Daisy Ridley Thinks the Answer to her Parentage is in The Force Awakens!

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While speaking with Time Out London recently about the upcoming documentary she both produced and narrated, Daisy Ridley, the actress now best known for playing the lead character (Rey) in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, talked about Rey’s mysterious past.

 

When asked if it’d feel good to get the secret off her chest she replied:

“I thought a lot was answered in ‘The Force Awakens’. Then after the screening I went for a drink with my agent and everyone and we were chatting away and I realised that ‘oh, in their minds it’s not answered at all!’”

 

This revelation could mean a number of things. First, that the answer has been staring us all in the face this entire time and we all need to go back and watch it again (I know, what a shame!). Second, is that perhaps with Ridley knowing the answer that she was able to pick up on certain nuances that aren’t quite as clear to us yet, but if that’s the case then it means The Force Awakens will make for a better viewing once all is revealed (I know, what a shame!). Finally, it could be that she is just messing around with us which, honestly, wouldn’t surprise me, and I feel like I would probably do the same (sorry!).

 

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Keeping the world in waiting certainly doesn’t seem to bother her as she went on to talk about one of her experiences with keeping the secret:

“I think curiosity is a wonderful thing and I do find it quite funny that people keep asking about it. Just yesterday a guy asked to take a picture with me and went “Is Luke your Dad”? And I was like “chill out, you’ll see!””.

 

It’s true; we’ll find out soon enough. But to be honest, unless they succeed in completely catching us by surprise, there seems to be only a few options regarding her lineage if there are indeed hidden hints in The Force Awakens.  For Rey to be the daughter of Han and Leia, a common theory for some time, doesn’t really make any sense in the light of other canon material, especially Star Wars: Bloodline, a novel by author Claudia Gray, that makes no room for a second Solo child.

 

The most feasible options given the context of the film at this point are Luke being her father, or her being a descendant of Obi-Wan Kenobi.  The connection she has to Luke is obvious in the movie as the Force itself seems to be drawing her to the aging Jedi.  The fact that Leia sent Rey to find Luke instead of going herself after seeking him for so long may even suggest that Leia has some insight into the situation.

 

As for a possible Kenobi ancestry, the multiple lines from Obi-Wan in the “forceback” vision that Rey has when touching Anakin’s lightsaber for the first time may suggest the connection. In one of these lines Obi-Wan even addresses her personally by name.  While the other voices in the vision are quotes from the past, the Obi-Wan lines are new and are seemingly meant specifically for Rey.

 

A third option might be a combining of the two, with Luke being her father and her mother the daughter of Obi-Wan.  Of course, we may be completely off with this speculation, but given the evidence before us, it’s about as much as we can speculate at this point. And kudos to the writers if they are able to completely pull one over on us here.

 

I think for the time being we just need to learn patience and make Obi-Wan proud! For now, I think she’s right; curiosity is a wonderful thing. Fans all across the globe are talking about their ideas and are speculating together, forming different theories. Isn’t that part of the reason why we love Star Wars so much? We can explore it’s every detail because it is one of (if not) the deepest and richest stories ever told.

 

In their last line of questioning they asked if she thinks people will be surprised when they find out the truth, and she said:

“I’d love to see the look on people’s faces but with answers come more questions, and there’s definitely going to be enough to keep people going for another two years!”

 

I can’t wait to be asking these questions in roughly 13 months, and I know the Star Wars fandom will be right there with me trying to figure out the answers.

 

 

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140 thoughts on “Daisy Ridley Thinks the Answer to her Parentage is in The Force Awakens!

  • December 6, 2016 at 6:38 pm
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    Luke’s girl…

    • December 6, 2016 at 6:49 pm
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      I dont think so. Would be too obvious.

      • December 6, 2016 at 8:12 pm
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        I remember when people said Palpatine being Sidious was too obvious.

        • December 6, 2016 at 8:15 pm
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          I was one of them. It was, actually lol

          • December 7, 2016 at 4:54 am
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            That’s…sad.

          • December 7, 2016 at 3:50 pm
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            Isn’t it? But come on TUD the EU existed as a reference at that point, and Dark Empire featured emperor clones… and… and… the second movie was called Attack of the Clones (from then on, anything was possible xD)

          • December 7, 2016 at 4:11 pm
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            So you’re saying that Palpatine isn’t the Emperor, Paalpatine is the Emperor. Correct?

          • December 7, 2016 at 8:04 pm
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            Me:

            Kicker2, Why didn’t you tell me? You told me the Emporer betrayed and murdered my Senator.

            Kicker2:

            Palpatine was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Sheev and became the Emporer. When that happened, the good man who was Sheev was destroyed. So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view.

            My bubble got popped. 🙁

      • December 6, 2016 at 8:23 pm
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        I thought the point in TFA was for it to be so obvious.The fans created the whole big secret story…

      • December 6, 2016 at 8:52 pm
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        Isn’t that what Daisy is saying? That it’s obvious.

