Phasma Phasma was a human female stormtrooper Captain of the First Order . She served as part of the unofficial commanding triumvirate for the First Order and their Starkiller Base operation , taking charge of the command of the First Order ' s stormtrooper soldier s . During the cold war , which took place 30 years after the Battle of Endor , Phasma served alongside the dark enforcer Kylo Ren and General Armitage Hux in their efforts against the Resistance . Under orders from the Supreme Leader of the First Order , Snoke , the triumvirate searched for a galaxy map that would lead to the last of the Jedi , Luke Skywalker , on the planet Jakku . After the sacking of the village Tuanul , Phasma and her stormtroopers killed the survivors under orders from Ren . Afterward , FN - 2187 , one of her division ' s stormtroopers , had an awakening that led to him betraying the First Order , despite Phasma ' s efforts at reconditioning him . The First Order eventually decided on unleashing their Starkiller superweapon , an event which led to the destruction of the Hosnian system , where the New Republic ' s capital was located , for which Phasma was present . Before the First Order could fire the Starkiller again and destroy the Resistance , FN - 2187 , now with the Resistance as Finn , alongside the smuggler s Han Solo and Chewbacca , infiltrated the base and took Phasma captive . Under the threat of death , the trio managed to have Phasma lower the Starkiller ' s planetary shield for the Resistance ' s assault effort on the superweapon . Although Phasma believed the Resistance would be destroyed by her stormtrooper legion s , the Resistance was ultimately successful in destroying the Starkiller Base . Phasma was left in the base ' s trash compactor , though she managed to escape just before the base ' s destruction . Phasma later ordered the death of Resistance members Finn and Rose Tico , when they were caught after being betrayed by their slicer DJ while attempting to infiltrate the " Supremacy " to disable a tracker . Before the execution could be carried out , however , the " Supremacy " was left bisected after being rammed by the " Raddus " . Though all three were left alive , Phasma found herself at a severe disadvantage without the support of the majority of her stormtroopers . Defeated in single combat , she cursed Finn before falling into the fire that was consuming the " Supremacy " . Biography . Early life . Prior to joining the Scyre clan , Phasma and her brother Keldo were part of a small and weak clan that resided directly around the Nautilus on the desolate planet Parnassos . Phasma and Keldo grew up having to defend the clan ' s territory from raiders from rival clans such as the Scyre and the Claw . One day Phasma orchestrated the death s of her clan including her father and mother in order to ensure both herself and Keldo survived while still being able to live in the Nautilus . In order to do this , she stabbed Keldo in the foot with a knife and pushed him into a cave , thus disabling him , claiming that the clan was under attack and that she had saved his life . Shortly after , Phasma along with Keldo both pledged their allegiances to the Scyre by painting themselves with Oracle Salve made by their family . Due to Parnassos ' harsh environment and lack of technological advancements , Phasma spent her days wearing protective gear and scavenging crashed starship s for weapons and supplies . Eventually she led a group of Scyre clan warriors and believed herself to be the strongest warrior on Parnassos . Encountering the First Order . Everything changed , however , when Phasma observed a First Order starship crashing in the neighboring Claw clan territory . Covertly leading her Scyre warriors over the border into Claw territory , Phasma was brought face to face with First Order officer Brendol Hux , flanked by three stormtroopers and a black droid . Hux introduced himself as an officer for the First Order , who had been on a mission to recruit the strongest warriors in the galaxy to the First Order ' s military when his ship had been shot down by Parnassos ' automated defense system . Seizing her opportunity to get offworld , Phasma stepped forward and unmasked herself , introducing herself and offering to help Hux find his crashed ship . Service to the First Order . Phasma became a stormtrooper captain of the First Order , though her true rank was higher than her title suggested . She was a leading member of the unofficial commanding triumvirate , alongside the dark enforcer Kylo Ren and General Armitage Hux . Phasma was assigned to Starkiller Base , where she oversaw training of the First Order military and the stormtrooper ranks , in particular . Phasma sought to have only the best soldier s don the First Order ' s stormtrooper armor , and endeavored to keep politics out of the ranks to guard against a lack of effectiveness . Phasma also believed that a stormtrooper ' s loyalty was to be first and foremost to the First Order , not to any individual or comrade . Shortly after the events of , which saw the capture of the First Order colluder Senator Erudo Ro - Kiintor by members of the Resistance , Phasma contacted Agent