J. J. Abrams and Colin Trevorrow Talk About the Mystery of Rey’s Parentage.

REYBB8Ever since Daisy Ridley was cast as the female lead of The Force Awakens, people have speculated who her character may or may not be related to. Director J. J. Abrams and Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow both know the answer, and while they aren’t giving anything away, they do share some interesting details about Rey’s past.

 

Potential Sequel Trilogy spoilers ahead.

 

[Quick warning – since the film has been out for about a month now, I see no point in putting tagging spoilers for The Force Awakens from this point on. I figure that you guys have probably seen it already, anyway – and some of you have probably seen it more than once.]

 

So Kylo Ren was revealed to be Han Solo’s estranged son about halfway through The Force Awakens, and not too long after that it was made clear that Leia was his mother. That being said, while many were expecting Ben Solo and Rey to be siblings, Han and Leia’s interactions with Rey weren’t particularly indicative of parent-child bonding, suggesting that Rey is not a Solo. So from there, fan speculation boiled down to three key possibilities: Rey is a Kenobi, Rey is a Skywalker (Luke’s daughter), or both. When asked about the mystery, J. J. Abrams said the following:

 

JJ Abrams in The Falcon

So, how much does Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams actually know about Rey’s real identity? “I know quite a bit,” he told reporters at the Television Critics Association’s press tour on Tuesday. But the notoriously spoiler-phobic producer wasn’t about to spill it ahead of Episode VIII, which will be directed by Rian Johnson. “Obviously it’s not for me to talk about in this moment because this is Rian’s story to continue now. The last thing I’m going to do is reveal something that he would be upset about. I want to make sure that Rian gets the courtesy that he showed me.”

So, J. J. Abrams likes keeping secrets about projects he’s involved with. Shocker. But aside from that notable creative trait of his, the secrecy surrounding Rey’s parents suggests that the answer isn’t bound to be an anti-climactic reveal that they are complete nobodies and we’ve all been thrown for a loop. It also suggests, that we’ll be getting a clear answer in Episode VIII as opposed to IX, as some have recently speculated. Colin Trevorrow’s talk on the subject was a bit more enlightening, promising a “deeply and profoundly satisfying” answer:

 

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“Rey is a character that is important in this universe, not just in the context of The Force Awakens, but in the entire galaxy,” he elaborated. “She deserves it. We’ll make sure that that answer is something that feels like it was something that happened a long time ago, far away, and we’re just telling you what happened.”

That said, the 39-year-old director seemed to confirm that Rey’s father is, in fact, someone we have already met. “What’s interesting is I’m not creating a host of new characters,” he revealed. “I have a lot of characters that people really love that we’re going to make sure are all honored. No one’s going to be left behind.”

Some have speculated that this means that we’re going to have to wait all the way until 2019 to get the answer to the question of Rey’s heritage. However, given Abrams’s wording earlier, it’s likely that Trevorrow is using “we” to refer to the entire Star Wars brain trust as opposed to his division of it. Beyond mere semantics, however, is the implication that Rey’s role is important not just for who she is in the midst of a Galaxy-wide war, but because of the blood running through her veins.

 

Mark+HamillIt’s also cool to know that we’ll be seeing an ensemble of familiar characters appear in Episode IX, with an indirect reveal that both of the Skywalker twins make it to the last act of the Sequel Trilogy:

Though he says he has yet to speak with original Star Wars stars Hamill and Carrie Fisher, Trevorrow wants their presence to be even greater in his film, revealing he can’t wait “to find new places that we can take those characters. They are icons, but they’re also people that have suffered tremendous loss and challenge over the course of all these films,” he told us.

So between Rey’s story continuing and the Skywalkers playing an important role going forward, it’s looking like there’s a slightly greater chance that Rey is a Skywalker than Obi-Wan’s grand-neice or something – but hey, Trevorrow did promise an ensemble, so who knows? In any case, it seems as though Episode VIII and Episode IX can’t come soon enough! Stay on target with Star Wars News Net for more of the latest and greatest stories about the Galaxy Far, Far Away.

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

242 thoughts on “J. J. Abrams and Colin Trevorrow Talk About the Mystery of Rey’s Parentage.

  • January 13, 2016 at 4:12 pm
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    I thought Trevorrow said he needed some years to find himself and his style before getting into something as big as Star Wars… that was… well, some months ago :S

    • January 13, 2016 at 5:01 pm
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      That’s what you say when you want to stay humble or when know something you cannot reveal. I bet he ‘found’ himself the moment he got the offer. XD

  • January 13, 2016 at 4:13 pm
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    *NICE JOB* Trevarrow… now we know who doesn’t die in 8!

    • January 13, 2016 at 4:29 pm
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      Well they could both appear as a force ghost.

      • January 13, 2016 at 4:34 pm
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        The way he phrased it seems to imply they are alive… that they’d be taken to new places. Something tells me he wasn’t talking about the nether region.

        Oh well… I’m glad they’ll be around because I really didn’t like the idea of Luke dying in 8 anyway.

        • January 13, 2016 at 6:53 pm
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          I feel like I’m the only one that likes it when main, beloved characters die, and stay dead. It makes everything more real and dramatic.

  • January 13, 2016 at 4:17 pm
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    Is there any possibility that she is a Solo and they assumed their daughter was long dead or missing due to the raid on the Jedi academy?

    Maybe Ben couldn’t kill her, so he made it appear that she was killed and hid her on Jakku himself? Hence the reason he says “It IS you!”

    • January 13, 2016 at 4:33 pm
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      I like this theory. It would explain why Kylo Ren seems to be the only one who really knows who she is. Though, I would think that Leia would have sensed this given her abilities in the Force.

      • January 13, 2016 at 6:32 pm
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        Not if she assumed her daughter had died. Only that she was force sensitive

      • January 13, 2016 at 6:43 pm
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        Ehhh, watch the film again. Han clearly knows who she is. The way he looks at her, the way he reacts when she says that she’s never seen so much green, and probably the biggest giveaway, when the scene cuts away as soon as Maz asks him who Rey is. It’s set up to be like “he’s explaining that she’s just some scavenger that tagged along” but I think he told her the big spoiler that we’re all waiting for in VIII.

    • January 13, 2016 at 5:11 pm
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      See, maybe I was reading too much into things, but Kylo’s interactions with Rey didn’t feel “fraternal”. If he can poke around inside people’s heads and could sense that she was strong in the force, then wouldn’t he have realized that she was his sister? I realize this is Star Wars we are talking about, but still.

      • January 13, 2016 at 6:31 pm
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        Luke didn’t seem to know until yoda revealed that there was another skywalker though. Then it made sense

        In fact he had a creepy attraction to her lol

        • January 14, 2016 at 4:13 am
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          But *NOT* AFTER he discovered they were siblings.
          After he found out, he behaved appropriately.

      • January 13, 2016 at 7:32 pm
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        You’re assuming she knows who her family is. He was probing her mind for information, not sensing her familial connections.

        • January 13, 2016 at 7:35 pm
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          Really? And what did Rey’s lonely existence have to do with the info Kylo was looking for? And her waiting for her family? And seeing an ocean and an island in her mind?

          • January 13, 2016 at 7:38 pm
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            All information that she knows. Sensing who she is related to is not information she actually knows. Does that make sense? Things that she has already seen or feels or knows would be readily available to Kylo while probing her mind.

          • January 13, 2016 at 7:40 pm
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            Good point. But this doesn’t mean Kylo didn’t go as deep into Rey’s mind as possible, regardless of what he was specifically looking for. Thus nothing seems to suggest that he couldn’t have tapped into repressed memories held in her subconscious as well.

          • January 13, 2016 at 7:41 pm
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            Perhaps, but what about the theory that her memories have been wiped by the Force? Could a Force user undo that?