  • December 6, 2016 at 6:50 pm
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    To me it’s simple. There must be a good Skywalker to continue on. Either Rey is Luke’s or Kylo Ren will be redeemed.

    • December 7, 2016 at 11:30 am
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      Kylo redeemed and have offspring?

  • December 6, 2016 at 6:56 pm
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    “…or Rey to be the daughter of Han and Leia, a common theory for some time, doesn’t really make any sense in the light of other canon material, especially Star Wars: Bloodline…”

    There’s canon and then there’s Canon. All these new “official” books are canon — movies are Canon. The new “EU” will just have to retcon any surprises from new movies. Same as always…

    That said, I don’t think she’s a Solo — well Maybe. It would be a cool twist if she was related to the Emperor in some way, Maybe his attempt at creating life. Though, I guess she’s too young for that. Anyway, we’ll know soon enough. I wouldn’t get to hung up on reconciling all the various new storylines. The Marvel comics already barely make any sense in terms of the OT timeline. The more stories that get added the less it’s possible too fit them into the gaps between movies. I don’t even try.

  • December 6, 2016 at 7:10 pm
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    Uhm the most feasible IMO is that Rey is the reincarnation of Anakin (and Kylo the reincarnation of Vader); not necessarily literally; of course the link would be Even stronger if Luke’s her papa so there’s that. I feel they gave Rey traits and mannerisms that reminded me of Han, of Leia, of Obi-Wan, of Luke… But in many ways she resembles Anakin the most.
    (I hope she’s no one, though. Including stealing the faces of the dead)

  • December 6, 2016 at 7:13 pm
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    This may be wishful thinking on my part, but the fact MH was present for much of the shooting of TFA despite limited screen time makes me think that we may have been sold a dummy.

    Could there have been another film at least partially shot on the quiet at the same time? Perhaps the third, unannounced story? How Luke and Obi-Wan’s secret daughter sired a young girl who they wanted to train as a Jedi but decided it would be safer to leave her on Jakku when the Knights of Ren started their thing?

    Almost certainly wishful thinking and MH would need a little de-aging, but perhaps…

    • December 6, 2016 at 11:25 pm
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      There’s quite possibly more footage shot of Luke/Rey etc than was shown in TFA. I know that they cut stuff from the Force vision, so maybe…

  • December 6, 2016 at 7:15 pm
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    didn’t she say on other occasion that her parents do not appear in TFA at all?

    • December 6, 2016 at 7:57 pm
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      I don’t know if she said it, but J.J. did say it… but he is a LIAR!!! with all respect.

      • December 6, 2016 at 8:15 pm
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        And he quite correct himself days after saying that…

        • December 6, 2016 at 8:29 pm
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          really? what did he say?

          • December 6, 2016 at 10:30 pm
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            Initially, he said that Rey’s parents were not in TFA. Later, he said what he meant was that Rey’s parents were not revealed in TFA, not necessarily that they were not already in her world.

          • December 7, 2016 at 3:52 pm
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            original quote: “Rey’s parents are not in Episode VII. So I can’t possibly in this moment tell you who they are. This is all I will say: It’s something that Rey thinks about too.”

            correcting himself: “What I meant was that she doesn’t discover them in Episode VII. Not that they may not already be in her world.”

          • December 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm
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            yeah that’s like a 180° curve

  • December 6, 2016 at 7:53 pm
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    Should be getting a title/trailer for TSH in about a week.
    And a first glimpse of Rey’s Ive designed light saber[s.]

    • December 6, 2016 at 8:34 pm
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      Still 13 letters?

      • December 6, 2016 at 8:46 pm
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        😉

        • December 6, 2016 at 8:53 pm
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          YEAHHH BOYYYYYY

        • December 7, 2016 at 1:46 am
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          The Sacred Hilt?

          • December 7, 2016 at 6:24 am
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            No, but it is very serial.

    • December 6, 2016 at 10:29 pm
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      Sorry, but what is TSH?

      • December 7, 2016 at 3:07 am
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        The Skywalker Hand

        Lol its three letters scrawled in fake paint on a mock up collage Rian Jonston posted on Instagram with a bunch of SW references and a picture of John Gotti with the caption ‘chosen 1’. People have speculated that TSH are the initials of the Ep VIII title.

    • December 6, 2016 at 11:44 pm
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      Spill the beans!

      • December 7, 2016 at 6:23 am
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        13 letters.

  • December 6, 2016 at 8:06 pm
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    Am I they only one who is more curious who is Snoke, than who are Rey’s parents?

  • December 6, 2016 at 8:06 pm
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    I think you’re forgetting that she doesn’t necessarily have to be related to a protagonist. Maybe she’s related to Palpatine or Snoke? Heck, maybe she’s related to Yoda!

