Vanity Fair Reveals 4 Character Covers for Their June “The Last Jedi” Issue
Vanity Fair has just revealed the 4 covers of their June issue, which will focus on The Last Jedi. The covers feature all the main characters from the movie. The actual coverage of the story will happen in the following days as Vanity Fair will share interviews with the cast and other interesting things about the movie. Check them out…
From VanityFair:
Today, Vanity Fair debuts the cast of its follow-up, The Last Jedi, on four different covers, marking the first time we’ve released alternate Star Wars covers. Leibovitz’s full portfolio will be online Wednesday, along with our story on the making of the new film, written by David Kamp. The Summer issue of Vanity Fair will be on newsstands in New York and Los Angeles on May 31, and nationally on June 6. Readers in search of the full Vanity Fair-Star Wars experience, including all four covers, a commemorative poster, and early access, on May 24, to our digital editions, with lightsaber effects by Industrial Light & Magic, can purchase here.
Here are all of the covers:
Few of the interesting bits that the covers offer are that we see Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma with her helmet off for the first time.
Also VF shares that Adam Driver reveals in their interview that Kylo Ren’s wounds go much deeper than the fearsome new scar on his face.
One of the covers also reveals that Kelly Marie Tran’s character full name will be Rose Tico, who is confirmed to be a Resistance maintenance worker.
The final cover with Carrie Fisher as General Leia is really heartbreaking and awesome looking at the same time.
Vanity Fair promises more on their coverage tomorrow, so stay tuned.
You can check Vanity Fair’s full article here.
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Phasma w/o helmet and with a pike?!?! Awesome!!!! Please let that be in the film!
She should be wearing a Dianoga.
Interesting to see Gwendoline Christie without helmet. I wonder how that’s going to be put into the film.
Poe = Han Solo. Oscar Isaac is just too cool.
Very nice images!
But besides Phasma’s new look and weapon, the only thing new seems to be the confirmation that the leather glove on the old book belongs to Luke.
Man that is an awesome coat Carrie is sporting. Still hurts.
She looks like a queen. 🙂
It’s fantastic and she looks great. I love it.
That’s what elegance means. God, she’s marvelous.
Luke wears a glove in his mechanical hand. If you remember, in the trailer we saw a gloved hand sliding on that sort of ancient scroll.
duly noted. so it’s luke looking through those old books
Tico:
https://www.google.pl/search?q=tico&safe=off&client=opera&hs=yeq&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXvPrk_4XUAhVJ1SwKHbaMD5sQsAQIOQ&biw=1280&bih=916
Severus Snape in the house
Phasma has some badass spear
Leia’s cover is fantastic. Royalty indeed. It will hurt, but I cannot wait to see her in the movie.
All our heroes (old and new and newest) look fantastic. Poe… damn. Poe, Finn and Rose look really cool. Luke really looks like a mythical figure.
Hux looks like young, ginger Hitler.I didn’t believe they would remove Phasma’s helmet outside of the movie, but I like the spear? Spike? Kylo is still a Vader fanboy judging by that cape.
It begins..
So: is this Phasma with out the helmet or are they showing the actress’ face for the sake of the photo shoot?
I bet we’ll see her without it in the movie.
Kelly is cute.
Mark is cuter.
https://media.giphy.com/media/FTHs6rpi6leaA/giphy.gif
So that hand that moved over the journal of the whills in the trailer belonged to Luke.
Captain Phasma who gave you permission to remove that helmet?
Apparently Kelly has the most screen time in EpVIII. hmmm
http://i.imgur.com/okp66FD.gif
I thought the same thing too, man. And this gif illustrates it perfectly. but…
https://twitter.com/nerdypoc/status/866981052551753729
I read it as the out of all the new characters she has the most screen time.
The most screen time of the NEW characters (meaning Dern and BDT have less), but not the most among ALL the characters.
Ha, I missed your post. 🙂
Bringing peace to the galaxy where I can. 😉
I think they meant from the new cast members, like Laura Dern, Benicio Del Toro and so on.
Yeah that seems to be the consensus. Makes sense though, she is hanging with Finn after all.
No, of the new characters…
Can you say that one more time. I don’t think I got the message. 😉
haha
I dont like Kylos look at all.
I it just feels too “generic” by giving him a black cloak. I loved the monk like scarf hood.
I also dont like that they seem to be abandoning the idea of him wearing a mask. (Personally I loved the design of his mask). He is supposed to want to become Vader, why would he abandon the mask.
