The Force Awakens Daisy Ridley as Rey - Part 1

[Visualiza]

It's so blatantly obvious that Rey is Luke's daughter that the only other path I could see them going is her being Luke's clone or something

I really hope they don't go that route. It's a bit arbitrary of me to say, but I generally think that cloning only works when there's an existential or otherwise philosophical subtext at play.

 

[TX85]

If Rey is Luke's daughter, does he know? When he turns around he doesn't seem to recognize her or like if the force is telling him something. He just focuses on the lightsabre and doesn't look up like'you...!?'

 

[Tacit Ronin]

It would be awesome, daring and unexpected if she is related to no one. Just a powerful force sensitive person like Anakin.

The twist at the sequel could be an inversion of ESB. She asks Luke if he is her father. He says no.

"Are you my father?"

"No. That's impossible".

 

[godisawesome]

If Rey is Luke's daughter, does he know? When he turns around he doesn't seem to recognize her or like if the force is telling him something. He just focuses on the lightsabre and doesn't look up like'you...!?'

Rey's entire history is pretty much completely shrouded, and while her force vision implies she witnessed the massacre of Luke's students at the hands of the Knights of Ren, her apparent premonition of a confrontation on Starkiller and later vision of Luke's abode implies she may very well have no knowledge of their connection if any exists.

The only sequence that does seem to be a confirmed bit of flashback is the bit where we see lil' Rey being left on Jakku, apparently being pulled away by the fat scavenger guy. She doesn't give any clues herself that she knows Luke's her father, even though she knows who he is and what his legend is. And she's already got that "Imperial/classic British actor accent," even as a kid...

I'm thinking that there's a good chance that we may discover Luke had a kid with a woman like Mara Jade, someone with a core worlds background who would be capable of leaving her daughter behind in the wake of Snoke apparently twisting Ben to the dark side. If it was Mara, it's possible she'd leave Rey behind while she tries to "fix" the problem herself, and then falls in combat or something.

 

[Brother Jack]

It would be awesome, daring and unexpected if she is related to no one. Just a powerful force sensitive person like Anakin.

The twist at the sequel could be an inversion of ESB. She asks Luke if he is her father. He says no.

"Are you my father?"

"No. That's impossible".

I hope that will be the case with Finn. But there's no way Rey isn't apart of the Skywalker lineage.

 

[danoyse]

Those Millennium Falcon toy pictures I posted on Twitter have now been re-tweeted 26 times. I’m blowing up Twitter!

 

[Visualiza]

I hope that will be the case with Finn. But there's no way Rey isn't apart of the Skywalker lineage.

Seems like that much has been established. Finn doesn't appear to have any hangups about his family.

 

[X Knight]

If Rey is Luke's daughter, does he know? When he turns around he doesn't seem to recognize her or like if the force is telling him something. He just focuses on the lightsabre and doesn't look up like'you...!?'

no. it felt like he knew her, like he has seen someone he thought long dead or missing.

and the look on Rey's face felt like she had finally found someone she's been waiting her whole life for. more than just some strange man she's only heard about in myths and legends.

at least that's the impression I got.

 

[Sithborg]

Yeah, that wasn't the face of meeting a legend. That was finally finding her family.

 

[DarthMuppet]

no. it felt like he knew her, like he has seen someone he thought long dead or missing.

and the look on Rey's face felt like she had finally found someone she's been waiting her whole life for. more than just some strange man she's only heard about in myths and legends.

at least that's the impression I got.

Exactly! Both of them are on the verge of tears. Luke looks as though he is shocked Rey is still alive and standing in front of him. Rey looks to be having a moment of realization, as if seeing Luke has triggered an oncoming flood of memories... most of which she probably doesn't yet fully understand. For the first time in her life, there is meaning and purpose. Based on that scene alone, there is no way the two of them are strangers. Though nothing is 100% certain at this point, that scene almost explicitly spells out that Luke is Rey's father.

 

[X Knight]

Luke's face felt like a sad version of: "It's you! You're alive or You've come back!!"

Rey's face felt like: "I've found you! Or, is it really you who I've been looking for?"

I can't remember if Rey was actually crying, but if not it felt like she was on the verge of tears.

those were pretty intense faces filled with pain, sadness, confusion, and searching on both Luke and Rey. couple that with the score in the background, with the new Jedi Steps theme ( majestic yet tinged with sadness ) leading into the Force theme at the end.

it's not like: "Hey Mr. Legendary Luke Skywalker! Here's your lightsaber back!"

 

[Lead Cenobite]

I'd like it if Rey were just a former apprentice/youngling who somehow blocked out her experiences before arriving on Jakku. It would help explain how she picked up her force powers so fast.

 

[Herolee10]

If Rey does turn out to be Luke's daughter, I hope they have a scene in Episode 8 where Rey kind of breaks down and asks why Luke left her on Jakku, all on her own.

