Stormtroopers look the business, yo. But Captain Phasma? She’s not only the field commander of a new generation of troopers: She’s the boss who’s taking names and kicking ass.

Originally published on Lazygamer.net A good trailer needs to set a mood. To get your heart beating, and your fandom swelling. But it also needs to not give away any key plot points, and save a few surprises for the actual film. I’m looking at you, Terminator: Genisys. This morning, Star Wars delivered on that idea. The final trailer for …

Many Bothans died in order to give me enough access to the site to make a trailer analysis post. Let’s make the most of their very easily expendable deaths, and start combing the desert of Jakku for secrets and Easter eggs in the final Star Wars trailer.

Despite all the rumours, leaked set pics, official images, character descriptions, trailers, merchandising and more, there’s still a lot we don’t know about Star Wars: The Force Awakens (this is a JJ Abrams movie, after all). And one of those unknowns is definitely Gwendoline Christie’s Captain Phasma, one of the villainous First Order’s military leaders. For starters, we had already …

Moichendisin’! Disney looks set to start making some serious coin on Star Wars this year, when Episode 7: The Force Awakens in December. And that’s a brilliant date for a Star Wars movie to release. Why? Because Star Wars is the kind of franchise that was built on merchandising.