Dameron one. Probably my favourite of the new characters. Plus he’s played by Oscar Isaac who was actually one of my favourite actors before he got cast in this so I was glad with that announcement. Intrigued that we’ve seen so little of him compared to Rey and Finn so far, and we don’t know if he even meets Rey, seeing as he’s one of the main three principle good guys. I hope they aren’t all overshadowed by Luke, Han & Leia actually. I can kinda see why Michael Arndt was reluctant to feature the returning three too much in his original draft if that rumour is true.