    I really think we exclude way too many characters when we do all this hypotheszing.

    • December 6, 2016 at 8:41 pm
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      It’s not that other possibilities were forgotten. But there seem to be zero hints in TFA concerning these other theories. Not that there has to be hints, but taking Daisy’s comments at face value, it would appear that in hindsight the lineage of Rey will make sense in light of connections hinted at in the first film, to the point where Daisy thought it was obvious. A Palpatine or Snoke connection doesn’t really come up at all in TFA. Now these are still possible, but I think you have to disregard her comments for them to work.

  • December 6, 2016 at 8:07 pm
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    Am I the only one who is more curious who is Snoke, than who are Rey’s parents?

    • December 6, 2016 at 8:17 pm
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      Nope. Hahaha.

    • December 6, 2016 at 8:26 pm
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      Exactly. Maybe the answer in TFA was what Maz said–those people are not coming back, why don’t you move on?

      What I’m worried about (as much as I would worry about a film plot) is that Rey’s parentage was never meant to be an important story element, but that all this talk about the “mystery” and “reveal” will lead the filmmakers to invent a connection that will turn out to be cheesy.

      • December 6, 2016 at 8:34 pm
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        Exactly what I think, they basically said in TFA through Maz Kanata to us, fans that it’s not that big deal who her parents are, but fans kept asking that question, and I think, now, they feel they need to make it a big deal because of fan expectations

        • December 6, 2016 at 10:41 pm
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          Well Rian Johnson wrote and directed this next movie

      • December 6, 2016 at 10:40 pm
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        Cheesy in Star Wars as if Star Wars was never been called that before

    • December 6, 2016 at 11:22 pm
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      I’d say I’m equally curious about Rey and Snoke 🙂

    • December 7, 2016 at 10:34 am
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      I am waaaay more curious about smoke then Rey since I feel like the whole sequel saga hinges on him living up to the void palpatine and the smith left behind. However I feel like smoke’s backstory is totally unguessable with our current info (I.e. He is a new character) where as speculating on Rey’s parents there is a chance we get it right

  • December 6, 2016 at 8:22 pm
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    She is a modified clone made from Luke’s hand. That’s why she is a Skywalker with out being his daughter and had the connection with his saber and in her “force back” she hears voices from and sees scenes from her’s and Luke’s life. Granddaughter of Obi-Wan? Luke’s daughter? JJ Abrams is not that boring and predictable and knows how to make a good twist.

    • December 6, 2016 at 8:25 pm
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      lol…JJ and a good twist…like in Star Trek 2?

    • December 6, 2016 at 8:27 pm
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      Based on what JJ has said, this is the most likely scenario, IMO.

    • December 6, 2016 at 8:32 pm
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      I’m edging towards this line of thinking. The force back makes more sense as well as it was a traumatic episode for the midichlorians in that hand, maybe a residue remains within her as she’s cloned from the hand like you say.

    • December 6, 2016 at 8:56 pm
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      JJ Abrams is not boring and predictable – I see what you’ve done there!

    • December 6, 2016 at 11:21 pm
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      That would explain why she is pretty powerful without any training. That point bugged me in TFA, but this explanation would make sense.

    • December 6, 2016 at 11:27 pm
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      I like the theory. But who cloned her, then? And why just ditch her on Jakku?

    • December 7, 2016 at 10:31 am
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      But the real question is was it supposed to be a twist at all or is most of the mystery box created by the fans? I love the idea of a Luke clone, it would be perfect IMO, but it seems to go against daisy’s quote above that she thought it was laid out in TFA as they barely mention cloning in that film

      • December 7, 2016 at 3:39 pm
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        Why would they any more than “barely” mention it and make it obvious… and ruin the “twist”???? It’s important to note that the only line about cloning (to refresh the audience’s memory about the concept) is essentially a forgettable trow-away line by Kylo Ren (“Perhaps Leader Snoke would be wise to consider using a clone army”) to General Hux. It serves no story purpose and is exactly the kind of place you would hide a bread crumb so AFTER the reveal it helps all add up. It was a reminder simply about the cloning concept. She touches the light saber that was “calling to her” with her hand and she experiences flashback vision of not only her past… but of Luke’s. She dreams of the island Ren points out (where Luke is), she is searching for “belonging” that Maz says she will find with Luke, the saber flys into HER hand, she reaches out to Luke with her hand extended, the “force back” flash back shows Luke’s mechanical hand on R2 and the camera pushes into that, the fact that Luke’s hand is cut off is again emphasized with the shot of him pulling off his hood on the island (when his robotic hand replacing his severed hand had been covered with fake skin in Jedi). The clues are all there. the emphasis on the fact that Luke’s hand was severed. the mention by Maz that how she came across the light saber was “A good question for another time” meaning that it would be discussed again. She’s a clone from Luke’s hand.