Terex aboard his corvette " Carrion Spike " , assigning him a mission to track down pilot Poe Dameron and retrieve Ro - Kiintor ' s information . Appearing to Terex via hologram , Phasma expressed her exasperation at the agent ' s predilection for keeping nonhumans as his personal slaves , and discussed Terex ' s mission with him once he dismissed his servants . She complimented Terex ' s sources , surprised that he knew the term " Starkiller " , and threatened him not to fail his mission to find Dameron . Terex ' s search led him to Megalox Beta , where Dameron slipped through his grasp after escaping the Megalox prison . Phasma contacted him after learning the " Carrion Spike " had left the Megalox system with significant damage , and ordered the agent to return to First Order space for debriefing . Despite Phasma ' s threat of extreme disciplinary measures , Terex switched off her hologram and refused to report in . Phasma continued attempting to contact the rogue agent , demanding an after - action report , but still Terex refused to obey and disabled the ship ' s communications , engine s and weapons systems . After Terex and his Ranc gang associates took over the " Carrion Spike " , Terex told the disapproving First Order corporal that Phasma , Supreme Leader Snoke , and Kylo Ren regarded him as a criminal but that he would prove them wrong by destroying the entire Resistance . After Terex contacted her , Phasma objected to his actions and objected to his unfamiliar attire . Terex responded that he was wearing the armor of the Lord - General of the Ranc gang and that she knew that when she recruited him . Phasma then reminded Terex that he had been ordered to report to First Order Space to report for his failure to obtain the information from Grakkus the Hutt . She warned Terex that Ren had taken an interest in his " missteps . " Terex was undaunted and responded that he had once met Darth Vader , whom he described as a " terrifying magical strongman " . Terex then briefed Phasma about his plan to trick Dameron into delivering a droid that was purportedly carrying crucial First Order intelligence to the Resistance base . Terex planned to track Dameron and the droid there and destroy the Resistance with his fleet . Phasma immediately objected to Terex ' s plan on the grounds that the Supreme Leader had forbidden any open hostility between the First Order and any forces aligned with the New Republic . Terex retorted that he was not solely a First Order officer and that the Ranc gang answered solely to him . He vowed to do what Phasma , Hux , and Ren could not do . Phasma responded that this " errant action " was the reason why Terex had not been given the status in the First Order which he believed he deserved . She warned him that the consequences of pursuing this action would be dire . Terex mocked her for doing nothing but making threats and boasted that his plan would hand them the Resistance . Terex told Phasma to go and polish her armor before terminating the transmission . Phasma tried to protest but the transmission was severed . The First Order subsequently dispatched forces under Commander Malarus who destroyed Terex ' s flagship " Carrion Spike " and the Ranc gang fleet . Terex was then handed by Dameron to Malarus . At some stage shortly before the outbreak of war between the First Order and the Resistance , Phasma was dispatched aboard the Star Destroyer " Silencer " to patrol a hyperspace transit point between the Core Worlds and the Unknown Regions . Phasma and the forces under her command were assigned to search for Resistance spies trying to travel to the Unknown Regions to spy on the First Order . During the mission , the " Silencer " encountered a group of adventurers who had fled the planet Jakku aboard the ship " Sunstrider " , and Phasma attempted to capture the adventurers . Training the FN Corps . Phasma herself oversaw the training of the stormtrooper FN - 2187 and his FN Corps squad mates , FN - 2000 , FN - 2003 , and FN - 2199 . After a training simulation , Phasma noted to Hux that FN - 2187 and his class had the potential at becoming the best stormtroopers the First Order had ever produced . However , she also noted that FN - 2187 was potentially too empathetic , despite having trained him and his class since their induction into the First Order , after he strayed from his objective to save FN - 2003 prior to completing the simulation . Phasma later expressed these concerns to FN - 2187 himself , ordering him to leave those who could potentially weaken the First Order behind , speaking of FN - 2003 . After the previous training session , Phasma accelerated FN - 2187 and his fellow cadet s ' training sessions , at time s praising FN - 2187 in front of many members of the First Order for his successes . However , Phasma once again reprimanded FN - 2187 after watching his performance in a melee weapon s exercise , during which the cadet once again expressed sympathy for FN - 2003 . Following this , Phasma sent FN - 2187 and his squadmates on their first deployment to an asteroid field in the Pressylla system , giving them a short briefing in which she explained the cadets were to restore order . At the