Rey Solo

Forces of Destiny are calling her Rey of Jakku. I am strongly beginning to suspect Rey will not have a last name, and might take the Skywalker name in honor of Luke.

 

You mean: did Kylo Ren really turn to dark side, or it was just Leia's dream?

 

i'd photoshop Leia walking into the bathroom, surprised to find Ben in the shower, but that might get taken the wrong way ~ hahahaha

 

Maybe.

Or Rey of Jakku is just what they called her since they can't reveal in the cartoons something they are saving for TLJ or Episdoe IX.

 

The new TLJ Rey is still called that, and she's with Kylo, so it's hard to say really. I just feel she was not given a last name, so she would take a new one.

 

Or because her real one will be revealed at some point in TLJ or Episode IX.

 

That's what I'm wondering. We're going to learn of her parents, but not see them. Will Luke know their actual names, or just who they were? Or maybe it's Snoke who will reveal the truth to Rey?

 

well he is her dad, or I assume he'll know her parents names.......

 

I have many doubts about Luke being her dad.

 

Well, I believe it's interesting the entry in the data bank:

"Despite dismissing herself as “no one,” she learns that her life is being shaped by the mysterious power of the Force."
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And then:

"Rey’s life changed when she encountered BB-8, a Resistance astromech carrying a star chart offering
a clue to the location of the long-lost Jedi master Luke Skywalker.
Rey and the renegade stormtrooper Finn forged an unlikely friendship, escaping Jakku and finding
themselves caught in a galactic war – with both of their destinies shaped by the awakened power of the Force.."
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Reading this, I've got the feeling that the Awakening of the *COSMIC* (as we know) Force has to do with Destiny, that of individuals and that of the Galaxy.
And I believe that in the end Balance may be almost equal to the Will of Force that shapes Destiny.

However even if so, that doesn't add nothing to one or another theory.

That said
@MagnarTheGreat you know I'd love her to be a Solo if she's going to be blood related to the Skywalker.
That's what to me, may add more "drama" to the story.
And the quote about Ordinary People (the movie) it's very interesting...
I can see the similarities not only in regards of the genaral plot, but in particulary about Han and Leia.
As I said elsewhere, Leia is not the kind of woman that likes to speak about the persons she lost forever.
That's the hint I take from Bloodline.
It could very well be, that she doesn't talk about a child that she considers dead, because that's something she can't fix or fight for (to change) anymore,
while she still can fight for Ben. I absolutelly get this.
So much so, to some degree, I would consider weird the contrary... given what we know about Leia.

And it could also explain why Han doesn't address to her the argument (the dead child): because he knows it's pointless...
And of course I get the point of the sibligs theme in canon.

On the other hand, that could be the problem: already done.

And if is true that there are also surrogate sibligs in canon, you may still have that kind of relationship between
Rey and other chatacters, and that of Han and Leia à la Ordinary People, but
justified only by Ben's fall (= to some kind of spiritual death).
And perhaps you may add to picture the death of another Solo child we still don't know about, but dead for real (I'd love this kind of twist).

However, yes: if she have to be Anakin blood, I bet and hope she's a Solo.
And I bet they will give us a backstory hard to imagine now, but that makes sense.

 

Funny, I thought there was too much exposition between Han and Leia in TFA (although I've never been much of a fan of explanation through stilted discourse in my beloved film and tv epics!)

Maybe but meh, almost every SW fan sees TFA being “robbed” of possible powerful scenes!

Maybe but meh, such "musings" sound to me like contrived and unecessary exposition if TPTB were going with a presumed dead solo.

Ha! Can we put some of TFA's unatural sounding dialogue/delivery down to a Lucas homage?

Solo or not, the main point was just that some of the awkward seeming ambiguity might be explained as more practical realities than mystery box. Filmmaking in general demands whatever is not directly relevant to supporting the current story be omitted and the SW saga requires possibilities for other writers be left undefined.

Maybe the producers planned out the saga's main beats or maybe they didn't and it weakens the trilogy. It's still early days so I'm still being a bit cautious on judging the holistic direction of the saga.

Anyone truly worried the story may try and present Rey as a Solo may have to let go of their attachments, lower expectations, or just relax their critical faculties for a trilogy!

 

http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a44348/jj-abrams-star-wars/

I find stuff like this interesting. I get that others' mileage may vary.

 

Rey of Jakku is reminiscent of the old European knights. They would give their first names, then of where they came from. From what I have seen (dont keep up with spoilers) TLJ has a lot of european knight imagery. Especially with Luke. And even Kylo's saber. So it is possible she will keep that name. I dunno. We will see. Can't wait.

 

Gotta say, just watch TFA again. The story is clear, it's just how they tell the rest of it. She's Luke, Luke is Yoda. She's a Solo, she's the light. Kylo is the Dark. They are twins, but never knew it. Luke hid her and himself to hide her just as they hid Luke. Note that Leia wasn't really hidden at all yet Vader never sensed her. Rey's quest is to turn Kylo and restore balance. She is the last Jedi. She fullfills the prophecy from Phantom Menace of restoring balance to the force, ultimately an offspring of Anikin.

Star Wars trilogy's repeat themselves. It's a story of redemption which is why it works so well. Even if she restores balance, there'd be nothing to stop Lucasfilm from doing another trilogy when this cast is older, the story would repeat. A dark force rises, good conquers evil, someone needs redemption in the end.

 

Like game of thrones

 

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Spoiler: Looper

Younger Joe (Looper): Then I saw it, I saw a mom who would die for her son [young Cid, the future Rainmaker villain], a man [older future Joe] who would kill [young Cid] for his [dead] wife [in the future], a boy [young Cid], angry & alone, laid out in front of him the bad path. I saw it & the path was a circle, round & round. So I changed it.

Rian Johnson talked about the cycle of violence in Looper interviews after the movie came out.

The villain of the Rainmaker (older Cid) was created in Looper from the death of his mother as a child due to Older Future Joe. Older Future Joe becomes a villain himself after the death of his wife for which he blames the Rainmaker.

This type of circle of violence manifests itself in TLJ as Rey is angry at Kylo Ren for the death of Han Solo. Kylo Ren himself was angry at Han Solo and himself for something that was left undefined in TFA.

I think this will be believed by the characters of the death of his sister.

Q: How can we reconcile [the] patricide [by Kylo Ren to his father]?
Rian Johnson: How indeed. (September 6, 2017)

 

• Rey is 10 years younger than Ren.
• Rey was left on Jakku 8 years before Luke's Jedi order fell.
• The prophecy was fulfilled in RotJ when Anakin brought balance to the Force.

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Good job they had Rian Johnson direct then as he can just copy what he did before.

 

That's arguable.

 

If you throw out the meaning of the first 6 films and Lucas' words then yes, it's arguable.