Unkar Plutt and Young Rey

All of these things make sense, but didn't the novelization say the attack on the Academy was twenty years ago, before Rey was even born? That throws a monkey wrench into a lot of things.

 

Did the novelization say that? I don't remember reading that part, where was it?

 

There's an article about the novelization on the SWNN front page written by Pomojema. He says there are two spots in the novel where it refers to the Academy attack being twenty years ago, which surprised me because I thought Mark had said it was ten years ago (though I guess actors aren't always privy to what writers think 100% of the time). So I bought the book myself and haven't come to that part yet but I've no reason to doubt Pomo.

Edit: Oops, it wasn't Pomojema who wrote it, it was Kyle. Sorry.

 

The numbers don't add up. Hidalgo says Ren is 30 yrs old and was born shortly after the events of ROTJ. If the attack on the Academy was 20-24 yrs before the events of TFA then Ren would have been 6-10 yrs old. Which would mean he was a kid also and the Kylo Ren we see in flashback is not the same Kylo Ren we see in TFA

 

Perhaps Snoke sent a women to seduce Luke and have his child. Why, so he can train that child to help him destroy Luke. When it's time to give up the child she can't go through with it and leaves Rey on Jakku termporary. But something happens, maybe Snoke caught up with her and killed her.

 

You mean this article by Kyle?

"There is an emotional moment for Han when he calls to his son for the first time, asking him to take off his Kylo Ren-visage, and he sees the son he knew as a grown man for the first time. This passage backs up a statement made earlier in the book, that the destruction of Luke’s Jedi training academy or school occurred approximately twenty-years prior to TFA. "

I just re read that whole part and I don't see any reference to the academy attack. I don't remember seeing any reference to that date in any part of the novel. Would you mind sharing with us on which part you found that @Kyle ?

 

Rey is 19 in TFA. The 'Star Wars TFA Visual Dictionary' says so. As Rey has been on Jakku since the age of 5, that means Rey has lived on Jakku for 14 years.
Presumably, this also means R2-D2 was in sleep-mode for 14 years too.

 

Does is specifically say in the visual dictionary that she was 5 when she was left on Jakku?

 

No, but both JJ and Daisy said that. IIRC the only thing the Visual Dictionary says is that Rey made that little pilot doll when she was 10 so technically the only "canon" information is that she was on Jakku already when she was 10.

 

Yep, that's it, thanks. I edited my post to reflect the correction.
I couldn't find the reference either, but I have only skimmed the book so far.

 

Yes, I need to change this back to approximately 15 years ago. 20 years was incorrect. I made the connection due to Rey's age in the flashback and Han having not seen his son as a grown man. Rey, 4-5 years old, Ben Solo 14-15 years old, at the time of the Jedi massacre. I didn't mean to imply there was a a specific timeline.

 

Is it possible that Rey is actually Leia and Han's daughter who they thought had been killed? There is no dialogue as far as I remember between Leia and Rey after she comes back to the rebel base, but a very motherly and familiar hug... Considering Rey spends her entire time with Han who is not force sensitive, he would not consider that she might be his daughter apart from having an immediate affinity with her, and why would he think this stranger was his dead daughter grown up? It would all be easier than her being Luke's daughter. PTSD might be too easy a plot device though...

 

There is a story to be told with PLUTT and REY. I'll assume PLUTT got paid to take care of REY but when she was old enough she was on her own.

This probably will be in future book adventures of REY.
We still have to see how she knows the falcon and where the gunner position was.?

 

Did anybody see the tweets by pablo Hidalgo recently that said the attack on the academy wasnt as far back as 20 years? He didnt clarify the date but made it sound like Lukes disappearance and the destruction of the academy was much more recent than even like 15 years, more like 5.

 

This is explained in the movie, she was very familiar with the falcon, she even knew some of the modifications Plutt had done on the ship.

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I think Ben Solo knows Rey, because they were both trained by Luke at his new academy. I think they are brother & sister, and when Ben Solo turned, Leia left her on Jakku under the watchful eye of Lor. It was for her protection from Ben/Kylo. Kylo never knew what had become of Rey since the destruction of the Academy. That's why he is surprised to see her, and that she is a scavenger.