SPOILER(-ISH ) ALERT

Titbits we’ve teased from the tie-ins...

SHATTERED EMPIRE

Gen up on Poe Dameron’s family history in this Marvel mini-series set in the immediate aftermath of the Battle Of Endor. Could some related business involving Force plants crop up (ahem) in TFA?

AFTERMATH

Chuck Wendig’s post- ROTJ novel is chocka with hints and teases of future developments; there’s a visit to key TFA planet Jakku that sets it up as a sub-Tatooine nowheresville, plus what could be our first encounter with a major big bad.

BATT LEFRONT

Electronic Arts’ new videogame mostly replays conflicts from the original trilogy, but from 8 December you can download extra level ‘Battle Of Jakku’ and find out how that Star Destroyer got wedged in the earth, as seen in TFA trailers.

TA LKING TO YS

The trailers may be a bit tight-lipped with dialogue, but you can’t shut the toys up. We’re going to suggest that Kylo Ren (via the voice-changer mask) isn’t speaking in an amorous context when he says stuff like “I feel it too”; “Don’t fight it”; and “That weapon is mine!” Meanwhile, Finn’s action figure warns: “We go back to Jakku and we die.” Doesn’t that place have anything going for it?

C-3PO

The multi-lingual worrywart has a red arm? Old news. How he got it, though, is a mystery that’ll be solved by this Marvel one-off (because who wants to read about him every month?) hitting shelves in December.

LEGO SET S

The first wave of TFA LEGO sets gives us some fresh character names to chew on: alongside a silver-fox Han, the Millennium Falcon includes mini-figures of Tasu Leech and ‘Kanjiklub Gang Member’, whoever they are. Presumably the ship’s hull doesn’t open up like a sunflower in the movie, but who knows? KH