asteroid ' s mining facility , collectively known as Pressy ' s Tumble , Phasma stationed the cadets on guard duty . In the meantime , she gathered a group of stormtroopers with her and awaited to negotiate with the mining facility ' s miner s that were on strike , whom had allegedly been riled up by infiltrating New Republic agents and had caused delays to the First Order ' s mining operations . Once ready , Phasma called FN - 2187 and the cadets to her , informing them that they would be accompanying her for the negotiations . However , immediately in response to the miner ' s requests , Phasma ordered FN - 2187 and the rest of the cadets to open fire on the miners . FN - 2187 did not fire his weapon , but the rest of the squad did so , killing all of the miners . Despite his hesitation , FN - 2187 and the cadets were officially promoted to full - fledged stormtroopers , but Phasma remained disappointed in FN - 2187 ' s lack of fulfillment . Phasma decided to give FN - 2187 one last chance to show his worth by choosing him to be deployed on the First Order ' s next mission to the Western Reaches planet of Jakku , hoping a real battle would show him what it meant to be a stormtrooper . Assault on Jakku . Under orders from Snoke , Phasma prepared an assault on Jakku to be led by Ren . The dark enforcer was on the hunt for a galaxy map that would lead to the location of the last Jedi , Luke Skywalker . Skywalker had led the Rebel Alliance in their efforts to take down the Galactic Empire 30 years prior , and destroying Skywalker was the Supreme Leader ' s goal in the First Order ' s conflict with the Resistance and , by extension , the New Republic . Phasma was accompanied by at least 80 stormtroopers , including FN - 2187 and FN - 2003 , to the Jakku village of Tuanul . There , the First Order sought to find an ally of the Resistance , Lor San Tekka , whom they believed had found the map to Skywalker . Immediately after her stormtrooper forces touched down on the planet , a battle broke out between the First Order stormtroopers and the villagers . FN - 2003 , whom Phasma had commended on his latest mission to the Pressylla mining colony , was killed during the assault by Dameron , which was witnessed first - hand by FN - 2187 . After the villagers were rounded up by Phasma ' s forces and Dameron ' s X - wing starfighter was disabled , San Tekka was brought before Kylo Ren and interrogated . San Tekka , however , did not give up the location of the map and was executed by Ren , and Dameron was instead taken as prisoner . When Phasma inquired what to do with the surviving villagers , Ren ordered her to kill them all . Under Phasma ' s command , the surviving villagers were killed , although FN - 2187 refused to fire his weapon and his conscience was awoken by the event . Before returning to their command ship , the " Resurgent " - class Star Destroyer " Finalizer " , Phasma and her forces searched the entire village for anything that could lead to the map under Ren ' s orders . When nothing was found , her stormtroopers destroyed Dameron ' s X - wing and returned to the " Finalizer " . Once there , Phasma confronted FN - 2187 and demanded he turn his blaster rifle in for inspection , as well as to report to her division for evaluation . She also reprimanded the trooper for removing his helmet , which he had done so in order to vomit after witnessing the events on Jakku . Phasma determined that FN - 2187 ultimately needed to be reconditioned . In the meantime , Ren used the Force to probe Dameron ' s mind and discovered that the map to Skywalker had been hidden in Dameron ' s astromech droid , BB - 8 , which was back on Jakku . However , before FN - 2187 could be reconditioned and further action could be taken by the First Order on the droid , the stormtrooper betrayed the First Order and helped the Resistance pilot escape . On the bridge of the battlecruiser , after FN - 2187 and Dameron escaped , Ren determined FN - 2187 had been responsible for Dameron ' s rescue , and Phasma noted that it had been the stormtrooper ' s first offense against the Order . Despite the First Order ' s efforts to pursue the treacherous stormtrooper and locate the droid , he escaped from Jakku with the aid of a scavenger named Rey on board the light freighter known as the " Millennium Falcon " . Battle of Starkiller Base . Following the initial failure to retrieve the droid from Jakku , Snoke approved Hux ' s recommendation of putting the Starkiller superweapon to use against the New Republic . Phasma , along with the might of the military force stationed on Starkiller base , gathered for a speech to be delivered by Hux prior to the weapon ' s activation . Phasma stood at attention behind Hux during his speech , in which the impassioned general commended the First Order on their success in building such a massive superweapon . Phasma , along with the rest of the present First Order , then witnessed the activation of the Starkiller Base for the first time as it fired its dark energy quintessence beams through hyperspace and reached halfway across the galaxy , successfully destroying the entire Hosnian system , including the New Republic ' s capital , Hosnian