  • December 6, 2016 at 8:49 pm
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    I don’t have all the answers but the modified clone hand theory below actually makes a lot of sense to me than some of the other crazy theories I’ve heard.

    Another interesting tidbit in the Force Awakens…does anyone find it interesting that Lor San Tekka (Max Von Sydow’s character) and his Church of the Force (the villagers that were fried in the beginning of the movie) settled on a backwards desert/scavenging planet like Jakku, same place where Rey was planted? I have a feeling that his role and involvement in Episode 7 may be expanded upon in the next installment…and it is likely more than a vague coincidence.

    • December 6, 2016 at 11:18 pm
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      I agree. There was a very early rumour (way before TFA came out) that the character played by Max Von Sydow would be a small part in TFA, but that the character would also appear in Rogue One. Maybe we’ll get a bit more info next week (OMG it is coming out NEXT WEEK!!!)

      • December 7, 2016 at 6:54 pm
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        yeah i fins it a bit weak in TFA the Lor San Tekka scene. This guy popping from nowhere and look, what a surprise, i have the missing piece of the map who can drives you to Skywalker, yes, here, in my pocket.

        • December 7, 2016 at 11:08 pm
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          Hopefully they’ll explain that in Rogue One, or even in Episode 8.

  • December 6, 2016 at 8:54 pm
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    What a shame if she is Leia’s (or Luke’s) daughter…

    • December 6, 2016 at 9:08 pm
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      Star Wars has always been about the Skywalker lineage, why would it change now?

      • December 6, 2016 at 10:38 pm
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        The argument was that is that Ben/Kylo is part of the Skywalker lineage through Leia

        • December 6, 2016 at 10:44 pm
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          fair enough

        • December 7, 2016 at 6:51 pm
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          that’s just an easy way to tell i am no one and i ve so much power and link with the force. We have got the prophecy, the chosen one and born from the Force in Prequels. It’s what forged the skywalker saga. And Disney would destroy all of that just to set up a girl from nowhere ? I m not eating that. And it’s well-known by everyone that LFL is looking forward to put glimpses of Old EU here and here. We can see that in Rebels, RO footages and TFA. Ben Solo ( Ben was the son of Luke in Legends), Jyn Erso ( Jan Ors and his friend stole the plans of DS in that game i can’t recall the name) the starkiller base (there is something like that in Legends too) and so on. So it’s not weird to think LFL want to put put back (like they want) the best element of Legends : the descendance of Leia and Luke, the Dalling of the death of Ren and the story of Rey

          • December 7, 2016 at 8:06 pm
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            Harrison Ford also has a real life son named Ben.

          • December 7, 2016 at 8:18 pm
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            i didn’t know but we can safely say that Benjamin is a common first name in europe and usa

      • December 6, 2016 at 11:04 pm
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        Completely agree, Disney is even going to great efforts such as removing the crawl from Rogue One to further separate the “Skywalker Saga” from the rest of the films. Some people want Star Wars to be like the Sound of Music because they don’t like sci-fi, we can’t always get everything we want.

        • December 7, 2016 at 6:41 pm
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          i m just hoping Disney is not turning down SW in some Hunger games casual kind of movies. From RO visual style of outfits… i am afraid of that they lost SW feeling with each new movie produced.

  • December 6, 2016 at 9:00 pm
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    Ever since day one I had been on the obi-wan train of hope, but have flip flopped on what I think would really happen in the movie. At this point I think all the information we have of both Luke, Han, and Leia point to it’s not their kid. They’d have to explain it mighty well if it was like the hand theory that is happening down below. Though who would even do that? “Oh cool, a severed hand! Guess I’ll make a girl out of it and dump her on a planet!”

    • December 6, 2016 at 9:04 pm
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      Good question. I wonder if as a child she couldn’t control the force and was a bit of a dangerous project, so was dumped on Jakku as a desert planet might not have as much ‘force’ due to the lack of lifeforms.

      Not sure, shooting from the hip.

    • December 6, 2016 at 11:00 pm
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      Rey even states it herself as it would relate to Luke. “I’d love to see the look on people’s faces but with answers come more questions, and there’s definitely going to be enough to keep people going for another two years!” The questions that come with the answers are like with who’d Luke sleep with, when did this happen? Was he married at any point? One night stand, old fling? You may have written Luke off as the Father. Not everyone has. To some it is quite obvious. Someday you may have to accept that.

    • December 7, 2016 at 6:37 pm
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      This hand theory could come form Z movies script. For Star Wars ? i don’t think so.

  • December 6, 2016 at 9:01 pm
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    Thinking on the lightsaber being drawn to her, rather than Kylo, it adds weight to her being a cloned from Luke’s hand. Plus the force back is focused upon the scene the hand is lost.

