J.J. Abrams Clarifies Comments on Rey’s Parents Not in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Rey 04J.J. Abrams sent fans into a frenzy on Friday night, April 15 when he spoke with Comedian Chris Rock during the Tribeca Film Festival. The Force Awakens Director was asked about Rey’s parents. His answer caught almost everyone by surprise.

 

 

While some questions regarding events in Star Wars: The Force Awakens are slowly coming to light, others won’t be revealed until Star Wars: Episode VIII or IX. The biggest of these, of course, is exactly who Rey’s parents are. The Director went on to explain:

“Rey’s parents are not in Episode VII,” he told the audience. “So I can’t possibly say in this moment who they are. But I will say it is something that Rey thinks about, too.” he said.

 

Obviously, Abrams’ comments caused an uproar and sent “Star Wars” fans into a frenzy, as many devoted fans suddenly became baffled as it goes against many popular fan theories on the subject. It even may have ruled out a number of characters that fans have been speculating about, including theories that Rey could be Luke Skywalker’s daughter or the daughter of General Leia Organa, which would make her related to Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren.

 

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However, Entertainment Weekly caught up with the director to see whether or not he could clarify his statement.

The Director followed-up with what certainly alters the “not in Episode VII” comment considerably.

Abrams said:

“What I meant was that she doesn’t discover them in ‘Episode VII’. Not that they may not already be in her world,” the filmmaker told the site. It means, those fan theories about Rey being the daughter of Luke Skywalker or Leia are still valid.

 

Abrams reiterated that he knew who Rey’s parents are. However, he remained tight-lipped about it. “So I can’t possibly say in this moment who they are. But I will say it is something that Rey thinks about, too,” he told the crowd.

 

Fans may find out about Rey’s parents when she returns for “Star Wars Episode VIII”. The upcoming installment, which will be directed by Rian Johnson, is set for release in the U.S. on December 15, 2017.

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139 thoughts on “J.J. Abrams Clarifies Comments on Rey’s Parents Not in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

  • April 16, 2016 at 6:45 pm
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    So he backtracks on his comment of Rey’s parentage. So The furor is over. She does not know her parents in episode 7 which we already know. It resets all the previous ideas of a Skywalker lineage. She just does not know it yet. I suspect neither do her parents realize who she is either.

    • April 17, 2016 at 7:23 am
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      I think Luke knows, I don’t think he will tell her, at least right away.

  • April 16, 2016 at 7:03 pm
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    Making it up as they go, not good, especially, as JJ fanboys claim, it is “all part of a trilogy, and all will be explained in the next ones”…

    • April 16, 2016 at 7:15 pm
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      Making it up at you go implies they (the writers) don’t already know. I believe they know who her parents are and have since EP7 and trying to be evasive.

    • April 16, 2016 at 7:16 pm
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      yeah, because that turned out really bad in the original trilogy.

    • April 16, 2016 at 7:25 pm
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      Daisy Ridley said just this week that she was told who Rey’s parents were during filming of Episode 7, which was likely 2 years ago. Hardly call that making up as they go along.

  • April 16, 2016 at 7:27 pm
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    Rey’s parents knew the Skywalkers. Perhaps they were part of the Rebellion or were on the senate. Luke knew Rey and could see she was very strong in the force. However, she did as of yet receive no Jedi training. Shortly after Luke’s Jedi academy was massacred, her parents panicked and fearing for her own safety left her on Jakku with Unkar Plutt. Plutt made some kind of promise that he later broke. Rey is clearly crying for her parents to come back in the Jakku forceback scene we see. They always intended to, but soon after died/were killed.

    The years pass and Ben Solo then joins the Knights of Ren, he becomes known as Kylo Ren and later becomes their leader.

    The Forceback at Maz’s castle:

    The Knights of Ren scene took place whilst a teenage Rey was already stranded on Jakku. They were after Luke’s lightsaber. which at the time was in the possession of the villager’s known as ‘the clan’.

    Maz was there during that village massacre, that’s how she ended up with Luke’s lightsaber, but she managed to escape. This scene took place way closer to TFA than the Jedi massacre.

    • April 16, 2016 at 8:16 pm
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      I am still hoping that Rey is related to Ezra Bridgers, even though I know it is not gonna happen.

      • April 16, 2016 at 8:46 pm
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        Don’t think they’d ever be such a crossover between ‘Rebels’ and a saga movie.