          • January 13, 2016 at 7:45 pm
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            It’s just a theory at this point. But IIRC, the image of an island in the middle of the ocean was extracted from Rey’s dreams, which means a mind probe can dig into the victim’s subconscious. This was also a direct reference to a premonition of Rey’s future meeting with Luke, according to my interpretation.

            So yeah, I think Kylo could’ve found out much more about Rey’s origins if he’d kept delving in this direction. He just shifted gears and focused on the map instead, which is when Rey resisted and was able to turn the tables on the guy.

    • January 13, 2016 at 6:30 pm
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      It makes more sense to me that a teenaged Ben/Kylo left Rey on Jakku and told her her family was coming for her than that her actual parents (or any responsible adult) left her there…unless they really thought they would be right back but were killed.

    • January 13, 2016 at 6:34 pm
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      No.

      • January 13, 2016 at 6:35 pm
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        No, why

        • January 13, 2016 at 6:45 pm
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          ‘Cause if Leia and Han had had a daughter, they would’ve been much more interested in Rey, when this mysterious girl capable of amazing wonders popped up suddenly in their lives. They would’ve asked her tons of questions to know where she came from, what she remembered from her childhood, etc.

          Instead, when Rey was captured Han barely paid attention, despite Finn’s anguish, because he’d just seen his son (for the first time in a long time, apparently). And Leia’s “I’m sorry about the girl” to Finn also indicated that she had more important things in mind (understandably so) at that point.

          If Leia and Han hadn’t given up on Kylo, it stands to reason that they also wouldn’t have given up hope of finding their long lost daughter (even if they believed her to be death) after all these years. If Rey was theirs, they would’ve found out. I have no doubt about it.

          • January 13, 2016 at 7:21 pm
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            You mean like Luke needed to be told of another Skywalker by Yoda? Because before that he was trying to jump his sister. ..

          • January 13, 2016 at 7:26 pm
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            Luke hadn’t been trained in the ways of the Force when he met Leia, the way Kylo had when he met Rey. Luke didn’t try to probe Leia’s mind with the Force either, at least not that I know of. And finally, he was quick to figure who his sister was when Obi-Wan’s ghost told him he had a sister. Sorry, but I don’t buy this argument at all.

          • January 13, 2016 at 7:31 pm
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            Kylo could not sense Rey’s connection to the force until AFTER he tried probing her mind and he discovered she was blocking him…

            Luke discovered his connection to Leia AFTER he had been trained and was setting out on his own (RotJ). Even Yoda said there was nothing left for him to be taught.

            Her argument has merit.

          • January 13, 2016 at 7:33 pm
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            Then maybe we have a misunderstanding here. I was talking about the possibility that Kylo and Rey may be brother & sister, not Force-sensitivity.

            In this sense, I stick by what I said: Kylo was trained since childhood and he probed Rey’s mind. He could’ve easily discovered the family relation if Rey was his sister. Luke was only taking his first steps, as Obi-Wan would put it, when he met Leia. Not only did he not know how to probe a mind through the Force; he had no need to do it to Leia.

    • January 13, 2016 at 7:03 pm
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      That’s a pretty solid theory! I like it.

    • January 13, 2016 at 7:42 pm
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      I think she is a Solo. When Han left, Leia was pregnant. In the book, it says they haven’t seen each other in years, so that could mean 20 years. Rey could have been born, Ben was gone to the dark side and with Snoke, and Leia puts her in hiding – much like Yoda split up Luke & Leia for their won protection. Ben and Rey will be the brother/sister pair that accept their destinies and coexist to bring balance to the force, much like the brother/sister from clone wars. Without both, there cannot be balance.

      • January 13, 2016 at 7:44 pm
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        Which book says Leia was pregnant when Han left? TFA Novelization?

        • January 13, 2016 at 7:45 pm
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          it doesn’t say that she was pregnant, only that it has been “years” since they have seen each other. Her pregnancy is just my theory.

  • January 13, 2016 at 4:21 pm
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    I don’t think Luke is her father — it’s too obvious.

    However, I DO think that he WILL be her father. Why not have Luke adopt her? Give him a non-biological heir, in the similar vein to the “no wife” rule in PT, if not intentionally, at least ironic coincidence that he never marries.
    But he does need an heir, someone to teach
    Rey does need a mentor and a father.

    I’m just saying, having them blood-relatives would be too “on the nose” so to speak, but they should become close AS IF they were relatives, like an adoption sort of deal. I don’t know, the trilogy is young, who knows?

    • January 13, 2016 at 4:52 pm
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      I heard this a lot when the second trilogy was in the cinema. Palpatine can´t be the sith lord, it´s too obvious.

      • January 13, 2016 at 5:14 pm
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        Well, the whole ,,wise” jedi order could not figure it out. So why could the audience? I mean there were so many competitiors like Dexter Jetser, or Shmi Skywalker in disguise (just imagine the moment: Anakin, I am your mother!)

      • January 13, 2016 at 5:23 pm
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        I always thought this was perplexing. I guess if one didn’t follow the Star Wars EU, it gives them a little bit of a pass, since they probably didn’t know the Emperor’s surname was in fact Palpatine as it wasn’t mentioned in the original films. On that knowledge alone (and the fact that the original actor was cast in the role of the Senator from Naboo), this argument about Palpatine should have never arisen.

      • January 13, 2016 at 7:02 pm
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        But everyone who knew Star Wars and knew that the Emperor’s name was Palpatine, knew that this guy was a Sith lord and the future emperor.

    • January 13, 2016 at 6:30 pm
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      On the nose, yes.. But no blood-relatives is an end of the Skywalkerfamily and that would suck big time.

      • January 14, 2016 at 12:35 am
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        But maybe you don’t have to be a “Chosen One” of a certain bloodline in order to be a n important Jedi. Maybe you just have to be a skilled, Force-strong, spiritual person.

      • January 14, 2016 at 2:55 am
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        Ben Skywalker is still alive. There is still hope for him, I can tell.

        • January 14, 2016 at 3:43 am
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          He might be redeemed, but I highly doubt will be getting a girlfriend anytime soon.

          • January 14, 2016 at 2:37 pm
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            You might think so, but bear in mind thousands of girls fell in love with that vampire who’s also a stalker.
            Kylo Ren knows what he’s doing…

    • January 13, 2016 at 6:33 pm
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      It’s not ironic coincidence that Luke never married (if this is the case indeed). Spiritually inclined people have a tendency to be loners, especially in fantasy. Plus he didn’t have to be married to have a kid 😉

      That said, I do like your theory. Problem is Trevorrow’s strongly hinting at Rey’s father being an important character. And I can’t think of any important, Force-sensitive characters that were alive by the time Rey was conceived, other than Master Luke himself. Hopefully this parenthood is symbolical, like you suggest.

  • January 13, 2016 at 4:31 pm
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    Spoilers! I totally figured it out. Her parents are Chris Ridley and Louise Fawkner-Corbett!

    This is 100% confirmed! 😛

  • January 13, 2016 at 4:44 pm
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    I have a bad feeling about this. Remember that time when Luke and Leia kissed on Hoth?

    Think about it. Take all the time you need. 😛

    • January 13, 2016 at 4:52 pm
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      Game of Stars…
      The Skywalkers always pay their debts!

      • January 13, 2016 at 5:33 pm
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        The Skywalkers…Keeping the Force pure since ESB.

    • January 14, 2016 at 12:33 am
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      NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  • January 13, 2016 at 4:48 pm
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    Jar Jar’s paternity confirmed!

  • January 13, 2016 at 5:03 pm
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    Doesn’t that remove a lot of the tension from 8 if we know Luke survives? Wtf trevorrow! Unless Luke stays out of harms way on the island, which now seems likely

    • January 13, 2016 at 5:17 pm
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      Obi-Wan Kenobi was in all three OT, even though he died in the first one. Just saying. 🙂

      • January 13, 2016 at 6:11 pm
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        Those were prequels, just sayin’.