    The ending of TFA would then bizarrely be his hand in the form of Rey returning his lightsaber…

    • December 6, 2016 at 11:33 pm
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      Ahhh, so Snoke tries to create a Skywalker for himself from the hand, considered it a failure, and went for the next best thing. Ben. OR, instead of it being a failure he had to wait for her to grow up to use her at her full potential. Hmmm..

    • December 7, 2016 at 6:33 pm
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      This is insane. Like ” Hey bro i am your hand coming back. Did you miss me ?

      • December 7, 2016 at 7:05 pm
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        I know – pretty wild, but does give her a connection to Luke without being directly his daughter.

        The problem as I see it now is if she isn’t a Skywalker its pretty certain Kylo will redeem himself down the line. The Saga films are about the Skywalkers, so Kennedy said, so the main protagonist can’t be anything else but either a child of Leia or Luke. People are saying its looking sure in the new books she’s not Leia’s kid.

        If she is a Skywalker, she’s going to need a backstory with a twist, anything less now would be lame. I could be massively wrong, but personally I prefer this approach to another ‘Chosen One’ that is also floated around.

        • December 7, 2016 at 7:22 pm
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          i am understanding your point, but i am supporter of “Rey, i am your father” legacy. From the start Sw uses themes like tragedy in families, manicheism, good vs evil. redemption… Rey have to be Luke daughter because only a Skywalker can stops an other skywalker lol. And i don’t see Ben being redeemed at all. in 2013 or 2014 on this site i saw an article about music compoistion for TFa (and maybe others becaus John williams aging so they may have recorded the whole music of trilogy already) – i am coming to my point – in this article ther was a list of songs with titles, and one was titled ” The decapitation of Ben Skywalker “. This may have changed from the time the article was edited. but i stongly think (but it’s just me) Rey will kill Ben (like Jaina killed Jacen in Legends, after Jacen killed Mara Jade, his auntie). as the difference of Vader not being able to see his son cooked by the Emperor, Kylo Ren has already crossed the non-returning point by killing his father (look an other shakespirian theme, parricide) sry for the wall text

          • December 7, 2016 at 10:37 pm
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            Interesting stuff – cheers. I could happily go with ‘Rey, I am your father’. Just feel that now there is a demand to put a fresh twist on it. Such a long wait to find out.

  • December 6, 2016 at 9:02 pm
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    I’m pretty sure that her parents are Maz Kanata and Chewie.

  • December 6, 2016 at 9:12 pm
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    I was always confused by the seemingly obvious nature of Maz talking to Rey “They are never coming back. But there is one who still could…” And Rey answers “Luke?” And then Maz says “what you seek is ahead of you.” IN MOVIE I thought they said she was in Lukes family right there. But once out, I guess I was alone in that.

    • December 6, 2016 at 11:16 pm
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      If you take that literally, Maz is saying “THEY” are never coming back (as in her parents) but there is ONE who still could – Luke. That implies “They” and “Luke” are different people.

      That’s the only thing that stops me when I think Luke is her father. Either Maz is lying, or doesn’t know, or the scene is poorly written, or Luke is not her father.

      • December 7, 2016 at 12:24 am
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        Yeah, that line has bugged/confused me every time thay
        I watch it.

      • December 7, 2016 at 12:52 am
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        It could also be like in empire strikes back when the emperor talks to vader in a cryptic way (“the son of skywalker” instead of “your son”) to hide the reveal for later in the film.

        • December 7, 2016 at 1:04 am
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          True – except that Luke can be both “son of Skywalker” and “son of Anakin Skywalker” – it’s careful wording. (Although in the special edition, the Emperor (reshot with Ian McDiarmid) says “the offspring of Anakin Skywalker”

      • December 18, 2016 at 1:12 am
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        I always took that line, “they” to be the people that dropped her off, maybe adoptive parents or whomever she lived with. Sensing that Rey was someone special “they” decided to hide her away even from her father, Luke.

    • December 7, 2016 at 6:28 pm
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      yeah her parents lost could have been her adoptive parents.

  • December 6, 2016 at 9:20 pm
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    Based on what Daisy’s saying here, I think it’s pretty obvious….Rey is Luke’s kid.

    • December 14, 2016 at 5:26 am
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      Yeah I mean every casual SW fan I know who just see the saga films came out with certainty that she’s a skywalker. It’s only when you get into the larger canon that this becomes confusing. Bloodline and Pablo confirm that Rey is stranded on jakku before the academy falls…so if Luke is the dad he must think she’s dead or something. I can just imagine episode 8 starting off with Lukes’s first line:”so ummm- who are you and why do you have my old lightsaber?”

  • December 6, 2016 at 9:24 pm
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    Why is everyone forgetting about Yoda? He was 900 years old when he died so there is a good chance that he could have quite an extensive family tree by the time of TFA

    • December 7, 2016 at 6:26 pm
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      How comes Rey is not her daugter after that ? i mean, all is here. no sarcasm btw

  • December 6, 2016 at 9:45 pm
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    Rey is Leia’s daughter. Han goes away on business and Leia, like her grandmother, gets pregnant without there being a father. Han obviously doesn’t believe her and their marriage falls apart, with Han leaving. All of this contributes to young Ben’s behavioural difficulties.