    • April 17, 2016 at 7:35 am
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      Curious to your opinion on why Kylo Ren is so upset when he learns “a girl” helped FN-2187 escape Jakku with a BB unit. Why would the mention of this girl anger him so much to force choke the informant?

      • April 17, 2016 at 2:53 pm
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        Rey’s parents knew the Skywalker’s, so she spent time around Luke and Leia, both of whom were very aware of how strong in the force she was. Ben Solo would have met Rey during this time, the attention she was getting would sure fuel his anger.

      • April 17, 2016 at 9:36 pm
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        Because he knows that it’s Rey. In the novelization, he even says “It IS you.” when Rey summons the lightsaber. They’ve met before.

  • April 16, 2016 at 7:34 pm
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    Maybe it’s because I’m in camp Kenobi, but I find this very irksome. Having JJ say her parents weren’t in episode VII was like a new clue, and having it be retracted now is a definite buzzkill for me. I suppose what JJ meant to was “I only directed episode VII so I can’t say who Rey’s parents will be.” But the thing is, he’s one of the producers for the trilogy, and he’s read the episode VIII script already, so it’s not like it’s being kept a secret from him. Basically what he’s trying to say now is that Rey doesn’t reveal who her parents are in the first movie, which. . .yeah. No kidding. There wouldn’t be all this speculation if she had.

    • April 16, 2016 at 7:55 pm
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      Really? Like having a Skywalker called Ben, and another Jedi being a Kenobi? I love ObiWan, but he’s just a powerful Jedi, not someone as important. This is the Skywalker saga. It’s a soap opera, and the new hero is a Skywalker.

      • April 16, 2016 at 8:25 pm
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        Perhaps. But I always considered Obi Wan a part of the Skywalker family, kind of like Han was, even before he got together with Leia. Plus it would be nice symmetry: Obi Wan was the one who gave Luke his father’s lightsaber in the first place, and now Rey is returning it to him.

        • April 17, 2016 at 12:27 am
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          Han is a cool character, but Ben is the son of Leia. If not, the character as we know him (so powerful in the force) wouldn’t exist. Don’t forget the Skywalker lineage was created by the force. Obiwan is just a Jedi.

    • April 16, 2016 at 8:03 pm
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      I can’t believe she is a Kenobi… I’m not sure how that theory started, but if she was his daughter she’d have to be nearly 40 at the time of TFA even if he was getting giggy with someone in Mos Eisley Cantina while Han was busy blasting poor Greedo. If she’s a grandchild of Kenobi it would raise too many questions about where that parent has been during the OT. I agree with Dani, it’s a skywalker saga, she’s almost certainly a skywalker.

    • April 16, 2016 at 8:14 pm
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      Technically, Kenobi is in Episode VII, or at least his voice is.

      • April 16, 2016 at 8:21 pm
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        Yeah, but the theory is that he’s her grandfather, not her father, so it wouldn’t contradict what JJ said about her parents not being in the movie.

    • April 16, 2016 at 9:36 pm
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      He had two possible answers, one of which would be giving away a huge spoiler for the trilogy. He decided to say “I can’t say,” which is really the only realistic answer he could give.

      • April 17, 2016 at 12:50 am
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        I agree with you on this. Honestly, I’m not sure why he didn’t just say abstain from answering in the first place.

    • April 17, 2016 at 12:59 am
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      Another thing that I’d like about the Rey Kenobi theory is that we’d be pretty much guaranteed to get a recreation of the Obi Wan vs. Anakin/Darth Vader fight from Revenge of the Sith between her and Kylo (in a different setting, of course). Keep in mind, Obi Wan was the only person to ever defeat Darth Vader in a duel. But alas, this all speculation and wishful thinking. We shall see in the years to come.

      • April 17, 2016 at 1:27 pm
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        Until Luke defeated Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi. But definitely the only one to defeat him in his prime, at the first attempt, and without losing a limb 🙂

  • April 16, 2016 at 8:21 pm
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    She is Luke’s hand. An altered clone made from his hand. A part of him but different. She has no “parents” per se. That’s why she has a connection to the light saber and to Luke’s history (and the place where he lost his hand specifically) via her force vision. She is Luke. Having her have regular parents would be too obvious and hold no surprise twist and be on the low creative level of the fan theories you see floating around with Kenobi et al.

    • April 16, 2016 at 8:26 pm
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      This is certainly the most creative theory I’ve seen on Rey’s parentage thus far.

    • April 16, 2016 at 8:45 pm
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      That’s actually a pretty sound theory and a nice twist on how she’s a Skywalker without being someone’s child. Also perhaps explains why she was left on a desert world, it was an attempt to give her the hardship both Anakin and Luke faced.

