SPOILER Rey's Hide Out

First and foremost, I absolutely LOVE this image and the idea of someone using this burned out AT-AT as a home and "base."

Daisy living there throws all of my speculation as to who her character is right out the window, though. I, along with I feel like is a majority of us, believe her to be the offspring of Luke or Leia. Judging by all of the massive info about Luke that's been tossed out about Luke as of late, it pretty much narrows it down to being Han and Leia's kid. I'm very happy with that, and much prefer it to her being the daughter of Luke. This brings up the constantly asked question these days - why is the child of two prominent leaders of the Rebel alliance (or New Republic, or whatever they are considered in VII) living this way?

I hope that she is on this planet and living in this destroyed AT-AT because she is on some sort of mission is in hiding. This is about the only way that I can think of in which she can be of the Skywalker bloodline and living in this environment.

As far as what's being kept/hidden in there, we saw other concepts of her piloting a couple different vehicles in the area of that ship or at least on the same planet.

It really is an interesting concept and one that we wont ever know much more about until the movie drops or until something concrete is leaked concerning it. I suppose an undercover rebel base on this planet would be a cool idea. I mean, that is a very massive place for just one person to occupy. Considering there have been lots of references to a cantina or some sort on this planet, it is pretty safe to assume that there would be plenty of more... comfortable places for one to call home.

 

I read someone somewhere speculate they are all there (Kira, Han, Chewie, etc) to steal a star destroyer.

Maybe coincidentally the same star destroyer boyega is on? Or there is a fleet there?

And Han, unable to talk Kira out of helping, assigns his niece/daughter to minor lookout duty on the ground or something.

 

LOVE this idea, sir!

They're all in the area trying to nab a Star Destroyer, Boyega jumps ship - figuratively and literally - and ends up on the ground. This explains why Han and Chewie are so close by when Daisy finds Boyega and also explains the cantina/auction house scene. They're regrouping there and about to head off when - boom! - the explosion in the sky outside that has been mentioned time and time again. They lose the Star Destroyer they are after, potentially because Boyega rigged it to blow on his way out.

Really like that idea.

 

I've always liked this art too. I like the idea of Daisy / Kira living here as well though I never entirely thought she was directly related to the Solos / Skywalkers. If this is on Tatooine, the majority of the planet is barren inhospitable desert and something as massive as an AT-AT would make a wonderful shelter from the elements and also from any "unwelcome guests"...

Remember folks, that armor is too strong for blasters. ;-)

Alternatively, maybe the rumors of Kira living here were a bit off and it could simply be a place she visits during the course of the film?

SOMEBODY lives there though... smugglers anyone?

 

thoughts...

Kira is old enough to do whatever she wants. After her master and uncle Luke Skywalker disappeared 10 years ago she left the family and temple to separate herself from all the family drama. She also feels like she just wants to be normal so she hides her force abilities. She's hiding from her own family but she's also helping locals on this desert planet rebuild after a brutal war.

That makes a lot of since actually!

 

A possible plot is that Han & Chewie swipe or gain access to a super star destroyer the main characters swoop down to the desert planet, then they collect up Daisy then have the events in the cantina/bar then witness the bad guys or some other group sweep above & blow up the super star destroyer.
Han & Chewie will be like #+$& me! But they will still have the Falcon to get the #%*+ off the planet ASAP.
Maybe hiding the "secret item" in a smuggler bin.

A crew maybe on the super star destroyer because I really don't see just Solo & Chewie flying a huge star ship.

 

I'd have to question how good a job the "new republic" has been doing for the past 30 years if they are still sending out senior generals on missions to steal resources off a previously defeated enemy.

 

By that logic why is there a new movie at all?

I'm not saying this happens, it's not even my idea.

But I think some fans would enjoy this thing a lot more if they let go of their previous ideas of what happened after RTJ.

And stop trying to apply more logic to this movie than you even did on the previous ones.

 

True...
You also don't "steal" a Star Destroyer ...
Do you think you could swim out & "steal" a Navy ship or aircraft carrier?
This is why I don't know get why so many fans/forum members are hung up on the Empire or Imperial forces being in charge or powerful.
Who would be in charge? Who would pay or provide for them? Even if they were mercenaries or a private army couldn't the rebel fleet or a army wipe them out too?
There may be terrorists or insurgents who are not supporting the Alliance but not full scale star destroyers AT ATs and 1000s of storm troopers.