    • December 6, 2016 at 9:59 pm
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      I love it – sounds like a Jeremy Kyle episode.

    • December 6, 2016 at 10:20 pm
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      Woah! That’s actually a plausible theory. Did you come up with it?

      • December 6, 2016 at 10:37 pm
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        Well, I didn’t copy it from anyone but someone else could well have thought of it too. The similarities of TFA to Arthurian tales has been noted by many people with Rey( King) being considered as the Arthur figure. In those tales Arthur has an evil half sister, so I thought maybe Kylo is Reys evil half brother. The movie seems to suggest a prior relationship to Leia, more than anyone else. There definitely didn’t appear to be one with Han. If Rey, another child of the force like Anakin, was deposited on Jakku for her own safety, it would also explain why Lor San Tekka and the church of the force were nearby.

        • December 7, 2016 at 6:23 pm
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          Your theory would be a great honor to old EU and the Solo twins Jaina and Jacen, aka Rey and Ren

          • December 7, 2016 at 8:09 pm
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            They are 10 years apart in age, though.

          • December 7, 2016 at 8:15 pm
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            yeah ok they are not twins but still the same blood

    • December 6, 2016 at 10:36 pm
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      They only discuss losing their son not anything about that

    • December 7, 2016 at 1:50 am
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      freudian good stuff

    • December 7, 2016 at 2:35 pm
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      So she is an Anakin 2.0 that causes marital problems and brings forth her own nemesis by simply being.. born.

      Why was she born? Who manipulated the midichlorians?

      • December 7, 2016 at 2:57 pm
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        In TFA she’s depicted as having an unusually immediate and strong connection to the Force, that’s pretty similar to Anakin. Han and Leia obviously had marital problems are you questioning that? You make it sound like Ben became Kylo simply because of Reys birth – I didn’t say that. Why was she born, why was Anakin born did we ever get a definitive explanation? – maybe this trilogy might just answer these things- dontcha think? Who manipulated the mini chlorophylls or whatever they’re called – Matt Stone and Trey Parker – they turned them into memberberries, memba.

  • December 6, 2016 at 10:05 pm
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    This is very interesting. Once we all find out who Rey’s parents are it’ll be cool to see if there are some hints that we missed in The Force Awakens.

    • December 6, 2016 at 10:49 pm
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      Unkar Plutt is her Dad. Luke dropped her off and was like:
      “Dude, I’m done with this Jedi crap, you can have her back.”

    • December 7, 2016 at 10:14 pm
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      My guess is TFA is vague enough you could go back and say “oh look a hint!”

      I think the biggest hint is when Maz says to the effect of seeing the same eyes in different people or something. That line was originally for Rey, not Finn.

  • December 6, 2016 at 10:23 pm
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    It’s Han and Leia’s daughter, they way they (Han, Leia, and Kylo) respond, look, and embrace her, it’s painfully obvious.

    But I could be wrong

    • December 6, 2016 at 10:35 pm
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      Problem with that is they never even discussed losing a daughter but they do discuss they lost their son

      • December 7, 2016 at 1:48 am
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        they think she is dead by knights of ren (?)

    • December 6, 2016 at 11:09 pm
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      It’s technically possible for Rey to be Han and Leia’s, if Luke (or
      someone else) stole the baby at birth, without Leia knowing? But it
      would be a stretch.

    • December 7, 2016 at 1:30 am
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      I would agree, but when she is captured by Kylo Ren and Han Solo sees it, he has no reaction.

      I think Leia and Ren sense her powerful force abilities and that is why they react like they do.

      Or they sense her powerful darkside abilities…..

  • December 6, 2016 at 10:38 pm
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    I’ve said it before, and I am sticking to it here – Rey is Chewbacca’s daughter!!!!

    There are plenty of hints about it in TFA. Chewie kinda likes her. Chewie rescues her from Starkiller Base, she and Chewie jet off to find Luke… It’s all right there in our faces!!!

  • December 6, 2016 at 10:38 pm
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    Han and Leia. Ovs

  • December 6, 2016 at 11:15 pm
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    To me Rey is less of a mystery than who Snoke is. They better have something good drummed up for him. To me Snoke is the biggest letdown of TFA. Something about two trilogies of movies and not a single peep about him. I just don’t buy how powerful the dark side is or what potential it could have over the power of Palpatine and Vader. Snoke to me must be a coward.

    • December 6, 2016 at 11:25 pm
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      He’s not anyone from the previous trilogies. He’s his own character from the edge of the galaxy.