      • April 16, 2016 at 9:45 pm
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        I know, almost like she’s a expirement of some kind..

        • April 16, 2016 at 9:47 pm
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          oh man, this is awesome. now I’m a be disappointed if that’s not the case.

          • April 16, 2016 at 10:14 pm
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            Same here. Generally I’ve been in the Kenobi camp but the lineage issue has been a big stumper. A week or two ago I began toy with the idea that Rey may be a clone of Kenobi.. but would the fanbase buy the idea that the clone would be a different gender from the donor? At first I concluded no.. but the reactions to this theory is saying otherwise.
            This theory does make the whole “luke’s daughter” theory way more imaginative than that of natural birth and makes me a lot more receptive of it.

        • April 16, 2016 at 11:48 pm
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          :0

    • April 16, 2016 at 9:35 pm
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      Ah-ha! she’s “Luuke Skywalker”.. I like the theory.

    • April 16, 2016 at 9:46 pm
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      ohhhh shit! I LOVE this theory. Yeah that would mean she’s Luuke Skywalker like Concealed said, and that would be amazing.

      • April 16, 2016 at 10:03 pm
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        And it would explain why they didn’t really incorporate anything else from the Thrawn trilogy into TFA.. they’re trying to throw us off. Just another layer of the mystery box.

    • April 16, 2016 at 9:48 pm
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      Wouldn’t she have to be male and have an uncanny resemblance to be Luke’s clone?

      • April 17, 2016 at 12:32 am
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        No

        • April 17, 2016 at 12:41 am
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          Then stick with your hand job theory.

      • April 17, 2016 at 1:53 am
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        All clones during the Clone Wars underwent genetic modification. The Bad Batch looked nothing like regular clones.

        • April 17, 2016 at 4:08 am
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          Bad batch were messed up

      • April 17, 2016 at 4:07 am
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        She looks anything like Luke she has dark eyes dark hair Luke has blonde hair and blue eyes it is probably something very simple

      • April 17, 2016 at 9:32 am
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        No, she would look like Shmi and Padme depending on which method of cloning was conducted, direct peitry or embro injection. Who is to say that Leia was an identical twin for that theory as well as I’m still pondering the possibilities.

      • April 17, 2016 at 9:38 am
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        you should read about biology before you branch out into fiction with opinions or questions… the whole is it really real seems to ave missed you

        • April 17, 2016 at 4:12 pm
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          Lol!

    • April 16, 2016 at 11:50 pm
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      It may just be crazy enough to work.

    • April 16, 2016 at 11:56 pm
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      Yes it would explain the awfully forced clone dialogue..
      …but also why OB1 and Yoda are in the vision – as well as the focused shot of Luke’s hand on R2: the vision is basically fragments of LUKE’s memory! Rey has no idea whose voices she hears… if this is the real deal it also means Luke was there when she was left on Jakku.

      • April 17, 2016 at 12:03 am
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        Two more thoughts on the matter: Luke’s hand – the missing one – must have decomposed so anyone building Rey out of its DNA must have salvaged that hand (and saber) quite soon. Could it have been Vader, and then Kylo is going to finish what he started – a worthy Sith apprentice?
        Or could KYLO have found DNA from the hand to build Rey?

        • April 17, 2016 at 9:36 am
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          If Galen from The Force Unleashed is indeed an acolyte of Vaders and they keep just that much of that storyline alive in Rogue One as I’ve heard again and again and that Vader long plotted an end to the Emperor utilizing maligned cloning tech – perhaps Rogue One is more 3.5 than supportive canon cinema with familiar … i mean there is that one shot with Vader leaping Matrix style to the charging Rebels and … oh wait – never mind – Think clones and again… they don’t give a shit about anything you write ro think. They mock you all of you

          • April 17, 2016 at 9:34 pm
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            “They mock you all of you”

            And we mock you for making weird comment s like that. Take of the tin foil hat.

      • April 17, 2016 at 9:26 am
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        Rey must be the strongest with the Force or she just has a different power like that of intuition…because Luke should have seen dead kids when he picked up that same saber when Obi Wan gave it to him.

        • April 17, 2016 at 1:23 pm
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          Good point!

    • April 17, 2016 at 6:55 am
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      Damn, Luke. This is fascinating. In the spirit of the ST being a soft re-boot and with all the mirroring of ANH, it’s an incredibly meta concept to have Rey be a clone of Luke. I hope they had/have the balls to go with this.

