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SPECULATION The Connection Between Rey and Ben.

Discussion in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' started by BB-Rey, Feb 12, 2017.

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What Is Their Connection?

  1. Cousins

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  2. Siblings

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  3. Cousins and Balancing of the Force

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  4. Siblings and Balancing of the Force

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  5. No Biological Connection and Balancing of the Force

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  6. None of the Above

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    OK, gotcha. Thanks!
     
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    I think Rey is Kylo's light and Kylo is Rey's darkness.
     
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    "I'm not giving you anything" (a kiss ?)
    "We'll see" (in Episode 8/9 ?)

    "You see the echo of where all is gonna go. It's like poetry, they rhyme" a certain George Lucas.
     
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    I'm still trying to figure out if there was supposed to be something between Rey and Finn in TFA. It kind of sounds like there was something but there was literally zero chemistry between them.
     
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    Rey to Finn "Thank you my friend"

    "I loved the developing romance between your character, Finn and Rey in “The Force Awakens.” How is that romance evolving in the next chapter?

    Boyega: I mean, we didn’t establish a romance in seven; we never played it that way. Daisy and I, we’re friends.

    So there’s no romance?

    Boyega: Yes, Finn and Rey – they’re just friends. Finn is a storm trooper, so he doesn’t really know what’s going on. So the romance thing is something that’s going to be interesting in the next installment. It’s not going to go the way you think it’s going to go."

    http://variety.com/2016/film/news/star-wars-episode-viii-darker-bigger-john-boyega-1201774027/

    According to Rey and John Boyega it's only friendship.
     
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    Wow, ok great find. Thanks!
    I've just read a few things from the commentary where JJ suggested Rey was taken by Finn or whatever - but I din't buy into that when watching the film.
    I'm glad they're just friends because there wasn't any other kind of chemistry there. That highlighted quote is interesting as well - another indication of ReyLo.
     
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    Another interesting quote from John Boyega:
    For those not familiar with the series, Adam Sackler starts out as a repulsive character who later redeems himself through his love for the main character. Not saying that this is what's going to happen with Kylo but interesting that Boyega draws a parallel between the two.
     
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    Interesting similarities between the 2 characters...
     
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    Rey is the part of love in Vader's heart aka Ben Solo.

    It's more than a romance, it's metaphysical.
     
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    Siblings!

    If our main Jedi, Rey is all caught up and entangled with Romance I'll be way disappointed!

    Love sure, like familial love, but I hope she destined for greater things that a romance story. We need a real female lead, our new Luke Skywalker, JEDI KNIGHT.

    Save the galaxy, not save some guys heart!

    I'm not against some love story's thrown in, like Finn and Kelly, Poe and x.

    But Rey! No thanks. I want her to be bigger than that, more important than a romance story.
     
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    save the heart, save the galaxy.

    whatever their relationship, familial or not, love is likely going to play into this.
    not mushy romance, but actual, you know, love.
    love for humanity. love for goodness. love for love's sake.

    i don't understand why people are threatened by this.
    it's like human beings can't just care about each other without bringing all kinds of assumptions and agendas into it.
    and worse, it suggests a compassionate, forgiving Rey is somehow weak.

    i think a character without compassion, without mercy, without love is weak.
    i want my female hero to be better than us--like Luke was:
    above pettiness, above anger, hatred, and narrow-minded thinking; full of hope, love, and a desire to heal.
     
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    Precisely this. We know already from the novelisation of TFA that Snoke attempted to persuade Rey into killing Kylo, which she was absolutely in a position to do, but Rey chose not to (which reflects Luke's choice in ROTJ somewhat, SO MANY PARALLELS).

    I personally don't buy into the idea of "Reylo", simply because I don't think there's enough to point me towards into buying into the idea. If it is further explored or hinted at in TLJ, then I'll probably buy into it, but it will be interesting to see what type of relationship they could have: I can't imagine Luke would want to kill his own nephew after saving his father from the Dark Side (regardless of what he may have done in the past), which may mean that he's effectively training Rey to do what he think he can't (kill Kylo), which is an interesting dichotomy seeing as Rey just made the choice not to. Then again, I don't think Luke will even peep down that rabbit hole, and after the events of ROTJ I highly doubt that Kenobi and Yoda are trying to talk him into killing his own nephew.

    Returning to the idea of Reylo, though, it's interesting to note that Ben/Kylo, due to his lineage, sees himself as a sort of "Prince of the Galaxy" (which might have pushed his hatred towards Han further: on one hand, his mother is a galaxy-renowned senator, as was his grandmother, and his grandfather once ruled the Galaxy - albeit at the Emperor's side - and his uncle is the last surviving Jedi, whereas his father is just a smuggling scoundrel) as alluded to in the TFA Visual Guide, which is interesting in parallel to Rey's position as a scavenger.

    Personally, I think the ST goes one of a few ways: Snoke wins out to set up the next trilogy, the trilogy ends with the start of a galactic war with Snoke still in charge of TFO (or, perhaps, Kylo kills him and takes a seat at the top of TFO's hierarchy) or the heroes win out, in which case, Kylo probably helped to some extent and isn't killed during a fight to redeem himself as Vader did, so perhaps Reylo is a possibility. It's certainly one way of having the Skywalker lineage continue (if Rey isn't a Skywalker) for future films.
     
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    Your twisting what I said.

    Of course there will be love and compassion, that's the whole point of the originals.

    I just don't want Rey to be tied up in a romance plot. I wish for her to be every bit the Jedi Knight we saw in Luke. Devoting her life to saving the Galaxy.
     
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    i don't mean to twist anything. i'm just saying it doesn't have to be a romance plot. and that saving Ben is part of saving this galaxy.
     
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    I see the potential for "Reylo", but I doubt it would be a romance plot. Imo if it was to happen, Kylo's feelings for Rey would be made clear, but Rey would only reciprocate at the very end (if at all).
     
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    I don't have an issue with Raylo per sa, what I take issue with is Kylo Ren, a proven cold blooded killer, maniac and father killer being the last remaining Skywalker, this is the final legacy of our beloved Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamil, Hayden Christiansen.

    Rey is amazing, she is the saving grace of there legacy, and the reason, for me, that she Needs to be family.

    That's just my opinion!
     
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    All the more reason for him to redeemed, so he can join Hayden in that redemption and save the legacy. ;)

    See, to me Rey already is family. She's been accepted as family, whatever her last name might turn out to be. :)
     
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    Hayden didn't save his legacy for me, Hamil did. Rey = Luke in the ST.

    To me, that's not enough, adopted Rey random. Rey must be the saving grave of the legacy.
     
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    OK, Rey can help save Fisher/Hamil/Christensen's legacy in Ben. I'm not picky. She is the heroine. :D
     
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    Evidently, I am :)
     
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