      • December 7, 2016 at 3:20 am
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        wait… so he’s not boba fett? 😉

        • December 7, 2016 at 3:37 am
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          Partially digested and now imbued with the power of the Dark side of the Force. I can get behind this.

          • December 7, 2016 at 3:49 am
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            And what better way to get revenge on solo then to have his own son kill him… wait, the disfigured appearance, alive during the clone wars, played by another new Zealand actor. Could it be… Nah. 😉

          • December 7, 2016 at 4:22 am
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            Why is it so hard to believe that Snoke is a brand new character? Why must EVERYONE be related to or politically connected to EVERYONE else?

          • December 7, 2016 at 4:47 am
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            It’s George Lucas’ fault. I still can’t believe that Vader built C-3PO, and it’s been 17 YEARS.

          • December 7, 2016 at 3:50 pm
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            But why does that really bother people if they see EP1 first, you can see how the droids were passed down

          • December 7, 2016 at 4:11 pm
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            Because it’s such a huge coincidence that it breaks my suspension of disbelief. It’s not the end of the world, but it IS stupid and unnecessary.

          • December 7, 2016 at 8:16 pm
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            But people levitating things with their mind doesn’t break your suspension disbelief, but a re-built droid handed down thru a family breaks that suspension for you. See why it doesn’t bother me? I say first timers, 1-7 mostly won’t have the issue you have. Anakin builds/restores a droid, his wife owns a droid. Those two droids become “friends” and serve Padme & Anakin, when Anakin and Padme go thru death and turmoil, their daughter is adopted and droids are taken in by the Organas. Not hard.

          • December 7, 2016 at 9:28 pm
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            for me it would have made way more sense for 3PO to have been padme’s servant/interpreter from the start and for anakin to have built R2 who was more unique and would have been way more helpful for his mom and himself.

          • December 7, 2016 at 9:46 pm
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            And C-3PO becomes friends with R2-D2 a droid that was conveniently ALSO friends with Anakin, yet Obi-Wan doesn’t even remember him. It’s stupid.

          • December 7, 2016 at 6:13 pm
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            Because what did snoke durng clone wars or empire reign ? i think Snoke is a poser and knows nothing in the Force. Kind of the same “subterfuge” Oz used to become the Great Wizard of Oz

          • December 7, 2016 at 8:24 pm
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            It would have been hilarious if Ben had somehow melted Solo down instead of stabbing him, then ran up to Snoke afterwards,

            “Master! I did it! I killed Han Solo! Ben Solo is dead, Kylo Ren is the only person left standing before you!”

            “I SAID NO DISINTEGRATIONS.”

  • December 7, 2016 at 12:39 am
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    To me all signs point to kenobi grandfather but I really hope that’s not the case. If she thought it was at all answered in TFA then it can’t be something we haven’t seen like the reincarnation of the first Jedi. Luke, Han, Kenobi, or a nobody special are the only ideas addressed in TFA. material since the films release have made han and Luke less plausible so I am bracing myself for Rey kenobi

  • December 7, 2016 at 1:46 am
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    Rey is Ben Solo ‘s sister ,like Jaina Solo, like the poster they are in paralel, like ying and yang, dark and light , like she is a type of casting to be sister of Adam Driver and Carrie Fisher daughter, like all her scenes in TFA with Han and Leia, she knows the Millenium Falcon she is offered the job

    • December 7, 2016 at 6:57 am
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      Maybe – but in TFA (and from what I have heard of the novel Bloodline), Han and Leia talk about the pain of losing their son – you’d think they would mention the daughter they lost too?

  • December 7, 2016 at 2:42 am
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    It’s pretty clear that Rey is the daughter of Tony Cannelloni (aka Tony “Diamonds,” aka Tony “Rocks,” aka “Glass” Tony). He’s a member of an intergalactic criminal syndicate and Rey is his only surviving daughter who, unbeknownst to him, survived an attack from a Kanjiklub enforcer who was tasked with the hit on Cannelloni’s whole family while he was away on business. The “hit” was successful in killing Rey’s mother and Rey’s three siblings, Vincent, Arianna, and Tony Jr.

    A nanny, caring for Rey, hid her away in a closet and, upon fleeing for safety together, left her with a former accomplice Gannis Ducain (aka The Frenchman, aka The Book, aka Gannis the Shadow). Ducain, while en route to return Rey to Cannelloni is accosted by the Irving Boys (Charlie and Bucky, no known aliases) and they rob Ducain of his ship and its hidden cargo. Less that 36 harrowing standard-hours later, the Irving Boys were themselves the victims of theft when Unkar Plutt (aka Fat Joey, aka The Baker, aka Mr. Packets) managed to himself make off with the ship and its cargo. Rey, after having survived on that last of her rations even as the expired corpse of her dearest nanny (Griselda, aka “Greasy Griselda”) lay motionless beside her.

