Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 8 Set Leaks Which Left J.J. Abrams Fuming

6. Spoiler-Filled Concept Art

Just as production on Star Wars: The Force Awakens kicked off, dozens of pieces of concept art from the movie found their way online. Whoever leaked them must have been closely involved with the production as they had managed to take photos of the artwork in the movie's offices in Pinewood, and those images revealed an awful lot about the then still completely mysterious release. Some of what was revealed hasn't made it into the final cut (there was an alternate version of Chewbacca with only one hand for example), but much of it has, including the fallen AT-AT Rey calls home, Captain Phasma, the base of the Resistance, and much more besides. Other images such as the one above remain a mystery, but The Force Awakens was plagued with leaks like this throughout production as well. The first look at Kylo Ren for example also came via leaked concept art, while Han and Leia's new looks were revealed in a similar fashion. Abrams simply hasn't been able to escape these over the past two years and must feel nothing but pure hatred for whoever is responsible, especially as many of the leaked photos have touched on major plot points such as the fate of a certain Skywalker...
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