Captain Phasma (Star Wars)

Captain Phasma is a secondary antagonist from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. She is portrayed by actress Gwendoline Christie.

Phasma is a solder in the First Order, the villainous successors of the Galactic Empire.

Character History

Phasma first appears leading her stormtrooper unit in action during Kylo Ren's assault on a village on the desert planet of Jakku. Shortly after Ren executed the village's leader, Force user Lor San Tekka and took Resistance pilot Poe Dameron as a prisoner, Phasma questioned what to do about the remaining villagers. Ren ordered their execution, to which Phasma gave the command. During the assault, Phasma noticed the reluctance of stormtrooper FN-2187 to follow orders.

Upon their return to the First Order base, the Star Destroyer Finalizer, Phasma cornered FN-2187 and assigned him to reconditioning due to his inactivity on the Jakku assault. She also chastised him for removing his stormtrooper helmet without permission.

After FN-2187, now going by the nickname of Finn, helped Dameron escape First Order custody, fleeing in the process, Phasma reported to Ren and General Hux that Finn did not report to reconditioning. She later is seen on the Starkiller Base, where she witnesses the superweapon destroy the Hosnian System.

While patrolling Starkiller Base, Phasma was ambushed by the wookie Chewbacca, who was taking part in an assault on the base, as well as rescuing the desert scavenger Rey along with his friends Han Solo and Finn. At gunpoint, Finn demanded Phasma deactivate the base's shields in anticipation of a Resistance air assault. After doing so, Phasma told the Resistance trio that their plan was sure to fail, as the First Order forces would be too much to handle. Fed up with her talk, the group disposed of her in a trash compactor, per Han's suggestion.

While Phasma is not seen for the rest of the film, Gwendoline Christie has been confirmed to appear in Star Wars: Episode VIII, so it can be assumed Phasma found a way out of the trash compactor and off the Starkiller Base before its destruction by Resistance forces.