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BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE MOVIE E VENT OF 2016

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P H O T O S

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Contents

CONTENTS
06 / The Troops
14 / Profile - Jyn Erso
18 / The Rebel Arsenal
34 / Profile - K-2SO
29 / The Death Star
36 / Profile - Orson Krennic
42 / Imperial Machine
48 / Profile - Darth Vader
53 / Concept Art
61 / The Death Quiz
64 / McQuarries Death Star
69 / 50 Things to Notice in The Force Awakens

INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW

THE MAKING OF ROGUE ONE

THE MAKING OF ROGUE ONE

the troops

THE
TROOPS
A FIELD
GUIDE
Meet the trooperssome new, and some
more familiaras we take a look at the
rebels worst nightmares.

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INTERVIEW
THE MAKING OF ROGUE ONE

INTERVIEW
THE MAKING OF ROGUE ONE

STORMTROOPER
The most well-known and easily
identifiable of the Empires elite
soldiers, Imperial stormtroopers are
the cold enforcers of the Emperors
dark will.
Brandishing powerful blasters,
these servants of the Empire are
as merciless as they are loyal.

SHORETROOPER
Patroling the luxurious world of
Scarif, the shoretroopers are
specialist elite stormtroopers.
Owing to the highly specific nature
of the postings, they are a rare
sight in the galaxy. They operate at
an effective sergeant rank, which
means they are able to command
stormtrooper squads.

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INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW

THE MAKING OF ROGUE ONE

THE MAKING OF ROGUE ONE

IMPERIAL
COMBAT
DRIVER
Trained to pilot the
Empires ground assault
vehicles (GAVs), these
combat pilots are lightly
armored, relying on
their heavily armored
vehicles to bear the
brunt of any attack.

DEATH
TROOPER
Imperial death troopers
are specially chosen to
protect vital operations
and operatives.
Wearing armor formed
from plastoid coated in
reflec, these troopers
are very hard to detect,
making them effective
when on stealth missions.

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INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW

THE MAKING OF ROGUE ONE

THE MAKING OF ROGUE ONE

IMPERIAL
ROYAL
GUARD
Elite soldiers assigned
to protect the Emperor,
the Imperial Royal
Guards are highlytrained soldiers armed
with force pikes, a type
of melee weapon with
a vibro-edged head.

TIE
FIGHTER
PILOT
Elite warriors of the
skies, TIE fighter pilots
undergo rigorous
training in order to
earn their place in the
Imperial navy.

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JYN ERSO

JYN ERSO

THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.

THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.

Felicity jones is

JYN ERSO
REBEL WITH A CAUSE?
A rogue and a rebel who might just become a hero,
Jyn Erso is enlisted to take part in a seemingly
impossible mission.

yn Erso was born to


Galen and Lyra Erso on
the planet Vallt during the
Clone Wars, one of the most
tumultuous periods in
galactic history. Jyn Ersos
turbulent start in life offered
a taste of what was to come.
Trapped behind enemy lines
on Vallt and held captive by
Separatist forces, young Jyn
and her parents were liberated
by Galens old friend, Orson
Krennic, who enlisted Galen to
work on a mysterious top secret
Imperial project on Coruscant.
However, Krennics kindness
was a deception; in reality he
was harvesting Galens genius
to create a devastating superweapon, that the Empire planned
to use to hold insurgent forces
in line with almost unimaginable
brutality. When Galen learned
the true nature of the project he

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was working on, he took Lyra


and Jyn and fled the Imperial
capital, aided by rebel firebrand,
Saw Gerrera.
The family established a new
life in hiding on the rural Outer
Rim world Lahmu, eking out
a humble existence among fewer

May the Force


be with us.

than 500 settlers who populated


the planet. Despite the world
providing an effective hiding
place for those looking to avoid
the watchful gaze of the Imperial
machine, the Erso family were
eventually tracked down by
Krennic and his squad of Imperial

death troopers. Lyra, Jyns moral


compass as she was growing up,
was killed, and Galen was taken
into captivity, but Jyn managed
to escape before being taken
off-world by Gerrera, who
spirited her away and raised
her to be a soldier.
Between the ages of eight
and sixteen Erso became a fighter
with Saws militia, as well as
a smuggler and petty criminal,
adopting a variety of aliases over
the years, including Tanith Ponta,
Liana Hallik, and Kestrel Dawn.
Her training and experience led
to her becoming proficient in
hand-to-hand combat as well
as skilled at improvising with
whatever weaponary came to
hand, though she favored dual
truncheons as her weapons
of choice.
After the group suffered
a crippling defeat, she was

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JYN ERSO

JYN ERSO

THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.

THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.


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abandoned by Gerrera. The


sudden trauma of losing her
mentor left Erso unable to trust
others and, not for the first time
in her life, she was left alone
and isolated.
On her own and without
the sense of direction that
Saw Gerrera was able to provide,
she was captured on Corulag,
arrested under the alias Liana
Hallick and sentenced to a labor
camp on Wobani. It was only the
intervention of the rebel Specforce
team, commanded by Sergeant
Ruescott Melshi, that led to her
liberation. Little did she know she

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was about to be plunged


into greater danger than she
bargained for.
Enlisted by rebel leaders
Mon Mothma and General Davits
Draven, she becomes involved in
a daring mission to steal the data
tapes that hold the schematics
of the Empires Death Star, the
exacting and horrific planetdestroying weapon that Jyns
father helped create. With the
vital information contained on
those tapes, the rebels just might
turn the tide of the Imperials
march to galactic dominance...
or die trying.

1 / Sergeant Jyn Erso


and Captain Cassian
Andor pose as pilgrims
in the Holy City
of Jedha.
2 / Jyn Erso sneaking
into position on Eadu.
3 / Jyn Erso in the heat
of battle.
4 / Preparing
for combat against
the forces of
Director Krennic.
5 / Rescued by
the Rebel Alliance,
Jyn embarks on
a deadly mission.

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THE REBEL ARSENAL

FEATURE

SHIPS OF THE ALLIANCE

THE STORY SO FAR...

machines

THE REBEL
ARSENAL
The Rebel Alliance are the underdogs in the fight
against galalctic oppression, but these ships might just
help to even the score a little...

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THE REBEL ARSENAL

FEATURE

SHIPS OF THE ALLIANCE

THE STORY SO FAR...

