SPECULATION Pet Theories?

Before you roll your eyes and click away, I want to TL;DR this by saying, I don't think she's Obi-Wan's granddaughter, or Luke's daughter, or Snoke's third cousin, or Anakin Reborn, or any other dumb theory out there. This is completely and totally new, just sheer speculation with no real evidence to back it up. Enjoy!

Rey was born to Force-strong parents on Jakku. Once their daughter started showing strength in the Force far beyond their own, and after years of hearing rumors from passing pilots and scavengers of a hero from the Rebellion trying to reinstate the Jedi Order, they leave Rey in the care of Unkar Plutt, telling her they will return one day. She is about 5 or 6.

After many close encounters with the pirates and charlatans claiming to be Jedi, they find Luke. They don't immediately tell him of Rey, fearing he was a fake or not, instead seeking only his training for themselves which they could pass along to Rey. After years with Luke and Ben, and some times with Han, Leia, and Chewie, they confide that they do have a daughter back home, though only entrusting her location to Luke, as Ben has slowly started falling under the influence of Snoke (this is piquing Luke's worst suspicions, that some of Vader is still in Ben). Rey's parents die when Ben falls to the Dark Side, at his hands when they refuse to tell him where their daughter is.

Luke travels to Jakku. He watches Rey from afar, sensing that she is indeed very strong in the Force, nearly as strong as himself and Yoda, despite her ignorance of the Force itself. Because it is far too dangerous to bring her off-world, what with the rise of the First Order and Snoke's Knights of Ren, Luke entrusts Rey's safety to an old ally from the early days of the New Republic, Lor San Tekka, as well as the final piece of the map to his location, telling him that should the day come that he is needed, that is where he can be found.

When Han eventually meets up with Finn and Rey, and hearing she is from Jakku, he starts suspecting that she might be the daughter of the two Force-wielders he once knew, all-but confirmed once he meets up with Maz Kanata. Kylo Ren discovers this to be the truth when he is fighting with her on Starkiller Base, hence the line "it is you, isn't it?" from the novelization (and film, if I'm not mistaken).

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I saw someone on another page that mentioned the possibility that BDT might be Rey's father and that he left her on Jakku for some reason. As mentioned in my pet theory above, I don't quite believe that, but it's an interesting possibility.

 

I wish I could tag this as something I like, but I'm not allowed to yet, but that's an awesome theory. And it also sounds more plausible than some of the stuff that's lurking on the internet. Also notice its your second post here, so welcome to the Cantina

 

Thanks! There are still a few stickle points I'm trying to figure out (why her parents would leave her with Plutt), but like you said, it's 1000% more likely than half the theories out there, and I sure like it more than Luke being her father.

 

I know this theory is highly unpopular, but I subscribe to the idea that Rey is the incarnation of Anakin Skywalker.

If you have ever watched "Avatar: The Last Airbender" this will make more sense, but I think it would be a highly provocative and interesting concept if the Living Force chooses a "chosen one" every few generations to help balance itself. Thus, Anakin was not the first and Rey will not certainly be the last.

This theory is a great way to continue a super narrative that exceeds the 9-film cycle without having to necessarily rely on the Skywalker bloodline. Anakin was born of a virgin. Perhaps Rey was too. And yet, both characters are still "connected" because they have the same soul (or whatever the story group decides to call it.

(Another bonus: for those who did not appreciate Hayden Christensen's acting, this is a great way to reference Anakin without ever having to show his face again...)

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There's a lot of fan theories swirling around the internet. With hundreds of great (and not so great) ideas in public view, it excites me to think some of them are correct.

By the way, Egkenobi, I love your avatar picture. It's nice to see a fellow Obi Wan Kenobi fan.

 

Thanks, been a huge Obi-Wan fan since I saw Episode 4 as a kid

As for your theory, I'm not sure Rey is the reincarnation of Anakin. Mainly because Disney seemed to want to distance themselves as much as possible from the prequel. (I still think Max Von Sydow's first line in the TFA is a dig at the prequel trilogy....)

Also it would be a lazy way to do it I reckon. I'm not sure Rey is a Skywalker, I wonder if she's a Solo. But then JJ mentioned we'd not seen her parents in Episode 7 or they weren't in her life. So....

