Daisy Ridley Addresses Theorized Romance Between Rey and Poe, Plus Her Reaction to Trevorrow’s Plan for the Character
With the shifting character dynamics present in The Last Jedi, many fans have found themselves speculating on possible romantic connections pending in Episode IX. After The Force Awakens, many had Rey and Finn together. The Last Jedi introduced the Finn/Rose dynamic. But one scene in The Last Jedi had some fans speculating about a future for Poe and Rey. But what does Daisy Ridley think about that idea?
Ridley commented on this recently in an event with Mark Hamill. Credit to Sleemo for finding this…
Daisy discusses whether there was any “romance” between Rey and Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Last Jedi from StarWarsLeaks
Ridley’s response makes sense to me on this topic. The moment shared by Rey and Poe at the end of the movie, in my opinion, played more towards “Rey from Nowhere” becoming someone of renown with the Resistance. Poe knows who she is because she is no longer “nobody”. On that level it fits perfectly with the movie that precedes it, rather than setting up a story for a future movie. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be both, so time will tell on that one.
But, if Rey isn’t destined to be with Poe, what will come next to her. Well, we may not know anything for certain, but on a recent Collider Jedi Council episode, Bobby Moynihan shared a very interesting story involving Ridley and former Episode IX director, Colin Treverrow (at 28 min.).
Who knows what Treverrow told her or if any of it still matters considering his departure from the film, but its still interesting to see that Ridley, just like us, is just waiting to find out where Rey is going to end up.
Check out the videos and comment on what you think might be coming next for Rey in Episode IX.
Source: Reddit
There will be no Rey romance. She’s going to be a Jedi.
Anakin was a Jedi too. I know it was against the code but she may do the same. Even paragon of the order Obi had a lady.
I think romance with Jedi will be a thing of the past. As TLJ was brimming with ideas of moving on from tradition; Rey may be the one to change everything from the Jedi Order was previously established, similar to how Luke did in the Legends universe.
I like this idea, but JJ would be ripped by purists for doing it. For that reason, I hope he does it!
I like this idea, but JJ would be ripped by purists for doing it. For that reason, I hope he does it!
I think it would work out, lot’s of fans liked the reboot of the order being more open and less dogmatic in the old stories. Least they end up creating another Anakin down the road. The old order was filled with ego-centric A-holes.
Awesome A-holes, but ego-centric.
So glad someone’s seen episode IX and able to get this straight…
They’ll be some small print in the Jedi texts she now has in her possession. A hall pass, a get out of jail freebie. That girl is going to fall deep.
Yep her and Poe….Reyoe!
Or, she’ll be the first of a post-Jedi order that dispenses with that dogmatic view of emotional attachments. I know which one I prefer.
Or, she’ll be the first of a post-Jedi order that dispenses with that dogmatic view of emotional attachments. I know which one I prefer.
Agreed.
Yes
Yup! Can’t we have Jedi who just enjoy giving love as much as they enjoy receiving love? Seeing Jedi aplenty on screen, actually emoting and not being so deadpan all the time would be a welcome change I think. Also, the thought of other Jedi marrying and ultimately creating sub clans or “Houses” would be interesting…Jedi Padawan George of House Rey, Jedi Master Tyrion of House Blagg, etc. And that would then lead to a possibility of in-fighting in the Jedi. Bring on the GoT mashup! LOL
Sounds too Lord of the Rings for me. Let’s just let Star Wars be Star Wars, Trek be Trek, Marvel Marvel and LOTR be that.
As for GOT. “Shame”, “Shame”
Anakin agrees. (Or not? It didn’t turn out too well for him.)
I think this is likely, unless she pulls an Anakin. She isn’t being portrayed as self-interested so far.
Also, if Rey is the new poster child for the empowerment of females, I wonder if they would want to diminish that by making her Poe’s girlfriend instead of Rey the Jedi.
Still, there was more tension there between her and Poe than Finn and Rose, who knows?