      ALSO: This would seem to align with the early leaks of the film starting with Luke’s severed hand tumbling through space!

    • April 17, 2016 at 7:05 am
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      Pretty cool concept, not the first time I’ve heard it. But she does have parents, we will find out who they are. The script for TFA says Luke knows who she is and why she’s there. Everything that happened in TFA was the will of the force. Everything from Finn defecting the First Order to Rey having Anakin/Lukes lightsaber call to her. The look on Luke’s face was as if he was never expecting to see her. I don’t think Kathleen Kennedy’s idea of family was a petri dish. I do admire the creativity though.

      • April 17, 2016 at 9:28 am
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        Then your dumb because unlike you Kathleen has actually read or watched or had people read or watch anything anyone wrote or started to write thats considered Legends or that Crp ass EU masturbation crap… Thats her job. As for what she understands as family I think watching the way the Indy films esp 1 and 2 and the way Dreamworks was run or mismanaged are better ways of assessing her abilities. Or ask her plastic surgeon because she’s looks a fresh 40 and hasn’t been 40 for some time… I digress.

        They don’t give a shit about what the fans think. They think:

        1) Does it make Disney money
        2) Does it Feel like “Star Wars”
        3) Can it be merchandised
        4) does it reflect the brand

        read the above again. no mention of “fan” – they want to do a good job, They also like the movies but if you think these people get on the internet and start looking at this bullshit your insane. Wait… they probably do to make fun off you. For sure they do that.

        But this cloning thing keeps getting bandied about and then dismissed and the canon is clear, they foreshadow the reissue of cloned militaries on the deck of the destroyer in TFA between hux and kylo and the clones are exonerated and more or less forgiven for order66 when they brought rex back and then gave him ashokas blessing

        whether rey is a clone or not remains to be seen… if all jedi are dead except luke then the saber calling out to any jedi when there aren’t any means little in the family context… what it does infer is that the material can have memory which means that whoever touched it most left the most memory… and that friends wasn’t Luke.

        Rey is Anakin. How they explain it, How they sell that and how the non canonical materials are recannonized to legitimize it is exactly like a petri dish.

        They were creating something from nothing. Luke is surprised and also he looks kinda annoyed all your super nerds never figured out the Mara Jade whore was his real beard … cuz he likes dick.

        Lukes a gay y’all

        • April 17, 2016 at 1:22 pm
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          Firstly, I believe you meant “you’re dumb” rather than “your dumb”. Secondly, I didn’t think it was a dumb comment at all. Thirdly, why be so mean?!

    • April 17, 2016 at 1:17 pm
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      That’s a great theory!

      I guess the first time Luke’s hand was shown, we didn’t see his face, so the hand was there to let us know it was Luke. At the end, the removal of his hood was for dramatic effect. But still, definitely two very clear visuals.

      I don’t want to be cynical, but I can’t see Disney going down that path with Rey – there has been a pretty big focus on “girl power” with this movie. Rey complaining about Finn taking her hand to try and help her, Rey beating up the two thugs by herself, Rey beating Kylo Ren with a lightsaber, etc. Kathleen Kennedy mentioned the phrase “strong women” or words to that effect in several interviews before the film came out… I doubt they would make Rey a clone, which would effectively say “Hey, you know that strong woman from the The Force Awakens? She’s only really powerful because she’s actually a clone of a man.”

      It would be a fascinating storyline though – who would you say “made her”? Snoke? Maybe Leia, desperate for an ally? Kylo Ren, even?

  • April 16, 2016 at 8:24 pm
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    If she’s not a Skywalker..then they better explain why the hell the family lightsaber called to her in such a way that it did..just cause you’re force sensitive doesn’t mean that any lightsaber in the premises will call to you JJ! And I know this for a fact because no lightsaber has called me yet!! Still waiting though..

    • April 16, 2016 at 8:50 pm
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      It was the force calling to her, not the actual lightsaber (part of the awakening). The lightsaber is just a physical implement.

      Don’t give up on a lightsaber calling to you. It will happen, bet your house on it.

      • April 17, 2016 at 1:51 am
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        Not necessarily. Lightsabers contain kyber-crystals which have a strong connection to the force, and bond with the weapon’s wielder. This is why in the Clone Wars episode set on Ilum, only the chosen person can see their crystal. For the Rey to experience force visions when touching the lightsaber, it implies that either she is a Skywalker or has Vos’ ability.

