Rey's Parents?

Vader could read Luke's mind, so being related doesn't necessarily form a mental block from someone using Force powers to probe your mind.

 

All that means is she has a stronger connection to the force and is more controlled.

 

It's all about the cousins, Ben and Rey. I mean, she's Luke's kid, no doubt. There's a reason we don't know her last name (yet), though given how much people are moaning that TFA is a New Hope rehash, they might want to avoid any "I am your father" repeat for fear of more fan backlash. But yeah, it's the Skywalker saber, and when she called it to herself, they played Binary Sunset, y'know...Luke's theme? She is a Skywalker no doubt.

 

Why I think she's a Solo:
1. A LOT of moments with Han. (Ship-savvy)
2. Looks like young Leia. (A lot more than Leia to Padme)
3. Jacen vs Jaina, siblings squaring off
4. "But how come Han and Leia didn't recognize her?" What if Han and Leia gave birth to a girl who "died" during birth, but was actually hidden from them? Switched with a dead baby? Its Dark and morbid but hey, so is killing younglings.

Why I think she's a Kenobi (granddaughter):
1. Obi-Wan's (I think it's him, sounds a lot like Alec Guinness) voice saying "Rey" in the flashback.
2. ACCENT. All Skywalkers don't have an accent. Obi-Wan is the only jedi with an accent.
3. In each trilogy, Obi-Wan uses Jedi Mind tricks, Skywalkers never have. Rey did in the movie.
4. People might argue that Anakin was the central character in Prequels while I think it's actually Obi-Wan. Or they're of equal focus.

Why I think she's a Skywalker (Luke's kid):
1. LIGHTSABER. It called her. It was and forever will be the lightsaber of the Skywalker line.
2. The parallel, child of one Skywalker twin VS child of the other Skywalker twin
3. How it makes sense? I think the flashbacks were in order. At first the Academy was wiped out. Only one left is Luke. So Luke figures, if the dark side finds out he has offspring, that offspring is a prime target, so Luke hides her from danger and places her in Jakku.
4. I think Luke having a child, Rey, is as big of a twist as Vader being Luke's dad. And it will blow fans' minds if a Jedi has offspring, goes against the "rules".
5. Rey Skywalker is pretty bad ass. Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker, Rey/(Kira) Skywalker.


Bottomline:
> The parents that raised her or the parents she remembers arent her biological parents
> It's possible that her memory was wiped or she chooses to forget part of her past
> I think these are the odds for each:
Skywalker: 50% - Solo: 40% - Kenobi: 10%

 

That's a really good spot that I feel bad for not connecting.

 

Using the EU as support is useless. They. Don't. Care.

 

Add
6. Luke = Light, the enlighten one, Rey = Ray = Ray of Light = 'Rey of Luke'

Your Solo theory is a bit stretched and your Kenobi theory... hmm it might be a twist, but an unlikely twist, IMO...

 

Did anyone notice how when Maz asked Han "who the girl is" the scene cut away to finn leaving the castle before han could reply. I wouldn't rule out that Han does know who she is. Personally I think she will be Luke's offspring and that he did hide her for her safety. She was extremely powerful when she fought and Kylo Ren was very drawn to her which makes me think that could possibly mean he is her cousin. In terms of Luke not having a wife etc, could Luke have become so powerful himself that he could create life?

 

Luke = Plagueis confirmed

 

Haha I wouldn't go that far

 

Yeah the fact that Rey and Lukes names are connected can't simply be a coincidence...

 

Rey fighting style is a mirror of Emperor Palpatine. They highlighted the Jabs and only Palpatine does that with the Saber. It is a hint to us. Rey is Palpatines "grand" daughter. Maybe even hidden from him on Jakku. If you watch Palpatine fight Windu again then watch Rey it is a mirror.

 

I still think Rey and Kylo are twins. Crazy theory, but what if Luke was training them both and when Kylo turned Luke told Han and Leia that Kylo killed Rey (to keep her safe from Kylo doing that mind-reading thing on them)? Obviously some hopes to fill, but it would coincide with Kylo's powers and the original splitting of Luke and Leia...

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*edit - "holes" to fill...