T-65 X-WING
The most well-known
starfighter in the rebel
fleet, Incoms X-wing
is perhaps the ultimate
ship of its kind: Not only
is it fast, maneuverable,
well-armed and wellshielded, it is capable
of hyperspace flight.

BTL Y-WING
Dating back to the Clone Wars,
the Y-wing serves as an assault
fighter and bomber. The model
used by the Alliance to restore
the Republic, stripped off the
original hull plating and engine
nacelles of the earlier models
for ease of maintenance.

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THE REBEL ARSENAL


SHIPS OF THE ALLIANCE

FEATURE
THE STORY SO FAR...

U-WING
A troop transport and gunship,
the U-wing starfighter is a
swing-wing vessel capable of
penetrating heavy fire zones,
to deploy soldiers onto
battlefields before providing
crucial air support. Wellshielded, the U-wing is not as
nimble as a regular starfighter.

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K-2SO

YOU ARE BEING RESCUED. PLEASE DO NOT RESIST.

K-2SO

YOU ARE BEING RESCUED. PLEASE DO NOT RESIST.

ALAN TUDYK IS

K-2SO

AN IMPERIAL ALLY
A droid who should be an enemy of the rebels, K-2SO is
actually one of its most important assets: a reprogrammed
spy on the side of the Alliance.

ersonally reprogrammed
by Captain Cassian
Andor, K-2SO is an
Imperial combat droid
who now fights alongside the
Alliance to restore the Rebublic.
He is perhaps the only KX-series
droid to have been successfully
reprogrammed.
Originally created, like all the
KX series, by Arakyd Industries,
K-2SO was ostensibly designed
as a security droid. However, the
KX droids programming secretly
included exceptions to the standard
in-built droid rules about not
harming flesh-and-blood creatures,
as well as commandsto defer to
Imperial officers, with the result
that they were deployed on the
battlefield against the rebels.
Although programmed to interact
with organic beings, the KX-series

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droids are not as well-versed as


protocol droids at the intricacies
of human-cyborg relations.
Cassian was able to strip
out the majority of the
Arakyd programming, with the
unintended consequence that

There is a 97.6
percent chance
of failure.

K-2SO is now often brutally


honest in his assessments.
Humanoid in appearance
albeit in exagerated preportions
the 12-year-old droid K-2SO was
designed to be multifunctional,

with the ability to operate


a range of machinery and
equipment. This, in combination
with programming that allows
him to pilot multiple Imperial
vessels, and his innate speed and
strength, has made him an
invaluable resource on many
missions with Cassian Andor.
Although he is a crucial tool
in the battle against his former
Imperial commanders, he isnt
quite trusted enough to be
allowed to brandish a blaster.
Despite the fear of combat
droids following the Clone Wars,
K-2SO is the ideal spy, blending
in Imperial territory while
reporting back to his rebel
masters. A key member of the
rebel strike team sent to retrieve
the Death Star datatapes, K-2SO
is a valuable ally.

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K-2SO

YOU ARE BEING RESCUED. PLEASE DO NOT RESIST.

K-2SO

YOU ARE BEING RESCUED. PLEASE DO NOT RESIST.


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1 / Captain Cassian
Andor, Jyn Erso,
and K-2SO.
2 / Cassian Andor,
Jyn Erso, and K-2SO
infiltrate the Imperial
base on Scarif.
3 / K-2SO on Jedha.
4 / The Imperial droid
confers with Jyn Erso.
5 / Cassian Andor
and the droid he
reprogrammed.

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THE DEATH STAR

CONSTRUCTING A TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR

PLANET KILLER

T H E
D E AT H
S TA R
Constructing a
technological terror...

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THE DEATH STAR

CONSTRUCTING A TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR

THE DEATH STAR

CONSTRUCTING A TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR

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We need to capture the Death


Star plans if there is any hope
of destroying it.

Jyn Erso

he Empire rules by
fear and intimidation,
whether its the shock
attack of a unit of
stormtroopers, the relentless
march of a squadron of Imperial
walkers, or the looming threat
of a Star Destroyer in orbit above
a planet. Yet while those measures
can prove devastating on
individual worlds, nothing before
or since has spread interstellar
terror like the Death Star.
A mobile battle station with
hyperdrive capabilities, the Death
Star is the size of a small moon
and has the power to destroy an
entire planet with a single shot
of its superlaser, regardless of
planetary defenses. It also houses
many squadrons of TIE fighters,
and hundreds of thousands of
Imperial military personnel.
The earliest plans for the
Death Star were conceived by
the weaponsmiths of Geonosis
at the outset of the Clone Wars.
Then referred to simply as the
ultimate weapon, the design was
commissioned by the Sith Lord
Darth Tyranus, who was known
publicly as Count Dooku. Acting
on behalf of his master, Darth
Sidious, Dooku headed the
Confederacy of Independent

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Systems, a puppet movement


of separatists in conflict with
the Republic, set up to secretly
advance the cause of the Sith.
In his public capacity as Supreme
Chancellor Palpatine, Sidious
was in charge of the Republic,
meaning that he was actually
pulling the strings of both sides
from behind the scenes.
When Geonosis was invaded
by the Republics army of clone
troopers (on a mission to rescue a
team of Jedi Knights), Geonosian
leader Poggle the Lesser turned
over the plans for the Death Star
to Dooku, little suspecting that
he was secretly a Sith Lord.
Construction of the Ultimate
Weapon began in orbit of
Geonosis soon after, and kyber
crystals were gathered from
far and wide to power its
devastating superlaser. Work
on the battlestation was well
underway by the end of the
Clone Wars, when Sidious
disposed of his Confederacy
underlings, including Dooku, and
took on a new apprentice, Darth
Vader, formerly the Jedi Knight
Anakin Skywalker.
As Palpatine, Sidious declared
himself Emperor of a new
Galactic Empire, and took over

the development of the


Ultimate Weapon. He appointed
Admiral Wilhuff Tarkin to
supervise constructionwith
the help of Rear Admiral Tiaan
Jerjerrodand assigned Director
Orson Krennic to oversee security
for the project. Everything about
the Death Star was kept top
secret, with access to Geonosis
severely restricted and the
construction site guarded by
several Star Destroyers and
other Imperial ships.
The sheer scale of the project
required a great deal of labor,
much of it forced. Enslaved
Wookiees and other species
carried out much of the legwork,
while Krennic enlisted scientists
such as his old friend Galen Erso
to apply their genius intellects to
the technical challenges. Having
been misled by Krennic, when
Erso discovered what he was
really working on, he fled
Coruscant with his family,
but was eventually captured.
Ersos decision to flee was
not the only incident to dog the
smooth development of the Death
Star. Sentinel Base, a support
facility on a nearby moon, was
attacked by a group of former
Republic Intelligence operatives