        • April 17, 2016 at 2:27 am
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          TFA title refers to Rey. Believe the force called to her a few times in the movie, some of which are:

          1. The Millennium Falcon on Jakku. This was no coincidence that it just happened to be based in her outpost, and she then ends up piloting it (start of the awakening) – unites her with Han who takes her to see Maz.

          2. The Force back scene – Rey discovers her destiny as the next significant force user – Luke, Obi-Wan, Vader, Yoda, Palpatine, Kylo Ren and Rey feature in those scenes.

          3. The lightsaber in the snow. The sabre’s destiny is with Rey, perhaps only so it can be re-united with Luke.

          4. Rey is chosen by Leia to search out Luke. Leia is strong in the force, she sensed the need for those two to be re-united.

          My point is that the lightsaber in the movie was just a Mcguffin to get Rey and Luke together. I don’t believe it makes her a Skywalker.

        • April 17, 2016 at 4:48 am
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          I’ve always wondered why Lightsabers suddenly “call” to people. They never did in any of the previous six episodes.

    • April 16, 2016 at 9:32 pm
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      If her last name is Kenobi it makes perfect sense.

    • April 17, 2016 at 3:41 am
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      Maybe you’re too old? Yes, too old, to begin the training… 🙂

    • April 17, 2016 at 10:00 am
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      I think the Lightsaber calling and vision enriched Star Wars.
      I cannot remember in the movies something like that.
      Luke didn´t have any vision the first time he grabbed this same lightsaber.

      TFA introduced this more fetishist new view. May be it was already in the cartoons, but I think not in the movies.
      Kylo and Vader mask, probably his own lightsaber lost in the woods, we don´t know yet. Rey and the lightsaber vision too.

      Because we see it in Kylo and the mask, for us it is obvious that an artifact would call and respond better to the owner offspring. But I don´t see it as a rule or law in SW world…
      Usually in Star Wars master and apprentice have not any blood relationship, and that link is strong too.

      Simply explanation if she is not a Skywalker, a blue lightsaber would respond better to the light side of the force represented by Rey and not the dark side of Kylo.

  • April 16, 2016 at 9:12 pm
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    No worries man. Always there to support a fellow SW fan.

    • April 17, 2016 at 9:11 am
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      Good words, man. This community when talking about The Force Awakens are far more calm and rational than the rampant Genwuuners of Youtube and IMDB.

  • April 16, 2016 at 9:25 pm
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    …Okay, I buy it. Poor word choice.

  • April 16, 2016 at 9:45 pm
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    What about Finn’s parents? Will he get to explore his past, too? Or is it just Rey?

    • April 17, 2016 at 9:49 am
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      May be they are siblings!!
      May be twins!

      …wait…

  • April 16, 2016 at 9:49 pm
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    well in the old ESB script Luke had a sister on the other side of the galaxy. What if they use this idea and give Anakin a sibling. Then Rey can be a Skywalker with out being Luke or Leia’s offspring.
    Yoda was told in the last episode of clone wars that there is another skywalker (LOBOT!!!!).

    • April 17, 2016 at 12:38 am
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      I think that would be too retcon-ish.

  • April 16, 2016 at 11:14 pm
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    Rey is an Amidala , when Kylo said he saw water and a castle . Only place we have seen that is Naboo. Luke’s lightsaber activated R2 not Rey.

      • April 16, 2016 at 11:35 pm
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        Oh I didn’t know , I’ll go look it up , I watched it again just now after I heard news of JJ reveal. Thx.

    • April 17, 2016 at 12:11 am
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      A palace is not a castle……

    • April 17, 2016 at 12:36 am
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      Do you think that Naboo is seriously the only water + castle planet in the whole GALAXY?

    • April 17, 2016 at 2:28 am
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      he said Ocean and Island and plus they were at Takodana which has Maz Kanata’s castle which was near a lake

      • April 17, 2016 at 4:09 am
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        Yea I’m beginning to see Kylo only saw her mind from her leaving Jakku

    • April 17, 2016 at 8:46 am
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      If Luke’s lightsaber did then why didn’t he activate when Finn had it at the base the first time?

    • April 17, 2016 at 9:11 am
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      This is closer than most of what I’ve read… if you ignore Dubrovnik being the next location because essentially thats what Dubrovnik is an old castle and the sea….

    • April 18, 2016 at 9:46 pm
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      As much as I wish the films would acknowledge the prequels and history a bit more, I thought they were talking about the planet where Luke was hiding out. But I guess it’s another thing left vague that could be plugged into the next episode if needed.