        • January 13, 2016 at 6:12 pm
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          That’s not what he’s talking about. Obi-Wan was in all three original movies even though he died in Episode 4

      • January 13, 2016 at 7:03 pm
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        I guess, though he’s talking about new directions for the character, and there’s not much room for a ghost to develop. Plus it’s not exactly new

    • January 14, 2016 at 2:28 am
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      Maybe luke is a force ghost un IX… still is played by hammill, still is a character…

  • January 13, 2016 at 5:17 pm
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    I’m going to throw this out there just to be contrarian: Rey’s surname is Antilles. Remember that Denis Lawson was asked to be in these movies but he declined. She certainly has good piloting skills. I know that Wedge wasn’t a force user (at least not in the movies- I never read any of the EU books), but Wedge might have hooked with someone that did have force abilities.

    I really don’t want Rey to be a Skywalker, just for the sake of variety. If she is, then you get this idea that the Skywalkers are the only family in the galaxy with force powers. It’s too reductive.

    • January 13, 2016 at 5:41 pm
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      I am agree, all is telling us that she is a Skywalker, the saber, Maz Kanata talks…, but that would be repetitive.
      Also it would make impossible any kind of relationship with Kylo Ren, that could give good plot twists.

    • January 13, 2016 at 6:06 pm
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      Its not that they’re the only family in the galaxy with force powers. I think they’re just the most important family when it comes to bringing balance to force. Considering that I highly doubt they’re going to just let the prophecy of the chosen one be reduced to “Anakin brought balance by killing the main bad guy but WAIT that was just a small evil, there’s something way bigger”, I think they’re reinterpreting it because even Yoda mentioned in episode ii that the prophecy could have been misinterpreted. Considering Anakin is a virgin birth of the force, I’m starting to think its fair to say that he is indeed the chosen one, but we’re not fully understanding what it means to bring balance to the Force. It seems in the SW Universe the Force is similar to one of the natural forces in the universe (strong nuclear bonding force, electromagnetism, etc we have four in our universe), as such it predates the Jedi, Sith, and anyone who would choose to use a specific side of it for good or evil. I think the birth of Anakin was so that he would create a family of powerful Force users and that THEIR family line would be destined to always bring balance back to the force when things got out of hand. That way it would work in context of this new series. In the prequels the Jedi/Light side was too strong so Anakin tipped it toward the dark side, in the OT the Sith/Dark side was too strong and thanks in part to another Skywalker (Luke) he was able to tip it back to a more even playing scale. And in the new trilogy the dark side has come back under a different name and it will have to be balanced by the next in the Skywalker line.
      With that in mind, Rey doesn’t necessarily have to be a Skywalker to have balance be brought back to the Force by the end of this trilogy. She just has to be the catalyst for Ben Skywalker to make an action whether intentionally or unintentionally aware of the consequences that results in things coming back into order.

      • January 13, 2016 at 6:26 pm
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        Agreed. IIRC the prophecy only claimed that the Chosen One would bring balance, not that the Force would remain permanently balanced after the fact. It could be that Anakin brought balance to the Force, but his descendants are destined to preserve it or to bring the Force back to balance, yep. Makes sense.

    • January 13, 2016 at 6:09 pm
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      No way. Wedge is far too obscure a character to make it a profound revelation that he is Rey’s father. Ninety-five percent of the audience wouldn’t remember who he is.

    • January 13, 2016 at 6:19 pm
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      I love Wedge and I missed him in TFA, but he’s still a secondary character. Rey being his daughter wouldn’t be a reveal of epic, cosmic proportions as Trevorrow claims.

  • January 13, 2016 at 5:21 pm
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    ,,Hamill and Carrie Fisher, Trevorrow wants their presence to be even greater in his film”
    Dosen’t this confirm that neither of them will die in ep 8? Or Luke as a ghost maybe? But he couldn’t really have a great presence as a ghost…

    • January 13, 2016 at 5:25 pm
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      Yes, that’s exactly what he confirmed. If they are going to new places it implies they are still alive. In hindsight I’m glad Luke’s not going to die in 8.

      I just remember how *2 days* before TFA came out Kennedy confirmed which of the cast would be returning for EP 8…. I’m really not sure WTF these people are thinking.

      • January 13, 2016 at 5:28 pm
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        Well if he said those exact words and its isnt miquoted, than this is a huge spoiler. Im also glad that Luke wont die in ep 8. Han’s faith was more than enough for me. Hopefully they survive ep 9 aswell.

        • January 13, 2016 at 5:43 pm
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          They can kill him this week.
          I mean, most probably is that the script for Ep. VIII is closed, but until they have not finished filming it they always can make changes.

          • January 13, 2016 at 5:47 pm
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            I really doubt they would change Luke or Leia’s faith. That would cause the whole script to change. And ep 9’s aswell.

          • January 13, 2016 at 8:29 pm
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            Yes, me too. Also I don´t think it would be wise to kill them in Ep. VIII.

        • January 13, 2016 at 6:24 pm
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          Luke and Leia both living through Episode VIII is indeed a huge spoiler… and it’s very welcome news!

    • January 13, 2016 at 7:18 pm
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      I dont think Luke will die. I think he has to stick around to be the Grand Master of the Jedi order.

  • January 13, 2016 at 5:22 pm
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    I’m off the same mindset as most people,that it seems like Rey is Luke’s daughter. But the way they’re talking… it almost sounds like they know something we don’t, not like people who know we’ve all guessed the answer. I’m wondering if we were SUPPOSED to think she’s Luke’s daughter, as a misdirection. But if she turned out to be Kenobi’s granddaughter (his daughter doesn’t work out time-wise), it almost seems at that point they’d have a lot of explaining and backstory to do, such as the fact that Kenobi would’ve had a son or daughter and who the mother was, PLUS who Rey’s OTHER parent was. Just seems like a lot of extra, and I expect JJ in particular to go for a simpler reveal.

    Either way, I’m pretty excited for the reveal, whenever it happens. As you said, it certainly doesn’t sound like it’ll be a nobody or a disappointing answer. And if it does still turn out to be that she’s Luke’s daughter, I’ll still be happy with that as well!

    • January 13, 2016 at 6:42 pm
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      I’ve seen it 6 times now every time I’m more and more convinced that Rey is Lukes daughter. Between Maz telling Rey what she seeks is ahead of her right and that he is Luke Skywalker. The script says that Luke, when he sees her, knows who and why she’s there.

    • January 13, 2016 at 5:52 pm
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      I read a rumor recently that the Falcon in Ep. 8 will have the capability to hit 0.5 past Ludicrous Speed.

      • January 13, 2016 at 6:22 pm
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        what if the Millennium Falcon itself is both of Rey’s parents!? no wonder she knows how to fly it! no wonder she wound up living on Jakku when the Falcon was also there!

        • January 13, 2016 at 6:26 pm
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          If the TARDIS can be one of River Song’s parents, anything is possible.

          • January 13, 2016 at 7:17 pm
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            The TARDIS was not one of River’s parents… Just Amy and Rory. Her regeneration ability was a bi-product of being conceived inside the TARDIS This is explained in “A Good Man Goes to War”

          • January 14, 2016 at 10:50 pm
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            GOSH, SPOILERS

          • January 19, 2016 at 11:51 pm
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            lol, Doctor Who Spoilers on a Star Wars news site.

      • January 14, 2016 at 12:32 am
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        “At least Lucas didn’t rape the ol’ Millenium Falcon. Where would that even be possible? Right there, I’ve done it.”

    • January 13, 2016 at 5:59 pm
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      LMFAO!!!

  • January 13, 2016 at 5:46 pm
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    Hello i think ben is a son of luck, and raised by the solo’s because jedi’s which should not have childeren.
    And ray and po are twins from the solo’s

    • January 13, 2016 at 8:01 pm
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      Sorry, not possible. In the Shattered Empire comics which take place right after RotJ, we meet Poe’s parents and get his backstory.

