Another ‘Force Awkens’ character has apparently been named

Gwendoline Christie from “Game of Thrones”

Written by O’Boyd

Last week, Entertainment Weekly came out with trading cards – a brilliant idea that was put together with the help of Disney and J.J. Abrams – for the new characters in “The Force Awakens.”

The latest character potentially named didn’t get such a royal treatment.

The Internet went crazy as Stitch Kingdom reported a character name was supposedly registered by LucasFilm and Disney. That character: Captain Phasma.

Rumors are going around that the character would be played by Gwendoline Christie from “Game of Thrones.”

MovieWeb.com gave its thoughts on the new character:

“There is no prior documentation for this character or the name outside of an extensive fan-fiction titled Tarkin’s Fist. There are also a number of random usernames using this moniker floating around the Internet. Is it possible that J.J. Abrams and his team are paying homage and honoring some of their favorite fan fiction by stealing a name from this vast online universe? That’s kind of cool, yet kind of lame depending on how you want to look at it.

“It is speculated that Captain Phasma is the character being played by Gwendoline Christie, rumored to be an Imperial Officer with ties to the force who is pursuing John Boyega’s Finn, an AWOL stormtrooper, across the universe.”