Captain Phasma

Captain Phasma
Star Wars character
Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma in The Force Awakens (2015)
First appearanceThe Force Awakens (2015)
Created byJ. J. Abrams
Portrayed byGwendoline Christie
Voiced by
Designed byMichael Kaplan
In-universe information
GenderFemale
TitleCaptain
OccupationStormtrooper commander
AffiliationScyre
First Order
FamilyKeldo (brother)
HomeworldParnassos

Captain Phasma is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, portrayed by English actress Gwendoline Christie. Introduced in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), the first film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Phasma is the commander of the First Order's force of stormtroopers. Christie returned to the role in the next of the trilogy's films, Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and in the animated television series Star Wars Resistance (2018) and several video games. The character also made an additional appearance in Before the Awakening, an anthology book set before the events of The Force Awakens.

J. J. Abrams created Phasma from an armor design originally developed for Kylo Ren and named her after the 1979 horror film Phantasm. The character was originally conceived as male. Phasma appeared prominently in promotion and marketing for The Force Awakens, but the character's ultimately minor role in the film was the subject of criticism, a complaint repeated for her appearance in The Last Jedi. Nonetheless, merchandise featuring the character found success, and her figure was the best-selling of all The Force Awakens action figures on Amazon.co.uk.[3]

  1. ^ Randy Evans [@killat0n_] (December 7, 2017). "And yes, that is @lovegwendoline and @JohnBoyega doing the VO :)" (Tweet). Retrieved December 8, 2017 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Ellen Dubin [@EllenDubinActor] (March 16, 2016). "In case you heard a familiar voice, I am #CaptainPhasma in #StarWarsTheResistanceRises on @DisneyXD" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bestselling was invoked but never defined (see the help page).