  • January 13, 2016 at 5:54 pm
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    So, who is going to bite the dust in Episode 8? I hate to say this, but Poe could be likely casuality. As ace pilot, his character has been well established, already, unlike Kylo Ren or Fin. Seems little room to grow , unless he becomes love interest of Rey.

    • January 13, 2016 at 7:02 pm
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      No one important died in V. Maybe no one important will die in VIII either.

      • January 13, 2016 at 7:15 pm
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        I would like to see the death of one character in VIII… A certain Gungan we all know and love.

  • January 13, 2016 at 6:12 pm
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    Um, Rey is 19 meaning that she was born some 14-15 years after Obi-Wan died. Something I’m amazed more people who buy that theory don’t pick up on.

    • January 13, 2016 at 6:13 pm
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      She doesn’t have to be Obi-Wan’s daughter to be a Kenobi. She could be his granddaughter, niece, etc.

      • January 13, 2016 at 6:17 pm
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        But it’s genetically impossible for her to be his biological daughter unless we are getting into frozen DNA and such which I don’t see Disney doing. The evidence that she’s a Kenobi is as flimsy as Palpatine and Sidious being seperate people anyway. It’s lame that they’d even make this a center of the new trilogy considering it’s old hat and has been done better before.

        • January 13, 2016 at 6:30 pm
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          It’s not impossible, what makes you say that? Obi-wan is 15 years alone in the desert “taking care of luke” we don’t know much about what happened in those 15 years, he could’ve had a Child with some woman he met, etc.

          • January 13, 2016 at 8:49 pm
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            19 and aside from being a self-loathing mess, I’m sure any woman he met would be severly creeped out at his obssession with a little boy he’s not related to. Considering Anakin’s attachment are what turned him to the dark side, It would be bad writing to have Obi-Wan make the same exact mistakes.

    • January 13, 2016 at 6:17 pm
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      The ‘theory’ is that at some point during his exile he fathered a child.

      • January 13, 2016 at 6:17 pm
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        After he died?!

        • January 13, 2016 at 6:18 pm
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          No, well before, when Luke was a kiddie. That child, in turn, sired Rey.

          • January 13, 2016 at 6:27 pm
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            That said, many would also argue that Star Wars needs a Kenobi just as much as it needs a Skywalker, as all six prior films featured Obi-Wan. Fortunately, the competing theories about Rey’s lineage are not necessarily mutually exclusive, i.e. Luke could have fathered a child with Obi-Wan’s daughter. And if Rey is indeed the daughter of Luke, then the saga has everything to gain from the reveal of her mother given how painfully obvious the Skywalker foreshadowing is in TFA.

          • January 13, 2016 at 8:42 pm
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            I don’t buy it considering Anakin’s choice to have a family led to his downfall and would make Obi-Wan look like a massive hypocrite as well as being a deadbeat Dad who abandoned his child for Luke. Also cliched if he doesn’t know about them.

          • January 13, 2016 at 9:58 pm
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            I dont think it was his choice to have a family that led to his downfall. I think it was the loss of his mother and the inability to accept the loss of his wife that led to his downfall (yes, attachments to a point). There is a whole galaxy of people who don’t go dark side just because their significant other dies.

            The Jedi feared (dark side trait) attachments and that led to their downfall. Instead of teaching how to cope and grow in the face of death, the Jedi taught to fear attachment. So the Jedi are ultimately to blame for Anakin’s path to the dark side. The alienate children from their parents which fosters mommy and daddy issues later on in life.

          • January 14, 2016 at 5:48 pm
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            In retrospect, He clearly wasn’t mature enough to have children or a family even if they didn’t have the attachment rule and the fact that things went down like they did showed that they were right in that regard in not allowing i.

            Also unlike the other Jedi, Anakin knew what it was it like to have a Mother and he still shit the bed in the end.

          • January 19, 2016 at 11:53 pm
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            Totally disagree. I was 19 years old when I had my first child. Instead of crying about it, I enlisted and did whatever I could to support my family. One size most certainly does not fit all, granted, but I don’t think maturity was an issue for Anakin in fathering a child.

          • January 20, 2016 at 3:22 am
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            Not really the age since 19 would be pretty normal for most of American history but more due to the character who comes off as a lot more immature than Luke or Rey at the same age. I mean even at 22, He still hasn’t come to term with loss yet and his abilities much like a pro athlete or child celeb contributed to that.

          • January 14, 2016 at 1:44 pm
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            I didn’t say it doesn’t have holes..

          • January 14, 2016 at 5:57 pm
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            Rey being Luke’s Daughter makes the most sense story-wise but the story group has to have a pretty low opinion of their fan base if they think anyone will be surprised by that. Then again I’m sure some fans still think Palpatine and Sidious are two seperate people.

          • January 15, 2016 at 12:21 am
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            Nobody we would define as a fan thinks those two are seperate people.
            Also, Magnar over in the Cantina has been constructing a timeline. Rey was dumped on Jakku prior to Ben Solo attacking the academy.

          • January 15, 2016 at 6:26 pm
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            There’s another theory going around that Padme was a Sith Lord so nothing surprises me anymore. Still could mean they did after Ben turned. I admit the Mary Sue accusations would make sense if she’s anything other than a Skywalker within the context of the story.

          • January 15, 2016 at 12:32 am
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            He’s making sense >.< Make it end! Please make it end!

          • January 15, 2016 at 6:39 pm
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            Get used to it! I think even the biggest TFA superfan would agree with me that VIII will be better than VII just from where the story needs to go, So there’s that. Maybe even Rogue One as well from what little I read so far. I was cautiously optimistic about the Han Solo solo film but not so much after seeing the cast list and while I don’t think IX will be as good as VIII can be, I think it would be pretty hard to screw up from everything that needs to happen which is why they hired a journeyman director and not an auteur like Johnson.

          • January 16, 2016 at 3:04 am
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            When you’re not being a trolly shithead you make valid and reasonable points.

            I dunno. I enjoyed Episode VII, not a superfan. But it does parallel my favorite of the OT films, and one of the reasons I love ANH is it does what so many people are angry at VII for in that it fails to explain details. To me, it was a perfect movie in that another one could never have been made, and it was satisfying from beginning to end, despite being thrust into the middle of what is now definitely a multi generational story.

            I love details in the SW Universe. I thrive on them. I’ve already learned everything I needed to about Episode VII that required research outside the movie. But, I do enjoy its in media res story line, and how that story is towards the end abandoned for what goes on with Han, Finn, Rey, and Ren.

            Just me though.

          • January 17, 2016 at 1:22 am
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            I’ll take it, I like keeping people on their feet by not being predictable.

            Why I think VIII is the most crucial episode in this new trilogy for many reasons and I think they really need to stay true the “dark and weird” promise they gave about it’s direction. If it turns out exactly like Empire then I think even the superfans will cry foul at that point. I’m okay with Rey training with another lost Jedi Master on a hidden planet, The Resistance finding a new base, and Kylo obssessed with finding Skywalker so long as the parallels mostly end there. I’m glad they are at least saving the reveal of Rey’s parentage till XI, so they can’t have another family reveal at the end. Plus TFA already had the cliffhanger ending so I doubt they wil repeat that again.

            I don’t have a problem with the details as I have too and it’s why I read all the EU crap that’s no longer canon anymore. I still do just to see what direction the new ones might go in. I’d like to talk more about the future episodes and spinoffs on here but with tighter security it probably won’t happen here for awhile. So it’s mostly VII till the Blu-Ray drops.

            I also tend to be more a fan of sequels/conclusions than origin stories which TFA sort of was. I like ANH a lot, TPM far less so but it’s the coming together of things I enjoy more which is why I like the Empire, Jedi, and Sith episodes most and why I find it hard to believe I won’t like VIII and maybe IX the best of them all.

