Wondering how some of the characters from The Force Awakens got their assigned names? Entertainment Weekly has the scoop right from the source himself, director J.J. Abrams. Take the source link below to see what Abrams had to say about selecting the names for Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, BB-8, General Hux, Captain Phasma.
Abrams also reveals the name of the diminutive sand dweller and the all-new creature seen in the earlier image gallery with Rey and BB-8.
During Entertainment Weekly’s interview with Star Wars: The Force Awakens director and co-writer J.J. Abrams, we ended up talking about names a lot. At the start, he revealed something unexpected about the new villain played by Adam Driver – Kylo Ren is a name the character “came to” when he joined an order called the Knights of Ren.
