Rey Solo

Just when I was starting to sway towards Rey Solo....

Spoiler

J/k.

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I don't buy that theory by the way. They're just chucking out hints Tosha her parents could be all over the place to drum up interest in non film media.

 

Daisy Ridley has also said that she thought it was obvious from TFA who her parents are/were.

I thought a lot was answered in ‘The Force Awakens’. Then after the screening I went for a drink with my agent and everyone, and we were chatting away and I realized that oh, in their minds it’s not answered at all! I think curiosity is a wonderful thing. And I do find it quite funny that people keep asking about it. Just yesterday a guy asked to take a picture with me and went, “Is Luke your dad?” And I was like, “Chill out, you’ll see!”

 

Where in that quote does it say "it is obvious who her parents are"?

It doesn't say that. She thought a lot was answered. And the strongest hint to the general idea of who her parents are was that her parents were dead. This then makes sense when you consider her comment about it not being important who they are and that she "obviously wasn't Han Solo's daughter".

Might I recommend you go easy on the "inevitable" statements? It's hasn't served you well with Rey Solo. It does you no credit now. You might be right, this Skywalker theory might be the one. And don't get me wrong, it's good to see you abandon Rey Solo nonsense. But I fear for your enjoyment of the film when you get your head set on one potential theory. Sure, I'd be miffed if she turns out to be a Solo - but with that I'm just rejecting one theory out of dozens. You went all in with Solo and now this. Only a sith deals in absolutes!

 

The simplest explanations for Rey and particular some of the unexplained "coincidences" in TFA is that Rey is a Skywalker, either Luke's estranged daughter, or the younger sister of Ren and hidden from Snoke by Leia/Han or possibly both and maybe even the cause of their strained relationship. As I say, once you concede Rey was a Skywalker and hidden on purpose, many of the "coincidences" in TFA are immediately explained, the proximity of the map, the "holy" village that worshiped the Force led by Lors San Tekka, the convenient placement of the Falcon, Han's immediate response when it was activated by Rey, just about everything.

But we live in a world now sculpted by JJ, a director famous for asking questions, providing clues and then ignoring them all at the story's conclusion and coming up with responses to these mysteries that often just ask even more questions. The man treats ambiguity and mystery as the corner stones for a good story. It's not a bad thing, it's just what we have to reconcile when trying to guess where this goes.

My belief is Rey's parentage is not resolved in TLJ, we'll only find out she's wickedly and dangerously powerful in the Force. It's easy to claim she is a Skywalker, it is most definitely the "Occam's Razor" answer to the question. Snoke is another case for this, we'll learn a little about Snoke but only tertiary clues that will still provide fodder for fan speculation.

This is because we are dealing with a episodic, multi-billion dollar movie franchise. As a result, linear story telling is curbed so that the story can continually intrigue it's audience forward. Which means simple, logical answers are often teased, even alluded to, but then the franchise goes in another direction, so that the next film can be staged with eager anticipation.

TLJ is all about characters going in different directions than they went in TFA, almost all of them receive a "crisis of faith" it seems to me.

In the end, Rey's history will be hinted at, shrouded in mystery and not as simple as a "I am your father" or "I am your mother" moment. And the specifics of where she came from, don't need to be delivered in detail or with definitive conclusion. It might be good story telling to do that, but with an episodic brand, it's simply bad business.

We'll get more clues about Rey, some link to the Luke's Jedi temple perhaps, or Ren or Snoke or Luke but not necessarily a familial link, and no definitive answer as to how she came to be.

Humble, likely terrible, wooden nickel opinion only.

 

You've let me down....

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE CHOSEN ONE!!!

 

BOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

The Legends of Luke Skywalker is a wonderful read yet I didn't see the connection of Aya and Luke becoming a couple.

Spoiler: rey's parents

I think people are jumping to conclusions, same with the Star Wars battlefront 2 where some believe Iden and Del are Rey's parents because they kissed on Jakku. Pablo recently shot that one down too in a tweet. Any who 23 days until we get real confirmation...

 

BHAY GWAD, WHY @McDiarmid! WHY!

I THOUGHT I KNEW THIS MAN!!

HE'S SOLD HIS SOUL-O TO SATAN HIMSELF!

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SOMEONE TELL ME WHY!!

 

Now...at the end...do you understand.

 

But...I believed in you lol

 

I didn't

 

Obvious = easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent.

So, I was summarizing her statement. Daisy apparently thought it was apparent who her parents were since that is the question she was asked. She was surprised because it was not apparent to a great many people who her parents were. There is no strong hint that her parents are dead. I assume you are pointing to what Maz says to Rey but all that means is they are not coming back to Jakku it doesn't confirm or hint they are dead. Maz does follow that with "There is someone who still could." So could that not just as easily mean a parent(s) is still alive? Pablo has said her parents are in TFA and JJ backtracked his comments on parents not being in TFA.

If we want to nitpick, in you quote you use "Obviously", but that is not what Daisy said, nor did she say the rest of your quote. Here is the full quote in answer to the question of what was the hardest secret to keep:

What I found funny is that I was the child. and I'm like people were so presumptuous and like your Han Solo's daughter and I'm like; How do you know? Have you seen the film? Clearly not, because I wasn't. That was a funny one.

That interview was on March 3, 2016. Daisy seems to have a few thoughts going on there but doesn't really tell me much. But do you really think Lucasfilm gave her the go ahead to dispel a pretty large speculation less than 4 months after TFA was released? Also, what child is she referring to? The child in the vision? Who knows, that why I say it is difficult to take anything from that actual quote.