Crimson_Echidna
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Not going to lie, most theories I've seen regarding Obi Wan being the dad has come from people who are really desperate not to have incest get in the way of their Kylo Ren/Rey ship.
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Daisy Ridley Thought Reys Parentage Was Revealed in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Not going to lie, most theories I've seen regarding Obi Wan being the dad has come from people who are really desperate not to have incest get in the way of their Kylo Ren/Rey ship.
Ok, I laughed
Hero_of_the_Day
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I haven't listened to Abrams commentery on the new blu ray of Force Awakens, but supposedly he says on there that
Kylo has heard something about her before. Exact quote:
"One of the new relationships that we were focusing on was between Kylo Ren and Rey. Theyve never met but he's heard of this girl."
"One of the new relationships that we were focusing on was between Kylo Ren and Rey. Theyve never met but he's heard of this girl."
I'm going to go with he Luke theory.
Not only does she seem to have a peculiar affinity with Luke and Anakin's lightsaber, but her "origin" closely mirror's Luke (Taooine) in more ways than one.
It's not that far fetched to imagine that, being hunted, Luke and her mother left her behind in the most unlikely of places (junkyard), but with someone staying behind and keeping an eye on her from affar (imo Von Sydow's character. Who also happens to have Luke's map). This mirror's Obi Wan staying behind to keep an eye on Luke, and eliminates mostly the "random" factor in many ways (he would live near her camp and the particular junkyard she happens to work at) with BB8, Poe, and Finn, just hapenning to end up near a powerful Force Sensitive Woman who just so happens to be in tune with Luke's weapon.
If she had been one of Luke's students, ad I've read, Kylo would definitely know her, while it would make sense for Luke to isolate her from students who may turn dark. Her parents may have also wished to avoid risking her following in the footsteps of het grandfather.
Not only does she seem to have a peculiar affinity with Luke and Anakin's lightsaber, but her "origin" closely mirror's Luke (Taooine) in more ways than one.
It's not that far fetched to imagine that, being hunted, Luke and her mother left her behind in the most unlikely of places (junkyard), but with someone staying behind and keeping an eye on her from affar (imo Von Sydow's character. Who also happens to have Luke's map). This mirror's Obi Wan staying behind to keep an eye on Luke, and eliminates mostly the "random" factor in many ways (he would live near her camp and the particular junkyard she happens to work at) with BB8, Poe, and Finn, just hapenning to end up near a powerful Force Sensitive Woman who just so happens to be in tune with Luke's weapon.
If she had been one of Luke's students, ad I've read, Kylo would definitely know her, while it would make sense for Luke to isolate her from students who may turn dark. Her parents may have also wished to avoid risking her following in the footsteps of het grandfather.
Easy. Luke dropped her off with some people he knows to raise her. Those two people would be her parents, just as an adopted person would call the people that adopted them their parents.
Luke would still be the sperm donor.
He heard about her because that one officer told him a girl hijacked the Falcon, then Snoke talked about the Awakening.
The more important part is that he never met her before.
Yes I'm sure the actress who is playing the character, and who would have worked in numerous scripts, shot scenes with context the audience might not have, is talking out of her ass when she says something was obvious to her but not anyone else. Amazing logic.
Also, there are quite a number of hints in the visions and flashbacks which suggest Obiwan. So...
Obliterator
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I feel pretty confident if she's related to anyone it's Obi-Wan
Lifejumper
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Who will carry on the skywalker line if kylo dies? Isnt star wars about the skywalkers? I guess they could redeem Kylo...
chrisPjelly
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Hahahaha
Lor San Tekka got the map from the Sacred Order of Ramulus which used the Great Eye of Kalur to form it. He's probably not on Jakku because of Rey but because of the weird religious mystical stuff on Jakku that the books have been hinting at, since he's a member of the Church of the Force.
Unless Rey is tied to that, of course.
Hero_of_the_Day
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I think there's more to it than that. Why does the mention of a girl helping Finn immediately peak his interest? Why does he go into the woods for her while everyone else attacks Maz's place? Why doesn't he torture her like he does Poe, calling her his guest and revealing his face to her?
I think there's something special about her that he had heard of.
There is zero chance he isn't redeemed by the end. Zero. If he lives or not is the question. They even started setting his redemption up in this one with him being torn, and Leia sensing good in him still. So, at least they're not going to pull it out of their asses like they did with Vader in Jedi.
Back-In-Black
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You made all that up didn't you?
