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SNOWSPEEDER

38UNSEEN!

When Rey and Finn arrive at the oscillator
on Starkiller Base, behind them is the
boosted snowspeeder that brought them
there. It was featured in the novelization
of The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster
and is also a toy by Hasbro.

T H E
AGENT OF THE

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,
As reported in Entertainment Weekly,
actor Daniel Craig of James Bond fame
makes a cameo in The Force Awakens.
He plays a stormtrooper who falls victim
to Rey’s Jedi Mind Trick on Starkiller

Base. When first asked about his

supposed role prior to the film’s release,
Craig vehemently denied it because he

was forbidden to confirm his association
with the project. His involvement was
made easy because the latest Bond film,

Spectre, was filming on a neighboring
soundstage only a thermal detonator’s
throw away.

KYLO’S

HUX: A TRAGIC 41 41BLADE

40 VILLAIN? Kylo Ren’s lightsaber is based
on an ancient design, dating back
J.J. Abrams wanted Hux to have a thousands of years. The ragged,
sense of tragedy, and the fact that he unstable appearance of the
appears to be too young to be in charge main blade and two cross-guard
of a murderous group added to that. blades, or quillions, are the result
According to Abrams, the character’s of a cracked kyber crystal housed
name was created after he noticed a inside the weapon’s hilt.
grave with the name “Hux” carved into
the stone.

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