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 * Phasma
 * "Gwendoline Christie's fighting bridges Star Wars, Westeros"
 * https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/star-wars-the-last-jedi-14-things-we-learned-w513392
 * "Star Wars: Gwendoline Christie on Going 'Deeper' with Captain Phasma in The Last Jedi"]
 * "The Last Jedi spoiler talk: The filmmakers discuss Captain Phasma's ruthless battle"
 * "Gwendoline Christie in The Last Jedi: 'It's the slowest striptease in cinema history'"


 * "Last Jedi: Phasma Falls Victim to Boba Fett Syndrome"
 * "Phasma's Best Story Isn't in Star Wars: The Last Jedi"


 * "'Star Wars': How Captain Phasma Ended Up With Her Own Nissan"
 * "First Look at the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Shoes from Christian Louboutin"


 * General Hux
 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens/facts-characters-best-scenes/
 * http://collider.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-episode-8-improvement/#general-hux


 * http://www.gamesradar.com/domhnall-gleeson-says-star-wars-general-hux-merciless/ (full interview in Total Film November 2015 issue)
 * http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/13/star-wars-starkiller-base-general-hux
 * http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/film/star-wars-villains-domhnall-gleeson-as-general-hux
 * http://tyrannyofstyle.com/star-wars-force-awakens-costume-design

The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 * "Yoda-like mentor" for the protagonists realized March 2013 (p. 40)


 * Rey
 * Originally known as Kira (first directly stated page 20)
 * First realized in January 2013, during the concept art stage (p. 20)
 * Early Kira a "loner, hothead, gear-head, badass" --screenwriter Michael Arndt
 * April 17 story and design meeting between Michael Arndt, Rick Carter, and J.J. Abrams at Bad Robot Productions turns Kira into a junk planet scavenger, "initially works in a used car lot of sorts for an elder fatherly figure, a Republic pilot", Kira watches ships and daydreams of leaving backwater planet (p 54)


 * Finn
 * Originally known as Sam (p. 20)
 * Original Sam "pure charisma" --screenwriter Michael Arndt
 * First realized in January 2013, during the concept art stage (p. 20)
 * April 17 meeting turns Sam into beginning as a stormtrooper (p. 54)


 * Poe Dameron
 * Originally "John Doe" as a temporary name (p. 40)
 * Was almost a Jedi, then a bounty hunter (p. 49)
 * April 17 meeting turns Doe into "Republic military man" with droid carrying important info ("consciously reflecting R2-D2"), must team up with Sam to complete mission. (p. 54)


 * Kylo Ren
 * Originally known as "Jedi Killer", name given around March 2013 but at this point has no origin (p. 40)
 * March '13 explores an attack on outpost by Jedi Killer and his "hooligans" -- initially conceived as "pirate-mercenaries" before later becoming stormtroopers -- and the realization of the climatic showdown on an ice planet (p. 40)
 * March '13, J.J. sees concept art of Jedi Killer looking like Vader, springboads the Vader "impostor" idea to "mess with Luke's head" (p. 40)
 * At one point considered Jedi Killer owning his own droid, possibly a torture droid (p. 120)
 * "The Jedi Killer design was like trying to land a helicopter on a penny. We couldn't be too Vader-ish, but we couldn't reference something else too heavily, either." --Dillon (p. 131)


 * Maz Kanata
 * "Archetypal mentor character" of Maz Kanata first "tackled" June '13 (p. 78)