Reveal of new X-Wing Pilot from The Force Awakens

Reveal of new X-Wing Pilot from The Force Awakens

Exciting news! Several sites (Starwars7news.com, TheForce.net and Makingstarwars.net) have revealed a new character from the Force Awakens movie: Bullhead, who is a new X-Wing pilot.

First, let’s look at what the X-Wing flighter looks like (see above photo; source.)

Spoiler Alert!

Bullhead is the character’s species and here is a photo from the movie set (source: StarWars7News)

From looking at this picture, I can see that the background of the image matches up with the same rebel base that was shot from the movie set in Greenham Common in England.

Interestingly, photos from this same site show Bullhead with different bodies:

 

 

Plus there are some questions pointing to what inspired the Bullhead’s name and the facial design of the face. The online speculation is the Brown bullhead catfish—look at the mouth’s corners, which are similar to the ones of the Bullhead’s face (picture from wikipedia):