But lets get to the serious issue.
WHERE IS MAZ KANATAS COVER!!!!!!!!!!! SHE IS THE STAR OF THE FRANCHISE NOW!
He has a new helmet which is slightly more exaggerated than the one seen in TFA. Is it the same helmet we saw destroyed in the trailer? Who knows
I also believe it’s because he doesn’t feel the need to hind behind the mask. A metamorphosis if you will
I completely understand the reasoning from an acting perspective (more emotion with face that a helmet). But personally Im just getting bored with it being all focused on human characters. The mask makes it visually interesting.
They need iconic looks for this series (like vaders in the OT). Kylos TFA look was sufficent for that.
They way they have evolved the Rey costume (from the 3 we have seen) is an excellent way to go about it. All three costumes are distinct but also are connected (they all seem to adopt the arm-glove s).
I think it’s more so from a story perspective. Kylo Ren as a character is coming into his own. But I understand, the mask is damn awesome.
The saga always focused on human characters.
I’m personally glad that the mask is gone. It looked stupid. For granted, the hood looked great with it. But the sides and the chrome looked really dumb. The rest of his outfit in TFA was excellent. As such, I am glad he doesn’t have it and we’ll see Ben coming into his own and not copying Vader. Because, really that mask was the equivalent of a fanboy trying to copy his idol. Now, we’re seeing Ben as his own individual and like Vader, trying to carve his own path.
It’s amusing to see how much Disney is promoting the “for the Asian markets” character. I wonder if she’ll even figure prominently in the narrative.
While its clear she has been added for the Chinese Box office (please note I dont have an issue with this at all; im glad there is more diversity in the universe).
I believe she will have a substantial role. I believe she is supposed to go on a mission with Finn; hence it likely Finns screen time will equal her screen time.
I like to go in blissfully ignorant believing that these characters/actors were chosen because of the story and not because Disney is trying to rake in the dollars. Otherwise it just ruins the SW experience for me
Wow I wish I could do that!
I do agree that Rose clearly was put in there for the Asian markets. I’m not against it as China is a massive market(having been there recently myself, I saw it firsthand). My only thing is I hope that LucasFilm doesn’t pull a Transformers and just have her be there and do nothing/ capture sterotypes. For granted, this is a galaxy far far away. But the concept of Rose is a interesting one which could be a standout in of itself.
And pairing her with Boyega is an excellent choice as I felt like that duo could be a highlight. So yeah, I can understand your skepticism, but I’ll put my trust into Rian Johnson. He isn’t the type to make side characters superflous, if Brick is an indicator of that.
Rogue One with Donny Yen bombed at the Chinese box office. The Force Awakens fared much better.
I don’t get why people think it bombed. It just didn’t do as well as TFA. The counter argument: It might not have done as well as it did without Yen.
Next to the UK ($81 million), the China box office for R1 was second internationally at $69 million. You can see for yourself:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=starwars2016.htm
Relative to expectations it bombed. Made almost half of The Force Awakens.
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It’s no big mystery that Kathleen Kennedy wants “a cast that represents and reflects the world today, and having characters that people can relate to all over the world…”
But this idea that Disney thinks putting a Vietnamese-American in Star Wars is going to get millions of Chinese people to go see it is absurd. It doesn’t matter if the movie is even shown in Asia; there are people all over the U.S. and Europe who look like Kelly Marie Tran. When are people going to stop thinking there has to be an ulterior motive to cast anyone who isn’t white?
Because this is Disney
This actress, Kelly Tran, is not a known quantity among movie goers in Asian countries, especially China. There are plenty of popular Chinese actresses working in Chinese movies now who Lucasfilm could have easily cast in order to exploit the China movie theater market. But they didn’t. (Fox did this with X-Men: Days of Future Past.)
You’d have a better argument that Tran was cast to draw in more young female viewers to the Star Wars brand. There is clearly evidence that Lucasfilm and Disney are pursuing this (the upcoming dolls for girls, and shorts featuring the female characters, for example).
Pictures are cool but I’m more interested in the comments that should be coming in the story.
But pictures are worth a thousand words……
But if you have a picture AND a thousand words…boom…two thousand words right there. 🙂 Can’t wait for the articles.
If you take a picture of the 1000 words then each word would be worth 1000 words. Boom, 1 million words.
