--- title: Star Wars: The Force Awakens: New Photos from the Set of Adam Driver description: The pictures reveal new information about Adam Driver character Kylo Ren canonical: https://time.com/3994108/star-wars-the-force-awakens-photos/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-12T15:58:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:06:43.504Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: See Revealing New Photos From 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' og:description: The pictures reveal new information about Adam Driver character Kylo Ren og:url: https://time.com/3994108/star-wars-the-force-awakens-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6da66dd288241d2f/69885ed8a988cac3596b3db4/cover-ew-13771378-swvii.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: cover-ew-13771378-swvii og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Revealing New Photos From 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' twitter:description: The pictures reveal new information about Adam Driver character Kylo Ren twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6da66dd288241d2f/69885ed8a988cac3596b3db4/cover-ew-13771378-swvii.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Check Out New Photos From _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 12, 2015 3:58 PM UTC  Entertainment Weekly Star Wars cover Entertainment Weekly Star Wars cover  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 12, 2015 3:58 PM UTC _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ doesn’t hit theaters until Dec. 18, but _Entertainment Weekly_ has exclusive new photos that raise more questions about the plot of the film. Why does C-3PO have a red arm? Why is the X-Wing fighter flown by Oscar Isaac’s character black? What was it like for Harrison Ford to return to the _Star Wars_ universe? The new cover story also reveals more information about Kylo Ren — the baddie played by Adam Driver. See all the photos [here](http://www.ew.com/gallery/star-wars-force-awakens-first-look-gallery/2274288%5Fclone-all-crops-gallery-star-wars-force-awakens-2015-daisy-ridley-and-john-boyega-0?hootPostID=0a5ae418daafa975bebe0f8bcec2e3d6) and read about Kylo Ren [here](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/12/star-wars-force-awakens-kylo-ren). > [](https://twitter.com/EW/status/631467084027961345) > [](https://twitter.com/EW/status/631459011376869376) \[[_EW_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/12/this-weeks-cover-star-wars-force-awakens-exclusive-ew)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3994108/star-wars-the-force-awakens-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3994108/star-wars-the-force-awakens-photos/"},"headline":"Check Out New Photos From Star Wars: The Force Awakens","datePublished":"2015-08-12T15:58:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:06:43.504Z","description":"The pictures reveal new information about Adam Driver's villainous character","url":"https://time.com/3994108/star-wars-the-force-awakens-photos/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6da66dd288241d2f/69885ed8a988cac3596b3db4/cover-ew-13771378-swvii.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6da66dd288241d2f/69885ed8a988cac3596b3db4/cover-ew-13771378-swvii.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"cover-ew-13771378-swvii","caption":"Entertainment Weekly Star Wars cover","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3994108/star-wars-the-force-awakens-photos/","name":"Check Out New Photos From Star Wars: The Force Awakens"}}]}] ```