![]() Supreme Leader Snoke runs the First Order like the Wizard ran Oz. The name of the watery planet where Luke Skywalker is holed up - and the site of the original Jedi Temple - is Ahch-To, according to supplemental material (including the official WGA script as well as the junior novelization by Michael Kogge) and confirmed by Lucasfilm’s Pablo Hidalgo. (The planets are turned into pocket novas, per the novel.) In The Force Awakens, several of the Senate politicians, along with Leia’s envoy Korr Sella (the woman the camera lingers on), watch in horror as the incoming fatal blast from Starkiller Base approaches, eventually wiping out the entire Hosnian system. Hosnian Prime eventually replaced Coruscant as the seat of power once the New Republic took over (the capital rotates among systems every several years to reinforce the democracy). ‘The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary’ (DK Publishing/Lucasfilm)Īnother lush world, D’Qar was first mentioned in the novel Lost Stars, where it was scouted by the protagonist Thane Kyrell as a possible rebel base. Because the world has maintained neutrality in the various galactic skirmishes, it has been untouched by war… so far. Takodana is the forested frontier planet Maz Kanata calls home, a spaceport frequented by pirates, bounty hunters, thugs, and ne’er-do-wells. Related: A Field Guide to ‘The Force Awakens’ It was the site of a huge confrontation between the Rebel Alliance and Empire about a year after the Battle of Endor, resulting in a huge debris field known as the “graveyard of giants.” Because it’s so remote and inhospitable, it is considered a good spot for folks to hide out - or abandon young kids on. Jakku is the Tatooine-like desert planet that kicks the story in motion. An adherent to the Church of the Force, an underground religion based on the tenets of the Jedi, he is a keeper of Jedi knowledge, and therefore knows about Luke and his attempts to revive the Order - and how it was defiled by Ben Solo/Kylo Ren.Ī quick geography lesson, please: What were all those new planets that we saw? His name is Lor San Tekka, and he has been aiding the New Republic and Resistance for decades before retiring to the Jakku village of Kelvin Ravine. Who is Max Von Sydow’s character and how did he wind up with the missing map to Luke? Like many of the characters and vehicles in The Force Awakens, the T-70s are based on Star Wars designer Ralph McQuarrie’s concept art from the 1970s. The Resistance meanwhile, flies T-70 X-wings, whose main visual difference from the Incom T-65 models of the original trilogy is that the newer vessels have interlocking wings that present a sleeker, more aerodynamic profile than the overlaying wings of the originals. The red-swathed model that Poe and Finn hijack, known as a TIE/sf, accommodates two, a pilot and a gunner. The single-pilot TIE/fo is based on the design of the ships from the original trilogy, but with upgraded systems. Special Forces TIE from ‘The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross Sections’ (DK Publishing/Lucasfilm) When Luke Skywalker’s new generation of Jedi was destroyed by the treachery of his own nephew, Ben Solo/Kylo Ren, sending the last Jedi Master into parts unknown, the First Order made its move. As the New Republic tried to carve out a viable political structure, the staunchest ex-Imperials regrouped in the most remote sectors of the Outer Rim to build a new, formidable war machine, which grew into the First Order. The government secured a systems-wide peace treaty called the Galactic Concordance and focused on creating a democratic senate, overseen by Chancellor Mon Mothma. After the fall of Emperor Palpatine and the destruction of the second Death Star, the Rebel Alliance (technically the Alliance to Restore the Republic) adopted the name the New Republic. ![]() That’s an easy one, thanks to the new The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary. Republic, Resistance, First Order… Help?! Warning: Major spoilers will be discussed. Related: Breaking Down the Biggest ‘Force Awakens’ Bombshells After multiple screenings of the film and hours spent poring over the freshly released canonical material - The Force Awakens official novelization by Alan Dean Foster, The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary by Lucasfilm’s Pablo Hidalgo, the YA novel Before the Awakening by Greg Rucka, The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens edited by Phil Szostak, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Incredible Cross Sections by Jason Fry - we attempt to answer the big ones below. Chances are you have lots of burning questions about what transpired in the movie, or the events leading up to Episode VII. Chances are you saw The Force Awakens over the weekend.
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