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THE DEATH STAR

CONSTRUCTING A TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR

CONSTRUCTING A TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR

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acting under the orders of the


Empires own Vice Admiral
Rancit. The admiral intended
to betray his underlings to secure
a promotion from the Emperor,
but his plot was uncovered and
he and his co-conspirators were
captured, tortured, and eventually
killed. In another incident, a
small band of rebels based on the
planet Lothal managed to destroy
a single, massive kyber crystal
that was en route to the Death

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THE DEATH STAR

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Star to power its superlaser,


delaying its completion.
After these setbacks, the
Emperor decided to move the
almost-completed Death Star
from Geonosis to the planet
Scarif. He also went so far as
to have the entire population
of Geonosis wiped out in order
to ensure the continued
confidentiality of the project.
This monstrous act did not
succeed in keeping the Death Star

entirely secret, however, and when


the battlestation was finally
complete, Galen Erso managed to
send a coded transmission to the
Alliance to Restore the Republic,
telling them that a major Imperial
weapons test was soon to take
place. This led to the Alliance
moving against the Empire with
a plan to steal the schematics for
the mysterious weapon, in the
desperate hope they might
discover some weakness

Previous spread:
1 / The Death Star
orbits Jedha.
2 / The ominous
outline of the Death
Star over Scarif.
3 / The rebels survey
their target.
This spread:
4 / The superlaser
dish is fitted to
the battle station.
5 / Death Squad
commanders on board.

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THE DEATH STAR


CONSTRUCTING A TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR

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ORSON KRENNIC

ORSON KRENNIC

THE POWER WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE IS IMMEASURABLE.

THE POWER WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE IS IMMEASURABLE.

Ben Mendelsohn is

ORSON
KRENNIC
THE DIRECTOR

Ambitious and driven, Orson Krennics career, reputation,


and maybe even his life depend on the completion of the
Empires much-delayed superweapon, the Death Star.

orn in the Sativran City


on the planet Lexrul,
Orson Callan Krennic is
an Imperial officer
determined to deliver the ultimate
weapon to Emperor Palpatine and
win the respect and admiration of
his equally ambitious peers.
Highly intelligent but very
cruel, Krennic has spent years
driven by the desire to realize
the Death Stara project begun
decades ago by the Separatists
(under the direction of Senator
Palpatine) before being adopted
by the Empire. To that end, he has
assembled a team of unwilling but
coerced scientists on Eadu (led by
his former friend Galen Erso), and
set them the task of harnessing the
awesome power of kyber crystals.
Krennics road to the upper
echelons of the Empire began

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when he studied architecture in


the Futures program on the planet
Brentaal. It was there that he first
met Galen Erso, and where his gift
for manipulating others became
evident. He went on to work in
the design regiment of the Corps

Were on
the verge of
greatness.

of Engineers, before supervising


construction of government
headquarters and military facilities
on Coruscant during the Clone
Wars. Upon joining the Republics
Strategic Advisory Cell as part of
the Special Weapons Group,

he began to research and test


weapons for the Grand Army
of the Republic and the Republic
Navy. When the Republic became
the Empire, Krennic became
Director of the Empires Advanced
Weapons Research division.
An outsider among the
high-born Imperials of Coruscant
society, Krennic is not given to
rhetoric and debate, and his highly
volatile temper often gets the
better of him. This causes
great concern among his fellow
officers and superiors such as
Grand Moff Tarkin. Armed with
a non-regulation DT-29 heavy
blaster pistol with a custom-fitted
macroscope, the Director is not
a man to be crossed, and the
cold steel of his designs for the
Empire very much reflect the
man himself.

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ORSON KRENNIC

ORSON KRENNIC

THE POWER WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE IS IMMEASURABLE.

THE POWER WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE IS IMMEASURABLE.

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1 / Director Orson
Krennic.
2 / Imperial officers
gather to witness
the might of the
Empires superweapon.
3 / Director Krennic
in a pensive mood.
4 / A moment of
contemplation
as Orson Krennic
considers his destiny.
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FEATURE

THE IMPERIAL MACHINE

THE STORY SO FAR...

DROIDS, SHIPS, AND TECHNOLOGY

machines

THE IMPERIAL
MACHINE
The Death Star isnt the only means that
the Empire uses to enforce its iron will.

ZETA-CLASS
SHUTTLE
C2-B5
A black-plated astromech droid,
C2-B5 patrols the Scarif Citadel,
performing maintenance tasks. The
subject of frequent memory wipes,
C2-B5 has no distinctive personality.

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A cargo shuttle built under the


cooperation of the Telegorn
Corporation and the Sienar
Fleet systems, the Zeta class
offers assorted transportation
options. 2 wing-mounted
heavy laser cannons and 3
hull-mounted laser cannons
offer useful defensive support.

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FEATURE

THE IMPERIAL MACHINE

THE STORY SO FAR...

DROIDS, SHIPS, AND TECHNOLOGY

KX SERIES
A highly-mobile, highlyadaptable series of droid.

ATACT
Designed as a cargo
transport and not a combat
vehicle like the AT-AT, the
AT-ACT can still defend
itself from attackers thanks
to the two heavy cannons
mounted on either side of
its head.

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FEATURE

THE IMPERIAL MACHINE

THE STORY SO FAR...

DROIDS, SHIPS, AND TECHNOLOGY

TIE STRIKER
A streamlined starfighter,
the experimental TIE Striker
is designed specifically for
atmospheric patrols over
Imperial installations.

TIE FIGHTER
With its distinctive scream and
instantly recognizable silhouette the
Imperial TIE fighter is the Empires
most common symbol of oppression.

MSE-6 DROID
AT-ST
The All Terrain Scout
Transport is a light
walker, which serves
as a reconnaissance
vehicle. The two chinmounted guns have
a range of 2km.

A familiar sight at any Imperial


installation, the MSE-6 mouse droids
are fast-moving workers that relay coded
messages and transport small items.