        • January 13, 2016 at 7:12 pm
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          No, There are multiple junctures in the timeline well before he died where he could have had a child and then his child had a child.

          • January 13, 2016 at 8:43 pm
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            Still seems forced. Especially since nothing in TFA suggests it in any way at all.

          • January 13, 2016 at 9:58 pm
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            Like the Jar Jar Sith Lord theory I give it points for creativity but it doesn’t explain why Rey is so powerful like Luke/Anakin. Obi-Wan was basically the Wedge of the Jedi who barely squeaked by rather than dominated due to his skills.

          • January 13, 2016 at 10:11 pm
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            Right… so kenobi raped Anakin in a duel… what is anakin then?…

          • January 13, 2016 at 11:49 pm
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            Anakin’s all over the place emotionally in that duel. He’s also extremely overconfident in his newfound dark side powers. That’s what he is. And that’s also the reason why Obi-Wan beat him in the end. It’s not about who’s the more powerful between the 2 of them. It’s who used his skills best.

          • January 14, 2016 at 5:51 pm
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            Entirely due to his arrogance which is why every other dark sider has lost and not due to skill on the other side.

          • January 13, 2016 at 9:47 pm
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            I actually dont disagree with you. But it is still a plausible theory.

          • January 13, 2016 at 10:00 pm
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            Only thing that has a quasi-point is her core accent which she could have picked up as a child living there. She also looks far less like Ewan or Alec than anyone in the Skywalker family.

    • January 13, 2016 at 6:24 pm
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      The idea would be she’s Kenobi’s granddaughter or some other relative. Obviously she’s too young to be his daughter. Some are speculating Obi-Wan had a daughter who is the mother and Luke is the father.

      Who knows if its true, its all just speculation while we wait for Episode VIII. We got to talk about something…

      • January 13, 2016 at 7:14 pm
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        Wow, another interesting theory! It could also be the source of her super force abilities.

      • January 13, 2016 at 8:45 pm
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        Aside from being way out of character for Kenobi, It’s also very shoe horned in.

        • January 15, 2016 at 12:32 am
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          Holy shit I agree with Snark.

          • January 15, 2016 at 6:49 pm
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            “Toooooo laattteee” I believe we also agree with Ingruber needing being casted. I don’t care so much about his lack of experience or acting abilities so much as that he’s the only one I seen who remotely resembles and talks like Ford. Whole thing comes apart without that.

          • January 16, 2016 at 3:01 am
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            We agree again 🙁 This sucks.

          • January 17, 2016 at 1:02 am
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            Don’t worry! Supposedly VIII is being rewritten as I post this and my early optimism may be entirely unwarranted.

  • January 13, 2016 at 6:14 pm
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    Brilliant job by the story team to leave this huge question unanswered. They created hype for Episode 8 as we walked out of the theater…

  • January 13, 2016 at 6:49 pm
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    …maybe Phasma is her mother?

    I mean, if we’re going with an “anyone can change their good/evil alignment” motif (as evidenced by Finn), it could be possible that Phasma was the birth mother, perhaps before joining the First Order. Maybe she got with Luke during the Jedi training. This could also be a contributing factor to Luke’s exile, his daughter’s mother was seduced by his former student turned to the Dark Side and went “I don’t want to live in this galaxy anymore”.

  • January 13, 2016 at 7:09 pm
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    Here’s the craziest theory about Rey’s origins that I’ve heard so far:

    She is Anakin Skywalker reborn.

    Here’s why something like this would make sense…

    The Force draws heavily from Buddhism and the 3 most important concepts in Buddhism are enlightenment (becoming One with the Force), attachment leads to suffering (pretty straight-forward) and reincarnation. The latter is the only point that hasn’t been touched upon in SW so far. Plus this does make sense when you think about it.

    In addition to the blatant similarities between Rey and young Anakin (living a desert world, forced to work with junk for a living, exploited by a sleazebag junk dealer, exceptional mechanic and pilot, etc.), this totally justifies Rey’s sudden use of the Force: She’s not remembering her training; she’s tapping into memories of her previous lifetime as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.

    This also works in the sense that she is obviously a Skywalker, but she’s neither Luke’s nor Leia’s daughter. She was probably born to some couple that freaked out when they saw their daughter using the Force unconsciously (typical fantasy trope) and so they decided to dump her on Jakku to get rid of this “curse”. Finally, this would explain why the Force isn’t balanced at this point. Obviously something’s still missing and so the Force had to send the spirit of the Chosen One back to the world of the living to finish the job.

    Not that Disney would ever dare to do something this bold, of course. But the theory’s interesting all the same.

    • January 13, 2016 at 7:15 pm
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      Of course, the best thing about this theory is that we don’t have to bring Hayden Christenson back into Star Wars. LOL

      • January 13, 2016 at 7:28 pm
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        True that. But I don’t blame Christensen for his lackluster performance. The guy was supposed to be portraying a complex, conflicted character that was poorly written by Lucas.

        Can’t imagine too many actors pulling Anakin off convincingly with the terrible dialogues and the poor directing that Christensen had to work with, tbh.

      • January 13, 2016 at 7:36 pm
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        I think about 75 to 80% of the issues people have with Hayden can be directly attributed who was directing the two movies he was a part of. There have been a few movies, post prequel trilogy, where Hayden was a decent actor. Having the right coach has everything to do with how good you portray a role.

      • January 13, 2016 at 8:05 pm
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        Seriously dude, you’re going there again with that tiring talking point?

        Just drop it, get over it, and move on (and no, I’m not going to get into a discussion about this with anyone anymore as you’re probably going to parrot the same argument that others do and the discussion is going to go nowhere (so it’s pointless). To each their own but yeah, it’s been 10+ years…)

    • January 13, 2016 at 9:32 pm
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      the point is, that what we know about the mistical side of the Force as explained in The Clone Wars seems to dismiss the possibility of reincarnation. When you die you automatically join the Force. As for the reason the Force would be unbalanced, we pretty much were told that Luke’s new jedi order turned to the dark side. That sounds to me unbalanced.

      • January 13, 2016 at 11:41 pm
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        Hmm, haven’t watched TCW, so I didn’t know anything about this. Apparently neither did the people who published this theory online where I read it, lol. (You can find it here: http://www.inquisitr.com/2649390/star-wars-rey-theory-claims-to-know-who-she-is-and-it-will-floor-you/).

        Still, the second part I understand completely different. I heard Han tell Rey and Finn of only one of Luke’s apprentices (Ben Solo, obviously) turning on him, not all of them. And more importantly, if Anakin did balance the Force, I think it’s safe to say this means that neither light nor dark should reign.

    • January 13, 2016 at 9:36 pm
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      That’s crazy… and awesome. I don’t know if other SW fans would want such a thing but I gotta be honest… it’s about the only thing that would blow my mind. I don’t think they’ll do it… but I do hope they manage to come up with something a bit more special than the typical.

      • January 13, 2016 at 11:52 pm
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        Sadly I don’t this will happen, either. But the theory’s cool enough to warrant some discussion at least, IMO.

    • January 13, 2016 at 10:43 pm
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      I love it!

    • January 14, 2016 at 12:30 am
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      Like The Avatar?

      • January 14, 2016 at 1:59 am
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        Avatar the film, you mean?

    • January 14, 2016 at 4:55 am
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      So when Kylo tries to pull info from her with the force and she restrains him and then goes into his mind..she shouldve said, you’ll never be as powerful as me..LOL

      • January 14, 2016 at 5:38 am
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        Lol, yeah. And then, “I hate to say it, but I told you so” by the end of their duel.