I think Rey is pretty self interested. She goes to Luke to find the belonging she seeks. I need someone to show me my place in all this. She doesn’t find the belonging with Luke so she goes to find it with kylo. She goes to the dark hole looking for her own answers about herself, not answers about the Jedi or how to defeat the first order. But by the end of tlj I think she’s found her place and isn’t so obsessed with herself.
She isn’t obsessed with herself. She wants Luke’s help, yes, but she also wants him to come help the Resistance.
Maybe self-interest wasn’t the right term. She is definitely interested in finding out who she is, how she fits and so on. What I really mean is she doesn’t appear to ne totally selfish, in it for only what she wants to the exclusion of other people and maybe conventions like Jedi dogma
Maybe self-interest wasn’t the right term. She is definitely interested in finding out who she is, how she fits and so on. What I really mean is she doesn’t appear to ne totally selfish, in it for only what she wants to the exclusion of other people and maybe conventions like Jedi dogma
It’s time…for the Jedi celibacy…to end.
Agreed.
It’d be a bit random for there to be a THIRD potential romance for Rey… but that scene was brimming with sexual tension (granted, virtually every scene Oscar Isaac films has sexual tension). Also, “I know”.
What, is there only one chick in the galaxy?
Yeah but the look on his face when he saw her holding up all the rocks…!
Yeah he was definitely holding up another sort of rock!
Unless it’s revealed that Poe was adopted, and is infact a Skywalker, then it ain’t going to be him.
There was chemistry between her & Poe at the end of TLJ. There’s no chance he’s a Skywalker. Read the shattered Empire comic. But why does Poe need to be a Skywalker for there to be some sort of romance with him? That makes no sense at all.
There was chemistry between her & Poe at the end of TLJ. There’s no chance he’s a Skywalker. Read the shattered Empire comic. But why does Poe need to be a Skywalker for there to be some sort of romance with him? That makes no sense at all.
Poe has chemistry with everyone, to be fair.
Poe is Captain Jack Harkness??!
Clue: From The Force Awakens
Maz: Dear child, I see your eyes. You already know the truth…. But there’s someone who still could.
Rey: Luke?
*Note Maz never confirms whether it’s Luke or not
Maz: The belonging you seek is not behind you, it is ahead. I’m no Jedi but I know the force. It moves through and surrounds every living thing. Close your eyes. Feel it. The light, it’s always been there. It will guide you. The saber, take it!
Creepy female voice: It’s Ben!
*Rey quickly stands up, afraid.
Rey: I’m never touching that thing again. I don’t want any part of this.
*Rey turns around, runs away outside Maz’s castle, glances back and then continues to run away
End of scene.
Lol what! If you’re hearing creepy female voices saying “it’s Ben” I’m pretty certain you can get pills for that. Besides what has that got to do with whether Poe needs to be a Skywalker to have a relationship with Rey!?
Before you immaturely mock someone. You really should re-watch The Force Awakens, and listen out for it. It happens at 1:08:07/08 in the movie’s runtime. It’s clearly audible. It’s there for a reason. The whole movie is loaded with symbolism, likewise The Last Jedi.
Which part of Ben is a Skywalker confuses you? It’s really not that difficult. Rey and Ben already share a relationship. They’re telepathically linked. That connection was established when Ben tried to see inside her mind in The Force Awakens. It’s not difficult to see where this is going.
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Lol there was nothing immature about it. I will definitely go back and watch TFA and listen out for that because I’ve never heard a creepy female saying “it’s Ben” nor have I read anywhere about it (until you) here or on any other forums. Wouldn’t that have been all over the internet if It had been in TFA? Ben being a Skywalker doesn’t confuse me but I think you’re very confused. Go back and read your original post. You said “unless it’s revealed that POE was adopted, and is infact a Skywalker, it ain’t going to be him” My question was, why does POE (not Ben) need to be a Skywalker to have relationship with Rey. It’s quite a reasonable question and as far as I’m aware there isn’t anything anywhere that says Rey has to have a relationship with a Skywalker! So, at the risk of repeating myself, Why Does POE need to be a Skywalker to have a relationship with Rey?????
