What if your Rey theory is wrong?

I'm sure I like it regardless, but I know extra love will be given if she is Vaders grandchild.

 

So just for fun, Here's my theory, not necessarily original. And if it's wrong, that's ok! It's just a theory. Rey is a personification of the Force. In 'The Force Awakens' Rey began to discover (awaken to) her raw, powerful abilities. She is connected to the Skywalkers because the Skywalker line was conceived by the Force to bring balance. Luke wants to end the Jedi because their understanding of the Force is incomplete, as was the Sith, and any other group who side completely with one side or the other. This is why Luke's academy was destroyed, because the cycle repeats without balance.

 

Yeah, I thought it was funny too. And I'd be happy with either in the end. Rey Nobody sends a great message, but Rey Kenobi is poetic. I'd rather have the great message, but if not, the fairy tale type of story that Rey Kenobi would imply would work too. And I'm almost sure they'll go with the fairy tale. They don't really have a choice, Rey's origin was the biggest mystery of TFA (their own fault with all the red herrings), and they know that many fans would be very disappointed if she turned out to not be related to any main character. So (most likely) Rey Kenobi it is.

 

As long as it makes sense and doesn't contradict that which came before, I'm fine with it. At this moment in time though, I think a better story can be told if she isn't related + I have no idea how TFA couldn't be badly damaged if she is a Solo.

 

If my Rey theory is wrong I'm suing her mother for all the child support I've paid since we left her on Jakku.

 

Well, I won't be upset if my theory* is wrong, I'm open-minded. But if the truth is disappointing - that's a different story. Skywalker, Kenobi, Palpatine... Please, no. I respect the theories, but I would prefer it if she stood on her own as a character. I agree, however, that if written well, even a theory I may not buy now could turn out satisfying.

*My theory is that she was hidden on Jakku so that her potentially dangerous power wasn't discovered (perhaps temporarily). I think it's possible Luke left her there and altered her memory. Maybe Ben's turn happened when Luke was away dealing with Rey in secret. Plus, I though it would be interesting if Kylo was Snoke's "plan B" because he wanted Rey, but couldn't locate her. Anyway, I think the "shocking revelation of the past" they're teasing might be related to her past.

 

i don't really have a Rey theroy, i've never been one for picking apart the force awakens looking for clues becuase its seemed all along that they had no idea who Rey was at that point...... all i'm hoping is that its a good film with some interesting ideas that surprises me and isnt' a re-tread of Empire Strikes Back

 

Ok.....

I have stated many times on y Rey should be a Skywalker (or clone of 1). If my "theory" is rong I'd b highly disappointed.

GL changes his mind on alot of things like rather if he wanted 6 movies 9 or 12 but as i sed on other threads, since TESB, GL has said the main story is about the Skywalker family. Not the Kenobis, not the Tarkins or Dookus or Snokes.

Like it or not with the passing of CF & with the lives of LS & KR "UNDECIDED" there could be no living Skywalkers come episode 10.

It's like if i was going to make a film about Midde-Earth dwarves & not have any of Durrin the Deathless kin in it.

 

Rey Random sucks the most.

She is more powerful than Vaders grandson, gets Luke's sword and Han's ship, and isn't a clone, reincarnation, etc...or family.

She's just the random girl who gets all the powers, all the stuff, and is uber awesome for no reason.

THAT would ruin everything that's come before in the previous 7 films.

Only thing worse than Rey Random is - Rey Random who hooks up with Ben for ReyLo to defeat Luke Skywalker who is evil/crazy.

Pisses all over Star Wars proper.

(Yet, alarmingly, there seems to be a strong number of fans on SWNN who want to see exactly that!)

 

I completely agree with that. We don't need another "how did Vader not recognize Leia despite several scenes with her in A New Hope" scenario.

 

i disagree it does not matter.

 

I think that people who won't accept that the contents of the movie will not correspond with their own head canon should leave the cinema with ashes on their head
You know how these people are, if Rey turns out to be a Skywalker and not a Kenobi they are going to hate the film because it does not match their own hopes and expectations. Most people are probably not mature enough to accept the writer and director's vision for what it is and respect the intentions behind it.

 

unfortunately we are bound to get inconsistencies like that becuase like with the original trilogy their was no set plan when they started this trilogy.

the reason we got things like Leia snogging Luke, "from a certain point of view" and vader not recognising leia.... was becuase when Lucas starting writing the trilogy he had no idea Luke and Leia are brother and sister and Vader was their father.

And we are going to have similar problems with this trilogy becuase when Abrams starting writing it, he had no idea who Reys parents where, who Snoke is, Why Luke is on an island....... and when you make a film like that and then have to figure out these kind of major plot points its hard to tally them up completely with what has gone before.

We just have to hope that like with the original trilogy the films are so good we don't mind the inconsistencies to much.

 

Rey's parents were in episode VII but she did not discovered them already. this is the complete statement of JJ-Abrams

Rey's parents (plural) were not revealed in episode VII, Rey didn't discover her parents in The Force Awakens. ... they may have been in her world already but she didn't descovered it jet.

Case is solved .Rey Solo

 

This is funny that a 4h grade sentence went to be "clarified".

 

There are really only two theories that I will not be thrilled with ( if the story is good, I will accept them with hesitation) and those are the Rey is a clone of some sort or she is a reincarnation of Anakin. Most of the other theories I am fine with. The story is what is most important to me.

 

This was covered extensively at the time -

JJ was asked a question by a fan (a young boy) at a Q&A event, “Who are Rey’s parents?”

He answered that it wasn’t his responsibility because “Rey’s parents aren’t in Episode 7”.

This caused a high reaction on Twitter (it was very shortly after the release of TFA) “Oh! Rey is NOT a Skywalker!” because that’s where all the chatter was at the time.

And it must’ve gotten back to him, because near the end of the same event, just an hour or so later, he clairified:

“Rey’s parents were not revealed in VII. So they are not dealt with on VII. They may already be in her world but she hasn’t discovered them yet.”

Which does sound a lot like Rey Solo.

Another quote later on was “We moved the Rey stuff to Episode 8. We already had one big family reveal (with Kylo) and so we pushed that into VIII for Rian to deal with.”

Which sounds like - the first part of this trilogy was always intended to introduce a brother/sister dynamic and move the story forward...

But they cut it out. Maybe because they changed it to ReySky or Rey Random?

To me, lots of things (like the Leia hug) show that they originally intended Rey solo.

Whether or not they changed it half-way through, remains to be seen.