Several photos that are supposedly concept art for "Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens" have been making rounds online. The leaked photos were uploaded on Millennium Falcon by a certain user named "darthpsychotic" on January 14. The photo gallery named "MF World Premiere - Star Wars VII - Concept Art Update 1.5" contained at least three photos.
The first photo was captioned as "Vader and Flametroopers." The leaked image shows Darth Vader who is with at least seven Stormtroopers watching a conflagration destroy a village. View the image here.
The International Business Times noted that this image might actually be the concept art described by Making Star Wars' Jason Ward in his article. "In the final frame, the villain is depicted as Darth Vader (he's a placeholder). We see him from the back and several Stormtroopers stand at his side. In the distance you can see the entire village is now in flames as the Incendiary Troopers have done their work well," Ward said in his report.
Meanwhile, the second photo is entitled "Max Von Sydow" which obviously pertains to the actor's name. Star Wars Underworld said that this photo is quite surprising since Sydow's character is portrayed with no "cybernetic enhancements" at all when earlier rumors said that he will indeed get some. Well, changes might have been made during the course of the planning and filming. Check out photo number 2 here.
The last leaked photo called "GunShip" apparently shows a concept art for another space ship. Check it out here. These new leaked photos have not yet been confirmed by Disney and LucasFilms so there is still no certainty whether these are actually legit. Check out other leaked "Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens" concept images at Millennium Falcon.
"Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" is directed by J.J. Abrams. He is also included in the screenplay credits together with Lawrence Kasdan. Abrams is also one of the producers together with Kathleen Kennedy and Bryan Burk. Returning as composer is John Williams.
The movie's cast list includes Mark Hamill as the protagonist Luke Skywalker, Harrison Ford as Han Solo, and Carrie Fisher as Solo's wife, Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan. Also included in the cast are Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow.
The movie will also star "Game of Thrones" actress Gwendoline Christie and Lupita Nyong'o, who is known for winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie "12 Years A Slave." Also added to the list are American actress Crystal Clarke and British actor Pip Andersen who were both selected from thousands of applicants during the open casting calls for the film.
The movie will hit theaters on December this year. Watch the movie's official teaser here: