Via a heap of trading cards, Lucasfilm has already let us know the names of some of the new characters in “Star Wars : The Force Awakens”. Naturally, there’s more… but they’re keeping a tight lid on them until closer to the release, likely.
StitchKingdom may have uncovered the name of another new character though : Captain Phasma, an imperial officer [likely] played by Gwendoline Christie.
On December 11, Lucasfilm went ahead and registered several related applications for several of these characters, including: BB-8, the ball-droid; Kylo Ren, the sith; and Poe Dameron, the X-Wing Fighter pilot.
Among the registrations, however, were many for a ‘Captain Phasma,’ for which we were unable to find any previous documentation outside of an extensive fan-fiction titled Tarkin’s Fist and random usernames.
So, until we see the trading card, we won’t know…