Rey Solo

I for one would love Rey to be another bad mf Skywalker/Solo. I'm not sure why all the hate towards that. All the novels eventually focus on the next generation of Solo's and Skywalkers and there were no problems with that because this Saga is ABOUT THE SKYWALKER FAMILY! What is wrong with some of these 'fans'?

I'm starting to really think that Rey was hidden from Ben and Snoke and she will be conflicted when she finds this out. I don't think Han Solo finding her and the falcon immediately after their escape was coincidence.. I know he said something about having some tracking on the model of his falcon, but I'm not buying it. She knows far too much about the Falcon and her and Han were completing each others sentences the entire film! Then Leia's big embrace like she loves Rey with all her heart. These are all ambiguous and not leading to me being for sure correct, but I'm stickin by it. Rey Solo YOLO!

 

I am pro family continuation also.

I would like to see that Skywalker-Solo bloodline continues saga.

Skywalkers are strong in Force while Solo blood gives them enough "wit" to have very interesting complex characters.

If I was writer , the joining of Skywalker and Solo traits will give me endless possibilities for future storries of this family.

In fact- This perfect Skywalker-Solo combination is actually proven during decades of Expanded Universe novels in which Skwalker-Solo children were beloved as a main protagonists of the continuaton of the saga.

 

sooo....if Ben comes back to the Light but Rey doesn't turn out to be a Skywalker-Solo, would that be enough for you?

 

I am really on board with the Rey Solo theory. I like the evidence collected by the OP and, in combination with another theory I recently saw, I think Rey Solo makes a lot of sense. The other theory I saw, on Twitter I believe, noted that Rey could have been playing on the Falcon when it was stolen - which certainly could be the past tragedy.

It also answers the question of why would anyone leave Rey on Jakku with Unkar, a gangster. What would a thief who had just stolen a ship from the husband of a high ranking politician only to find their young child on board do? Or, perhaps Rey was kidnapped on purpose. Either way, it explains how she ends up on a planet like Jakku with a gangster.

When arriving on Tokadano, Rey comments that she has never seen so much green. Han reacts to this. My original thought was his reaction was "sucks to be you". Now, though, I think it was a reaction of familiarity, that he has heard a similar comment before, from a little girl sitting in the Falcon cockpit.

Taken all together, with all the other little hints, to me it feels right that Rey is a Solo.

 

This is more ReyLo than Rey Solo.

 

I remember one of your impressive posts in which you by my opinion proved inevitability of Ben Solo's redemption.From than on I consider Ben coming to light at the end a 99 % probability.

The second component of the "package" is the question. Plausibility of Rey's background.

While I will chew random data generator approach ,in which 1.Force powerful Rey without second name(and questionable birth name) poped up on the 2.Jakku(with all the planet's intriguing traits and history) just next to 3.lost Millenium Falcon and 4. Lorr San Tekka( Organa's and Luke's friend who got the map, now we know- from Luke!) , ..all this to be a "conicidences"just because of narrative necessity to somehow start the film and franchise...with Rey's destiny be to fall in love with Ben to help him to return to light (..warning! by my opinion 99% her broher!)

......I will however prefer Rey's abandonment to be explained trough all those facts of Millenium Falcon, and Lorr san Tekka been there on unique planet Jakku tied together and explained by circumstances from jet untold great story from the past, which in this case strongly implies a family (tragedy) story.

 

hahaha ~ while i think there is a possibility Rey and Ben may be a new Adam and Even in the garden of the Force, i am very certain that's not Rey's literal "purpose" (to be a breed cow for more Skywalkers).

i agree with you there are a lot of coincidences on Jakku. could be just the nature of the formula for this sort of space fairy tale or it could have deeper meaning. for the time being with regard to the MF and Han's reaction to Rey, i'm going to take Han at his word: at his age and under these circumstances, he's got no reason to dissemble (and i don't see anything suspicious about his behavior with Rey). but we'll see! i'm okay with the bloodline continuing through Ben and Rey bringing something new to the franchise. i do still see them more Revan and Bastilla than Jacen and Jaina.

 

I tend to agree. Rey may be a Solo or Skywalker but if she doesn't turn out to be, Kylo would full fill the Skywalker quota. I think he would would lead to him having to be redeemed and not killed in order to carry out the Skywalker lineage. Although LFL may intend for this saga to end the Skywalker story and open up new saga possibilities. I don't think I like that idea to much. We go from to robust sagas building up the Skywalker story to Luke hiding for 20 plus years, the end.