I have a funny feeling that Poe will take over The Falcon. He looks very Han Solo-ish. His Black X-Wing is destroyed!
What do you guys think…
Think the Falcon will stay with Rey and Chewie.
Nah, Rey will take over the Falcon for sure.
Chewie….
I think Rey’s inheriting everything. Luke’s lightsaber, droid, and Force skills; Han’s copilot and ship; Leia’s bad-ass female status; heck, she almost took Poe’s little buddy! Only thing left is Leia’s position as leader of the Resistance, which I hope Finn or Poe gets a chance to fill if the time comes.
I understand you’re using hyperbole to prove your point, but I can see what you are saying. I have no problem with Rey inheriting Luke’s lightsaber or Force skills and becoming the new hero of this next generation – but there better be a DAMN good reason if she gets the Falcon over Chewie. I can’t think of one, and one hasn’t been presented either in TFA or on these forums so far (there have been many “reasons” presented here, but not any good ones). But, there’s 2 movies left in this trilogy, so we’ll see….
I think they’re going to keep Chewie as her sidekick, so even if she doesn’t technically own the Falcon, she’ll still be in the pilot’s seat.
I think Poe will inherit leadership of the Resistance.
The Falcon belongs to (or should belong to) Chewie now.
They better explain Phasma’s survival…and Finn’s. Are light sabers less lethal now? A slice up the entire back side should have spilled everything in him…just saying…
Phasma obviously escaped, how isn’t important.
As for lightsabers, I don’t recall they ever spilled people’s insides and they rarely even cause blood. They cauterize the wound, which is why Luke’s hand didn’t bleed.
Lightsabers are the same as they have been. Pay attention.
“They cauterize the wound,…”
Except tauntauns’ wounds, apparently.
And Ponda Baba. lol
Aliens are different than humans, obviously. It doesn’t have that effect on humans and it did on one alien. Use some logic. LOL.
It’s actually because it was before Lucas had decided that Laser Swords don’t cause bleeding. Don’t be such a prick. LEL
Well, duh. But we are talking about the IN-UNIVERSE reason. Not the real-world reason. If you want to talk about that, then the answers for lots of things are different.
You are the one who said “lol”, so I responded in kind and yet I am the prick? You resorted to name-calling, first lol. Hypocrite.
That’s not what cauterize means hahahahahahaha.
“burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected.”
That’s why there is no blood on the tauntaun, not why nothing spills out.
Nothing spills out of Finn b/c it wasn’t that deep a cut. There is no blood (as mentioned in Luke’s hand example) b/c it cauterizes the wound on humans.
Helps to know what words mean. Apparently. You and the 6 people who upvoted your comment should read more.
For the record, I absolutely agree with you about Finn. I only meant to point out the in-universe inconsistency- not to “question” Uncle Deadly.
By the way, FYI, cauterization is likewise used to close off part of the body (e.g. for amputations), as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauterization
Additionally, “cauterize” has also come to mean, “to deaden; to render insensible,” as in:
“After many years of dealing with online idiots, Uncle Deadly’s ability to recognize facetiousness had been cauterized. Consequently, he tended to misconstrue any mildly contrary comment as deriving from ignorance, rather than mirth.” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cauterize
Tone, as noted by the great scholar Dikachu, is very tough to ascertain in text.
I can’t argue with your last statement. I deal with some morons on a daily basis that have clouded my judgment.
a hand and a slice up the entire back side is completely different…got that from paying attention.
Oh is it? Since you know exactly how deep it was? And since you ignore how it cauterizes wounds on humans…yeah. pay a bit more.
lol…you crack me up sometimes. a wound from a light saber used by a so called “dark” whatever he is…that puts him (finn) down. I’m sure it was just a scratch. it would’ve made for a much better movie if he died, trying to protect Rey. And been more in line with the Dark Kylo…
hell, they may as well stop using them since cauterized wounds aren’t fatal.
Glad I amuse you because I am dying laughing over here. Never said it was just a scratch. In fact, if you watch the movie, it is clear that is a serious wound. But obviously not deep enough to spill his insides. I mean, if they didn’t spill out, then it wasn’t deep enough…it’s logic.
“Better movie” is debatable. We haven’t seen what Finn’s arc is.
Really? Not fatal? Tell that to Qui-Gon Jinn. Or the jedi that Palpatine took out. Just b/c you don’t bleed (which has been a staple since the OT) doesn’t mean you can’t be killed.