        • January 14, 2016 at 6:15 am
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          hilarious..lol..by the way..wonder if Kylo will have a new mask since he left his on the bridge after killing his father

          • January 14, 2016 at 4:58 pm
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            I’m sure he will. I also think it’ll resemble Vader’s much more than his TFA mask. Seems to me the idea with Kylo is a progression that makes him more like Vader gradually. At least on the physical side. And I don’t think he’ll be taking the new mask off as easily as he did in TFA now that this physical transformation has started.

  • January 13, 2016 at 7:14 pm
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    I have a bad feeling Rey’s parentage is either going to be incredibly stupid or not that surprising.

    With Luke, we were told by a trustworthy character that his father was killed by Vader, so there was no reason to believe otherwise. With Rey, we’re not really told anything, so we’re left to speculate endlessly. Chances are, somebody’s going to get it right years in advance. If none of the reasonable or wild theories are correct, I fear the reveal will be absolutely ridiculous.

    I wish Disney would focus less on this and more on just telling a good story.

    • January 13, 2016 at 7:22 pm
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      To be honest, I don’t think there is anyway it can be anything else. If her parentage is predictable, then we’ll not be surprised. If her lineage is some arbitrary Jedi we’ve never heard of or someone else we’ve never heard of, we’ll all think it stupid.

      • January 13, 2016 at 8:02 pm
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        What they should’ve done was lie to us. Shut us up some. Worked for Obi-Wan… 😉

  • January 13, 2016 at 7:35 pm
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    in the Clone Wars, we see a father with a daughter and a son that embody the force in balance. One light, one dark, and one who fosters both of them. When the son eliminates the father, this is maybe the moment that the dark side begins to take the upper hand (i.e. “Perhaps it is time to inform the senate that our ability to use the force is diminished.”) I think that Luke, who continues to struggle with his own fears and insecurities (dark side traits), but consciously chooses the light might assume the role of the father. Ben and Rey (either as cousins or siblings) will assume the roles of the son (leans toward the dark) and the daughter (leans to the light). Only when all 3 are able to fulfill their roles can the force be in balance. In TFA, only Maz speaks of evil and goodness. Everyone else, even Leia, speaks of light and dark. I think the balance will come as coexistence, not a typical good trumps over evil story.

    • January 13, 2016 at 7:57 pm
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      That is a great theory that i didn’t even think about, it could very well be the case.

    • January 13, 2016 at 8:00 pm
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      Great theory! I love reading the speculations you all come up with. A lot of it is good stuff.

    • January 13, 2016 at 9:29 pm
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      I love this, but where would you put snoke?

      • January 14, 2016 at 12:29 am
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        Dead.

      • January 14, 2016 at 12:30 am
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        There are always other force users – night sisters, etc – but I see him in the competitive role for the “father” in the force balance trio. He instructs Kylo to bring Rey to him, probably to work to bring her to the dark side rather than letting be the light to balance the dark. But he is misguided and sees only dark and power rather than a harmony between light and dark. In some way, yoda, obi wan and qui-gon seemed to realize that dark wasn’t necessarily separate, but is in each person and needed to be confronted, not exterminated. Much like Ben is struggling with squashing the light remaining in him. Not sure that makes sense in the way I wrote that…

      • January 14, 2016 at 12:32 am
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        And perhaps this was the role Anakin was supposed to fill – be the father of the light and the dark in Luke and Leia, but because he could not balance himself, he was not able to complete his destiny. So the destiny falls to Luke….or Leia….

    • January 14, 2016 at 12:29 am
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      Wonderful! The thought crossed my mind, but not to this degree!

  • January 13, 2016 at 7:42 pm
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    Here’s my “wildcard” theory: Ezra Bridger is Rey’s father.

    • January 13, 2016 at 7:54 pm
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      No-one cares about characters from the cartoons or games or wherever the hell he’s from.

        • January 13, 2016 at 8:00 pm
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          Right, but as far as the average movie-goer is concerned, he’s an unknown character. They don’t watch the cartoons or read the comics or whatever.

          At least one of Rey’s parents is going to be someone we know from the movies. That’s usually how this stuff works.

          • January 13, 2016 at 8:02 pm
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            And you know this for a fact how?

            (by the way, a big majority of those moviegoers, especially those that are doing repeat viewings, are hardcore Star wars fans)

          • January 13, 2016 at 8:05 pm
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            It’s common sense.

            A massive massive percentage of the people who contributed to the 2 billion dollars of box office take for TFA have only watched the OT, and probably the PT (or as they call them “the rubbish ones”)

          • January 13, 2016 at 8:10 pm
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            1. TFA hasn’t made $2 billion yet (while amazing, let’s not get ahead of ourselves yet).

            2. In case you haven’t noticed in the news or in your surroundings as you go about your daily life, common sense isn’t common sense anymore these days.

            3. You’re a woman; what the heck do you know about math and numbers, especially on something that is a sci-fi/fantasy franchise that historically catered to males? lol

          • January 13, 2016 at 9:39 pm
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            Let’s keep this nice why don’t we. Let’s not for the sake of disagreement go singling out the poster’session gender and ethnic background as a point of argument. I mean you have the rights to your opinion but come on.

          • January 13, 2016 at 9:52 pm
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            Wow dude… you really went there. While you were likely joking, it still wasn’t cool.

          • January 14, 2016 at 3:10 am
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            nope. i know more people who like star wars and dont watch the kid shows (note: shows you stop watching when you grow up) than watch the kid shows. most adults without kids dont know what the hell you’re talking about. most parents won’t either (lest you forget the original fans grew up a long time ago)

          • January 14, 2016 at 11:48 pm
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            Actually the office takings for TFA is already pretty good, considering Avatar’s takings is for 8 months….. No other movies has such luxury.

          • January 13, 2016 at 9:48 pm
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            I agree. It doesn’t make it any less of a plausible theory though.

      • January 13, 2016 at 7:58 pm
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        How can you say that when Rebels and Clones are canon?

        • January 13, 2016 at 8:02 pm
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          “Canon” or not, they don’t know or care. As far as the average movie-goer is concerned, he’s an unknown character. They don’t watch the cartoons or read the comics.

          • January 13, 2016 at 10:30 pm
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            It’s not the average movie goers that made it possible for Star Wars to be as huge as it is, so yes, comics, books, cartoons are a very important part of Star Wars.

          • January 14, 2016 at 3:08 am
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            actually yes it is. there are not enough star wars fans (nerds) hardcore enough to break every friggin box office record globally. the offshoots you guys call the EU were just Lucas cashing in on the universe he created. nothing more. nothing less. any reference to the cartoons will alienate everyone (and i mean everyone) who isn’t a kid or a hardcore fan (nerd). thus a movie exec (who also won’t watch the cartoons) won’t sign off on it. these are mass appeal movies not fookin LOTR in space. and for the record it was the toys which made everything possible. if you look at sales of comic books/ viewership on animated series the movies and toys dwarf everything else. sorry bro

          • January 14, 2016 at 2:12 pm
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            Well put.

    • January 14, 2016 at 11:52 pm
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      lol, not a chance

    • January 23, 2016 at 4:19 am
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      I think it’s plausible that Rey’s father turns out to be some other force-wielder than Luke, and that it’s a new character introduced in VIII. It’s possible then to make Rebels into a backstory of that character essentially. You don’t have to call him Ezra Bridger in the films. Kind of like how Kanan Jarrus was born Caleb Dume. You introduce an old Knight of Ren as Rey’s father and then Rebels tells how Ezra became that character. He could be the one who turned Ben Solo to the dark side or something. I don’t know. All I’m saying is that it’s possible to do it tactfully without making Rebels required viewing.

  • January 13, 2016 at 7:53 pm
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    “So from there, fan speculation boiled down to three key possibilities: Rey is a Kenobi, Rey is a Skywalker (Luke’s daughter), or both.” So Luke and Obi Wan had a baby together?!?!?!?!?! 😉

    • January 13, 2016 at 7:56 pm
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      A daughter of Kenobi and Luke having a child together.

      • January 13, 2016 at 8:05 pm
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        yeah, don’t be a noob.