I do like this part, "I'm starting to really think that Rey was hidden from Ben and Snoke and she will be conflicted when she finds this out." To me, it sets up a two sides of the track scenario. On one side, you have Kylo that was raised with all the chances a child could have and turns out bad but then you have Rey. A child who had a hard life as a scavengar and turns out good. One doesn't appreciate people, life, and things they have and the other learns to appreciate life, people, and what you have to work for.

 

this is true whether they are related or not, though. and we see this dichotomy throughout the characters. we see it in Hux vs. Ren, we see it in Finn vs. Phasma. naturally we should see it in Rey vs. Ben from a thematic standpoint. but here's something else we see:

the original story of Luke and Leia was in part about taking these two kids, hiding their destinies from them. same could be said of Anakin in some ways (he was the chosen one, but never raised as such; always put down, kept in check). now his parents (for whatever inscrutable reason) already did the same thing to Ben to a certain degree. and the recent Leia book touches deeply on this theme of disinclusion and the resultant error that comes from deceit.

while this may point to the stronger possibility of Rey as "hidden" or lied-to as well regarding her destiny, it seems unfathomable that these people would make the same stupid mistake at the peril of their own child to this degree. and to do it to a very young child while retaining the older one makes no parental logic. the older kid wasn't worth the same misguided effort? let's split them and do a sociological experiment to see which one turns out more effed up or gets caught out by the Dark first? the older kid was already ruined? are these really our OT heroes? geh. : o p

i believe Rey either wasn't wanted or was abandoned by people who couldn't come back to her.
if Rey and Ben are dichotomies, that's where it lays:
in the difference between a family desperate to regain a lost child and a family who maybe never wanted one to begin with.

 

I agree that this Sequel trilogy should wrap up the Skywalker Saga, but that is precisely what in fact they should be doing. I think they would be going way off track if Rey isn't family with Skywalker blood.
I also could see using Snoke to set up the Old Republic by having his character be from that era. It would be a good way to wrap up the Skywalker Saga and start the Old Republic talk.

 

Rey Solo it is. She perhaps was taken secretly by Snoke and hidden somewhere where he thought she would either die or survive and feed off of the force energy that surrounded her on Jakku thus eventually becoming stronger in the force than any Sith/Jedi. This is what divided the entire family. Maybe even caused Ben to resent his parents and Luke for not trying harder to find his baby sister? This would make a tone of sense to me and definitely make for a great story.

 

16 year old Leia followed young Amilyn Holdo onto a ship and stowed away for an unknown destination in the new Leia novel.

It's possible that's what kid 'Rey' did. Maybe even kid 'Rey' and teen Ben.

There's also a tiny little aside in the book where Leia was horrified coming upon a group of slavers and their slaves. It had nothing really to do with the other 99% of the book and seemed shoehorned into it for some reason.

See also: Leia novel post - Phasma novel post

The idea of child abduction is something that's been appearing throughout the canon, from the Ahsoka novel to other novels.

 

Could be possible.

 

I go back and forth on a possible Rey Solo regarding 2 scenes from TFA. When Rey and Han both say the same exact words regarding The Falcon leads me to believe she is their kid. But later in the movie when she is captured by Ren and Finn mentions it to Han, he waves him off looking like he doesn't care. Not sure if these scenes were intentional or not?

 

My guess is Rey IS a Solo/Skywalker and came up missing or presumed dead because of Snoke. Snoke knew that if he tore the family apart he'd have a better chance at bringing the Solo siblings to the dark side. This would not only set up a more sinister villain, but create turmoil with the entire family as Rey uncovers her past and find out Ben is her older brother. I'd LOVE it! It would really be a great story.

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3 things.

A. Han was never the most sensitive guy(at least doesn't like to show it) and he's at this point a full on war vet who has gone through any and all pain imaginable.

B. He is unaware at this point that Rey is his daughter. In fact, his lack of empathy shows he has he has already lost his daughter and been through this all so doesn't want to relive the past and grieve over a 'stranger' being captured by his son.

C. He's also still in denial that his son has actually fully gone to the dark side, so in his eyes Rey isn't in the worst of hands as far as the First Order goes..

 

The closest I've ever seen Billie Lourd look like Daisy Ridley was last night on the James Corden show.