SPECULATION Will Rey and Finn get a Last Name/Surname by the end of the Sequel Trilogy?

I think Finn's place in the Resistance will be well settled by TLJ (although I thought it had been settled in TFA) but god knows what they'll do with him in IX.

As for his last name, I think you're putting far too much emphasis on family in regards to Finn. Yes, finding a family is very important to Rey and will undoubtedly give her a surname (adopted or blood related) but, as you say, for Finn family isn't the issue. For Finn, giving him a last name is about identity. It completes his transformation into a fully fledged individual away from his past as a FO stormtrooper.

To me it just seems like the obvious thing that Finn will eventually gain a surname, a legacy one or a brand new one (I suspect the latter).

 

I agree that he's already found his place in the Resistance, I think, but The Last Jedi will solidify it a bit more because he had limited interaction with key characters in the Resistance (like Leia) in The Force Awakens.

I see what you're saying. It's possible that, in his mind, he's already found an identity with the name "Finn," and that alone, I think, has allowed him to become someone more than just a stormtrooper. However, I also understand what you're saying. It feels weird for him to not have a last name, but he also has already been given an identity beyond his past with the First Order because Poe gave him his name. If he does take on a last name, I feel like it'll be a brand new one too, but I don't know how they'd go about including it. I feel like it needs to kind of fit into the story and there needs to be a good reason why they're giving him a surname and why he feels like he needs one.

 

With my luck at such things we will learn everything including Finn's full real name in the first 10 minutes of the film.

 

I believe that both characters will learn their true identical, including their real names eventually. Finn obviously has a made up name, and Rey's name is actually written in aurebesh on the side of the helmet that she wears when we first meet her on TFA. So it may be true that she doesn't even know her name either.

 

Thinking about it, it would be strange for Finn to not at least try and find his family, Perhaps there isn't a place for it within the ST story but it strikes me as something anyone would at least try to do. If this story is sidelined, then it sort of shows how pointless his character is.

 

And do a SW version of Lion or Finding Dory but with even less starting information and no connection to these people except for their genes? In case of these two films such a plot made sense because both Dory and Saroo shared some emotional bond with them but in Finn's case there's no bond. Also, Saroo and Dory were actively interested in seeking their parents, while Finn has embraced the fact that they're most likely gone, so why would he do a 180 on this issue? Besides, how does his lack of search for his parents make him a pointless character? Daddy and mummy issues weren't in any way part of Finn's character arc. He's already over them.

 

Not seeking his parents isn't what makes him pointless - but his role in TFA was pretty vacuous and inexplicable in places. I'd personally have merged him with Poe's character and given him a stronger arc. But in terms of his search for his parents - Finn knows he was taken away from his folks as a kid and if only for the sake of those who brought him into the galaxy, wouldn't he seek them out? To sideline that and not have him go on such a journey, to me, shows the fact he is just a shell of a character. The only reason you say that "he is over his parent issues" is because he isn't a strong character.

 

Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's burgers, had no desire 2 find his biological family. Finn not wanting 2 track then down is not unusual.

 

Yep that would be a good spot to start revealing some spoilers.

 

If their birth names are never revealed they will take on the names of their mentors. Rey will likely choose Skywalker or Solo while Finn will likely choose Dameron or Organa.

 

Or he could just research his initial induction into the First Order to find his real name and family whereabouts.