    Upon arrival at Jakku, Plutt made up the story of Rey’s parents leaving him under his care and pointed to the nearest departing ship saying: “Wave goodbye to your parents, you little scrapper. There’ll be no hope for you today.”

    Anyway, I don’t see how that wasn’t patently obvious from TFA. I guess you guys need to check it out again so you can see what is so obvious that it pains me to have to write it out for you.

    • December 9, 2016 at 1:56 am
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      I’ll be first in line for a Tony Rocks action figure.

  • December 7, 2016 at 3:20 am
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    if this is true then there goes my palpatine theory.

  • December 7, 2016 at 4:44 am
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    STOP TEASING MEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • December 7, 2016 at 4:55 am
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    I agree.

  • December 7, 2016 at 7:08 am
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    Would really really REALLYYY love it if she was the granddaughter of both Anakin Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi..it’s too fucking perfect and it (to me) makes their relationship come full circle. The Skywalker and Kenobi bloodline are now one..it gives me the damn chills.

  • December 7, 2016 at 9:23 am
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    A lot of people are latching onto the passing voices of Ben and Yoda in Rey’s vision, as well as the glimpses we get of Luke’s past encounters with Vader there. My guess is that the key lies in what Maz says to Rey: that what she seeks lies ahead, not behind, and that her parents are never coming back.

    The most obvious way of reading this is that Rey’s parentage isn’t connected to any pre-existing characters at all, and that it doesn’t matter. Given that Ridley says that Rey’s parentage should be obvious from TFA, I think this is the obvious answer. Everyone wants there to be some twist to her identity of the sort we got in the OT. But maybe the twist is that there is no such twist. Lineage isn’t destiny: that’s precisely the pathetic delusion under which Kylo Ren is operating, and it’s led to his self-destruction. Rey will be proof that this is indeed a delusion. Or so I’m guessing!

    • December 7, 2016 at 10:24 am
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      Good point! I hope you are right!

    • December 7, 2016 at 5:49 pm
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      I have been thinking this very thing for a long time. Kylo is a very blatant foil to Rey. The two of them are polar opposites in every possible way: gender, demeanor, which side of the force they choose to connect to. You can see it in their fight scene at the end of TFA. The most hamfisted visual example is when the ground splits and the two of them are literally separated from one another. It makes a lot of sense that he would be some kind of legacy, while she is simply Rey and not burdened with the weight of Anakin Skywalker. It also makes narrative sense. If Disney wants to continue the legacy films they either need more skywalkers, or they need a “bridge” trilogy which sets up new core characters to move to the next trilogy. Getting away from the Skywalkers would make a lot of sense.

    • December 7, 2016 at 10:08 pm
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      Maz actually said never coming back to Jakku. There was a hint that, at least to me, Luke could be her father and he could be waiting for her out there. There is another option not mentioned about that is gaining some ground, but if it’s true it’s a huge spoiler so I’m not going to mention it.
      I still think it would be cool if it was Luke and Jyn Erso is the mom.

      The only way I see it being obvious from TFA is if Luke is her Father. But why not just say in TFA, wouldn’t it be a let down to leave a mystery and then come back with the obvious answer. Perhaps Rian wanted to go in a different direction with her background. The Kenobi thing could be cool, although I personally like the idea of the Skywalker line continuing on and keeping the Skywalker name. Also with Kenobi being the grandfather… it requires a good bit of exposition to explain away… not sure if the average audience member would be able to connect it all up.

      Too bad Shmi didn’t have another child after Anakin left… You just know Qui Gon hit that since he wasn’t one for the rules of the council anyway!

      • December 7, 2016 at 10:41 pm
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        Maz doesn’t say they’re never coming back to Jakku. She says “Whomever you’re waiting for on Jakku, they’re never coming back.” This could mean they’re never coming back to Jakku, or simply never coming back into Rey’s life.

        In any case, the tenor of what Maz is saying seems to me to be: Rey needs to stop waiting to find her family, and look to something else. I can see how fans want to read something else more subtle into her words, but this seems to be the explicit message.

        Of course, the screenwriters could be messing with us. At this point, so many theories have been floated that *someone* has already guessed the right answer. And, a bunch of people will be upset if their own pet theory doesn’t turn out to be right, which I think is a pretty myopic way of approaching storytelling. I’m open to the possibilities.

        We’re probably reading too much into Daisy Ridley’s words, anyways! When you’re stopped by a journalist and asked a question on the fly, you don’t stop to craft your words to make sure to carefully direct the obsessive over-interpretations of hardcore fans. Most of us don’t speak all that clearly 99% of the time, because we don’t need to, and conversational context plays such a huge role in disambiguating what we say…

  • December 8, 2016 at 3:06 am
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    Maybe the ghost of Obi-Wan somehow impregnated Luke.

    • December 8, 2016 at 5:12 am
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      Yes of course! How did we not see this! Now I don’t need to see Ep VIII and XI now. Thanks man!

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