'Star Wars: The Force Awakens:' Leaked Action Figures Give Clues to Characters and Plot?

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is still about a year away, but it looks like there's already a good peek at the characters we'll be rooting for and against when "The Force Awakens" hits theaters. How? Well, you can thank a Chinese toy manufacturer. They should pay their employees better and things like this would, most likely, stop happening.

Anyway, it appears that some of the prototype action figures for the inevitable "Force Awakens" line of toys have leaked in an image (see above) posted to a Chinese web forum. The figures, of course, aren't confirmed, but the fact that Hunter PR asked RebelScum to take them down seems to indicate that they are, very much, the real deal.

The leaked figures include John Boyega's Finn, Daisy Ridley's Rey, Rey's spherical BB-8 droid and a mysterious masked character, believed by some to be Kylo Ren, who may be the character shown with the wonky lightsaber in the teaser. There's also fan-favorite Chewbacca, who apparently doesn't have a robotic hand, as was rumored previously.

What can we glean from these leaked action figures that wasn't already revealed in the "Episode VII" teaser? Well, aside from Chewbacca's hand, not a whole heck of a lot. The action figures would appear to confirm that Boyega will be ditching that Stormtrooper gear for some civilian duds over the course of the film. That's to be expected, considering previous leaks about the film indicated that Boyega will figure largely into "The Force Awakens'" action, and it's unlikely he'd be doing all that in Stormtrooper armor.

If that one character isn't Kylo Ren, it could also be "The Force Awakens'" rumored Imperial Inquisitor. That character is reportedly being played by "Game of Thrones" actress Gwendoline Christie, who is a very tall woman. Taking a look at the figure's stature in comparison to Boyega's Finn, it's not too hard to imagine that this is supposed to be the 6'3″ Christie's Inquisitor.

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Boyega, Daisy ridley, Kylo Ren, Chewbacca, Gwendoline Christie
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