      • January 13, 2016 at 8:14 pm
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        Joke (noun): something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act

  • January 13, 2016 at 8:21 pm
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    This “Rey is a decedent of Kenobi” thing is nonsense. They would have to spend half the movie explaining everything. It’s too many hoops to jump through. Let it go!

    • January 13, 2016 at 8:31 pm
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      that’s when having a third anthology film about kenobi in those 15 years in the desert will come perfectly handy 😉

  • January 13, 2016 at 8:46 pm
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    So IX like VI will have a certain parentage surprise reveal? Has the second Starkiller base been confirmed yet?

    • January 13, 2016 at 11:05 pm
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      you mean VIII like V will have a parentage reveal.

      • January 14, 2016 at 5:52 pm
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        Nope. Remember Leia?

    • January 14, 2016 at 12:27 am
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      So Snark is uselessly bitching to a nonexistent audience? Did the sun rise this morning?

      • January 15, 2016 at 12:31 am
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        He has two or three fanboys that follow him around and +1 him. Though I think that audience has been decreasing.

        I know this sounds like an Abrams Reboot Rehash, but Snark is still angry about people liking the film. That hasn’t changed. It’s an exact copy of his attitude after the movie came out. And he’s still here repeating those opinions verbatim.

    • January 15, 2016 at 12:29 am
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      Are you going to complain and make these same comments all the way through 2019 here? Or are you finally going to move onto something new to fill your angsty time with?

  • January 13, 2016 at 8:47 pm
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    Waiting till 2019 to confirm shes Luke’s daughter would be so anticlimatic.

    • January 13, 2016 at 9:32 pm
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      Also would steal opportunities to develop that relationship and the problems it might cause in 2 movies, makes no sense and that’s why i think won’t happen

    • January 14, 2016 at 5:53 pm
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      And very Abrams.

    • January 14, 2016 at 7:41 pm
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      There is no possible way that Rey’s parentage is going to remain a mystery going into Episode 9, that’s just suicide from a storytelling perspective. Surely Episode 8 is going to spend time filling gaps in information about Rey’s origin and who the Knights of Ren are and such. At any rate, the only real mystery is who her mother is, it’s pretty obvious that Luke is her father. If you don’t realize this you must have completely missed the conversation with Mas and Rey after the force vision, it’s explicitly stated that her family is never going back to Jakku but what she’s looking for could lie ahead in reference to Luke. Seriously people you fuckers overthink everything, but then again most of you probably waste a lot of money on stupid plastic crap toys that are going to end up in a landfill.

      • January 14, 2016 at 9:27 pm
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        Maz tells Rey “They’re never coming back, but theres someone who still can(back to the galaxy)”

        That in no way in implies that Luke is “them” with the way it was worded. Shes telling Rey she has a bigger purpose than staying on Jakku, shes the one the force is calling for to bring Luke Skywalker back.

  • January 13, 2016 at 9:22 pm
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    Rey is a clone of Obi-Wan… Boom. There it is. (…or Anakin)

    Think about it for a second.. It would be a great way to show us why they dumped her off on a planet. No real parentage.

    Makes you think for a second about the fact that maybe Anakin was a clone also. No father? Maybe his mother adopted him.

    • January 14, 2016 at 12:26 am
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      Ugh, I hate that. Cloning needs to stay out of Star Wars.

      • January 14, 2016 at 12:43 am
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        Too late!

      • January 14, 2016 at 11:50 am
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        Cloning has been in Star Wars since the original film came out in 1977.

        • January 15, 2016 at 3:23 am
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          Let me make this clear, I meant the cloning of characters we already know and care about. Clone armies are fine, I guess.

      • January 15, 2016 at 12:37 am
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        I do think clones need to be used very judiciously. I don’t mind people being cloned, but I think most stories in star wars can be resolved by not allowing the force to flow the same way for any clones. For example, if one were to attempt to clone Anakin Skywalker, it could easily create a twin, but that twin would not have the same connection to the force. With that one model in mind it wipes the whole concept of using clones of overpower characters. I would be surprised if that idea hasn’t already entered the old expanded universe or is in the current canon.

    • January 14, 2016 at 6:32 am
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      I don’t understand why people keep saying she could be a clone of Obi-Wan or Anakin when they are male and she is female. Technically you could duplicate the X chromosome, I suppose, but that seems like a genetic disaster.

    • January 15, 2016 at 12:31 am
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      We don’t know who put her on Jakku or why. We don’t know who her parents are or if she even has parents. Even assuming she has parents, we don’t know if they know she’s alive, or if they are alive.

      Secondly she wouldn’t be a clone of Obi-Wan or Anakin, because a clone is basically a DNA replica of another, like an identical twin. I understand that the clones from the clone wars were manipulated for obedience & order 66, but if Rey were manipulated to the extent that Rey differs from Obi-Wan or Anakin, she wouldn’t really be a clone at that point.

      Finally I think it’s heavily implied that Anakin is a homunculus created by Darth Plagueis.

  • January 13, 2016 at 9:26 pm
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    I thought that disney infinity game already spoiled who ar her parents…

    • January 14, 2016 at 12:26 am
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      He said “Curses!”, not “cousin”.

  • January 13, 2016 at 9:34 pm
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    Rey just couldn’t be a Kenobi. Star wars is a story about the Skywalker family, it would make much more sense for her to be related to Luke. The question would be: who’s her mother?

      • January 14, 2016 at 1:59 pm
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        No she couldn’t. As we saw in the clone wars, Obi wan didn’t get attached to the one love interest he had, duchess satine (who also died in the clone wars). Therefore it’s highly unlikely that he got a daughter in those years of exile. So this whole kenobi thing makes no sense

    • January 13, 2016 at 9:50 pm
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      Here’s to hoping its Mara Jade. 🙂

      • January 17, 2016 at 9:04 am
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        i like the way u think…if she is a skywalker i bet Mon Mothma is her mother

    • January 13, 2016 at 10:18 pm
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      Kenobi’s daughter

      • January 14, 2016 at 1:57 pm
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        Kenobi didn’t have a daughter! His only love interest was Duchess satine, whom he never did anything with, and she died in the clone wars. Obi wan died at least a decade before rey had born. And he, unlike Anakin, followed the code’s rule literally and every time. There’s absolutely no way he could have had a daughter for luke to marry.

        • January 14, 2016 at 6:46 pm
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          But who knows what’s going on in the Lucas story group 😉

          • January 14, 2016 at 9:08 pm
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            Lucasfilm story group is made of highly reliable people who know well Obi wan’s personality and won’t make him do anything that he wouldn’t.

    • January 13, 2016 at 10:28 pm
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      Kylo Ren is a Skywalker.

        • January 14, 2016 at 5:17 am
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          Leia is his mother. Leia is a Skywalker. Hence…he is a Skywalker. You *have* watched the movies, yes? 😉

          • January 14, 2016 at 5:32 am
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            No.

          • January 14, 2016 at 5:38 am
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            You should check them out…they’re pretty good movies. I’ve seen a few of them, myself.

  • January 13, 2016 at 11:02 pm
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    What if…..Rey is a Palpatine? What a twist THAT would be!

  • January 13, 2016 at 11:48 pm
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    How about Rey being a Skywalker with a twist? She could have been genetically engineered using DNA from Luke’s dead hand. 😀

    • January 14, 2016 at 12:50 am
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      Rey is able to beat up Ben so easily even though she is untrained because she’s the daughter of Luke an Leia, TWO face sensitive people. Rey has twice as many midi-chlorians as Ben Solo.

      • January 14, 2016 at 2:57 am
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        Midi-chlorians? I don’t think anyone cares about those anymore. They represent everything that’s bad about the prequels.

        She sure is incredibly strong. But Ben is also badly injured..

