12 days. Only 12 more days until this onslaught of marketing material forStar Wars: The Force Awakensdithers, if only for a little bit before it revs up yet again forRogue OneorStar Wars: Episode VIIIor the Blu-ray release ofThe Force Awakens. December 18th can’t come soon enough but at least the latest piece of advertising is focused on a character that has remained relatively mysterious through all this nonsensical build-up.Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron, the Black Leader of the resistance, is the focus of the later poster for the newStar Warsfilm, and boy does he look serious. Beside having one of the more interesting names in the latest installment of the franchise, Isaac is easily one of the best actors to be involved inJ.J. Abrams' film, alongsideCarrie Fisher,Adam DriverandHarrison Ford.
2015 has been a solid year for Isaac. Following his magnificent, mordant performance as the titular folk singer in the Coen brothers’Inside Llewyn Davis, one of the best works to date from the fraternal duo, Isaac has been on an incremental rise, including his work in the slightly underratedA Most Dangerous YearandThe Two Faces of Januaryin 2014. In 2015, however, he was the clear standout inAlex Garland’s mildly overratedEx Machina, in which he co-starred with fellowThe Force AwakensthespianDomnhall GleesonandBourne 5co-starAlicia Vikander, and Poe Dameron looks to be one of the major characters of the newest trilogy of Star Wars films, alongsideJohn Boyega’s Finn andDaisy Ridley’s Rey. And this isn’t counting his work as the titular villain inBryan Singer’s upcomingX-Men: Apocalypse- I won’t blame him for the silly character design. Regardless, Poe is already set to appear inRian Johnson’sEpisode VIIIin some way and that alone cements Isaac’s role as one of the most sought-after character actors in the modern cinema. Check out the Poe Dameron poster below.