I’ve just googled about the so called voice. There was only one place I could find it mentioned and that was on Mike Zerohs YouTube channel. I seriously wouldn’t listen to anything that guy says. Most of his so called spoilers/exclusives were either taken from other sources or are complete bullshit.
Mike Zeroh:
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Yep like I said before you posted this.. Mike Zeroh. The guy who talks completely out of his arse. Uses other sources and makes out they are his own exclusives and generally talks bullshit. One of THE worst Star Wars YouTube channels! An insult to this site putting a mention to him on here but that’s the only place I’ve seen this theory and doesn’t constitute being all over the internet! I’ve also noticed you still haven’t answered my question as to why POE needs to be a Skywalker to have a relationship with Rey?????
“I’ve also noticed you still haven’t answered my question as to why POE needs to be a Skywalker to have a relationship with Rey?????”
Because he’s not Ben Solo. Ben is the last Skywalker. Rey and Ben are the destined to be together.
If you really want to understand where I’m coming from, the following would be a good place to check out:
1. https://youtu.be/fTsqV71S0jo
2. https://youtu.be/RqiOiU4nwwA
3. https://youtu.be/7SdOQOxYtSE
4. https://youtu.be/qEYCYL_9jl8
At the end of the day it’s just a theory like all the others out there and so what if Kylo is the last Skywalker. As IX is very likely the last saga film it doesn’t matter and doesn’t mean Rey has to end up with him and could easily end up with Poe. Hell she could still turn out to be a Skywalker herself, however unlikely. They would need a named Skywalker to do a new saga trilogy. Just having someone with Skywalker blood isn’t good enough. When you talk about a family it’s usually by their sir name. If they were to continue it would be called the Solo saga. Regardless of any of that Kylo will die at the end of IX. There is no way it will end well for him. Even if he did turn back to the light, which would be pretty lame in my view, he would have to still face justice for what he’s done. Either by being put to death or sent to prison. Anakin turned back to the light and If he had survived at the end of ROTJ the same would have applied to him. Death was the only reasonable option for Anakin and now for Kylo.
I don’t think they’ll give her a romance at all in the films. Female characters in the past have almost always had to have a romance with someone because that’s just the way women have usually been viewed in fiction, through their male relationships. I think Disney want to get away from that with Rey. She is a hero first, and a female character second. So I don’t think they will give her any romances. While you can say that fits with her being a Jedi, I don’t think the Jedi rules will really have anything to do with it. I think she will just be too busy rebuilding the Jedi Order to have time for romance, and she doesn’t seem all that interested in it in the first two films anyway, unless you count the sexual tension between her and Kylo, but I don’t think that will develop into a romantic thing at all. Just my opinion.
Right, Rey is Disney’s poster-child for empowerment, I don’t think KK will want to mess with her role model status just to get a little fanfic wish fulfillment.
Rey Kylo. Rey Poe. Rey Fin. They’ve screwed the character up do bad that no one can imagine her just being Rey.
No, that’s just what happens when an unattached female hero appears. People try to pair her up.
No, that’s just what happens when an unattached female hero appears. People try to pair her up.
So true. I’m hoping for Daisy’s vision: that she can be a strong hero without the need to pair her up with another character.
To be fair… I pair up every character I like. Like… wouldn’t so and so be an interesting match!?
Seriously. It’s not ALWAYS gender driven. I know that can be hard given all the gender BS thrown at these new films from trolls.
No, it’s not. Never said it was.
But there does seem to be a strong desire here for some. Doesn’t bother me.
No worries. I really am a sucker for romance. The best are the ones that are least likely IMO. Then again I love reformed bad guys… not saying I want it to be Ben or anything.
Hey, we all have things we are interested in. I am not opposed to it, it’s just not high on my list haha.
Come on… A starwars character can’t just have a first name, she needs a last name too. The story about her heritage is not over
Yoda?
