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First Official Look at Game of Thrones Star Gwendoline Christie in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Meet Captain Phasma.
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Photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

We’ve shown you new members of the dark side and scruffy-looking nerf herders, but now Star Wars: The Force Awakens is unveiling something a little more mysterious. Here, in the final Annie Leibovitz portrait from the set of The Force Awakens is Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie in all her helmeted glory.

This portrait is official confirmation of the rumors that have been circulating for a while now. You weren’t imagining it; that was the lanky Brienne of Tarth stalking through halls and chasing the Millennium Falcon in the most recent trailer. Though many fans have already nicknamed her “The Chrometrooper,” Christie’s character is actually named Captain Phasma and is a member of the First Order—the film’s new version of the evil Empire.

But should we really assume that Christie’s Phasma is pure evil? In a franchise where a rakish smuggler can get the princess, a Sith Lord can be redeemed, and a stormtrooper can be a potential hero, anything can happen. Christie, who spends most of her scenes in HBO’s Game of Thrones clad in armor, should be used to wearing a bulky metal suit, but, between you and me, I can’t wait to see her with that helmet off. Here’s hoping that, unlike with Lord Vader, we won’t have to wait until the third film.

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