TX-225
OCCUPIER
Able to carry crucial supplies
of kiber crystals, this
maneuverable tank boasts
immense firepower, as well
as resilient armor.

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DARTH VADER
THE ABILITY TO DESTROY A PLANET IS INSIGNIFICANT NEXT TO THE POWER OF THE FORCE

SITH WARRIOR

DARTH
VADER
THE DARK LORD

The Empires most sinister agent has proved himself to be a


loyal servant of Darth Sidious after his defeat on Mustafar.

s the Empire gained


strength around the
galaxy, Darth Vader
proved himself as
a feared enforcer. From the ashes
of Mustafar rose a warrior even
more ruthless and cunning than
before, and clad in black
imposing armor. The former
Jedi commanded his own
squadron of stormtroopers,
otherwise known as Vaders
Fist, who inspired fear wherever
they went.
Five years into the Emperors
iron rule, Vader accompanied his
master, Darth Sidious, on a mission
to crush the rebellion on Ryloth,
led by Cham Syndulla.
Faced with an extreme attack
from Twilek insurgents, the Sith
Lords were forced to crash-land
on the forest planet. They were
soon attacked by a lylek horde,
retreating into a tunnel that was,

in fact, the creatures nest. They


stood their ground against a
hundred or so lyleks and their
queen, killing them before
encountering a young Twilek
girl, Drua. Vader prevented the
Emperor killing her, intending to
have her guide them to her village,
where they were finally able to
summon help. Despite being
surrounded by Syndullas forces,
relief finally arrived as the Imperials
set about quelling the insurgency.
At the Emperors command,
Vader killed the rebels, bringing
the Sith Lords mission on Ryloth to
a violent end.
Some time later, The Emperor
commanded Vader and Moff
Tarkin to investigate an attack
on Sentinal Base, an Imperial
stronghold in the outer rim.
During a misadventure on
Murkhana, Carrion Spike, Tarkins
personal modified stealth corvette

was stolen by dissidents, who


Tarkin were sure to be connected
to the attack, as well as being
supported by a senior member
of the Imperial military.
Tarkin and Vader managed
to unravel the mystery and Vader
executed the culprit, while Tarkin
commanded the Star Destroyer
Executrix as it decimated the
dissident fleet.
This led to a newfound mutual
respect between the Dark Lord
Tarkin and the ambitious officer
who was rewarded for his efforts
by being promoted to Grand Moff.
He was assigned to take command
of the construction of the Death
Star over Geonosis.

The Hunt
As the Death Stars construction
continued, The Emperor sought out
the children of the Force. He
commanded Darth Vader to order

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DARTH VADER

DARTH VADER
THE ABILITY TO DESTROY A PLANET IS INSIGNIFICANT NEXT TO THE POWER OF THE FORCE

THE ABILITY TO DESTROY A PLANET IS INSIGNIFICANT NEXT TO THE POWER OF THE FORCE

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a Grand Inquisitor to hunt down


these children and either enlist them
into the service of the Empire, or
kill them. The Inquisitor promised
Vader that his mission would be
accomplished.
However, after his mission
failed, the Inquisitor killed himself
rather than facing Vaders wrath.
Several rebel cells that had
united to fight the Empire were
revealed when they rescued a small
gang of Lothal rebels from an
Imperial fleet. As rumors of these
events became known, uprisings
begun to occur on several worlds,
including Lothal.
The Emperor sent Vader to
Lothal with Tarkin to end the
growing rebellion. Vader concocted
a cunning trap which would help
him track the Lothal rebels back
to their base. The Dark Lord met
with Imperial agents Kallus and
Minister Maketh Tua, informing
Tua that Tarkin would hold her
accountable if she failed to stop
the rebels.
Gripped by terror, Tua
contacted the Lothal rebels, offering
them information if they would
smuggle her off the planet before
she met with Tarkin. The rebels
agreed, and returned to Lothal.
However, this played directly into
Vaders hands as he had intended
for the minister to contact the
rebels and lure them back to
Lothal. He had a bomb placed on
Tuas shuttle. Once the rebels
arrived, they attempted to escape
the planet, only for the bomb to
go off as Tua boarded the ship,
killing her.
Vader then broadcast the
misinformation that the rebels
had assassinated Tua. He had
Kallus lockdown the planets
spaceport, telling everyone that
any ship attempting to escape
would be destroyed. Vader knew
that the rebels would need to steal
a ship in order to escape. He used
a shuttle capable of hyperspace
travel as bait. When the rebels
tried to commandeer it, Vader

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was ready, confronting them with


a small squad of stormtroopers.
Vader dueled with the rebel leader,
a Jedi named Kanan Jarrus,
and his apprentice Ezra Bridger.
Vader easily bested his two
opponents. Realizing that they
could not win, they stalled Vader
long enough to make their escape
aboard the shuttle.
Shortly after, the rebels used the
shuttle to rendezvous with the rebel
fleet. But Vader had been tracking
them, and launched an attack on
the rebel fleet in his TIE Advanced
x1 fighter. The rebels fought back
but were no match for the Sith
Lord as he disabled the rebel
command ship, Phoenix Home.

1 / Lord Vader makes


his imposing presence
felt!
2 / Showing respect
to Lord Vader.
3 / The Dark Lord of
the Sith: a fearsome
figure who inspires
terror and obedience
in the Imperial navy.

The Lothal rebels boarded their


ship, the Ghost, and fought back
against the Dark Lord in a futile
attempt to defeat him. With all
seemingly lost, Vaders former
apprentice, Ahsoka Tano, combined
her powers with Kanans, using the
Force to probe Vaders mind.
As the two former allies became
aware of each other, Ahsoka passed
out and Vader broke off his attack,
instead centering his attention
on the Ghost. As Vader closed
in, his intended prey jumped
to hyperspace.
Vader informed Sidious that
he had broken the rebels,
but also revealed to Sidious that
Ahsoka Tano was alive. Sidious

declared that she could lead them


to other Jedi who survived the
purge of Order 66.
Sidious instructed Vader to send
another Inquisitor to hunt the
rebels. After several unsuccessful
attempts to capture the rebel Jedi,
the Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister
Inquisitors pursued Jarrus, Bridger
and Tano to a Jedi Temple on Lothal.
The Inquisitors warned Vader that the
Jedi were increasing in their ability to
use the Force, but he replied that it
would be their undoing.