No, his first name is Master
lol
Greedo.
Chewbacca? Snoke? Dooku?
Snoke’s first name is Supreme and Dooku’s first name is Count… Chewbacca is actually an abbreviation of Chew Bacca which is actually a weed like plant in the star wars universe.
Jabba, Watto
Jedi Cher.
What’s Ackbar’s first name? What’s Thrawn’s first name? What’s Bossk’s last name? Chewbacca’s last name? Cody’s last name? Dooku’s first name? Dengar’s first? Durge? Dodonna? Grievous? Veers? Greedo? Sebulba? Watto? No last name, Yoda has. Zuckuss ain’t got no last name! Now apologize to Rey from Nowhere please.
Ackbar actually does have a first name, but your point still stands.
It’s Gial, by the way.
Admiral of course!
Dodonna’s is Jan, Veers has one but I think it’s an EU thing. Yoda’s is Minch(Originally)
My best guess at spelling from memory of years back is: Syndic Mithrawnurodo Not sure I “got” the surname, but “Thrawn’s” first name was “Syndic”
“I just met you and this is crazy, but here’s my number, so call me maybe.”
Are you paraphrasing Trevorrow’s possible creepy come-on to Daisy? ‘Cause it wouldn’t surprise me one bit.
It was probably more like this: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1919943c2f71a2d124802dc5e47e21aad2d641a40113c9870c131f61dc04ec19.jpg
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Attachment is forbidden but compassion – unconditional love – is encouraged. So she can therefore have all three of them.
Oh yeah baby!! Then we can have Star Wars: Episode X whose Reys love child aka Mamma Mia 3
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I just want Rey to do more of that “battle cry” when she was fighting in the throne room. That was beyond awesome.
I once found the fight scene on youtube…played that scream over and over lol
so great
I thought it was implied that there was a spark between Rey and Poe in the TFA novel when they meet at the Resistance Base near the end of the movie? It’s been 2 years since I read it so I could be wrong.
Yes, it was. They introduce themselves.
But they have changed that in the movie.
Or may be she forgot him, but he didn´t forget her, it could happen.
It’s possible Rian Johnson asked JJ to move that scene to the end of TLJ instead of TFA for some reason.
Rey doesn’t need a man to validate her, but I do enjoy a romance if done well. I say if a romance makes sense, go for it. Allowing her a love interest does not inherently diminish her worth as a woman. My wife doesn’t make me a man, but she does make me a better one. The right relationship could be good for Rey’s growth as a character. I’m open to it, but honestly, they have a lot of building up to do for that. At this point, Kylo Ren is the character she has interacted with the most, and I feel like that would ultimately send the wrong message to young female fans. Some women may fantasize about the bad boy stuff, but pairing her with another strong morally good character like Poe would be a better choice. I don’t really care either way. I just want it to feel earned and natural, whatever they do with her.
If there was any thought of a romance, they botched it by not really doing anything at all with it in two films, apart from having Rey completely shut Finn down in TFA. The last film already has a LOT to do; saddling it with a romance plot seems like it should be the LAST thing they should worry about.
They already gave it a romance plot. Kylo and Rey Skyped throughout the whole movie 😉
“Rey from Nowhere” can be her title and last name throughout the galaxy. A nobody who became a legend. It’s like “the man without a name” type deal.
I actually love that idea.
Rey Frumnowayer
Poe knows who she is because,
A) She just saved them.
B) Her name was the first thing Finn asked when recovered.
C) In TFA everyone, included Poe, were there when Chew and her left in the Falcon to find Luke.
D) As Rose pointed, Finn (and I guess Rey too) are some kind of known heroes.
E) Poe is one with the force :))), of course he knows who she is 😀
Poe knows who she is because,
A) She just saved them.
B) Her name was the first thing Finn asked when recovered.
C) In TFA everyone, included Poe, were there when Chew and her left in the Falcon to find Luke.
D) As Rose pointed, Finn (and I guess Rey too) are some kind of known heroes.