It could really prove to be a real tearjerker scene if done right.

 

[DarthMuppet]

If Rey does turn out to be Luke's daughter, I hope they have a scene in Episode 8 where Rey kind of breaks down and asks why Luke left her on Jakku, all on her own.

It could really prove to be a real tearjerker scene if done right.

Spoiler

I'm pretty sure it wasn't Luke that left Rey on Jakku. Luke's expression when he sees Rey looks more to me like he thought she was dead and can't believe that she isn't, not "Oh crap... you found me!". During her vision, one of the Knights of Ren is about to attack her before being stabbed from behind by Kylo, who then walks towards her. It then cuts to her as a child on Jakku, watching a ship fly away. That, along with the fact that Kylo nearly kills a FO officer when he mentions that Finn and BB-8 escaped Jakku with "a girl"(and then demands, "WHAT GIRL?"), at least to me, suggests that Kylo is the one responsible for Rey being dropped on Jakku without her memory of her life before that, and a seemingly programmed directive to wait until a set of non-existent parents return for her. In the novel, it's also explicitly stated that Kylo knows WHO Rey is. I think the most likely scenario is that, for whatever reason(likely because there WAS still good in him at the time), Kylo could not bring himself to kill Rey during the massacre at Luke's Jedi academy. However, given how powerful Rey is in TFA, Kylo probably knew that he also couldn't just leave her for Luke to continue training. He also correctly assumed that if Rey was still alive, Snoke would sense that she was a more powerful candidate and would have replaced Kylo with her. In the novel, during the end of Rey's duel with Kylo, Rey hears a voice in her head(implied to be Snoke's) telling her to "Kill him!", but she resists it.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Spoiler

Considering that Rey was left with Unkar Plutt, whoever left young Rey on Jakku was probably someone not very nice.

 

[craigdbfan]

Spoiler

She may have ended up in the hands of a bounty hunter who could make her "disappear" for Luke. Thus her ending up in such a **** hole. It's a damn good hiding place.

 

[Herolee10]

Honestly, I'll be surprised if she doesn't end up being Luke's daughter at this point. There are just way too many similarities between her upbringing and Luke's upbringing that points to them being connected in a paternal sense.

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

was it confirmed she named herself Rey? So not only she may have to deal with a father she never knew but her true name?

 

[TheVileOne]

was it confirmed she named herself Rey? So not only she may have to deal with a father she never knew but her true name?

No.

 

[DarthMuppet]

was it confirmed she named herself Rey? So not only she may have to deal with a father she never knew but her true name?

Never confirmed, but the Aurebesh letters on the side of the Alliance Helmet she wears in the film spelling out R-AE-H would seem to suggest she gave herself the name "Rey". Considering that the "Art of" book for TFA mentions the name "Kira(Rey)" in almost every piece of concept art, it wouldn't shock me if the name "Kira" is her real name. That's only if they go with Rey not being her real name though.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Star Wars: Before The Awakening novel says that she calls herself Rey.

 

[TheVileOne]

The Star Wars: Before The Awakening novel says that she calls herself Rey.

You really think if Rian Johnson wants to change that, Pablo Hidalgo and Kathleen Kennedy are going to say, "No you can't. This novel implies she gave that name to herself."

 

[titansupes]

Spoiler

She may have ended up in the hands of a bounty hunter who could make her "disappear" for Luke. Thus her ending up in such a **** hole. It's a damn good hiding place.

I don't think Luke [/BLACKOUT]would deliberately leave her in the hands of a bounty hunter (who could well turn around and sell the daughter of Skywalker to the highest bidder), or with a scummy junk dealer... Hell, even on the wasteland of Jakku. I like people's theory of Kylo NOT killing her for whatever reason, then him turning her over to others.[BLACKOUT]

Man, I can't wait for EpVIII.

 

[craigdbfan]

I don't think Luke [BLACKOUT]would deliberately leave her in the hands of a bounty hunter (who could well turn around and sell the daughter of Skywalker to the highest bidder), or with a scummy junk dealer... Hell, even on the wasteland of Jakku. I like people's theory of Kylo NOT killing her for whatever reason, then him turning her over to others.[/BLACKOUT]

Man, I can't wait for EpVIII.

Hmm good point. I was thinking it was one he somewhat trusted but you're right that would make things needlessly convoluted without much a pay off.

 

[matt47]

Sorry if this has been discussed already but I only just saw the movie today and one thing has been sitting with me. The Force in this movie is...different. Rey just seems to be able to use it pretty much without knowing what and how it truly works other than a line from Maz. Like how she used the force to mind trick the stormtrooper, did she even know the force could be used on the weak minded? And how she just said, "The Force..." when she was fighting Kylo, that part was weird. It was like, "Oh yeah, that power that I seem to have. I'm seeing it again tomorrow so maybe there is something I missed but is anyone else feeling this way?