SPECULATION OFFICIAL Rey Discussion Thread

Interesting. Maybe Rey is a Solo/Skywalker and she is a pacifist.

She hangs out on some war ravaged planet helping to rebuild it.

 

Same. Double-Bladed lightsabers are my favorite lightsabers. And on film, only Darth Maul had one. I want more.

 

Just changed my avatar I hope @DarthDwight doesn't mind anyway seeing Serkis wielding this weapon would like you say be awesome we saw what happened to Maul's to much close quarter clashing of blades with Obi Won in TPM Andy will learn from this. Phew I thought was going to get a avatar backlash.

 

Rey Skywalker sounds much much better than Rey Solo.
I really want for her to be a main lead of ST, like Anakin in PT and Luke in OT.

Main lead must be a Skywalker, not Solo, in my opinion.

So please Rey be daughter of Luke. That would be epic. Female Skywalker main lead.

 

I agree. But if Solo was her father Rey would also be the daughter of Leia, who is a Skywalker.

And Leia's mother's name was Padme Amidala Naberrie. I believe 'Rey' is either short for, or is homage to, Naberrie (Naber-'Rey'). Naberrie ('Rey') Skywalker: now that's SW.

I would like that....

 

Let me paint you a picture...



As we've all come to joke about Lucas' favorite rhyming scheme, I began racking my brain for things that rhyme with patricide. Some reports from "sources" indicate that Rey had some training before Luke goes AWOL, and new reports suggest Rey is only her name for the first sizable chunk of the movie until her true lineage is revealed. Most of the forum-ing community are firm on belief that Rey is Han & Leia's, but what if Rey was conceived in the vein of Anakin, by Luke, for the purpose of having someone powerful enough to defeat him in the event of being lured by the dark side?
Her training would be incomplete because to vanquish Luke would be to complete her training.
Do not confuse this with a theory that Luke is evil in TFA. Rey is merely a contingency for the possibility that never plays out. At least in this movie.
Also, I realize this is off the wall, but if I don't challenge the status quo of interpretation of "sources," how will you know what you truly believe? 319 days to go, and I'm still optimistic that none of us have it figured out.

 

You bring up some points but if there is no apparent enemy to Luke then why is he so afraid of falling to the dark side? This is a theory many people have brought up. I don't understand how he resists his own FATHER and his father's master's attempts to lure him to the dark side and yet people have speculated that Luke is afraid of falling to the dark side in TFA and that's why he's in hiding. Who's luring him that is better at convincing him than Vader and Palpatine?

 

I don't think this has been mentioned yet, but I think Entertainment Weekly (the same outlet that revealed the characters' names) may have given a huge hint about Rey. In a magazine that came out about a month ago, it covered The Force Awakens, discussing what happened in the trailer. I may be paraphrasing a bit, but I remember it saying "...Rey riding solo on her speeder (no pun intended)" Was this a clue that she might actually be a Solo, or is it just more like a "Hey this is funny because there's a character named Han Solo" type thing?

 

Luke always struck me as hopeful optimist not pragmatic stragerist. Luke is an idealist Han is the cynic. Leia might be convinced however now that Luke "did something" and went into hiding that a contingency might need to be in place. Perhaps but still it feels out of place.

 

Probably is just a pun but do you have a link?

 

http://www.ew.com/article/2014/12/18/star-wars-force-awakens-preview

Here it is.

 

Just cause I haven't floated it in awhile Rey Palpatine.

 

Welcome DarthHendrix!

Bob Solo should really be updating the satellite dish on the Falcon, from circular to rectangular. But it's your world... put a squirrel wherever you like.

 

In this vein of thinking we're running off a lot of PQ based assumptions. While I'm not disavowing canon, I think the general approach towards the TFA plot is the same as the approach displayed in the various concept art and leaked images. And what we see there is the mid 70s concept art (BB8 for example). So I think the TFA plot is far more inspired by the early Lucas drafts than the PQs. I do think it would be a good idea for them to drop the 'balance' issue, and hopefully this 'awakening' will serve as a good plot device to allow them to move in a different direction.

 

I think its just a play on words..........

 

I didn't really think of it as a balance issue, just more of a foresight. It's not even really in the realm of conceivable, I'll give it that. But it is nice to see there's more of a homeostatic nature to the force rather than a simple balance beam/see-saw type dealy.

 

Well, in that case, I could see that as a possibility. In Brackett's draft of ESB, Luke's twin sister was supposed to be someone uncasted; Nellith Skywalker. Lucas' plan around the time of Empire was to have her become a prominent character in the ST.
But, I really think this is a cleverly veiled reboot. Rey likely has more in common with the 1975 concept piece showing a female hero. Disney wants to make a great Star Wars film to send Bob Iger into the sunset with.. and they also want a big payday for their 4 billion dollar investment. So they're going for 1977 with this one, not 1980.

 

Quick Tangent: a couple of years ago I found this fan's fictitious/wish-list article about Fox rebooting Star Wars, and the writer pegged JJ Abrams as the most likely candidate, and I'm still baffled at that coincidence. I haven't thought to look for it though.

Back on topic, I agree with you. It's as if they're making it as Lucas first envisioned it with no budgetary or technological restraints. The cherry on top is Kasden sharing the reins, steering it to "being Star Wars," and giving it the writing it deserves. You mentioned they want 1977, not 1980. But I honestly feel like they want their cake and to eat it too, in that regard. Empire topped it's predecessor in revenue, and seeing as many final acts of tentpole films are being spit into separate parts, it stands to reason that TFA could have squashed ANH/ESB elements, this way it plays as a first part & Disney/LF bigwigs can call it better than Empire, (a la Anthony Daniels. Though to be fair he did recently say that was slightly out of context), allowing 8 & 9 to serve as a continuous arc. Note that, while still unconfirmed that Rian Johnson is directing both, he will at least be writing both. So the writing of 8 & 9 will have a similar feel, yet separate from 7.

I also find it interesting that there's plenty of space between RTOJ and TFA for them to do more prequels if they found it necessary. But that would really start to confuse people if there was some strange Sequel-Trilogy-Prequel trilogy. Plus that space would better serve what they're doing with it, e.g comics/novelizations, perhaps games down the road.

 

I think Leia will train Rey for a while before Luke takes over I wonder how strict he will be, Rey will not fail she is a determined & will push herself to the limit.

 

Luke turning to the dark side don't work for me, he managed this dangerous task already in EpVI.
He accomplished this story arc over 30 years ago.
Luke training Rey to beat him in the case if he turns, I don't want to see that stuff.
It would be a disrespectful move to throw everything reckless away that was completed in the OT, just to benefit a new stupid plot.
It doesn't make sense to cheapen his struggle from IV till VI.
I know in some comics he turned evil on purpose, but I don't like it either.
For me Han Solo is the Scoundrel with the heart of gold and Luke Skywalker the farmers boy who becomes a Hero, there is no need to change it.
The only difference is, they are old now, I think to age keeps the personality even more steady.
For me it doens't make sense if the characters gets changed.