EW: The Last Jedi: Rey takes her first steps toward uncovering her family history

So her past is not that big a deal? Talk about misdirection!

 

“To me, it’s important insofar as it’s important to her,” Johnson says. “And I think it’s important to her in terms of what is her place in all of this? What’s going to define her in this story? She was told in the last movie that the answer’s not in the past; it’s looking forward. But she’s showing up on this island to talk to this hero from the past.”

For me that's the proof. Luke is definitely not Rey's father.

 

I'm thinking her parents might not have been good people with how things we're worded.

 

Rey's parents were (bad) dark side users who were killed by Luke and Ben. That's still my all time favorite theory and it's getting more and more likely.

 

That was a theory of mine too.

 

Of course.

 

Rey's family history has been one of, if not the most, debated topics coming out of The Force Awakens. While obviously not divulging too much as far as details, Rian Johnson does tell Entertainment Weekly that answers will be revealed, but they don't stop with Rey!







The final pieces of Anthony Breznican's in depth The Last Jedi coverage are rolling in, this time we get Rian Johnson's take on Rey and Finn's family history and past. In this article at Entertainment WeeklyRian Johnson talks about the past as a tool to help one move forward, and how revelations about Rey and Finn's familial past will affect them moving forward in The Last Jedi and beyond.





REY



It appears that The Last Jedi will bring us the answer we've been debating for nearly two years. Who are Rey's parents?

As much as we as fans simply need to know already, that much holds true for Rey as she comes to understand her purpose potentially through her past:

Daisy Ridley makes it clear that while we, and Rey, will find out who her parents were, it will not automatically change who she is:

Breznican makes the point that throughout Star Wars, the identity of one's parents typically doesn't shed any light on what kind of person they will become. Throughout the saga: Shmi was a loving mother, yet Anakin turned evil, Luke was the son of Darth Vader, yet constantly yearned for good. It ultimately comes down to their experiences, their journey, as an individual, and that is all Rey has known up until this point:

The theme of the dark, the light, the balance, was made evident from the first teaser, and Ridley goes on to emphasize that the blurring of those lines will be thematic in The Last Jedi. It's not always going to be cops and robbers, good versus evil, there are so many more layers than that:



“What’s wonderful is it’s not so cut and dry, who’s good and who’s bad and that’s not me saying, ‘Oh, my God, some people are gonna go bad,'” Ridley says. “There’s always room for bad people to make good decisions and vice versa. Again, that could be nothing to do with your parents and it could be everything to do with your parents.”







One question remains, when will we find out WHO left Rey on Jakku in the clutches of Unkar Plutt?





FINN



We often forget that Finn is as much an orphan as Rey, if not more. He was stripped from a family he knows nothing about, and given a number, a soldier ID number, for a name. John Boyega tells Breznican that Finn's backstory is not a closed book, although we may not find out much about it in The Last Jedi:

There appear to be several themes coming our way in The Last Jedi, the balance between light and dark, visually red in tone, and now the element of the past's role in moving you forward:

Here is Breznican's video about these interviews:









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So here's a weird thought. They listed all the past origins of failed people and the twins. All had loving or light families except Luke and Leia, who are still good. This is why I think Rey had the opposite of Anakin and Ben.

 

Great Intel.Thank you,I am so glad to be on this forum ,this is place of converging information about TLJ anlike anywhere

 

Me three. And this is nothing new.

Daisy has hinted in interviews after TFA came out that Rey's parentage isn't a "big deal" in the grand scheme of things. But it is important for Rey personally.

 

Someone quoted another person involved in SW once about it, and it was made it sound like her parentage could affect the whole universe. That's where most hype came from I think. Luke will be her new family now I'm guessing.

 

"Luke was the son of Darth Vader, yet constantly yearned for good. It ultimately comes down to their experiences, their journey, as an individual, and that is all Rey has known up until this point:"

He also has a stronger will than his mom Padme. I don't care what the haters are saying, I so ready for this movie!

 

They did a good job dancing around the topic. However:

The 'family isn't destiny' angle is precisely why Rey must be a Skywalker.
"He had too much Vader in him." - Han Solo

 

That was just Han being facetious.

 

In-universe that may be true, but the film exists in our universe and the line is there for the reason I brought up.

 

It would be interesting if since the Skywalker's despite beginning with the "Chosen One" were always led to the Dark side or close to it, that Rey's parentage might possible be the opposite that was born to balance the Skywalker's.

 

Rey having dark side parents doesn't work as a counter example because the Skywalkers are specifically designated as special because of Anakin.