It’s like you don’t even watch Star Wars.
lol…always amusing, both big fans seeing the same movies so differently.
I believe there’s a comic coming out shortly that explains how she escaped.
I agree with this thought as it makes a lot of sense. I think the novel coming out will be back story whereas the comic will fill in between TFA and TLJ.
I wonder how well the sales will be on the Phasma book after the major build up and let down of that character….
I think Lucasfilm know they bungled Phasma in TFA. I would expect her to do a lot more and be more essential in the next two films.
all the more reason to let her be dead and use only her terror in force backs….then , they can still say she was badass.
Eh disagree, right now she’s straight up Boba Fett; totally hyped character that when seen isn’t deserving of the hype. if they make her cool in the next two films and give her some actual agency it’d be better for the character.
It’s academic at this point anyway, she isn’t present at the destruction of Luke’s temple, the shot with her is most likely on the resistance ship hangar bay after the explosion that takes out Poe’s X-wing.
betting it’s at Luke’s academy…and hoping so. I don’t want to see his academy taken by just 7 KORs.
seems I had heard something along those lines as well…personally hope the character is dead and we see force backs with her in them (maybe attacking the Luke’s Jedi academy)
I seem to remember 4 characters were able to escape from a trash compacter in a certain other movie in this particular franchise.
Can’t be that hard just call your droid and have them shut down all the trash compacters on the detention level.
harder when the planet blows up…
A lot of time passed between that scene and the planet blowing up. Hell after they blew up the thermal thingy Hux chatted with his boss and picked up Kylo.
yeah, no surprise, most of the movie was a train wreck. Oh well, hoping 8 is better!
nah there was plenty of time – a lot of stuff happened after that scene only took one scene for the original trash compacter escape and that Death Star blew up as well.
that Death Star blew up a long time after..whatever. Wasted character should have died there, imo.
That literally makes no sense. She would be a wasted character IF she died there, but by bringing her back, they can do something worthwhile with her.
she was a wasted character…
No one is saying she wasn’t. Please read again.
Yes, but if you kill her, as you want to, then she is wasted forever. There is still a chance to make her into something good. Then she WOULDN’T be a wasted character.
meh…need more deaths. makes no difference at this point. they could always make more cool characters…of course, they’ve already decided, so my opinion is just that….an opinion.
Your opinion is contradictory so enjoy your confusion haha.
my whole life is a contradiction…Live for it…lol
Yuck who actually wants exposition? I can think of at least five different ways to escape.
maybe since Finn can survive being sliced open across his backside, Phasma in a compactor while planet blowing up and Ren can live through a bowcaster shot that literally knocks people back 30 feet….then, Han survived too!!! There is a silver lining…lol
And maybe Vader can survives some second degree funeral pyre burns.
at this point, why not…lol…
It’s not rocket science really. Phasma was found in the trash compactor before StarKiller base exploded and left the planet during the evacuation of the base by the First Order. It will be difficult to explain though why she lowered the shield, which looks like treason to me, even if at gunpoint.
FINN: What do we do with her?
HAN: Is there a garbage chute? Trash compactor?
FINN Yeah, there is…
Was there anything more than this in the movie in regard to the trash compactor? This joke? Because that is very little on which to base an assumption that they DEFINITELY put Phasma in a down a garbage shoot and/or into a trash compactor. We don’t know what they did with her.
Maybe Phasma led Kylo to the whereabouts of Vader’s burned mask, because she know’s Endor moon well, being she is Cindel for the Ewok Adventures. 😉
You bring up a good point. I imagine Ben wasn’t going to kill Rey but try to take her back to Snoke so perhaps it wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine he’s not trying to kill Finn but simply immobilize and either leave him to die or maybe take him back to pay for his treachery.
probably a stretch for sure. he just wanted to kill him and get that lightsaber…imo
I agree with this assessment. There was nothing to indicate he wanted to do anything but kill Finn. Finn, at least at this point is nothing special, just an obstacle in his path. He is also a traitor to the FO and if Kylo is anything like his grandfather he’s not down with letting traitors live.
absolutely!
What’s Phasma Holding?
A spear of some kind
“SPEAR AND MAGIC HELMET!!!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kH0Bag0akc
that’s great!
