‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Reveals Andy Serkis’ Character Name (And Spandex Onesie)

JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to open December 18th, meaning we have just six more months of possible spoilers and breathless speculation. The latest tidbit is the reveal of Andy Serkis’s character, which comes in a Vanity Fair interview (via StarWars.com) with longtime Star Wars photographer Annie Leibovitz. We discover that Andy Serkis will be playing (drumroll)…

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SUPREME LEADER SNOKE. Hooray! (I have no idea who that is). But don’t worry, he brought his spandex onesie:

Here’s a snip from the full piece:

For Leibovitz (and for Star Wars fans), there are never enough [pages], but what’s inside the latest issue is still very exciting. Among its many photos, the collection reveals new characters such as Captain Phasma (played by Gwendoline Christie), showcases a Mos Eisley-cantina-worthy gang of aliens, and features villain Kylo Ren, played by Adam Driver — without his mask for the first time anywhere. He looks intense, serious, and troubled. […]

But not everyone is shown in-character, in-costume. Lupita Nyong’o, who plays the computer-generated pirate Maz Kanata, was photographed close-up, motion-capture trackers glittering her face as she looks slightly off camera. “I asked Lupita to get rigged up for the picture,” Leibovitz says. “That’s a look you don’t see in the film — you’re going to see what happens when they use that system to create a moving character.”[…]

A previously unpublished photo of Andy Serkis, also sporting mo-cap gear for his portrayal of Supreme Leader Snoke, is available here exclusively.

Anyone want to speculate who and/or what “Supreme Leader Snoke” is? I have a few guesses, but my inhaler is in the other room. Andy Serkis always seems super serious for a guy who makes a living hopping around pretending to be a monkey, doesn’t he?

I used to say this even before Paul Walker died, but now more than ever, Andy Serkis should play Paul Walker in the Fast/Furious sequels.