SPECULATION How important is it to you, that Rey is a Skywalker/Solo?

Bet I'm a small minority but I'd like Rey to be a Palpatine...yeah, I know-weird It'd be fun to see a switch of sides: Palpatine vs Skywalker but this time the Skywalker is in the Dark.

 

He did have an evil girlfriend who regularly abused him in when he was young in the planned live-action project codenamed Underworld.

So, your theory has a degree of plausibility.

And why would you bring that up humble senator from Naboo? Seems a little suspicious if you ask me.

Edit: Hey guys, domestic violence is not funny!

 

Saw the teaser



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The Jedi Order may end...

This......this is bad......this is just spitting in the face of GL. No more Jedi & no more Skywalkers? My heart is breaking! The Saga is going down a path I cant follow!
I feel ill.

 

Really hopes she is NOT a Skywalker/Solo/Kenobi ... The ST need to expand the story and the galaxy, not narrow it down.

Rey need to first be defined by her own merits, her own character, her choices and accomplishments, rather than her lineage. And so far, Star Wars has made a great job telling us someone's heritage does NOT define him/her as a character : ex:
_ Anakin : son of a slave -> became the most important being of the Galaxy
_ Luke : son of the Big Bad Guy -> became the Galaxy's hero
_ Kylo Ren : son of a former hero -> is now the next generation's villain
So, why backtrack now ?

And one last thing about Rey "Random" : the Galaxy is a freaking large place ! So, the Skywalker/Kenobi/Palpatine ... lineages are not the only families that matter there. They are just the ones we are currently aware of.
It doesn't mean other important legacies don't exist : just imagine Rey being :
_ a long descendant of a Revan-like character
_ a descendant of the first Jedi
_ the offspring of a lightsider + darksider union
...

There is just so much more you could do with that character, rather than just repeating the same old motives over and over again...

 

Let's just say I want my Star Wars experience to feel like a journey to a vast galaxy with endless opportunities and posibilities.

But if you keep connecting every character to one another, then it begins to feel more and more like a creepy sidetrip to one secluded village with an alarming rate of consanguinity.

For me, the "surprise family ties to a character we already know" thing was already overused with Leia & Luke becoming surprise sibling. Besides, i think most people here agree : TLJ needs to be and feel different than ESB, as we don't want more rehash. Then, the first step to achieve that goal is to stop using the same plot twist over and over again.

 

I really liked how the Ben reveal was so...matter of fact. No drawn out long dramatic moment. Just...I saw him, our son...

 

This is why we have the Spinoff films. Jyn, Cassian, Baze, Bodie & Chirrut Unrelated is not enough to u?

 

I just want a good story. I do have a slight preference for her to be a Skywalker though. The only problem is if she is, they have some explaining to do... they would really need a good explanation for why one of our beloved Skywalker characters to abandon her on Jakku. I don't see how they could explain that away in a way that would make me comfortable... but there is a reason I work with spreadsheets all day and don't write movies

I'd also be cool with her being a Kenobi, but I don't think her age works with the time line for her to be Obi Wan's daughter. If she's a granddaughter they'd have to explain who his kids are and what they've been up to since ANH.

 

actually the reveal was "in the hands of your father, Han Solo." a bit more dramatic and a bit overdone, but whatever, like you said, they didn't make a huge fuss about it. and frankly, much as i love Ren Ben, i still rolled my eyes at this. it's all the family revelation i can take in the ST and hopefully they got it out of their system and we can move on with more interesting surprises (that have nothing to do with lineages).

 

A friendly reminder. If you don't want lineages or family destinies then concentrate on the spinoffs.

SW is a family opera said by GL himself. SW will LOSE fans, not gain, if they throw the Skywalkers under the air speeder.

 

Well Star Wars has been about family from the start so these types of things will always be tightly wound in the fabric of it.

 

I agree 1,000,000%!

I really like Rey's character. I just want her to fit seamlessly into the SW universe. My only concern would be if her character was used to push an agenda/make social commentary. I know SW has always had political undercurrents, which is fine as long as they are undercurrents.

Also I think it makes much more of a statement if she's the hero simply because she's a hero not because of any larger agenda. A woman lead should just normal course of business. At least a guy can dream right?

 

@FN-3263827 didn't say that the "family" element wasn't interesting - just the revelations. The idea that everyone has to be related and there needs to be some big reveal. But, yes, Star Wars is about family - be it blood relations or the family you make along the journey. I'm hoping however that this trilogy focuses more on the latter than getting bogged down in lineages and revelations.

 

To be fair, Anakin's lineage was "random" until he was spontaneously conceived. From my understanding (limited to movies and TV shows) there was nothing extraordinary about the Skywalker blood line until Shmi had a baby with the force. So there is some precedent for her to come from a "random" family. Although there would have to be some explanation of why she is so strong with the force.

Wait, we all had it wrong... TLJ won't be an ESB rehash, it's a TPM rehash. That's why Snoke is rumored to wear opulent clothes... he's the head of a new intergalactic trade federation!

 

How bout we have Luke travel to Naboo to visit his mom's grave and learn more about her and Palpatine and then get seduced by Palpatines granddaughter? Perhaps his Granddaughter learned the ways of Night Sisters and made Luke forget. Palpatines granddaughter then takes Rey to Jakku to fulfil Sideous prophecy were the ancient Sith Ruins are.

Rey would then be a descendant of Palpatine and Anakin.

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I would be ok if Rey is not a Skywalker as long as Luke has a kid before he becomes a Force Ghost.

 

basically what @master_shaitan said.
we don't actually need any more Skywalkers for this ST to be about the Skywalkers. it already is.

 

Let's not pretend we're at Game of Thrones level here.
There have been 3 reveals in 7 movies over 40 years.
Until everyone is a secret Skywalker or Kenobi (not just one person) we should actually count our blessings. One more reveal won't kill the franchise.