Indie Revolver, which exclusively debuted the latest rumored image of Episode VII's stormtrooper, originally noted that the helmet appears to be non-symmetrical - with only a single breather/vent on the left side - but the article was later updated with a second image of the prop that indicates this will not be the case. That is to say, it doesn't require a stretch to assume that the new stormtrooper design may be legit, given the film's established precedent of calling back to the original trilogy's preproduction aesthetics. Many a fan has noted that the ship's build has been tweaked so that it now more closely resembles McQuarrie's original conceptual design for the spaceship on George Lucas' original Star Wars movie trilogy. Last month, Abrams officially unveiled the design of the X-Wing fighter in Episode VII. Abrams' Star Wars film, ahead of time. Today, we have additional photos that reportedly depict the helmet worn by stormtroopers in Episode VII as with the drawing, the design very much harkens back to the conceptual artwork created by Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston for Episodes IV-VI. Filming on Star Wars: Episode VII is slated to pick back up later this month, but the big news this week concerned the appearance of a sketch online - one that may well have revealed the redesigned stormtrooper from J.J.

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