 

I don't think she is related to any Skywalker, Solo, Antilles or Fett; nor is she a bi-racial Calrissian or otherwise.

I am also speculating that she is not Master Luke's former-apprentice, nor did he ever take on an apprentice during the last 30+ years due to his issues.

My guess is she's on her own and has been for some time, due to reasons that will be revealed along the way. She's tough, bright, resourceful, mechanically-inclined and quite crafty among other things. It will be when Boyega's character and her meet up after his crash, a certain "elegant weapon, from a more civilized age" is found and that things go into motion that her true destiny will reveal itself.

 

What would be funny is if Han steps out of the damaged AT AT and says; "man, I thought they smelled bad on the outside!"

 

If the Empire was completely devoid of any sort of power or clout, how are we seeing concepts for redesigned storm troopers? Why do we have concept art of the inside of Star Destroyers showing TIEs stacked ceiling to floor?

Obviously they don't have the Emperor or Vader to report to, but assuming they were the only leadership keeping the Empire from completely collapsing is pretty naive.

On the subject of Daisy's role, I don't mind if she isn't related to anyone from the OT but I find that very hard to believe. The saga has always been about the Skywalker line and I don't think that they would be smart to try and change that.

It seems pretty clear she is going to be the lead of this new trio. We already know the Skywalker line is the most powerful in the force of any other family or Jedi. Who better to defeat a new, very powerful villain?

 

Agree completely.

She's a Skywalker or Solo I think. I go back and forth on which I think is more likely.

The episodes are the story of this family and the other heroes around them.

The spinoffs are for others.

 

But my point is a Empire of what?
The Empire went So who has all these jazzy chrome troopers or new advanced TIEs?
It's possible a Gov or rogue Admrial(Thrawn) is trying to build up a new military but for what purpose?

 

I think the Empire being completely as utterly destroyed with the destruction of the Death Star and the deaths of the Emperor and Vader is a gigantic misconception.

There was a huge battle at Endor that was a gigantic victory for the Alliance - but BOTH sides suffered heavy losses there. This was the GALACTIC EMPIRE we are talking about - the didn't send literally every single troop/ship/general/moff/star destroyer to one place at one time.

 

I think all of the Empires military got repurposed back into the Alliance/Republic. Sort of like the way America absorbed all the Nazi technology. Looking at it that way the Alliance is in control now like the Americans and becomes exactly what they didn't like about the Empire but not as evil. Kind of like America is hated for being the greatest militarily but aren't Nazis. WARS are bad and are not always good vs evil. Like todays wars they are very muddy with a lot of grey area as far as who's doing the good. I think Kira isn't into any of it and just wants to be normal and escape the chaos that her Mother Leia has to deal with. Kira just wants do the good things for deserving beings. Charity work if you will. But she has to come out of hiding because something that is truly evil has revealed itself and she's the only one who knows where Luke is. Hahaha... I don't know.

 

I agree - not a Solo/Skywalker. The son is Adam Driver.

 

I don't think Adam Driver is a Solo/Skywalker relation either.

It's been said that he's a spoiled rich kid from a family of respected, aristocratic Empire sympathizers (some have said the Dooku family line. That could be interesting but also lazy storytelling, in my opinion - after all, in such a vast galaxy, every character need not be related). His being part of a well-known, aristocratic lineage is how he gets his clout with both Gwendoline Christie's Empire hold outs and the Han, Leia and the New Republic (or whatever they are called). And like a true Sith, he's playing both sides and using his family's money to get whatever Sith artifacts he can get, hunt down Force-sensitive people and find Skywalker. His family is rather cold, distant and calculated and he never felt real, family love before. What is his psychological reaction to this? Getting interested, then obsessed with the Sith, collecting Sith and Jedi artifacts and dreaming of being Dark Lord. Little does he know, what a pawn he is to the real villain

Driver said in an interview that one of the recurring themes in the movie, is what happens to people, the choices they make - and the end result of those choices - when they have not felt or experienced love and compassion throughout their lives. This hypothesis is based on that statement.