Prime , the senate , and a majority of its fleet . Afterward , the First Order received word that BB - 8 was on Takodana , inside the castle of the pirate Maz Kanata . Kylo Ren led an attack that , although failed to capture the droid , led to the capture of Rey , who also had knowledge of the map to Skywalker . This led FN - 2187 , who had renounced his designation and now went by " Finn , " to seek a way to return to Starkiller Base and free his friend . Along with the famed smuggler Han Solo and the Wookiee Chewbacca , Finn successfully infiltrated Starkiller Base and sought out Phasma to bring down the base ' s planetary shield . In addition to rescuing Rey , Finn and Solo sought to make way for a resistance attack on the First Order superweapon . While Phasma diligently patrolled the areas of Starkiller Base under her command , Chewbacca tackled the stormtrooper captain and brought her before Finn and Solo . Finn taunted Phasma during her capture , expressly telling her that he was now in command . When ordered to lead the group to the shield control room , Phasma initially refused , but she was convinced by having Chewbacca threaten to crush her within her armor and Finn threaten to shoot her at close range . As Phasma and the group made their way to the control room , the captain realized that Starkiller ' s architect s had never considered being infiltrated and had little security . Once at the shield console , Phasma attempted one last time to thwart Finn ' s efforts by stating she needed a second officer to bring down the shield , a bluff which Solo called her on . When that failed , Phasma took down the shields as asked and threatened the group , assuring them that her stormtroopers would kill them all and put a stop to their plans , to which the captain was still oblivious . Instead of killing Phasma , however , Solo asked Finn — who had worked in sanitation on the base as a cadet — if the base had a trash compactor , to which Finn replied that it did . Once the trio blasted the consoles in the room beyond repair , they dumped Phasma down a chute into Starkiller Base ' s sewage system . Ultimately , bringing down the planetary shields allowed the Resistance forces to infiltrate Starkiller Base and destroy its thermal oscillator , crippling the superweapon and causing the icy planet that hosted it to collapse upon itself . Finding a scapegoat . Phasma did not stay in her prison for long , however . Having managed to set herself free by using an anti - armor acidic compound to dissolve the door of the compactor , she returned to the console she had used to lower the shields to erase all traces of her treason . Upon realizing that Lieutenant Sol Rivas had accessed the very same computer mere minutes before her , Phasma decided to make him take the blame . Spotting her scapegoat on Level Two , the captain attempted to shoot him at a distance , but missed due to the many explosions throughout Starkiller Base . She was forced to follow the escaping Rivas on the surface , and then in space after the lieutenant fled in a TIE starfighter . While pursuing her quarry , she started recording notes on the final moments of Starkiller Base , rewriting history in her own favor . Phasma and TN - 3465 tracked Rivas to the planet Luprora . While tracking him , they ran into a tsw ' ells that Phasma was able to kill with a knife . The pair were then greeted by a species named the Lupr ' or . After meeting their leader , Jair ' i , they set out to find Rivas . Upon encountering a series of dead - ends , Phasma carefully devised a plan to attack and antagonize the R ' ora , a native aquatic species who held Rivas in captivity , whilst convincing the Lupr ' or to take up arms and fight for their survival against their aquatic neighbors . While climbing towards her destination into the heart of the R ' ora encampment , Phasma briefly recalled a moment from her past , mistakenly referring to TN - 3465 as Siv . Eventually , she managed to find Rivas near death from being torture d by the natives . He pretended to be overjoyed to see her and tried to get her to free him from his shackles . She then asked him to confess in having caused Starkiller Base ' s destruction . He refused , so she proceeded to kill him as per her original intent . She then proceeded to silence TN - 3465 and BB - K8 in order to ensure she left no witnesses to what happened before rejoining the First Order . She then covered her absence to Hux by explaining she went to deal with the " traitor " Rivas before observing the gathering First Order Navy . Service aboard the " Supremacy " . Phasma commanded troopers aboard Snoke ' s command ship , the " Supremacy " . She stood in one of the hangar s as the " Supremacy " destroyed the Resistance medical frigate " Anodyne " , during which she issued an order to her second in command , ordering him to maintain high alert . Later Phasma was notified by BB - 9E that there was a suspicious group of individuals in a nearby section of the ship . She led a squad of stormtroopers and officers to the location of hacking , where Finn , Rose Tico and DJ were about to sabotage . She welcomed Finn back as she and the squad surrounded the