Official Rey Episode VIII thread

I think her family history being so important is an indication that she is a Skywalker. People will say that she’s not or that she is a Kenobi but if this is a story about family, then why make the female protagonist not part of that big family? Doesn’t make sense if you ask me

 

It's a family that goes beyond blood relations, that's why.

 

That doesn’t fit with the overreaching arc about it being the skywalker saga if the new hope is not a Skywalker. It’s a story about generations.

Jett Lucas, george’s son, said that Rey’s story is like Anastasia, which would mean she is a Skywalker.

 

That's why Ben is a Skywalker by blood. He's not going to be a villain.

 

Apparently it's not enough to have Skywalker blood, they actually have to have the sur name too. This is not the first time I've heard this argued on this very site. I don't agree, but it seems to be a popular notion right now.

 

Yes but he is not the main focus, it is Rey. The lightsaber came from Anakin, then Luke, now it comes to her.

Ben being the last of the Skywalker ends on a dour note and is not emotionally satisfying. Having Rey be the other grandchild of Vader is a good contrast to both their journeys.

 

@Rayjefury That's a shame. Ben is the main male in the ST and was even mentioned to be the Skywalker of this story officially.

@Plagueis 1138 RIan said Rey and Ben are two halves of light and dark. If anything, they will journey together, keeping the balance, but the poster tells me the Skywalker's are not in the lead anymore.

 

Exactly that. The ones who dropped her off are gone. Based on her vision, they died in a blast similar to what Starkiller base shot at the Republic.

 

Luke saying who are you doesn’t mean anything. It’s like when Logan wants to know how Laura is, he knows deep down, but asks anyway out of denial.

 

Just a little bit of Daisy news on her new film before I bugger off;

CS Interview: Doug Liman Talks The Wall & Chaos Walking

CS: Are you already shooting on “Chaos Walking”?

Liman: Yeah, I am shooting up in Montreal. We are two weeks from starting to shoot, so basically we are in production. There is almost no difference between two weeks out and shooting.



CS: Doing “Chaos Walking” now has lots of opportunities for political poignancy. Where are you finding the hook, the intellectual hook to do something like “Chaos Walking” if you are not going to make it political, necessarily?

Liman: If you were a fly on the wall in my office of “Chaos Walking,” you wouldn’t think that I was making a high-octane action film set on a remote planet where Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley are being chased like “The Bourne Identity” with Mads Mikkelsen. I think about my films in terms of what they say and in the case of “Chaos Walking,” it is about the relationship of the sexes. There’s going to be a lot of provocative ideas in “Chaos Walking” because I’m a provocative person, but I will never fall into the trap of making my ideas any more than provocative. I love that people can leave the theater and think about things that were in the film. I’m not interested in making merely entertainment like empty calories or cotton candy. I want audiences to leave the theater having been given “a filling meal,” a nutritious meal with actual substance. That’s what I love about the ending of “The Wall,” that without giving it away, nobody gets up during the end credits. They’re processing the movie they just saw. I like making movies that can be watched more than once, and I try to think about what the second viewing and the third viewing might be like, to make sure that there is enough substance there. This film is designed for the first viewing but if you watch it a second time, I’m really just thinking about it. And there’s additional ideas and Easter Eggs to be found. So the second time that you watch “The Wall” you will have a very different experience than the first time. And the movie is designed for minds.

CS: When you were talking about making it like a filling experience, the concept of “Chaos Walking” with this world without women reminds me of “Children of Men.” Which was sort of about politics, but it wasn’t political, it was more visceral. And when you talk about a world where a whole group of people do not exist — in that case it was children, and in this one it’s women — there is a lot of very visceral things that really hit you emotionally about that idea.

Liman: One thing that was important to me about “Chaos Walking” is you cannot make a movie as nihilistic as “Children of Men.” I mean I love “Children of Men,” but I want audiences to have a little more fun. I think that you can have a little more fun without losing substance. And my world outlook is, like I said, I like more adventure. I am really interested in adventure and Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley might be in a very precarious situation in “Chaos Walking,” but they are going on one hell of an adventure. It may not be an adventure that either one of them signed up for, but it’s an adventure that I would want to go on.

Chaos Walking is set for release on March 1, 2019.

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/fe...g-liman-talks-the-wall-chaos-walking#/slide/1

Doug seems to be building up quite an intriguing cast.

 

This is what I thought Daisey Ridley was referring to when she thought the question had been clearly answered if Luke was her father. The way Maz says this really does imply there are 2 groups of people, one group she is waiting on to come back (her parents) and one grouping that has someone who could serve as family (Luke).

I think we got the one big family reveal we were going to get when we found out that Kylo was Ben Solo. Seems like a foregone conclusion now but remember we didn't know anything about Kylo prior to TFA.

 

This guy is awesome.

 

he is... you should try to be more like him

 

Emilia Clarke's character name in the Han Solo movie has been said by Michael K. Williams to be Kira. Kira was Rey's production code name for Episode VII and was one of the earlier names for the Rey character including Thea. (The Making Star Wars fan site says it is Kura.)

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/08/michael-k-williams-emmy-interview

 

It's Kura, not Kira.

 

To cute, finally a 'ship' I can get behind. So very sweet. I imagine Spiderey is going to be rather big these next few years;




Don' t tempt me to post anymore...

 

Just wait a couple of years. After Chaos Walking there'll so many more pictures like this one.

 

fantastic fan art by @hodgesart