10 Star Wars Mysteries Explained Outside Of The Films
4. How Did Phasma Escape Starkiller Base?
The Mystery:
After Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie) is taken hostage by the heroes in The Force Awakens and dropped into a trash compactor, how does she manage to escape the Starkiller Base before its destruction to re-appear in The Last Jedi?
The Answer:
In the 2015 comic mini-series "Star Wars: Captain Phasma," it's revealed that Phasma is able to escape the trash compactor after a Resistance bombing run blows a hole in it.
After this, Phasma wipes clean the record of her lowering the Starkiller Base's shields for Finn (John Boyega), and frames a fellow officer, Sol Rivas, for the act instead, before getting the hell out of dodge in a TIE Fighter.
The rest of the comic chronicles her attempts to track down an escaped Rivas and kill him, which she eventually does, tying up the single loose end pointing to her dishonour.
Phasma remains one of the sequel trilogy's biggest missed opportunities, but this comic lent some welcome added context to her character.