SPOILER The focus of this new Trilogy is...

You are right! Every previous "Skywalker" and descendant of a "Skywalker" just magically disappears! Yay!

 

They did not disappears, they are ancestors, relatives.

 

Rey Skywalker makes sense to me if they really want to differentiate from the EU. Since they're already going with the Jacen Solo character, I think they may have been reluctant to do the Jaina character too. The ~10 age difference between Kylo and Rey also makes more sense to me if they're cousins over siblings.

 

If Rey is "Rey Skywalker" and she has a child/children without being married, they would have the Skywalker name. I think one way or another, the Skywalker name will live on with someone.

 

Maybe the SST, if they make one, will move the story past the Skywalker family, but doubtful. If they make 3 trilogies about Skywalkers why change it for the last one?

I do agree though, they need to make change to keep the series fresh. I don't know how much I would like another trilogy starting out with a Skywalker on a desert planet that happens to get caught up in something and needs to fulfill their destiny.

 

I hope that if they will do another trilogy after episode 9 they'll release it like 10 years after episode 9 (so about 2029), and in the meanwhile release anthology movies and maybe a trilogy about the old republic, in this way the could keep on focusing on the Skywalkers in the saga films, but without boring fans giving them the same type of characters again and again

 

For me the Star Wars Saga was always about the Skywalkers and I'm happy that they will be about the Skywalkers in the future. I think Rey will be Lukes daughter and and I'm looking forward seeing our new hero kicking some serious ass in the ST.

 

I was thinking the same thing about after they finish this trilogy the do a few movies about the old republic before continuing the Skywalker story. It would be a great way to keep things fresh and giving everyone something new that they have not seen yet in anything other then a video game.

 

Her childrens also can have name Skywalker even if she is married, if they go with Naboo tradition.

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Star Wars saga is about Skywalker family.
There would be new heroes, new families, but in spin-off movies.
Saga is Skywalker story.

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I see your point. So far force users were a trouble in Galaxy.

All the worst events in the Galaxy were initiated by force users.

 

So maybe the rumors of Solo's daughter in 8 are true...

 

I'm, not so sure.

I think there is a powerful symbolism connected with coming from a harsh and desolate environment and how it shapes your perceptions and your character.

Self reliance, awareness of the world around you, and forces more powerful than yourself.

If you have ever spent any time in a desert wilderness, it changes your thinking very quickly.

I have no problem seeing how these themes recur through the generations. Not to mention the other theme of growing up without a biological father.

 

ABC News, which is part of Disney Co., posted the following article on their website. It doesn't provide any new information, but it's still interesting to see that they're at the very least implicitly acknowledging that the upcoming saga is about the Skywalker family.

 

The only thing that still brings me back to Rey solo is that "solitary" hint Ridley gave. It just seems too obvious that it would refer to Solo, but on the other hand, we have seen other cast members nearly have heart attacks because they revealed tiny unimportant things. It would just be weird that Ridley was allowed to give such a huge thing with KK next to her, about a mystery they are trying hard to keep secret..

 

Just going to throw this out there to make you guys scratch your heads a little since you all think Rey is Luke's only child. We really can't assume anything at this. But I will say that it has been strongly implied from the get go that our main protagonist and antagonist are related. It has also been implied that when these two crossed paths, their lives would both change forever. It think this trilogy will be a coming-of-age story for both Kylo and Rey whether brother and sister or as cousins. It is an interesting dynamic that I think will make on-screen magic for years to come.




I can't find the pic the 2nd piece of concept art was from. But you've all probably seen it.

 

I did not prove your point and you didnt understand what I meant. Supose I was female, the same principle could aply and even if I got married I could choose to keep my mother's name and even pass it on to my children.
So your whole "if Skywalker has a kid it must be a boy!" argument isnt reliable. And most evidence now points towards the fact that Rey is Luke's daughter.

 

I have said it before. Perhaps to snarky before. Yoda viewed Leia as a Skywalker despite having another name. Any child of hers would be carry the Skywalker blood, or mitoclorians or connection to the force.

All this talk of marriage and name transfer is irrelevant. Yoda who is not speculating he is actually in the films. He usually carries some pretty heavy weight when he speaks.

Any grandchild of Anakin is significant to the carrying on of the family story. The Hapsburgs ruled most of Europe by marrying off kids to other countries not everyone keep the Hapsburg name but they were able to extend their family influence.

I think anyone would be wise to defer to Jedi Master Yoda on things if Leia who no longer bears the label Skywalker is still a Skywalker than her daughter is a Skywalker.

 

Leia is a Skywalker because she is born as such. Her childrens, grandchildrens, grandgrandchildrens ects.. would not be consider Skywalkers if they do not bear that name. They would be Anakin descendants. But Anakin descendants is not equal Skywalker.
They would be Skywalkers only ih Leia would give them Skywalker name.

Actualy it would be totaly unfair to call them Skywalkers ( to their given name ) if they do not bear that name. If they are indeed Solo, then they are Solos.
Or Solo is like totaly unimportant last name to people here.

People here are mixing people who are relatives with Last name.

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As for House of Habsburg, that is not good example for your point.

Only people who beared the family name Habsburg were considerd as Habsburg. As can be seen in the official Habsburg family tree.
These relatives to them were sister families, or branches like House of Kyburg.

In Europe custom was if last person who bears family name dies, that family is extinct even if relatives, descendants exist.
Family Habsburg officially extinct in 18 century, although their descendants still existed with different name.

 

So Leia who did not bear the name was a Skywalker but everyone else would need to have the name. It really doesn't follow. I mean you are proposing that the story be bound to earth naming conventions. When all that needs to be said is that Rey is the grand daughter of Skywalker.

I like Luke too but that does not mean that only he carries the Skywalker Line.

Regardless of what way we think it works the writers get to make their own choices.