New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Kylo Ren Image from Empire Preview

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Kylo Ren Woods

Empire was true to their word and offered up a new exclusive sneak peek at Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens ahead of their big cover story release this upcoming Thursday, August 28.

The first of what could be three consecutive teases leading into Thursday features the villain Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) wielding the crudely constructed lightsaber by his own hand. This isn’t the first image of Ren nor will be the last. But it does show the thorn in the Resistance’s side in a previously unseen light.


Thus far we’ve seen Ren landing at night on the desert planet of Jakku and roaming the snowy planet where the First Order Starkiller base is located. This is the first time we’ve seen him on the lush wooded planet where a major battle will take place per the second trailer. This planet is rumored to be where Maz Kanata’s (Lupita Nyong’o) castle comes into play.

I’d personally love the next sneak peek image to show Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie) in action rather than walking down an Imperial hallway.

Source: Empire

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