User:Lewisr/Phasma

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"I'm a survivor. No matter what the cost."
―Phasma, to TN-3465[7]

Phasma was a human female who served as a captain in the First Order during the New Republic Era and the early stages of the First Order's war with the Resistance. Born on the Unknown Regions planet Parnassos in 6 ABY to a small and weak family, Phasma and her older brother Keldo grew up having to defend the family and their ancestral home, the Nautilus, from rival clans. Around 19 ABY, Phasma conspired with one of the families rivals, the Scyre, to have her family killed, while ensuring she and her brother could continue living in their home. Now members of the Scyre, the siblings eventually rose to take leadership of the clan.

Behind the scenes

"We know very little about her at this stage, but what I think people are drawn to is that this is a very progressive female character. We see Captain Phasma, and we see the costume from head to toe, and we know that it is a woman. But we are used to, in our media, connecting to female characters via the way that they look, from the way they are made flesh."
―Gwendoline Christie[8]
"We are actually connecting to a female character as a human being."
―Gwendoline Christie[8]
"It wasn't just about what I was expressing above the neck, it was also as focused on what I was expressing below the neck. It was an interesting acting experience as well as a fangirl's dream."
―Gwendoline Christie[8]
"She's Star Wars' first female villain. It's incredible, it's timely, and I'm very proud to be a part of it."
―Gwendoline Christie[8]
"Everything was happening simultaneously. When the idea came up to make Phasma female, it was instantaneous: Everyone just said, 'Yes. That's great.'"
―Lawrence Kasdan[9]

Phasma was created for the 2015 sequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens.[10] She first appeared in the mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, which updated December 17, 2015 to include her and other characters inspired from The Force Awakens,[11] which premiered the following day.[12] Gwendoline Christie portrayed the captain in the film.[6]

Phasma was first revealed, albeit unidentified, in the second trailer for The Force Awakens,[13] which was first shown at Celebration Anaheim on April 16, 2015,[14] and later posted on the Star Wars YouTube channenl.[13] The character's name and portayal by Christie was revealed by Vanity Fair in an article, posted May 4, 2015.[15]

Phasma's design began as a concept for Kylo Ren by Michael Kaplan(verify right Kaplan) that was rejected by J.J. Abrams, since Ren did not lead the stormtroopers as one of them. The design remained hanging in the design room until Kathleen Kennedy saw it and insisted it make it into the movie which prompted Abrams to create Phasma. The costume team only had four to five days to create the character.[10]

In Imanuel Doza's Databank entry, the alt attribute for an image incorrectly identifies Commander Pyre as Phasma.[16]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Phasma
  2. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
  3. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi, including the death of Phasma aboard the Supremacy in the Crait system, to 34 ABY.
  4. ↑ Star Wars 100 Objects
  5. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Head-to-Head
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
  7. ↑ Captain Phasma 4
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Premium-Era-real Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Gwendoline Christie on why it matters that Captain Phasma is a woman by Anthony Breznican on Entertainment Weekly (October 30, 2015) (backup link archived on February 18, 2023)
  9. ↑ Premium-Era-real This Major Female Villain in Star Wars: The Force Awakens Was Originally a Man by Kyle Buchanan on Vulture (December 7, 2015) (backup link archived on July 29, 2020)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  11. ↑ EAFavicon-Template Characters from Star Wars™: The Force Awakens™ are now available in Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes on Electronic Arts' official website (December 17, 2015) (backup link)
  12. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: Episode VII to Open December 18, 2015 on StarWars.com (November 7, 2013) (backup link)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 SWYT-Logo Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (April 16, 2015) (backup link)
  14. ↑ StarWars.com SWCA: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Panel Liveblog on StarWars.com (April 16, 2015) (original link is obsolete)
  15. ↑ Premium-Era-real Adam Driver's and Lupita Nyong'o's Characters Revealed in Exclusive Star Wars: The Force Awakens Photos by Joanna Robinson on Vanity Fair (May 4, 2015) (backup link archived on June 4, 2023)
  16. ↑ StarWars-DatabankII Captain Doza in the Databank (backup link)