A Final Battle
Vader sent the two Inquisitors,
along with a third, The Eighth
Brother, to hunt down Darth Maul,

who was located on Malachor,


where he had been studying its Sith
temple for years. The Zabrak killed
the Inquisitors, leading to Vader
personally choosing to retrieve the
holocron and take possession of
the superweapon that was also
being sought by Ezra Bridger.
Vader confronted Bridger,
quickly disarming him before
being interrupted by Tano.
She assured Vader that there
were no more Jedi left. As Vader
taunted her, stating that Anakin
had been weak, Tano responded by
battling the Dark Lord, eventually
managing to slice through Vaders
mask, revealing his partially
exposed face and confirming that

the he was, indeed, Ahsokas


former master and friend.
As the Temple locked down,
Tano said that she would stay with
him causing Vader to pause briefly.
The two resumed their fight, as
Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger took
flight from the chamber as it closed
around the two combatants. As they
fought, a massive energy discharge
consumed the area. Although
Tanos fate remains unknown,
Darth Vader managed to escape
from the Temple...
With the Death Star project
under the watchful eye of
Emperor Palpatine, Vader is
tasked to oversee the officers
behind its construction.

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FEATURE
CONCEPT ART

CONCEPTS

ROGUE ONE
CONCEPT ART
The illustrations that helped create the movie.

EDRIO TWO TUBES


A Tognoth
mercenary pilot
who is allied to
Saw Gerrera.
Art by Luke Fisher,
Creature Concept
Designer/Senior
Sculptor.

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FEATURE
CONCEPT ART

FEATURE
CONCEPT ART

Opposite page:
SAW GERRERA
The militia leader
who operates from
the catacombs on
the mysterious
world of Jedha.
Art by Glyn Dillon,
Co-Costume
Designer.
ORSON KRENNIC
The director of
the program to
create the Imperial
Death Star.
Art by Glyn Dillon,
Co-Costume
Designer.

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FEATURE
CONCEPT ART

FEATURE
CONCEPT ART

Opposite Page:
CHIRRUT MWE
AND BAZE MALBUS
Two warriors from
Jedha who prove
crucial in the
mission against
the Empire.
Art by Glyn Dillon,
Co-Costume
Designer.
K-2SO
Imperial droid
turned valuable
asset in the fight
to steal the Death
Star plans.
Art by Luke Fisher,
Creature Concept
Designer/Senior
Sculptor.

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FEATURE
CONCEPT ART

JEDHA
The ancient Holy
City of Jedha.
Art by Matt
Allsopp, Lead
Concept Artist.

FEATURE
CONCEPT ART

FEATURE
CONCEPT ART

A TANK TROOPER
Patroling the
streets of Jedha,
the tank troopers
maintain control
against insurgent
forces. Art by
Glyn Dillon, CoCostume Designer.

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TERROR

TEST!

TELL US ALL YOU KNOW ABOUT THE EMPIRES


ULTIMATE WEAPON AND SEE IF ITS ENOUGH TO
WIN YOU A PLACE IN THE EMPIRE! QUIZ COMPILED
BY GRAND MOFF TOLLY MAGGS

5
1

On which planet were the Death Star plans delivered


to Darth Sidious?

How many individual beams make up the composite


blast in the first Death Star?

14

What did Luke mistake the Death Star for when he


saw it for the first time?

15

Who is the commander of the first Death Star?

NAME THESE DEATH STAR


OFFICERS!
We require the full name and rank for a point!

18

What moon was the Death Star attempting to destroy


immediately prior to its own destruction?

19

What is the real name of the droids found on the Death


Star that are commonly referred to as Mouse Droids?

20

Who was the sole Imperial survivor of the Battle of Yavin?

10

In which detention cell was Princess Leia held during


her captivity on the Death Star?

16

What is the name of the main weapon used to


defend the Death Star from small fighters?

SCORING
16-20 STRONG. You would
make a fine military historian. In
fact, would you like to assist in
building a second Death Star?

11

How did Darth Vader describe the Death Star


when addressing Admiral Motti?

What powers the Death Star superlaser?

12

Who nearly destroyed the Death Star prior to Luke


Skywalkers direct hit on the thermal exhaust port?

What kind of steel was used to make the hull of the


Death Star?

13

Who stealthily deactivated the tractor beam on


the Death Star?

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12-15 ABOVE AVERAGE.


Another year at the academy
and you might just pass muster.
9-11 AVERAGE. Much more
study required. If servants of
the Empire were all like you,
wed probably be defeated by
a bunch of teddy bears.

17

What is the name of the creature that lurked


within the trash compactor?

0-8 WEAK. We foresee


a career in the Imperial
Sanitation Corps.

ANSWERS

1. Coruscant.
2. 2187
3. Kyber crystals
4. Quadanium steel
5. 8
6. Lieutenant Shann Childsen
7. General Tagge
8. Colonel Wullf Yularen
9. Chief Moradmin Bast
10. General Hurst Romodi
11. As a Technological Terror!
12. Red Leader, Garven Dreis
13. Obi-Wan Kenobi
14. A small moon
15. Grand Moff Tarkin
16. Turbolasers
17. Dianoga
18. Yavin 4
19. MSE-6-Series Repair Droid
20. Darth Vader

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The rebel Y-wings commence


attack on the Death Star.

MCQUARRIES

DEATH STAR
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RALPH MCQUARRIES ART DEPICTING


THE DEATH STAR IS SOME OF THE MOST
EVOCATIVE IN HIS OEUVRE. A LAVISH
NEW BOOK, STAR WARS ART: RALPH
MCQUARRIE OFFERS THE MOST
COMPLETE LOOK AT HIS INCREDIBLE,
PEERLESS LEGACY.
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An interior view from an Imperial


cockpit as a TIE pilot hones in on
the rebel Y-wings.

One of the many cavernous docking


bays of the Death Star.

In addition to concept art, McQuarrie also designed toy packaging for Galoob, including this preliminary
illustration for the Death Star Action Fleet set.

This piece, showing


Han and Luke escorting their
prisoner to the detention
block, subtly suggests the
spherical shape of the Imperial
battle station.

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The cold corridors of the Death Star, as


populated by lightsaber-wielding Imperial
stormtroopers described in earlier drafts of
The Star Wars screenplay.