        • January 14, 2016 at 8:27 am
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          The Midi-Chlorians were a cool idea. But then I am an OT fan who thought TPM was the best of the prequels by a wide margin.

          • January 14, 2016 at 2:23 pm
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            They de-mystify the force. That’s not a good thing imo.

          • January 22, 2016 at 4:14 am
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            The Force needed to have a reason to favor who it did. Otherwise its just as pathetic as the Christian God only caring about saving some people from cancer.

  • January 14, 2016 at 1:29 am
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    i do hope there is a plot related reason to keeping it a secret, instead of them just stringing us along.

    • January 14, 2016 at 2:02 am
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      thats my fear. I feel like I will be disapointed either way now that they made such a big deal out of it. If she is luke’s daughter it will seem too obvious to be such a “big” mystery. If she’s not luke’s daughter it will seem like they ignored the obvious to create a convoluted twist reveal. I’m trying not to think about it and just let the creators tell their story, but its hard when I read quotes like this one.

  • January 14, 2016 at 1:35 am
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    Just saying what if Rey was on the falcon was stolen.and passed along until it was given to platt (spelling) as part of the deal for a new ship for the Gang to get off Jakku since it was him holding her when she was screaming come back and not being so nice. So how about this she is Han and Leah’s daughter. When the ship was stolen she was in it to. She was what 4-5 if you lost your child at that age and passed them on the street you would not know who the hell she was. After spending time with her on the way to maz’s place things become to get his mind thinking completed his sentences and stuff like that. She never meets Leah till the end and at that time she goes up to her and hugs her as a mother passing chewe. Even though it’s the”first time ” they have ever met. I feel that Leah knows it’s her daughter, I think she knows if she was to tell her at that time it could turn her the same way that Ben took. She sent her to Luke to try to cause she knows that he really is the only choice for the future and maybe redeem Luke in his eyes and that she does not blame him but Snoke. When when Luke see her his face tells me a whole different story not one of father and Daughter but that of him taking blame for Ben and being worried of the same happening to Rey. Please tell me your thoughts I won’t be offended unless rudely done. Also we will will learn her name is not ray but that that is just a name that she gave herself.

  • January 14, 2016 at 2:01 am
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    Rey is the daughter of Luke Skywalker and Ronda Rousey… Seriously.

  • January 14, 2016 at 2:37 am
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    To confirm the options, when it comes to creativity, should not include Rey being the daughter of Luke, Leia, Han Solo, or a grand daughter of Obi-Wan Kenobi. The few things we do know is that she has a doll of a rebellion pilot, was left with Unkar Plutt by a previously unseen ship. That leaves a great deal of mystery.

    When she picked up the light saber there were several suggestions created. First she may have been present at the destruction of the Jedi Temple by the Knights of Ren. She may also have met Luke Skywalker previously when she was very young. Yet, much as Obi-Wan Kenobi is only known to Luke as old Ben, Rey does not appear to know Luke Skywalker as anything other than legend.

    Where does that leave the story? Creatively I’d be looking at Snoke as a potential origin point for Rey. The advantage at current is that Snoke is an unknown element, and could really be anyone, and held trust at some previous point in the timeline. The ties could be crafted with fewer strings to other stories and tie directly into the potential pull of the dark side for Rey. Although that could end up sharing themes that are similar to Luke & Darth Vaders relationship, the mechanisms and purposes for Rey’s existence could be very different.

    • January 14, 2016 at 11:48 am
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      I’ve got a strange feeling it could be that Rey ends up being pulled to the dark side while Ben gets pulled back. I’m sure I read an article before the film was released regarding Rey being surrounded by the knights of Ren and something along the line of her destroying most of them. Obviously this could have been speculation as in the movie it appears she’s surrounded by them in her vision. But what if she destroyed the other knights of Ren?
      It already appears that she’s walked the line of the darkish when she battled Kylo, similar to Luke against Vader. But what if she was to young to understand when she killed the KoR? So thats why she was abandoned?
      Just a thought

  • January 14, 2016 at 2:39 am
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    Any chance, the outcome of episode VIII and IX be linked to the TV rebels series? I’d really like that some interactions exists between the different story lines. We already know that Poe is the son of the two rebel fighters that were involved in the battle of Endor. I want to see more of this.

    • January 14, 2016 at 4:38 pm
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      Very unlikely. It’s cinematic suicide to have plot threads that depend on events in TV series or other forms of media that most of the audience won’t have watched.

      • January 14, 2016 at 11:51 pm
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        Agreed. There could be some Rebels-referencing easter egg to amuse the geeks, of course, but the movies should be self-contained.

    • January 23, 2016 at 4:02 am
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      I think it’s possible to do if you do it in a way that doesn’t make Rebels required viewing. The great thing in Star Wars is that characters use aliases and this means it’s possible to introduce characters in the movies, and then later go on to reveal Rebels as backstory. I’m thinking Ezra could show up as a villain that stands on his own in Episode VIII and we don’t even have to know it until it’s revealed maybe years later at the end of Rebels. I think that would be really cool.

  • January 14, 2016 at 10:06 pm
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    I don’t think she is Kenobi.

    In the original trilogy it is explicitly implied (by Kenobi himself no less) that Luke is the “last hope” for the Jedi. If she turns out to be anything other than a Skywalker, I think it would be a mistake. I wouldn’t be happy anyway.

  • January 15, 2016 at 3:03 pm
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    “I have a lot of characters that people really love that we’re going to make sure are all honored. No one’s going to be left behind.” – Even Lando? Ok, I’m scared…

  • January 15, 2016 at 3:57 pm
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    Rey is the reincarnation of Anakin. Her Character is Vader come to redeem himself, the second coming of the chosen one bringing balance to the force. “I have lived long enough to see the same eyes in different people.” Watch the film back with that in mind and see everything fit into place. Rey is a good fighter, a skilled pilot, a gifted fighter, treats droids with respect, is drawn to Anankin’s light-saber and is a natural and very powerful force user.

  • January 19, 2016 at 1:23 am
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    I’m going with notion that Rey will turn out to be Poe’s sister… abandoned on Jakku by her parents to save her from Kylo’s academy/force sensitive student culling tantrum. The reason they never came back is because one or both died.

  • January 23, 2016 at 3:55 am
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    I’m really liking the theory that Benicio Del Toro is playing an old Ezra Bridger (I know Ezra would be the same age as Luke and Leia, but makeup is a thing) and that he’s Rey’s father. I know it sounds stupid that they would introduce someone so important in Rebels, but hear me out. Based on the trailer for season 2.5, it looks like Ezra might possibly be tempted by the dark side, and he might have something to do with the creation of the Knights of Ren. I could see them not even making it to that point on Rebels, reveal in Episode VIII that Del Toro’s character created the Knights of Ren, that he’s a super powerful Dark Jedi or something, and then LATER in rebels it gets revealed that they’re the same person. That would retroactively make Rebels Del Toro’s character’s backstory, and it wouldn’t necessarily detract from the movie universe at all, just giving it a bit of expansion. If you don’t see Del Toro being Ezra, that works too, but I think it would be cool to at least introduce SOME new character in that role.They could even refrain from naming him, and have him go by some alias like Darth or ____ Ren or whatever, and only watchers of rebels would know his real backstory, kind of like how only novel and comic book readers know about Kanan’s backstory.

  • January 27, 2016 at 7:14 pm
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    Rey is the reincarnation of Anakin. Her Character is Vader come to redeem himself, the second coming of the chosen one bringing balance to the force. “I have lived long enough to see the same eyes in different people.” Watch the film back with that in mind and see everything fit into place. Rey is a gifted fighter, a skilled pilot, treats droids with respect, is drawn to Anankin’s light-saber she is a natural, very powerful force user and she even has flashbacks of Vader’s memories. (Anakin is bound to be the thread running through all nine films knitting them together). Kylo, Luke and Leia know something is up, they sense the soul Anakin in Rey.

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