rebels . Phasma held both Finn and Rose in the hangar bay of the ship , revealing to them that their accomplice DJ had traded information with the First Order that allowed the escaping shuttle s from the " Raddus " to be targeted and destroyed . Phasma brought out stormtrooper executioners believing that death by blaster was too painless . She was about to order their execution when the harbor bay suddenly exploded in light and fire , killing most of the personnel stationed in the hangar . During the aftermath of the " Supremacy " being split by Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo sending the " Raddus " into hyperspace at the ship , Phasma recovered , marching through the flames at the treacherous Finn . Phasma confronted Finn , calling him a " bug in the system " . Finn attacked her with a Z6 riot control baton , and after a short duel , Finn delivered a debilitating blow to Phasma ' s helmet , knocking her into a pit and rendering one of her eye s visible through the damaged helmet . Phasma glared at Finn and told him that he was " always scum " , to which he proudly replied that he was " rebel scum " , before the floor beneath her gave way , sending the captain plummeting into the burning remains of the ship ' s interior . Personality and traits . Phasma was a human female who stood at 2 . 0 meter s tall . Phasma was outwardly fiercely loyal to the First Order and believed that a stormtrooper ' s loyalty was only to be given to the First Order as a whole , not to any group or individual . Phasma saw herself and her stormtrooper divisions as extensions of the will of Supreme Leader Snoke and looked down on sympathy in her ranks . Phasma , privately , also believed that the meddling of politics ultimately led to ineffective ranks among the past stormtrooper s of the former Galactic Empire , and sought to ensure herself that only the best soldiers were worthy of joining the stormtrooper ranks . She believed that the First Order was stronger than the Empire , and was proud of the crucible of tests she and her compatriots endured to achieve that strength . Phasma disapproved of Terex ' s indulgences , which included keeping alien slaves and drinking Wookiee - brewed brandy with Kessel spice . The captain considered herself a perfectionist and kept herself in peak physical shape . She routinely walked dozens of kilometer s while on patrol on Starkiller Base in any typical day and was an expert in combat , particularly with all First Order small arms . Phasma also always insisted on fighting alongside her stormtroopers on the forefront instead of remaining in the comfort that could have come with her elevated rank . As well , Phasma took it upon herself to memorize all of the serial numbers of the stormtroopers under her direct command , such as FN - 2187 . Terex complimented her on always being accurate to a fault . However , in spite of her outward loyalty to the First Order and to her unit , she in truth had zero loyalty to anyone except for herself , and her past was wrought with betraying anyone that placed trust in her , including her own family and clan . As such , she was perfectly willing to exploit her reputation as the " mother " of the Stormtrooper Corps of the First Order to ensure her own survival , and she used her knowledge of memorizing all of the serial numbers of the stormtroopers under her direct command to know which ones she should eliminate in the future . Captain Cardinal even speculated before his disappearance that , once the First Order ' s aims differed from Phasma ' s own aims , she would not hesitate to betray the organization . This was best demonstrated with the destruction of Starkiller Base , where she proceeded to not only deactivate the Starkiller Base ' s shields before then , but also promptly proceeded to kill anyone who might have deduced her to be the one responsible , and even framed another officer , Lieutenant Rivas , for the deed . Kylo Ren noted that despite the fact Phasma usually sided with Hux , he was glad that Phasma hadn ' t met her demise on Starkiller . He also noted that if the rumors about her being thrown into a trash compactor by saboteur s on Starkiller were true , a trash compactor would have never ended the career of a soldier of Phasma ' s stature . Equipment . Phasma wore armor coated in chromium salvaged from a Naboo yacht once owned by the Galactic Empire ' s Emperor Palpatine . Its polished finish helped reflect harmful radiation and was capable of deflecting weak blaster bolts , although the chromium served primarily as a symbol of past power . Phasma also believed that stormtrooper armor provided anonymity to an individual ' s gender , paying little heed to the antiquated belief that female stormtroopers were something new . Phasma also wore a traditional First Order command armorweave cape in black and red , the colors of the First Order . Her primary weapon , a personalist Sonn - Blas F - 11D blaster rifle , was also polished in chromium . She was also known to wield a command staff and a sliver backup pistol , again also with a chromium finish , which she used in her duel with Finn aboard the " Supremacy " . Behind the scenes . Phasma was portrayed by Gwendoline Christie in the 2015 film . The character was originally intended to be played by a male actor , but Christie was cast in response to internet backlash against a perceived lack of female cast members . Phasma became the first leading female villain for the " Star Wars " film franchise , as well as the second female villain in the main films after Zam Wesell in . According to J . J . Abrams , Phasma was named after the , due to her armor ' s reflective chrome status resembling that of the Tall Man ' s spheres . President of Lucasfilm Ltd . Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that Christie was slated to reprise the role of Phasma in , which was released in 2017 . Later reports confirmed that the Phasma character would be back in a " bigger role , " which Christie expressing that she hoped that the role would lead to more opportunities for other women like her in such films . In her own words , she " campaigned hard " to be in " The Force Awakens " ; the role interested her due to Phasma being a female character who was defined by her actions rather than her flesh . Christie was pleased that Phasma wore armor which wasn ' t sexualized and that her face was never revealed , which she felt was a modern and exciting concept . She has called Phasma a very progressive female character , which she believes is a large part of her appeal to fans . The character of Phasma was first revealed in the second teaser trailer for " The Force Awakens " on April 16 , 2015 . Phasma ' s costume was created by Michael Kaplan , who felt it would be a good idea to have the character in silver armor . He initially intended the silver armor for Kylo Ren , whom he pitched as " Lord of the Stormtroopers . " Abrams felt the costume design was wrong for Ren , and the artwork remained pinned to the costume department ' s wall until Kathleen Kennedy saw it and decided to use it for Phasma . Dermot Power created some of the concept art for Phasma , which was featured in the reference book " " as " Stormtrooper Cloak Front Red Stripe . " " The Force Awakens " director J . J . Abrams stated the costume design reminded him of the 1979 horror film " " , in which the antagonist used a murderous silver sphere as his weapon , and as such believed it sounded " really cool " to name the character Phasma . Phasma has been compared to the bounty hunter Boba Fett , of the " Star Wars " original trilogy , for appearing as an armored and masked villain in a supporting role . In addition to the film , Phasma appeared in other material from " The Force Awakens " , including the and of the film . Phasma was featured heavily in Finn ' s backstory in the junior novel " Before the Awakening " , set before " The Force Awakens " . She also appeared in the reference books " " and " " . For Phasma ' s role in " The Last Jedi " , Christie and director Rian Johnson discussed the character , exchanging ideas . In fact , Phasma was originally meant to not be part of the film ' s story , as she was supposedly killed - off in " The Force Awakens " , but Marvel Comics ' comic book series " " brought her back in order to use her in the film . Johnson originally wrote a line for Finn ' s battle with Phasma in which Phasma was to reveal that she spent three weeks in the Starkiller Base ' s trash bin , so Finn was to ask her how she ate , but the line was cut because it would have been impossible as the base exploded the same day in which Phasma was thrown into the garbage . In a deleted scene , Finn would reveal Phasma ' s actions at Starkiller Base , calling her a coward , only to have Phasma shoot all the stormtroopers present and return to her duel with Finn . Daisy Ridley suggested the idea of Phasma ' s eye being exposed by her fight with Finn in the film , and Johnson agreed , feeling it would be disturbing to show that someone as cruel as Phasma was actually physically beautiful . Costume designer Michael Kaplan originally wanted to take off Phasma ' s entire helmet , but Johnson insisted to only show Phasma ' s eye , stating that Phasma ' s face was showing too much , needing to be mysterious . In addition , Johnson , Kaplan , Mark Hamill , and Christie implied the possibility that Phasma might have survived her duel with Finn and could return in , with Johnson jokingly adding that " Phasma is the Kenny from South Park of this series " . However , more recently , Christie has begun to worry about not being able to explore Phasma ' s backstory in the ninth installment given the strong possibility that Phasma will not return . The duel between Phasma and Finn was to have ended differently : Finn ended up revealing in front of her surviving stormtrooper escort that Phasma " squealed like a whoop hog " about the base defenses for Starkiller Base , thus making her responsible for the base ' s destruction . The stormtroopers then tried to attack her when confronted with evidence of her treason , only for her to kill them , while Finn capitalized on the distraction by cutting her hand off . Phasma would have met her end when Finn blasted her with one of the stormtroopers blasters after the " scum " exchange between the two . Ellen Dubin voices Phasma in the " " series .