Rey Solo

Haha not going there. Wait until TLJ.

 

Just going to leave this here to ponder over while considering the possibility of Rey Solo:

Rey understands Wookiee... How? Why?

Didn't see a single Wookiee on Jakku and there is nothing to suggest she has been in regular contact with Wookiees (enough to learn and understand their language) since her abandonment on Jakku, so...

HOW?!?! WHY?!?!?!

Aaaaaand... discuss.

 

Online courses.

 

Clearly then, the University of Kashyyyk has a large share of the galactic online education market.

 

Rey has a blackout.Amnesia.

A highly intelligent girl,which was 5 when left on Jakku,has a blackout.
At age of 5 she should clearly remember the names and faces of her mother,father, ,her home, home planet appearance, many other details that children at the age of 5 already understand.She doesn't,she only have myst and visions.
She thinks entire galaxy is desert like Jakku without green(shocked at Takodana) though by the age of 5 she unlikely have lived on the entirely desert planet like Jakku.

 

Recent claims, holding back the reveal in secrecy as always:

Rian Johnson: “To me, [Rey’s family]’s important insofar as it’s important to her. And I think it’s important to her in terms of what is her place in all of this? What’s going to define her in this story? She was told in the last movie that the answer’s not in the past; it’s looking forward. But she’s showing up on this island to talk to this hero from the past.” “You can be told [‘the answer’s not in the past’], but I think she still has a lingering hope that she’s going to find the thing that’s going to say: This is where you belong. This is where you are. I think she still holds onto the thought that where she comes from will help define where she’s going.” “The big thematic push and pull in the movie is the past and what role the past has in moving us forward into the future.” (August 11, 2017)

Rian Johnson: “[Leia’s] character to some degree or another has been defined by loss through this whole saga, starting with the loss of her home planet. She’s just taken hit after hit, and she’s borne it, and she focuses on moving forward and the task at hand.” “No, no, no. [The Resistance doesn’t replace the New Republic] not at all. [The Resistance is] a small band that’s now cut off, on its own, and hunted when the Republic is shattered. When the First Order did that hit, the Resistance is isolated, and they’re very, very vulnerable. That’s where we pick them up.” “[Leia]’s suffered quite a bit. While I was figuring out what her deal was going to be in this film, it’s one of the things I talked about with Carrie before I started writing: where the character would go.” “There’s no way that we could’ve known this would’ve been the last Star Wars movie she would be in, so it’s not like we made the film thinking that we were bringing closure to the character. But watching the film, there’s going to be a very emotional reaction to what she does in this movie.” (August 10, 2017)

Rian Johnson: “[Kylo Ren]’s definitely been knocked off base.” “The defeat that he had at the end of The Force Awakens, but even bigger than that, his huge defining act which, spoiler alert, is the murder of his father… that’s the more interesting thing to dive into. How has he dealt with that in his head? Where is he at in terms of that act and what does that mean for him?” “[Ben Solo’s shift to darkness is symbolic of] the treacherous road through adolescence.” “Kylo represents kind of the rebellious anger that you feel during that period. Honestly, sometimes it’s a healthy desire to push away from the place that you know, from the things that you came from. But he obviously does it in an extreme that’s not healthy at all.” “[Kylo Ren and Rey are] two halves of the dark and the light.” “Han, the ghost of – well, not literally. [LAUGHS] I don’t want to misguide. I have to be very careful with my words here. But a figurative ghost of Han had to be present throughout this entire film.” (August 11, 2017)

Rian Johnson: “Chewie’s doing all right. It’s tough. It was obviously a big loss for him, but, you know, he’s Chewie. He’s resilient. He’s got broad Wookiee shoulders, and he also has a new mission. He’s got Rey, and she’s someone that Han, to a certain extent, handed the keys to. So I think that that helps.” “If Chewie was just unemployed and sitting at home, things might be a little rougher, but he’s got a task to focus on.” (August 11, 2017)

Daisy Ridley: “[Rey]’s so hopeful to everything. And obviously there’s a hint of, ‘What the hell [at Luke Skywalker]?’” “Regardless of everything else, she’s been welcomed. No one ever really turns away from her.” “[In Rey’s head she’s like,] ‘Oh my God, this other man that I lost within a couple days was somewhat of a father figure. Now he’s gone, and instead I’m with this grumpy guy on an island who doesn’t want me here.’” “I don’t think one girl, who he doesn’t know, turning up with a lightsaber is gonna make him go, ‘Oh, s—, yeah, of course I’ll get back into the action.’” (August 9, 2017)

Daisy Ridley: “You can always look for answers and that doesn’t mean that the rest of your life is so easy. It’s not like, oh, I know who my parents are so now everything falls into shape, especially in the Star Wars world.” “Yes, [finding out] would potentially change [Rey’s] mind, or at least give her a little bit more peace in moving forward. But ultimately what’s coming is coming, and whatever abilities she has are there. So, personally, I think it’s less important than even she may think.” “What’s wonderful is it’s not so cut and dry, who’s good and who’s bad and that’s not me saying, ‘Oh, my God, some people are gonna go bad. There’s always room for bad people to make good decisions and vice versa. Again, that could be nothing to do with your parents and it could be everything to do with your parents.” (August 11, 2017)