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In an interview with Entertainment


Weekly, director J.J. Abrams
chose the name BB-8 because he looked
round and bouncy, saying, I named
him BB-8 because it was almost
onomatopoeia It was sort of how he
looked to me, with the 8, obviously,
and then the 2 Bs.
Bill Hader of Saturday Night Live and
Ben Schwartz of Parks and Recreation
fame helped create digitally altered
sounds for BB-8s voice, and are
credited as vocal consultants.

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FATAL SLIP

SQUEAK WARS

FN-2003, also
known as Slip, is
the stormtrooper who
drags his bloody hand
across Finns helmet
during the First Orders
siege on the Jakku village
of Tuanul. Slip made his
first appearance in Before
the Awakening written by
Greg Rucka.

BRINGING BALANCE

Lor San Tekka, played by legendary


stage and screen actor Max Von
Sydow, speaks the first line of dialogue
in the film. According to the Star Wars:
The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary,
San Tekka is a seasoned traveler and
explorer who spent the dark times as
a follower of the Church of the Force.
Although not Force-sensitive, he, like
many others, strongly believed in the
Jedi ideals.
During his conversation with
Resistance pilot Poe Dameron, played by
actor Oscar Isaac, Lor San Tekka almost
immediately references the balance of
the Force, saying, Without the Jedi,
there can be no balance. Qui-Gon Jinn
and Mace Windu first mentioned the
concept of bringing balance to the Force
in The Phantom Menace.

BUILDING BB-8

We get an initial glimpse of


Mouse Droids aboard the
Finalizer, which were first seen on
the Death Star in A New Hope.

3
2

FRIENDS REUNITED?

During the battle near Maz Kanatas castle on Takodana, FN-2199, or Nines, is the
trooper who shouts, Traitor! and attacks Finn with a Z6 baton. Nines and Finn
trained together prior to the events of The Force Awakens. More can be learned about
their relationship in the novel Star Wars: Before the Awakening by Greg Rucka.

CAPTAIN
PHANTASM

Captain Phasmas name and chrome


armor were a tribute by director
J.J. Abrams to the 1979 horror
movie, Phantasm. In fact, Abrams
company Bad Robot recently oversaw
a 4K restoration of the cult classic,
which was written and directed by
Don Coscarelli.

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13

As Rey trades in scavenged junk to


Unkar Plutt for rations, the creature
behind her is a Nu-Cosian crittermonger and
storyteller named Bobba-Jo. He was the first
new creature from the film revealed by J.J.
Abrams in his video for the Omaze contest,
Force for Change, where a lucky fan named
D.C. Barns won a walk-on part in the movie
and a trip to the premiere of The Force
Awakens! You can read more about this
character in Landry Q. Walkers short
story, All Creatures Great and Small.

ESCAPE PLAN

It is revealed in Alan Dean


Fosters novelization
of The Force Awakens that the
vehicle stolen by Poe and Finn
aboard the Finalizer is a Special
Forces TIE fighter.

ARRRGGGH!

THE EYES HAVE IT

A NEW CREATURE

15

The Wilhelm scream, which is


used at least once in every Star
Wars film, is heard during Poe and
Finns daring escape. This famous sound
effect was first used in the 1951 film
Silent Drums, and was popularized by
the character Private Wilhelm in the
1953 film The Charge at Feather River.

According to the The Force


Awakens Visual Dictionary,
Reys goggles
are cobbled
together using
lenses from a
stormtroopers
helmet left on the
planet after the
Battle of Jakku.

10

RANCID RATIONS

The polystarch ration, or


instant bread, Rey prepares at
her home on Jakku was a real effect,
not computer generated. According
to special effects supervisor Chris
Corbould, it took three months to
develop, and it tasted terrible.

11

DESERTED DESTROYER

The downed Star Destroyer Rey passes on her way


to the Niima Outpost is called the Inflictor, which is
mentioned in the novel Lost Stars by Claudia Gray.

TIE FIGHTER DOWN

Finn and Poes stolen TIE fighter


crashes into the Goazon Badlands,
the same stretch of desert where the Battle of
Jakku occurred. Videogame developer DICE
created a playable map of the area in Star
Wars: Battlefront, published by Electronic
Arts and Lucasfilm.

12

PEGG PAL

In addition to his role


as the junk boss, Unkar
Plutt, actor Simon Pegg also
served as a valuable resource to
director J.J. Abrams,
who said, His support
and friendship [was]
massively important
and helpful in
the process.

14

REYS
HEADGEAR

The pilots helmet Rey wears while


eating her instant bread ration once
belonged to Captain Dosmit Rh of the
Tierfon Yellow Aces.

17

WAYS OF MAKING YOU TALK

When Poe Dameron wakes up bound to an interrogation


table on the Finalizer the sound of an IT-000 droid, located
behind Kylo Ren, can be heard. An earlier model of this droid, the IT-O
interrogator droid , was used by Darth Vader in a failed attempt to force
Princess Leia to reveal the location of the rebel base.

16

BEAST OF BURDEN

After arriving at the Niima Outpost, Finn


quickly races to a watering hole and
begins guzzling water next to a happabore. This
hulking creature is found throughout the galaxy
on various worlds, and is first mentioned as a
mount for Sarco Plank in Weapon of a Jedi written
by Jason Fry.

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18

GAME ON?

The holochess dejarik set


seen on the Millennium Falcon
was animated by Tippett Studios, which
is owned and supervised by the same
special-effects mastermind who worked
on the original sequence in A New Hope,
Phil Tippett.

19

CAPTURE THE
FLAG

21

WARWICK
RETURNS

Star Wars film veteran Warwick Davis


continues his streak of cameos in
The Force Awakens, this time in Maz
Kanatas castle as interstellar scout
and hyperspace trailblazer, Wollivan.
It also continues a tradition of Davis
playing characters who have names
beginning with the letter W: Wicket
W. Warrick (Return of the Jedi), and
Weazel and Wald (The Phantom Menace).
Coincidentally, Warwick played the lead
character Willow Ufgood in Willow, a
Lucasfilm Ltd. production from 1988.

The flags at Maz Kanatas castle


are imprinted with familiar images
from Star Wars films and cartoons,
including the Mythosaur skull from
Boba Fetts left-shoulder blast plate,
Hondo Ohnakas Gang symbol and Ziro
the Hutts belly tattoo from The Clone
Wars, and Cikatro Vizagos Broken Horn
Syndicate symbol from Rebels. There
is even a flag displaying the universal
symbol for the 501st organization.