    • April 18, 2016 at 9:46 pm
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      “Luke’s lightsaber activated R2 not Rey.”
      Huh? care to explain.

  • April 16, 2016 at 11:37 pm
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    Or Rey could easly be an “influence” of the force, like his grandfather (but from the light side). Probably Luke created life inside some hot rebel female without having real sex… Killing all midichlorians in the process, or whatever…

    • April 19, 2016 at 6:47 am
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      Maybe that’s why call it the “force”!

      😉

  • April 16, 2016 at 11:48 pm
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    Abrams stop saying these stupid comments. You are just confusing people

    • April 17, 2016 at 1:37 am
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      He’s the Rick McCallum of the ST, It’s kind of his thing.

      • April 17, 2016 at 5:30 am
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        It’s so dense, every image just has so many things going on.

        • April 17, 2016 at 1:33 pm
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          “When you watch Episode III, You’ll see why Boba Fett wants to destroy the Skywalker legacy and understand everything about him.”

  • April 17, 2016 at 12:35 am
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    Cop out.

    • April 17, 2016 at 7:02 am
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      Brilliant!

    • April 17, 2016 at 8:10 am
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      Warwick’s comedy series, “Life’s Too Short” was brilliant. Lots of funny SW references. Highly recommended .

    • April 19, 2016 at 6:44 am
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      Hilarious!

      “Please show me your driver’s license.”

      “You don’t need to see my identification.”

  • April 17, 2016 at 1:37 am
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    Now we see why he has the whole mystery box thing going and turned down answering questions about the film beforehand, Because he’ll spill all the beans if he doesn’t.

    • April 17, 2016 at 9:44 am
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      If they are smart, and they are, they will film different answers to this question, so even the cast will be confused about who are Rey´s parents.

      I would like to know who has the last word on this… with Lucas it was easy.

      • April 17, 2016 at 1:55 pm
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        They did film Vader saying Obi-Wan was Luke’s Father in Empire which this sort of is for this trilogy though it’s kind of like after Empire where everyone was debating but kind of knew the real truth at the same time.

        • April 17, 2016 at 2:55 pm
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          I heard Mark Hamill the same story but Vader saying: “Obi Wan didnt tell you the truth, He killed your father!”.

          • April 17, 2016 at 3:27 pm
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            Come to think of it, I think that is correct.

          • April 18, 2016 at 6:35 am
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            Well, HAMILL knew when they shot it, Kirshner pulled him aside right before they filmed and told him he truth. Nobody else on set knew though, and Prowse was given bogus lines to read.

          • April 18, 2016 at 7:07 am
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            I didn´t say the opposite.
            But that truth means about hiding the script to people.
            I am going further, filming different options, not to hide the “true” script, but to watch different options when they are putting together the film and make a decission about it.

  • April 17, 2016 at 2:13 am
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    Ha ! His double-negative gets him ! “not that they may not already be in her world” == “they may already be in her world”…. and if we were to focus on the **they** , and “IN her world”, as well as in the context of parents plural, then we have their identities…. yup, I’m still holding to Han & Leia :o)

    • April 17, 2016 at 5:31 am
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      That would certainly make Han’s death even more heart-breaking. Rey spent time with her father, but neither of them knew that they were related to each other. They were so close, yet so far.

      • April 19, 2016 at 1:03 am
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        Who are you ?? :o)
        virtualedition.net

    • April 17, 2016 at 9:38 am
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      Well, I think that what he is saying in the second explanation, is that Rey´s parents is a fact changeable. It is not yet in the movie or book, comic… even not in any script.

      • April 19, 2016 at 12:59 am
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        No. This is LOCKED in, I’m sure of it :o)

        • April 19, 2016 at 6:20 am
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          Nothing is “LOCKED” until you watch it on screen, I am pretty sure of that.

    • April 17, 2016 at 12:39 pm
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      Han and Leia discuss being upset over the loss of their son but not their daughter? When Leia tells Han when she lost both Kylo and Han, no mention of a daughter? You must listen to all the convos that Han and Leia have in the movie.

      • April 17, 2016 at 1:04 pm
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        Agreed – it seems odd that they said “we lost our son”, but not “and after losing our daughter, too”

        • April 18, 2016 at 6:32 am
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          Losing one child may be seen as a tragedy; two must be viewed as carelessness.

          • April 19, 2016 at 6:43 am
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            Unless they were BOTH sent to train with Luke, Leia’s brother. Not very careless imo.

