New CAPTAIN PHASMA Comic Will Reveal How She Escaped the Starkiller Base From THE FORCE AWAKENS
The last we heard of Gwendolyn Christie's Captain Phasma, Finn had her thrown down into one of the trash compactors of the Starkiller base in The Force Awakens before it blew up. We've known for awhile already that she would be back in action in The Last Jedi and we even got our first glimpse of her in the trailer that was released.
We have no idea how she survived, but thanks to a new Marvel Comics miniseries that was just announced, we'll find out! Star Wars: Captain Phasma will bridge the gap between The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, and in the process we'll get the adventurous story of how Phasma escaped and survived.
The 4-issue miniseries comes from writer Kelly Thompson (Hawkeye, A-Force) and artist Marco Checchetto (Gamora, Star Wars: Shattered Empire). There aren't any other details on the story but Thompson told StarWars.com:
“It’s exciting enough when someone lets you contribute to the Star Wars universe in any real way, but when they let you create the first ever Phasma story for comics? Well, that’s about as good as it gets! Like most, I’m a huge fan of both Gwendoline Christie and Phasma. Christie is magnetic and Phasma has so much fascinating untapped potential…potential which I can’t wait to help unlock for fans in our comic.”
Checchetto added:
“With this series, I’ve had the opportunity to work on each era of Star Wars. Obi-Wan and Anakin in the prequel era, Shattered Empire and The Screaming Citadel in the classic trilogy, and now in the new era of Star Wars. I’m thrilled to be working on new characters. I’m a huge fan of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and obviously can’t wait to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi. We have not seen much of Phasma, and I’m very excited to explore more of this character. Kelly is a great writer. I can’t wait to read her script and start work on the series!”
I'm pretty excited about this and I can't wait to see her story continue. The cover art above was created by artist Paul Renaud. The first issue will be released this fall in September.