E) Poe is one with the force :))), of course he knows who she is 😀
I’m not saying they can’t get together, but saying there was a hint of anything romantic in The Last Jedi is really grasping at straws.
The only hint I saw was he was impressed. That could go either way or both. I mean… Rey (Daisy) is striking to look at.
Right. Lando was even more impressed with Leia but no one took that as “they’ll definitely get together.”
You have one film left in the Trilogy so any shot of developing a romance probably won’t work. ESB setup the Han/Leia romance all through the movie, and then the payoff is in ROTJ when they get to work together and she returns the favor, “I know!” after she is shot and Han is by her side.
This discussion is sort of the symptom of everything wrong with TLJ is nothing was developed enough that can continue in Episode 9. This is the same thing that happened in AOTC where Lucas had to re-establish everything including a new Anakin, Anakin/Obiwan Relationship, etc, and it effected ROTS because he had to rush many plot points. Episode 9 will have to reboot everything now and take time to re-establish everything, and will probably be at the expense of the rest of the movie.
I think they man also be hesitant to conflict with the whole Jedi attachment thing. Which is a shame because I’m a sucker for romance!
I think we all know who the relationship is between. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f9a5fec7f178002b147fe16be036977df47225bae4c5560e061508074ade0ab0.jpg
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Hey, they’re not related. All bets are off
That interfering father figure is now brushed aside. Reylo is good to go.
Nah. I think if rey is going to be with anyone it’s kylo. Redeeming him from the dark side and they fall in love and the Jedi and sith end on a happy note creating a future generation of grey Jedi bla bla. I think that’s why they didn’t want her related to him.
Yeah makes more sense to see Rey and Ben be a couple. That’s what I thought was being hinted at in TFA and feel like is definitely going to happen. Makes no sense to have it be Poe in my opinion.
There’s no good future for that bad boy even if he does turn back to the light. He’ll be dead by the end of IX. He cut down an unarmed old guy, killed his own father, is complicit in the murder of billions of people and is now supreme leader of the first order which has just enslaved the galaxy again. He’ll either be put to death or at the very least put in a prison. That’s not likely though as there’s probably not too many prisons that can hold him. It would also send out the wrong message that someone who can do all that will be let off.
Yep. This. What the heck do you do with a character like Ben if he renounces evil and returns of the light? As you pointed out, he’s a murderer and complicit in an enormous number of deaths. Turning back to the light won’t excuse him from justice.
What could you have done with Anakin had he not died at the end of ROTJ?
Exactly! The only option for Anakin was to die one way or another. Same thing applies to Kylo.
Exactly! The only option for Anakin was to die one way or another. Same thing applies to Kylo.
I Believe Ben Solo and Rey Will be in a Relationship. to mainly help Redeem Ben back to the Light side.
Nah. She’s done with him.
He has no one left now to impress or to drive him further from the light, I feel like he’s still coming back
Turn to the light..possibly. Brought to justice for his crimes..definitely. There is no reasonable scenario where this will end well for Kylo Ren.
I think Rey and Ben will be a tragic romance if anything. Its hard to see them come out of this intact but I have been wrong before and I often enjoy being wrong about these things.
Hopefully not tragic. Anakin and Padme and Han and Leia were both couples whose ends were tragic and bittersweet. If there was ever a time for a happy, hopeful romance, I think it’s for Ben and Rey. Particularly in Episode IX is supposed to wrap up the Skywalker family saga. If it did , it would be a tale that will have taken 42 years to finish. Best to finish it happily, with a light of hope at the end of the tunnel.
In fairy tales that end happily, the common girl with the heart of gold always marries the prince. Star Wars is a space-opera fantasy story. It’s a fairy tale in space.
Definitely gonna die. There is no way he won’t be brought to justice for what he’s done. Lol maybe they will both die. That would be different. Because if she tried to protect him they’d have to take her down as well.
Maybe they’d live together in exile.
Possibly, but she’s got a Jedi academy to rebuild. Besides there’d be a lot of bounty hunters after them.