      • April 18, 2016 at 6:25 pm
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        I disagree. They could easily come up with a flashback scene were Han and Leia talk about there daughter. While I think it’s more possible she’s Luke’s daughter, Rian Johnson could come up with a very simple explanation for her being Han and Leia’s daughter as he could her being Luke’s.

      • April 19, 2016 at 12:56 am
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        In the immortal words of one Mr. H. Solo…. “Nice !” :o)
        I ask myself :
        – why Leia and Rey embrace so emotionally, and Leia speaks to her with such warmth and concern ;
        – To a lesser extent, why Chewie bypasses Leia on D’Qar [granted, JJ has half-answered this, but I think if his fuller answer would rip open the spoiler to Episode VIII, then he’s going to be tight-lipped or cagey about this scene !] ;
        – why the script [submitted to the U.S awards guilds] explicitly states a descriptive for Leia and Rey’s hug ;
        – that there’s a big issue going on with ages and time-frames as to when Rey was left on Jakku and when Han left Leia….. could it be – and admittedly this is where my theory turns – that Leia was pregnant with Rey (early 1st trimester) when Han departs, Leia gives up Rey to Luke, Luke leaves Rey on Jakku, Luke disappears…. and Leia is left with no daughter and no brother.
        As ‘TUD’ says in this response chain, “heart-breaking indeed” if Rey spends so little time in ignorance with her father.

  • April 17, 2016 at 5:50 am
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    The fact that he walked back his original comment so quickly all but confirms that Luke is her father.

    • April 17, 2016 at 7:19 am
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      I beg to differ. It shows that they want to keep her non-Skywalker genealogy as a surprise in the new films; either for story purposes such as Rey wondering and trying to find out, or for marketing / fan-buzz purposes, after all, more fan-theories = more publicity.

      The fact that, when he was OFF GUARD, he said “not in Ep. VII” shows that that statement is closer to the truth, and “I meant that she doesn’t KNOW” is the cryptic cover-up to keep fans mystery-boxed.

  • April 17, 2016 at 7:11 am
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    She has “parents”, we will learn who “they” are.

  • April 17, 2016 at 7:25 am
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    I feel like he is just back-tracking to keep the mystery / hype alive. I would be very surprised if he said “not in episode 7” if he meant HAN SOLO, one of the main characters of the force awakens. This seems like token backpedaling to me, but I hope I’m wrong because I want her to be Rey Skywalker.

    • April 17, 2016 at 7:45 am
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      The backlash came out because people spun it to mean it was impossible for her to be a Skywalker. JJ didn’t want that to be the perception of what he originally meant, he was still trying to keep the mystery. I guarantee you will not get a straight answer to the Luke / Rey connection. He doesn’t want to lie, so he has to beat around the bush as best he can, some secrets are just hard to keep when doing so though.

  • April 17, 2016 at 8:17 am
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    We are forgetting the most important.
    If Chewbacca and Maz Kanata are the parents of Poe Dameron.

  • April 17, 2016 at 10:57 am
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    As much as I want Rey’s parents to be somebody else, the fact that Star Wars is a big space opera around the Skywalker family tree (at least the numbered episodes), almost confirms that she has to be related to Luke or Leia somehow.

  • April 17, 2016 at 11:46 am
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    I’m guessing the real answer will be as original and surprising as the rest of The Force Awaken’s plot.

    • April 17, 2016 at 12:03 pm
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      Or as original as comments like yours.

  • April 17, 2016 at 1:30 pm
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    Oh JJ please stop… He’s closing to “Into Darkness” territory now.

  • April 17, 2016 at 1:51 pm
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    JJ should just keep his mouth shut on Star Wars tbh. The mystery box doesn’t always work and in the case of Star Trek became negative hype. Now that Episodes 8 & 9 are under a different director he shouldn’t distract build-up with misplaced comments.

  • April 17, 2016 at 2:32 pm
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    If people would just wait for the mystery to be revealed in the movies instead of pestering JJ with the issue, he wouldn’t have to give insincere answers. The people who are complaining about JJ’s backtracking would also be the first to complain if he outright spoiled who Rey’s parents are. Just relax and wait for episode VIII (or IX).

    • April 18, 2016 at 6:30 am
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      I admire your optimism that, despite everything on his CV providing evidence to the contrary, Abrams HAS some plan for this mystery. I find I can’t share it, but I do admire it.

      • April 18, 2016 at 9:50 am
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        But JJ isn’t the sole writer of these movies. There’s a whole story group involved, and they will have planned ahead to make this work.