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During Reys Force vision, or Forceback,


at Mazs castle, many voices and
sounds are heard, including Darth
Vaders breathing and Yoda explaining
the nature of the Force. However, it
is an altered sample of the late actor
Sir Alec Guinnesss voice that is the
sequences most impressive ingredient.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly,
director J.J. Abrams explains longtime
Bad Robot collaborator Bryan Burk and
one of the films producers took the
word afraid and altered it to sound like
Rey. They then combined that with new
voice-over from actor Ewan McGregor to
complete the line, Reythese are your
first steps.

26

C-3P0
SPYMASTER?

In addition to his role as translator, C-3P0


is in charge of the Resistances pool of
spy droids distributed across the galaxy,
including GA-97, who reports BB-8s
presence at Maz Kanatas castle.

ON SONG

Composer and actor


Lin-Manuel Miranda,
most recently of Hamilton: An American
Musical fame, wrote the tracks Jabba
Flow and Dobra Doompa, which were
performed at Maz Kanatas castle by
travelling musicians Taybin Ralorsa,
Infrablue Zedbeddy Coggins, Ubert
Sticks Quaril, and Sudswater
Dillifay Glon.

Poe Dameron flies a T-70 X-wing. An upgrade from


Luke Skywalkers T-65, it is not quite as stateof-the-art as other X-wings in the Resistances fleet.
BB-8 loads into Poes X-wing via an arm that
attaches to the droids head and sucks him
into the socket. This is the same way
astromechs such as R2-D2
were pulled into the Royal
Naboo starfighters in
The Phantom Menace.

REYS VISION

22

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24

THE RETURN OF
SOME JEDI

BLACK LEADERS RIDE

23

DONT TRUST HER

See the mysterious girl


wearing the distinctive black
and white outfit? Thats Bazine Netal, a human
mercenary and spy of the First Order who
spots BB-8 at Mazs castle on Takodana. She
was first introduced in the short story The
Perfect Weapon by Delilah S. Dawson.

28

A LIGHTSABERS
JOURNEY

29

SNOKES SHOW
OF POWER

According to a display at Disneylands Star Wars


Launch Bay, Luke Skywalkers lightsaber, along with
his severed hand, were salvaged from the depths
of Cloud City following his confrontation with Darth
Vader. How Maz Kanata obtained the famous Jedis
weapon is still unknown.

The beginning of Reys Force vision brings her to a hallway


that bears a resemblance to two different hallways that
were important in the life of Darth Vader. The first was a hallway he
fought Obi-Wan Kenobi in on Mustafar in Revenge of the Sith, the other
was the hallway in The Empire Strikes Back that led to the catwalk where
he battled his son, Luke Skywalker.

27

GALACTIC
PEACE

With the Empire defeated, Chancellor


Mon Mothma restored the Galactic Senate
and decided all member worlds would
have an opportunity to host the delegates,
bringing a more inclusive spirit to the
government that was absent during
Emperor Palpatines reign. The first such
captial was Mon Mothmas homeworld of
Chandrila, as revealed in Chuck Wendigs
novel Aftermath. The cosmopolitan world
of Hosnian Prime is the site of the capital
in The Force Awakens.

In a show of power, General Hux destroys Hosnian


Prime with Supreme Leader Snokes approval. The
casualties are staggering as Chancellor Villecham;
Kor Sella (General Leias envoy); senatorial
representatives from planets such as Naboo, Taris,
and Commenor; as well as inhabitants of the planet
are obliterated.

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31
30

POES PAST

Poe Dameron is a child


of the Galactic Civil War.
Poes parents fought for the Rebellion,
most notably during the Battle of Endor
where his mother was a pilot and his
father was a member of Han Solos
landing team. You can read more about
them in the Star Wars: Shattered
Empire comic book series written by
Greg Rucka.
Poe was raised near
the Massassi Temple
on Yavin IV, the rebels
secret base in A New
Hope. Coincidentally,
the temples real
world location was in
Guatemala, the country
where the man who
plays Poe Dameron,
Oscar Isaac,
was born.

34

HIDDEN
FORTRESS

Lucasfilm president and executive


producer Kathleen Kennedy
approached members of the R2 Builders Club
Members at Star Wars Celebration in 2013 and
asked them if they wouldnt mind making the
R2-D2 prop seen in The Force Awakens.
Of course they said yes!

The Resistences hidden


base on DQar is located in
the Ileenium system. It was
discovered and marked for
potential use as a rebel base
decades earlier by pilots of
Corona Squadron, Thane Kyrell
and Kendy Idele. More can be
learned about their exploits
in the pages of Lost Stars by
Claudia Gray.

32

THANK THE MAKERS!

LEIAS DROID

35

PZ-4CO, or Peazy, is a communications droid assigned


to General Leia on DQar, and makes her initial appearance
in the Resistances command center. Peazy is first referenced in the pages
of Star Wars: Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure by Cecil Castellucci
and Jason Fry.

DOCTOR
DOOKU?

Actress Harriet Walter plays Doctor


Kalonia, the physician who treated
Chewies wounds after the skirmish
at Takodana. In addition to The Force
Awakens, Walter has appeared as Lady
Shackleton on Downtown Abbey. She is
also the niece of Christopher Lee, who
played Count Dooku in Attack of the
Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

36

FEELING
BLUE

Blue Squadron makes its


debut in The Force Awakens.
Luke Skywalker was originally
supposed to fly with Blue
Squadron in A New Hope,
but the star fighters blue
markings made it difficult
to film against blue screens,
so they were changed to
red instead. The resulting
moniker was Red Squadron.

37

SNAP TO ACTION!

33

GOOD
LOURD!

Carrie Fishers daughter, Billie


Lourd, plays Lieutenant Connix,
who appears in the Resistance
base on DQar.
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Greg Grunberg is an actor and


childhood friend of J.J. Abrams who
has appeared in many of the famed directors
productions. In The Force Awakens, Grunberg
plays X-wing pilot Temmin Snap Wexley. It was
his character who provided the Resistance with
the information they needed to launch an attack
against the Starkiller Base. Wexley was first
introduced in Aftermath by Chuck Wendig.

38

SNOWSPEEDER
UNSEEN!

When Rey and Finn arrive at the oscillator


on Starkiller Base, behind them is the
boosted snowspeeder that brought them
there. It was featured in the novelization
of The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster
and is also a toy by Hasbro.

