Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 11 Major Details Revealed By Vanity Fair

10. Phasma's Face And New Weapon

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Gwendoline Christie's Captain Phasma is - as has long been confirmed - returning for The Last Jedi, despite the fact her predicament at the end of The Force Awakens should've made that pretty difficult.

What's interesting about the photoshoot is that she's photographed - for the first time - without the Phasma helmet, a deliberate choice to reveal the person underneath with Hidalgo saying:

"I think a big part of the allure of her character was just wondering what might be underneath. It was only relatively recently that we wanted to commit to the idea that there was a human under there."

So it's not explicitly confirmed, but it does certainly sound like we're going to be seeing an un-helmeted Phasma in The Last Jedi. She'll also be wielding a new weapon, which is a sort of retractable staff.

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