  • April 17, 2016 at 2:36 pm
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    I am to the point that I don’t care anymore. If she is not a Skywalker and is a random person with exceptional force powers then they should have never made it a mystery in the first place. I really think this “who are Rey’s Parents?” is more of a frustrating aspect to this new trilogy. I hope Episode 8 can give us an answer and we can move on. It’s bad enough we have to figure out who is Snoke and how the hell did he gain power in the First Order?

    • April 17, 2016 at 3:55 pm
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      One thing I’ve learned since starting to read Star Wars fan sites regularly (really only since the build-up to TFA) is how obsessed everyone is with everything having to be completely explained in detail, especially parentage. Honestly, if I had just gone into TFA cold, I don’t think I would have thought for more than a few seconds about who Rey’s parents were.

      • April 18, 2016 at 12:56 pm
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        Am glad to see someone else feels as I do about this. So many fans expect that all questions will be answered. Have we forgotten about inagination and tgat sometimes it’s ok not to know everything? When A New Hope came out, there were lots of questions, some where answered, some were not until much later, some were never answered. That needs to be ok. It’s impossibly to know the backstory of every character. Folks need to stop saying there were too many holes in the story and just use their imagination to fill in the gaps.

    • April 17, 2016 at 6:01 pm
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      I am agree with you.
      The Original Trilogy was about that, “Im your father” “you are my sister”…
      So Kasdan again behind it, inertia makes people think about parenting…

      The fact is that Jedi Order/the Force is not about parenting, is more about masters and apprentices.
      So I would not be surprised that after all focusing in who are this girl parents, they will twist it to something totally different.

  • April 17, 2016 at 5:17 pm
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    I’d be disappointed if Finn or Rey are ‘family’ with any previous character. It’d feel a a bit strained, it’s not necessary for any dramatic or, er, mythopoetic reasons, and would be more appealing with regard to the latter if the two were strong with the force either randomly or as a result of the choices they’d made in life. Then the Jedi aren’t a closed system or elite – aren’t more like Magneto’s conception of mutants than Xavier’s. But anyway, I’m more interested in the question of whether Kylo Ren is ‘mentally ill’ or otherwise askew genetically. I think it’d be a nice touch, in anchoring the films in our current discussions on morality and politics and the like, which they have clearly endeavoured to do in other areas. I liked the thing Driver did when consulting his grandfather, that odd lift of the head, as if listening for voices (like George Bush!). It’d be a new touch to these films, in line with the quite tender strand concerning Kylo’s aberration/descent. If Kylo Ren will have some kind of switch later in the trilogy as his grandfather did it will sit better than that one if his not being quite in charge of his faculties is intimated beforehand. In ROTJ, as powerful as the unmasking scene is, you do think, Yeah, but he’s been telekinetically strangling people left, right and centre for decades… It’d be powerful to see him have a later conversion but to sacrifice himself for the Resistence in a more grim, self-effacing kamikaze fashion than Vader in recognition of his earlier deeds.

    • April 17, 2016 at 5:40 pm
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      Like your train of thought.

  • April 18, 2016 at 3:44 pm
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    we will find out that Rey is the “chosen one” that keeps being reincarnated at times of need in the galaxy. The twist will come when she ask Luke if he is her father and he responds that she is his father….This is why is was searching for answers at the Jedi temples…blahhhh, not liking this direction.

    Just make her a Skywalker and keep it simple! It’d be great if we find out that there’s another Solo kid and Jaina shows up!

    • April 19, 2016 at 6:41 am
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      So basically, you think that Rey is the Avatar?

      • April 19, 2016 at 5:15 pm
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        unfortunately, that is what they are doing. Wait and see…..thanks to the story group, JJ and Kasdan.

  • April 18, 2016 at 5:02 pm
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    Clearly she’s Luke and Leia’s IVF daughter 😉

    The fact that there’s so much secrecy around her origins makes it obvious she’s a Skywalker. Why keep it a secret if she’s a daughter of ordinary people?

  • April 18, 2016 at 6:31 pm
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    The fact is JJ Abrams left evidences for her being a stranger, Luke, or Han and Leia’s daughter because he wanted Rian Johnson (the director/writer for 8) to have a choice. JJ entertained all the possibilities for Rian Johnson, and until people realize that, these crazy stories are still going to keep going. JUST WAIT FOR VIII!

  • April 24, 2016 at 7:43 pm
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    jj abrams is such a cunt

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