 

I think someone erased her memory. Like a total recall scenario. Thats how she can't Remember being trained. I think Han and leia hid her and wiped her memory for her safety.

 

So my belief in that she is Luke's goes beyond what we saw visually with setting/costume/journey. It's the acting and mannerisms that Daisy Ridley put into this character. There are so many profile shots of her that mirrored a lot of Luke profile shots from all of the movies. Another thing that pointed towards this to me was at the end, when Leia says to her "Rey!" (Rey turns) "May the force be with you" and Rey nods and goes along....THIS is exactly the reaction/mannerisms that Luke had when Han said to Luke the same thing...panned out mannerisms the same way. Even a little bit of her fighting style...she used kicks like Luke did. When Kylo brought up the force, she paused and closed her eyes and breathed it in much like Luke did!!!
And that ending scene....just aaaaaaahhhhhhh.......so perfect. The emotion between the two.

Going back...I think Luke may have had a vision of when Kylo (Ben) was going to come to the temple and try and kill the rest of the Jedi in his academy and taken Rey and sent her to Jakku to keep her safe there. I don't knowwwww what to think but it's insane....this movie has given me so much more to think about then I ever imagined!!!!!! AGHGAHAGH

 

I think her memory was wiped by Kylo but I alsoooo think he may have done the same thing to his own memories of her... It would explain why he seemed so drawn to her and emotional and vulnerable in her presence, in a way where it doesn't seem like he fully understands why. We know for sure that his family is a weak spot for him, he had to literally pray to Vader's helmet because he was so troubled by the prospect of facing Han as Snoke had commanded. So I think it wouldn't be a stretch to say that he was once faced with the task of killing a young Rey, who is most likely family, and he couldn't do it. But he couldn't 'fail' his task either, and Snoke needed to believe he'd done it. The solution: erase Rey's memories and leave her on Jakku, then erase his own knowledge of her (or perhaps implant false memories in himself of killing her) - that way Snoke can't pluck that information out of his mind. It might also work well with any theory that Rey is someone he cared for above anything else, and erasing his memories of her is one way of trying to ensure he could never be a threat to her, or Snoke couldn't get to her through him.

...If Rey finds out this is what happened it'd be a pretty cool twist on a level with ESB, and this time a revelation for both characters to throw them off their course.

 

It's possible Han and Leia do indeed recognise her but are keeping their connection to her, and that of her true lineage, a secret, to protect her.
To protect her from Kylo, Snoke, and the First Order; to protect her from the legacy of Vader; and possibly to protect her from Luke himself and maybe even Rey's own power. We've seen how easy it can be for the Skywalkers to descend into chaos and madness.
Perhaps they felt it was not their place to reveal to her who her family is, that choice was up to Luke.

 

Han definitely knew who she was. You can see the guilt on his face when she marvels at Takodana (fantastic acting) and Maz notices that Han knows who she is too. After Han tells her she immediately goes to the Skywalker saber knowing it was calling out to Rey. It's a families lightsaber, it rejected Finn and it rejected Kylo because in the end Kylo is a Solo not a Skywalker (so patriarchal I know).

But Rey isn't Han's daughter. He keeps referring to his son but never says a word about finding his "daughter" which would be a cheap cop out if she was since he obviously knows who she is.

Rey is Luke's daughter, you can see the pain and guilt in his eyes when Rey tried to give him the lightsaber. He left her not to protect her but because he was afraid he would fail her like he feels he failed Ben. I agree with all of the other points connecting her to Luke. Just wanted to add one of my own.

The acting by Ford, Hamill, and Ridley was phenomenal in all of their interactions

 

It seems to be implied in the novelisation that Kylo Ren has some idea of who she really is. Just after Rey force-pulls the lightsaber:

"It is you," Ren murmured. His words unsettled her: not for the first time, he seemed to know more about her than she did about herself.

Later, when Snoke is commanding Hux to bring Kylo Ren to him, instead of saying that he needs to complete Ren's training, he says: "It appears that he may have been right about the girl."

It doesn't confirm that Rey is Luke's daughter, but certainly someone that Kylo has heard about/encountered before.