SPECULATION Rey's Junk Dealer Drunk Parents

In The Last Jedi we learn Rey's parents were Nobodies that sold her off for drinking money. They were Junk traders and died on Jakku, currently in a paupers grave.

Kylo Ren makes them sound horrible. Was he exaggerating the truth to hurt Rey more so he could be the one that says "you're nothing, but not to me?"

So why did they trade Rey? Why did they wait until she was 5 or 6 years old to finally abandon her?

Here is the story as told by Jakku locals...

When Rey was born she was a beautiful baby girl like any other human baby. She was always happy and never gave her momma any trouble. But as she got older, her parents began to grow fearful of Rey. She could do things at a young age that didn't make sense to them.

At 6 months old Rey began talking. Not just momma or daddy, she would complete full sentences and asking complicated questions.

At 9 months old Rey pulled herself out of her crib and began walking. Her mother was astonished. She never tried to teach Rey to walk, but she just did it. Not only could she walk, but she could run and do flips.
Her mother was proud...but scared. Why was her daughter so advanced?

At 2 years old she was fluent not only in Basic, but in Droid speak. Her parents could not figure out how she learned these things. She was never taught anything. Rey would speak to the droids in the area and get the latest gossip from the droid pilots and repair droids.

At age 3 Rey began fixing things. Complicated things like hyperdrives and ship engines. She found a schematic and could figure out how to assemble and disassemble complicated equipment.

Things were getting out of hand. Her parents grew more and more afriad. They tried to hide her from the Jakku society. They didn't want anyone to know their child was a freak.

They began drinking...a lot.

At age 4 Rey began building a Speeder for her father to use. However she needed parts and they were far too heavy for her to carry herself. She would ask the Teedo's in the area to bring her the parts she needed. It usually took her asking two of three times, but eventually they would just do what she asked. The Teedo's didn't even know why they did it.



At age 5 Rey completed the Speeder and presented it to her father. He had been drinking heavily that day. Her mother as well. Rey was so excited to show her parents, but the reaction she received wasn't what she expected.



They immediately grabbed her and dragged her down to Niima Outpost where Unkar Plutt, the junk boss of Jakku had his Junk shop. Rey's parent's had done business with Unkar all the time. This time, they were't there to trade junk.


When Rey's parent's explained to Unkar all of the things she was doing, he was very interested. Rey could be a great scavenger for him one day he thought. So they made a deal. Rey's parent's traded her for enough money for her parents to drink for an entire season. They celebrated by taking a trip to a local Casino Ship orbiting in the Outter Rim.

Soon after their Rey-less vacation her parent's returned to Jakku. They moved far from Niima Outpost and eventually died from excessive drinking.

 

Are we really hijacking this to argue about feminism? Nothing I posted had anything to do with feminist icons. It was a tongue in cheek answer to the question of who Rey's parents are while explaining why she was abandoned.

Make another moronic thread if that's what you want to talk about Trok.

 

Please find somewhere else to spout your off topic views. This isn't the thread you are looking for.

 

Did you even read my original post?

 

The whole point of my original post was to share an ironic look at why Rey was abandoned. She was abandoned for the same reason many fans hate her character, she could do crazy things with no training. Apparently the folks on these boards only see their bias and can't see irony or humor.