--- title: Lupita Nyong'o Talks the New Star Wars: The Force Awakens description: Her favorite 'Star Wars' film is... canonical: https://time.com/4039992/lupita-nyongo-vogue-interview/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-18T13:36:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:55.638Z og:title: Watch Lupita Nyong'o Answer Important 'Star Wars' Questions in New Interview og:description: Her favorite 'Star Wars' film is... og:url: https://time.com/4039992/lupita-nyongo-vogue-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Lupita Nyong'o Answer Important 'Star Wars' Questions in New Interview twitter:description: Her favorite 'Star Wars' film is... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Lupita Nyong'o Answer Important _Star Wars_ Questions in New Interview ## Video: That Was Fast: Filming For The Next 'Star Wars' Begins Soon [Watch (HLS stream): That Was Fast: Filming For The Next 'Star Wars' Begins Soon](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/SAC7bXRu.m3u8) (0:50)  _Published 2015-09-10. The Force Awakens hasn't even hit theaters yet but filming is already about to start for the eighth "Star Wars" movie._ by [Jessica Derschowitz/ Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz/ Entertainment Weekly Sep 18, 2015 1:36 PM UTC by [Jessica Derschowitz/ Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz/ Entertainment Weekly Sep 18, 2015 1:36 PM UTC It’s an important question for both _Star Wars_ actors and fans of the franchise alike: What’s your favorite film in the franchise? _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_’ Lupita Nyong’o answered that (for the record, it’s _The Empire Strikes Back_) and other questions about the galaxy far, far away in an new interview with [_Vogue_](http://www.vogue.com/13336021/lupita-nyongo-october-2015-cover/). Nyong’o, who appears on the magazine’s October 2015 cover, took part in the _Vogue_ “73 Questions” video series. During the rapid-fire Q&A, she weighed in on Luke Skywalker vs. Han Solo, C-3P0 vs. R2-D2, and how many CGI dots she had to wear on her face while playing her _Force Awakens_ character, Maz Kanata. In the magazine’s cover story, she said that playing a motion-capture character was “really bizarre and lots of fun.” “I really enjoyed the fact that you’re not governed by your physical presence in that kind of work,” she added. “You can be a dragon. You can be anything.” Watch above to see her answer those questions, plus what she thinks is the “most American thing ever,” and how she likes her pizza. _The Force Awakens_ opens in theaters on Dec. 18\. You can read Nyong’o’s full _Vogue_ interview [here](http://www.vogue.com/13336021/lupita-nyongo-october-2015-cover/). _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/18/star-wars-force-awakens-lupita-nyongo-vogue) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4039992/lupita-nyongo-vogue-interview/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4039992/lupita-nyongo-vogue-interview/"},"headline":"Watch Lupita Nyong'o Answer Important Star Wars Questions in New Interview","datePublished":"2015-09-18T13:36:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:55.638Z","description":"Her favorite Star Wars film is...","url":"https://time.com/4039992/lupita-nyongo-vogue-interview/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Star Wars","Interview","Lupita Nyong'o","celebrity","star wars: the force awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Derschowitz/ Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4039992/lupita-nyongo-vogue-interview/","name":"Watch Lupita Nyong'o Answer Important Star Wars Questions in New Interview"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"That Was Fast: Filming For The Next 'Star Wars' Begins Soon","description":"The Force Awakens hasn't even hit theaters yet but filming is already about to start for the eighth \"Star Wars\" movie.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/SAC7bXRu/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-09-10T17:06:53.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/SAC7bXRu.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4039992/lupita-nyongo-vogue-interview/","duration":"PT50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4039992/lupita-nyongo-vogue-interview/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```