A new Star Wars novel traces the mysterious origins of Captain Phasma
In the lead-up to The Force Awakens, one particular character caught the eyes of fans: a tall, chrome-clad stormtrooper played by Game of Thrones‘ Gwendoline Christie. Captain Phasma was hyped as a silent but menacing Boba Fett-style character, but when the film came out, she only had a couple of minutes of screen time. Fortunately, Phasma, a new tie-in novel by Delilah S. Dawson, provides a much-needed origin story for one of the new Star Wars saga’s most mysterious characters.
While Phasma fills out its title character’s background a great deal, it doesn’t actually take us inside her head. Instead, Phasma’s story is told by a captured Resistance fighter named Vi Moradi, who is being interrogated by a crimson-armored stormtrooper named…
