'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Sith Villain Kylo Ren Leaked Photo? SPOILERS: Lucasfilm Searches For Crossguard Lightsaber Character Mask Image Leaker

Before we even saw the teaser trailer for J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the most anticipated movie of 2015, there was a series of leaked images of concept art and set photos that had Lucasfilm and Disney in a huff. For some reason, these Episode VII images have seen a spike in viewership very recently, and now Lucasfilm is searching for the alleged leaker in order to take legal action against him or her. One of these images reportedly shows the front-view of Kylo Ren, the crossguard lightsaber-wielding Sith villain seen in the teaser trailer. Keep reading to learn more about this story.

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According to Comic Book Resources, this Kylo Ren image was posted to ImageShack back in October of 2014, about a moth before the teaser trailer premiered online. Now LucasFilm is searching for the leaker that posted the image, but this news has caused a spike in viewership of this specific image.

In the teaser, we see the back of the new villain, revealed later to be named Kylo Ren, ignite his updated lightsaber. In this image in question, we allegedly see what the character looks like from the front! In fact, if you haven't seen the image, the character has a cool mask! You can check out this image right here!

This story originally came from Courthouse News Service.

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