First Look: Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong’o, And More In 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'

The main characters of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” have graced the cover of Vanity Fair, courtesy of the great photographer Annie Leibovitz. But there’s more. Apart from the cover, which features Harrison Ford and Peter Mayhew as Han Solo and Chewbacca, and newcomers John Boyega (“Attack The Block”) and Daisy Ridley as a rogue Stormtrooper and a desert scavenger respectively, the magazine has also unveiled the first looks and never-before-seen footage of characters played by Adam Driver and Lupita Nyong’o.

Yes, the layers of secrecy are being finally being pulled back and probably because today is Star Wars Day (yes, that's a thing). Many rumors have been confirmed in the newly released video and photos. Adam Driver (“Girls”) plays some sort of shrouded dressed-in-black Sith figure (Kylo Ren, aka a bad guy), Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years A Slave”) is playing a purely animated character (a smuggling pirate named Maz Kanata) in the film which means she’s in motion-capture...