She *could* be the daughter of Gallius Rex from the Aftermath trilogy, or possibly grand daughter, or she could be the result of some sort of Sith Alchemy. If you've not read the two Aftermath books, then I won't go too far in to it, but there's something on Jakku, and it's made me wonder.... Some suggest that Snoke took the Force from Skywalker somehow, what if he hid it in a random human who happened to be Rey? (But that's a foolish theory)

There's a part of me that hopes Rey isn't a Skywalker or a Solo, because it would add a new dimension to the Star Wars galaxy and setting. Surely the Skywalker line isn't the only Force strong line in the galaxy? What about someone like Bastilla Shan? (Not sure on spelling) or other such characters from the Old Republic?

I can't help but think that the Force saplings that were rescued have a hand in this somehow, but to what end I've not thought that long and hard about it yet ;-)

I'm also wondering if Snoke is someone we've already seen? Especially in the prequel trilogy, but that's a theory for another time ;-)

 

The Knights of Ren are also Luke's former students

 

nice theories and I understand the wish to broaden the SW universe, but for this we have the anthology movies + new families/characters in the ST like Poe Dameron, Maz and Finn.

 

Yep that could be, Luke needs to humble his strayed pets.

 

All these theories r great.

But thier is 1 thing I'd like to finally c in a SW movie and I know I'm not the only one.







A bathroom.

 

- Snoke is the reason for the research facilities on Jakku and Palpatine's interest in the Unkown Regions.

- Rey is the grandaughter of Obi-Wan and Satine AND Luke's daughter.

- We'll be going back to Jakku by the end of Episode IX.

- Force Tree on Act-Tho will give us nice new "history of the force" montage.

- As soon as Episode VIII is out, we'll be hit with a plethora of Snoke, Luke and Knights of Ren EU books/comics.

 

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I first visited with this theory, but I wanted to return with an alternate theory I thought up on the drive home today.

I know folks have wanted Rey to be Luke's daughter, but I've railed against it solely because I HATE the idea that he would abandon her on Jakku. But...what if...what if during the 30 year period between ROTJ and TFA, Luke, Han and Leia have a few adventures and meet a fellow smuggler. They going on adventures, do things against the Imperial holdouts (those that didn't leave the known galaxy) and whatnot. Luke and this newcomer become close and eventually sleep together. However, shortly after this, she's forced to leave because of her shadowy past involving pirates (whether it's a debt to the Hutts, Kanjiklub, whatever), and she's got the same stupid noble hang ups Luke has, leaving them behind to prevent them getting tangled in her past and coming into harm. She later finds out she's pregnant. Eventually, she winds up on Jakku and begins working for Unkar Plutt. Over the course of the next six years, she and Rey work to survive, even meeting Lor San Tekka. The pirates wind up finding this woman and she voluntarily leaves with them to protect Rey, who she leaves in the care of Unkar Plutt. Once Rey leaves Jakku and meets Han and Leia, they act weird around her because she looks shockingly like her mother. Luke eventually senses her presence in the Force, once it awakens within her, but refuses to go to her after what happened with Ben. When they finally meet at the end of The Force Awakens, though, he's fully ready to accept that he has a daughter who is very, very strong in the Force, continuing the Skywalker legacy.

 

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Nice 2 c there's a few Reywalker fans left. Great Reymom theory.

I mean 4 all who say "I can't imagine Luke just abandoning his daughter".

Well i can't imagine Luke living the same solitary monk lifestyle that doomed his father.

LET THE JEDI LOVE!

 

Maz and Snoke were once married. But the couple broke up after Snoke spend too much time studying dark side artifacts in his unknown regions workshop, Maz was busy with running the pub, so both grew estranged more and more, and in the end they split (42 years before Anakin was born).

 

She left him for Chewy.

 

For the longest time, I wasn't a Reywalker fan, for that very reason. It didn't make sense, why would Luke abandon her on a hellscape like Jakku? And especially after Bloodline, why was Leia so concerned about what Ben finding out the truth of his grandfather, but not Rey? And if Luke knew about Rey and she was kidnapped, why the hell was he still gallivanting around the galaxy with his nephew instead of, you know, finding his daughter. My theory seemingly fills in all those holes, I think.

It explains why Han and Leia seemed to recognize her, despite her never having met them (and explains away how she's, definitively, not their daughter, seeing as there are still a few of those theories around), too.