Cool. First time I saw Kylo I thought “Darth Snape”
It is funny you mention that because when I saw TFA a second time with my friend(he didn’t like the movie, if you are curious), he called out about how Driver looked like young Snape. I nearly busted out laughing. 🙂
Dark robes, shoulder length black hair, deepish voice… it’s all there haha!
LOL. agreed. 🙂 If WB ever wanted to do a Snape movie or have a young Snape, just have Adam Driver.
Same!!
These look amazing. I’ll be sure to pick them up. Kylo’s in my view looks the best. I like Rey and Luke, but is it me or does Mark Hamill look confused and Rey irritated? Nitpicks, but that was something I have noticed. Also, Leia’s look is great. She kind of looks a lot like Padme, during ROTS and ATC, with that cloak.
And Phasma without her helmet, okay? I just hope she isn’t wasted. I mean seriously, Darth Maul at least killed Qi-Gon and contributed to an amazing Lightsaber battle(Ray park is amazing 🙂 . Phasma barely even lifted her blaster. Good thing there is a comic coming out about her.
Kylo without the mask and his scar not being skin deep is something I love. I am SO happy that Kylo does not have that dumb mask. While it looked fine with the cloak, this image is a lot better and to me symbolic in that Ben is going to be his own individual, much like how Vader was.And the goofy scar is gone. 🙂
Regarding your Phasma / helmet point… Keep in mind these are just the vanity fair pics from the same photographer that did it for TFA. In the vanity fair pic Rey was wearing a turban-esque head covering… which if it was in TFA I don’t recall being used asides from maybe when she took her goggles off after leaving the star destroyer on Jakku?
Perhaps Phasma & Ren use their helmets… I dunno I really dug Ren’s helmet. We see it shattered in the last Jedi teaser which looks different from the one in TFA which wasn’t shattered. Though it could be from a… force back.
Poe just needs a fedora. And a whip.
Headlines: “Oscar Isaac cast in new Indiana Jones movie”
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That gif always scares me.
Genuinely interested to see what Kelly Maria Tran brings to the franchise. Evident from SW Celebration that the strong chemistry shared with John Boyega seems to have shifted from Daisy Ridley (TFA) to her.
I suspected that she might be the love interest.
Rogue One seemed to manage without the slushy stuff, maybe the new trilogy can too.
You’re possibly right.
Rey is a feminist, I get the impression she will be too preoccupied with her destiny to have time for romance.
“No time for love, Dr. Jones!”
I suspect that her love story with Finn will bore the f*ck out of me — as I wish I could be watching Rey and Luke.
I suspect it will.
Wheres Snoke doe?
Is Poe the new Solo? Looks like he raided Han’s closet.
Looks like typical Resistance gear to me even though it is sexy af.
I was thinking the same thing. Pullin’ a Lando
I think it would be funny if we found out in the Han Solo movie that it was Lando who originally wore the white shirt and black vest and Han only started wearing it after he got the Falcon.
That would be funny.
Based on the set photos he’s wearing an inversion of his standard look at one point; black shirt, white vest.
So are we going to see Phasma without her helmet on TLJ ?
Damn…that may shoot down my theory that she is a droid.
Your theory was shot down long ago
Phasma looks stunning; and so does Leia, as well (bless carrie’s soul).
Kylo, Finn, Poe and Rose (now known as Rose TIco) all look great, too.
And it seems Hux has a new hairstyle. ^_^
Kylo is a prick
Leia is 100% future style
Phasma is fierce
Luke and Rey OMG heroes of our generation
These look beautiful. The Resistance and Dark Side covers are especially interesting, considering how many new looks we get to see. I would say I want to get these when they hit newsstands, but I kind of went way overboard collecting TFA magazine covers, so I better not follow that train of thought.
Anyone notice Luke’s gloves? The same ones in the trailer of the hand touching the old book .
Awesome covers!
So more of the same from TFA? I’m hoping this is just for the first part of the film and they get more creative with the outfits when and if the story jumps forward in time.
More of the same comments from you?
The world is full of morons im afraid
Kylo is about to make a full split
Rose Tico? Not feeling that name.
This movie should be renamed “The Last Good White Man”.
Kylo and Hux aren’t white men?
Let me guess, Prequel fan.
Rose is such a waste of a character and screentime. We have enough great characters from TFA to develop — not sure why we are adding extra characters that bring nothing to the narrative except a silly side-bar story that distracts from what we want to see. I won’t go into Spoilers here but the stuff I”ve uncovered about Rose’s scenes are so tangential and unnecessary…….