42

COMFORTABLY NUNB

One of the Resistance fighters flying an X-wing


against Starkiller Base is none other than Lando
Calrissians Sullustan co-pilot from the Battle of Endor, Nien
Nunb. In the Princess Leia-focused book Moving Target and
Battlefront: Twilight Company, Nien Nunb is revealed to be a vital
combatant in the fight against the Empire, and willingly signs
back up to take on the First Order. Actor Mike Quinn, who plays
Nunb in Return of the Jedi, was tapped to bring life back to the
character he made famous for The Force Awakens.

39

AGENT OF THE
FIRST ORDER

As reported in Entertainment Weekly,


actor Daniel Craig of James Bond fame
makes a cameo in The Force Awakens.
He plays a stormtrooper who falls victim
to Reys Jedi Mind Trick on Starkiller
Base. When first asked about his
supposed role prior to the films release,
Craig vehemently denied it because he
was forbidden to confirm his association
with the project. His involvement was
made easy because the latest Bond film,
Spectre, was filming on a neighboring
soundstage only a thermal detonators
throw away.

40

HUX: A TRAGIC
VILLAIN?

J.J. Abrams wanted Hux to have a


sense of tragedy, and the fact that he
appears to be too young to be in charge
of a murderous group added to that.
According to Abrams, the characters
name was created after he noticed a
grave with the name Hux carved into
the stone.

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44

LEIAS LOSS

Through the Force, General Leia can feel the


loss of Han Solo in the same way Yoda feels
Order 66 in Revenge of the Sith and Obi-Wan Kenobi feels
the destruction of Alderaan in A New Hope. Leia previously
sensed Luke was in danger at the climax of The Empire
Strikes Back and knew he was safe after the destruction
of the Death Star in Return of the Jedi.

45

DROID
STORY

41

KYLOS
BLADE

Kylo Rens lightsaber is based


on an ancient design, dating back
thousands of years. The ragged,
unstable appearance of the
main blade and two cross-guard
blades, or quillions, are the result
of a cracked kyber crystal housed
inside the weapons hilt.

43

ANOTHER TRAP?

Look closely and youll see as


Rey and Chewie leave aboard
the Millennium Falcon in search
of Luke that C-3POs red arm
has been replaced with a golden
one. The reason behind
C-3POs red arm is
explained in the
comic book Star
Wars Special:
C-3PO #1
by James
Robinson
and Tony
Harris.

Admiral Ackbar makes appearances in the war


room at the Resistance Base on DQar. According to
The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary, General Leia had to coax him
out of retirement to meet the growing threat of the First Order. Tim
Rose, the voice behind everyones favorite fishy commander from
Return of the Jedi, reprises his role in the new film.

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47

46

CELL MATES

Finns trooper
designation is
FN-2187, a reference created by
director J.J. Abrams to Princess
Leias cell number, 2187, aboard
the Death Star in A New Hope.

NO SLEEP
TIL BESPIN!

J.J. Abrams love of the Beastie


Boys features in his 2009 movie Star
Trek (the bands song Sabotage
plays during young James Kirks
introduction) and continues in Star
Wars: The Force Awakens.
The Beastie Boys were an American
hip-hop/rock band from New York
City, consisting of Michael Mike D
Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam
MCA Yauch (vocals, bass), and Adam
Ad-Rock Horovitz (vocals, guitar).
The Abednedo harassed by First
Order troopers in the Jakku village
is named Ilco Munica. These are the
first two of a series of references to
the Beastie Boys. Abednedo is close
to the word Abegnego, which is a
character in a biblical story they told
in a track called Shadrach on their
album Pauls Boutique. Ilco Munica
refers to Ill Communication, their
fourth studio album.
The second Abednedo with a
name whose reference is to the
Beastie Boys is present on Hosnian
Prime, a senator named Brassmon
Kee, which is similar to the Beastie
Boys hit Brass Monkey.
The third Abednedo character
whose name references the Beastie
Boys is an X-wing pilot who sacrifices
his life in the battle over Starkiller
Base. His name is Ello Asty, which
is a reference to the fifth studio
album of the Beastie Boys,
Hello Nasty. Ello Astys
helmet bears the words
Born to Ill in
Aurebesh, a reference
to Lt. Jokers helmet in
Stanley Kubricks Full
Metal Jacket that
reads Born to Kill.
Its also a
reference to
the debut
album of the
Beastie Boys,
Licensed
to Ill.

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48

HEY, ISNT
THAT?

Various well-known faces can be seen


in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Here are
some, along with some hints as to where
you might have seen them before
Thomas Brodie Sangster, who portrays
First Order Petty Officier Thanisson in The
Force Awakens, plays Jojen Reed in the
hit television series Game of Thrones and
Newt in the Maze Runner films. His first
major movie was Love Actually, in which
he played the stepson of Liam Neeson
(Qui-Gon Jinn in The Phantom Menace).
Resistance X-wing pilot Jess Pava is
played by actress Jessica Henwick,
who also plays Nymeria Sand in the
television show Game of Thrones. Pava is
first referenced in The Weapon of a Jedi
by Jason Fry.
Actor Ken Leung, who played Miles on
the television show Lost, appears in The
Force Awakens as Admiral Statura. It was
his character who explains the science
behind Starkiller Bases oscillator.
Members of the Kanjiklub gang
are played by actors from the 2011
Indonesian action film, The Raid:
Redemption (originally titled The Raid).
The most notable of whom is action
choregrapher Yayan Ruhian, who
portrays their leader, Tasu Leech.

49

LOOKING
FOR LUKE

Luke Skywalker sought out the First


Jedi Temple. Jedi Temples were first
seen in The Phantom Menace and the
first temple Luke visited was the Temple
of Eedit on Devaron in Jason Frys book
Weapon of a Jedi. The planet outside
known space where the first Jedi
Temple is located was named Ahch-To
in the screenplay for The Force Awakens
and the island was filmed on location at
Skellig Michael in Ireland.

50

SNOKE AND LEIA

Story Group member and


Star Wars expert Pablo
Hidalgo has revealed on Twitter that Leia
and Snoke knew each other before the
events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

There are undoubtedly many more


cool things to look out for in Star
Wars: The Force Awakens. With
the movie now available for home
viewing, its the perfect time to look!
Happy hunting! a

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