Daisy Ridley: “[Rey] just doesn’t understand Kylo. When all she wanted was parents, why would a person who has parents do that? It’s so beyond comprehension, it’s ridiculous. So she has grief for the loss and then there’s anger. To be honest, she couldn’t understand doing something like that – let alone to your parents.” (August 11, 2017)

[QUOTES] Words From Production Members After The Release Of The Force Awakens
[QUOTES] Words From Actors Before The Release of The Last Jedi
[QUOTES] Secrecy & Secrets

 

i hope everybody remembers this neat amnesia trick when Ben returns to the Light.
then Luke can conveniently wipe his memory to absolve him of all his crimes. : D

 

Hooked on Phonics: Shyriiwook

 

This picture of Leia talking to Rey from the BTS REALLY supports Magnar's and my cases:

 

REY SHOULD BE A SKYWALKER

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 18, 2017, Original Post Date: Aug 18, 2017 ---

t's a question that has dogged Star Wars fans since they saw The Force Awakens: who is Rey? Obviously one detail that would give us a clearer indication of the character is if we knew who her parents were. Star Wars' past and present proves that George Lucas, J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan like to make huge revelations and surprises regarding the heritage of their characters, which is why fans are so adamant to know more about Daisy Ridley's Rey. And now J.J. Abrams has revealed a further tid-bit regarding her potential parents.

A young fan at J.J. Abrams' Tribeca Talks: Directors Series discussion with Chris Rock at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival built up the confidence to say to The Force Awakens director, "I was just going to ask whose Rey's parents are?" This was met with rabid applause from the audience, before J.J Abrams then tried to comically dismiss the question by telling the person who asked it to "get out." But the filmmaker couldn't keep his mouth completely shut, as he then added:

'Rey's parents are not in Episode 7. So I can't possibly tell you who they are at this moment. But all I will say is that this is something that Rey thinks about, too.'



NO JOKE CHECK:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c....html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=safari

Check for the full thing.

 

Spoiler: speculations

It's been speculated the camera person hid Carrie Fisher in that D23 BTS video with Adam Driver as Kylo Ren and Rian Johnson.

(2m31s) - Mystery person hidden behind person on the left, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren on the right as well as Rian Johnson. Orange barricades.

(0m51s) - Orange barricades on left and right match first video section posted above

(2m03s) Rey takes on 3 opponents at once (BTS)

Rey (Jedi Training outfit) may fight the Praetorian Guards if this toy listing is anything to go by:
https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/201...ist-reveals-star-wars-the-last-jedi-toys.html



Rey also appears in that Snoke Mega Destroyer toy play set.
https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2017...lo-ren-and-supreme-leader-snokes-throne-room/

This has been speculated to be Daisy Ridley (or a stand-in) in the shot with Leia on presumably Crait.

 

Yep, she's looking in Rey's direction, that's automatically mean she's her biological daughter, biological daughter inside her body for many months that she never met according to JJ's Blu-Rey commentary:

"But this moment, I think, is actually lovely and the idea that these two women who’d never met knew of each other, and they’re both Force-strong and they’re both bound by their loss and their strength.”

(and of all the declarations of Abrams on TFA the commentary on the disc that people have payed for is the the most important and will be listened for decennies after)

biological daughter that she doesn't care about about since she can feel with the Force across the galaxy that her brother Luke is not dead but doesn't feel anything/doesn't care about her biological daughter alive and alone on a horrible/hostile planet suffering for years, from the canon novelization of TFA:

 

As I've said before, thematically the concept of Force connections being broke off was explored in the Ahsoka novel most recently with Ashla and those that lived through Order 66 (Obi-Wan, Yoda, Anakin) along with Ahsoka and Darth Vader in SW Rebels reestablishing their connection.

At the end of the day, the novelizations are only canon where they align with the movies and they are based on old scripts not the final movie and can and will be paved over by TFA, TLJ, and IX final cuts.

 

December can't come soon enough...

 

So the Force connection between Leia and her lost brother is 100% working but the Force connection between Leia and her lost biological daughter is broken? How convenient.

 

am i the only one really bothered that Pabs doesn't know the difference between "they're" and "their"?

/FO grammar nazi

 

No, you're not. I was just having a conniption myself.

I'll just be over here with the Ubernerd corner of the SW Supernerd community if anyone needs me.

#ThereAreNerdsAndThenThereAreNerds
#OrDoIMeanTheirOrTheyreSoHardToDecideJKNotReally
#ChooseProperSpelling

 

*Am I the only one who is really bothered about Pabs not knowing the difference between "they're" and "their"?

*FIFY /Resistance grammar, syntax, and punctuation nazi

I'm new to this thread but I'm liking the ideas here and understood every word of your posts (regardless of spelling) @McDiarmid. Great use of English!

On a random note, I know LST's demise served an important narrative and story-beat purpose but (in universe) Kylo probably had a lot to gain by Force interrogating him - especially if he had knowledge of Rey's lineage.