Hey everybody and welcome to Leia’s Lair.
In this episode I will be going over the question, who are Rey’s parents?
The most obvious theory is that Luke Skywalker is her father.
But what evidence is there to support this?
Well first of all there is Anakin’s lightsaber, it calls to Rey while she is on Takodana.
Upon grasping the weapon she immediately experiences a vivid vision, similar to the one Luke experiences
while he is training on Dagobah.
In the vision, she not only hears Luke screaming, but she also sees him with R2D2, on what looks
like a desert planet.
Could this be a suppressed memory?
Another reason is that Kylo Ren seems to know of Rey.
He freaks out when hearing of a girl that helped BB-8 and Finn escape Jakku.
Could this be because he knew of Luke’s daughter?
It seems quite possible that after Kylo destroyed Luke’s Jedi Order, that Luke would hide
his daughter away on Jakku to keep Snoke and the First Order from finding her.
Finally, there are many other similarities between Rey and Luke.
The first being her aversion to participating in the rebellion.
She instead only wants to go back home, similar to how Luke behaved in the beginning of Episode
4.
There is also her expert pilot abilities, and her use of the force without proper training,
traits that Luke also possessed.
Luke, being the most obvious candidate, may seem too simple to be true, but then again
maybe that is part of the twist.
The other Skywalker possibility is that Rey is the daughter of Han and Leia.
Rey’s use of the force could come from Leia, while her natural instinct with the Millennium
Falcon could come from her father.
Let’s contrast this with the Star Wars legends.
Kylo Ren was originally Ben Solo, the son of Han and Leia who fell to the dark side.
While in the novels, from the expanded universe, this sounds like a re-imagining of Jacen Solo,
son of Han and Leia, who became Darth Caedus.
So it is tempting to think that Rey could be a re-imagined version of Jaina, who was
the sister of Jacen.
So could Rey be Kylo Ren’s sister?
Probably not as it is hard to imagine that Han and Leia would either, not tell her that
they are her parents, or recognize her as their own daughter.
Although them keeping this a secret might be a way of protecting her from her dark sided
sibling, in the same way that Yoda did not tell Luke that Vader was his father.
Let’s explore other possibilities from outside the Skywalker clan.
Could Rey be a Kenobi?
Now before this theory is deemed too far fetched, let’s take a look at a few reasons why.
In Rey’s vision she can hear Obi-wan’s voice say to her “Rey, these are your first steps”.
What connection does this have towards Rey?
Could this have more significance?
The lightsaber called out to Rey, and although it was Luke’s before hers, it was in Obi-Wan’s
possession far longer than both Anakin and Luke combined.
Rey also uses the Jedi mind trick on the Daniel Craig stormtrooper
just as Obi-wan does in
the classic, “these aren’t the droids youre looking for”.
Their accents, although probably coincidental, are another resemblance between the two of them.
And the duel in episode 7 between Kylo and Rey would be much more significant as this
would be the re-creation of a battle between their grandfathers years ago in the Death Star.
Yes we all know that it is forbidden to have any sort of attachment as a Jedi, although
if we look at the Clone Wars television series we explore the love interest of Obi-wan who
was Satine Kryze.
He even would’ve gone so far as to leave the Jedi Order, had she asked him to.
So it isn’t a far fetched idea that Obi-wan could’ve fathered offspring sometime between
Episodes 3 and 4, and if they also had offspring, these would be around the right age to fit the description.
And although this is all just a theory at this point, I personally would love to have
Rey be Kenobi’s granddaughter.
Another possibility for Rey’s father could be the character Ezra Bridger from Star Wars
Rebels, the television series.
This theory comes from the to-be-announced role that Benicio Del Toro will play in Episode 8 The Last Jedi.
Many have come to speculate that he will play an older version of Ezra Bridger, and that
his character in the show will fall to the dark side, and his older self will pop up
in the new movie.
By joining forces with Snoke he would help manipulate the Jedi starting with Ben Solo.
While doing this he might leave Rey on Jakku similar to how Galen Erso left his daughter Jyn.
Or maybe foreseeing this, Luke might hide Rey to keep her from being manipulated to
the dark side.
This theory would also agree with JJ Abrams statement that “Rey’s parents are not
in Episode 7.”
Nonetheless it will be interesting to see what role Del Toro will play come the release
of The Last Jedi.
Another theory is that Rey could be a Palpatine?
In Rey’s fight she uses the same fighting style as Darth Sidious, they are the only
two characters to use the jab.
Audio analysis has shown that we do hear Palpatine say “Any Jedi” in Rey’s Vision
Rey was dropped on Jakku for a reason, that reason could be that Luke is afraid of her,
and the potential rise of the dark side that she represents.
Even Kylo seems to know of her potential and could know of her origin, which is why he
tells her, “you need a teacher, I could show you the ways of the force”.
There is also a connection between Palpatine and Jakku.
In the Aftermath novelizations it is revealed that Palpatine traveled to Jakku to supervise
an archaeological dig.
There must be a reason why Rey was left on Jakku and this could be the connection that
she has to Palpatine.
Whether it is Palpatine or not, it is interesting to know that Jakku has more significance than
originally thought...
The bonus theory is that Rey is related to Padme.
In a deleted scene from Attack of the Clones, it is revealed that Padme has family, and
more importantly a sister.
Although this is not canon, could Rey be the granddaughter of Padme’s sister?
Soo granting this would be quite a stretch and highly unlikely, it is another interesting
idea to speculate on.
Whether Rey’s related to Luke, Leia, Obi-wan, Ezra, Palpatine, Padme, or whoever Rey’s
parents are, I know you are all probably dying to find out just as much as I am.
Thanks for watching everyone, I really hope you enjoyed the video.
If you did, give it a like and let me know down below who you think Rey’s parents are,
I’d love to hear your thoughts.
I hope to see you all again in Leia’s Lair.