Obliterator
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I don't hate the Luke theory but it just seems super obvious. Now not everything has to be this elaborate complex secret or anything but that just seems like it's almost too predictable.
Then again this movie also featured essentially yet another Death Star.
Then again this movie also featured essentially yet another Death Star.
What if Obiwan had a fling once and had a daughter he didn't know abuot, and said daughter at one point had a fling with Han Solo, and they had a daughter he didn't know about, and this daughter finally had a fling with Luke Skywalker, and had a daughter he didn't know about.
Rey Obi-wan Solo Skywalker.
Rey Obi-wan Solo Skywalker.
D1renegade
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This. It would be some real 'circle is complete' shit.
Luke: "When I left you I was the learner, now I'm the deadbeat father".
Escape Goat
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Ben Larry Steve Obi Wan Kenobi
Jest Chillin
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Thr Force has, generally, been shown to be genetic. Han and Leia (nor Chewie) seem to acknowledge her as family and Maz knows about her but tells her that her family abandoned her and that she should give up on them and instead seek Luke (insinuating he is not her family). During the Force Vision she has Obi Wan's voice (at both young and old versions) tell her that her path is just begun.
The reason why people think Obi Wan is a strong possibility IF she isn't directly related to Skywalkers is because Obi Wan has been a central character in relation to the Skywalkers since their story began. He was essentially Anakin's older brother and Luke's Uncle. He played a larger role in the Skywalker story than anyone else that isn't a Skywalker.
He also said the Luke's sexuality hasn't been revealed. Hamill has been around these types of theories long enough that he knows how to tease and entice fans. Anything he hints or suggests is grain of salt territory until it's revealed as canon through the story.
Why would they show zero reaction to her then...
AuthenticM
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She's the daughter of that woman from Rogue One.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Trigonometrize.
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Star Wars is no stranger to retconning past conversations to pull twist family relationships.
CassidyIzABeast
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Mon Mothma got Luke blasted off space drugs and drank. 9 months later little Rey was born.
Freshmaker
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I'd think the simplest explanation would be that after Kylo crapped on the new Jedi order, Luke took the last survivor (his daughter) and hid her away before retiring to exile himself.
Given her less than coincidental find of Luke's lightsaber (much like the ice cave that had old Spock in it) and JJ Abram's illogical and rather annoying fixation on "it's just fate!" I could easily see Ren being Luke's daughter.
Rey was dropped off on Jakku before Ben turned to the dark side. He didn't switch sides until at most 6 years before TFA.
Freshmaker
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Pfft. Then Luke had a force vision.
Plausible, but then you'd think he could've stopped Ben!
Yes but who is the mom
bonesmccoy
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I figure she's an orphan, but connected to the Church of the Force folks in some way. Hidden after Ben goes postal in Luke's academy.
Leia would know if Luke had a kid. Han would've known.
Leia would know if Luke had a kid. Han would've known.
They knew and they think she's dead, just like everyone else. Han didn't even know she had Force powers. If she's Luke's kid Leia probably figured out in TFA and sent her to Luke for that very reason. "Look, you deadbeat, here's your stupid kid, now get off your ass and help save the galaxy."
Still doesn't explain why they don't embrace her as a daughter.
It's not a Padme situation where the parents don't know the daughter exists, she was left deliberately on that planet.
You'd figure one or both of them would say "oh shit sorry for leaving you on that planet, good to have you back".
Escape Goat
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Lando and Leia maybe
ProtomanNeo
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She HAS to be a Skywalker. That only leaves a few possibilities.
She's Luke's daughter
She's Leia's daughter
She's a clone
She's a new "chosen one" birth
She's Luke's daughter
She's Leia's daughter
She's a clone
She's a new "chosen one" birth
Back-In-Black
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Why? Even if you believe SW can only be about the Skywalkers we already have one in the new films, Kylo Ren.
Hero_of_the_Day
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If she is their daughter, there was a reason for her being sent away from them. Revealing it to her could undo whatever good it has done for all we know.
Again, she hears multiple voices. Why are people so hung up on hearing his? Of the choices of her being Luke's, Leia's, simply an orphan, or a Kenobi, being a Kenobi is the least likely.
I think that's the Pokedex entry for the shiny version of Stormtropper.
So, Stormtrooper
Damn, that was one entirely worthless character.
How about Luke and Lando?
CloudyTuba
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Perhaps that's why she was sent of to that planet?
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