I have a serious question for y’all— can we PLEASE CANCEL all these Rey is a Clone
Star Wars theories?
Like seriously, they are all bad.
If you believe them, that’s cool— but none of them really make any sense to me.
Okay, we saw a dark side version of Rey— how does that give any credibility to these
really awful theories claiming that Rey is a clone?
What’s up Star Wars Fans, My name is Prince, and I am an Urban Acolyte.
If you can’t already tell, I’m really tired of these theories claiming that Rey
is a clone.
I think these theories started when people started talking about Palpatine’s observatory
there on Jakku.
Now, anyone who read Rey’s Survival Guide after The Force Awakens came out has known
about that Imperial Facility on Jakku since 2016—way before we heard anything more about
it in the last Aftermath book, Empire’s End.
Now the version of the Rey is a Clone theory that I am most familiar with goes something
like this— Palpatine had a lab on Jakku, and Rey was cloned there from Luke’s missing
hand—maybe to host Palpatine’s consciousness…maybe Palpatine was trying to create a new Chosen
One.
So this is why Rey was not cloned on Jakku— first off, how do people even know there was
“a research facility on Jakku” where she could be cloned?
There was not a research lab on Jakku— not a research lab that was doing that kind of
research.
The research lab was nav computers plotting hyperspace lanes through the Unknown Regions.
It was a staging facility for the exploration teams that Palpatine was sending out into
the Unknown Regions.
I don’t know…honestly, these theories about Rey being a clone don’t make any sense.
I don’t care who did a video about the mirror cave scene from The Last Jedi because that
scene doesn’t scream clone to me either.
I mean, Rey went into the cave to ask about her parents.
She saw two shadows come together to make her, and then we saw the multiple images of
Rey.
How does that say “Rey is a clone!”
If Rey was a clone, how would she even have parents?
Why would Kylo Ren have made her confess the truth about her parents?
Why did he say “Rey, I saw your parents.”
I don’t know if you guys know much about cloning, but if a person is a clone, they
technically don't have parents-- the parent cell, or the parent is the person who was
cloned.
If Rey is a clone, her parent would be the prime version of Rey, and that person would
have parents.
Either way, it doesn't matter...you know why?
Because Rey IS NOT A CLONE.
I mean, first off--the most popular theory about Rey being a clone gets debunked based
on the fact that there is no cloning facility on Jakku.
There is not a cloning lab in Palpatine's observatory--and Rey was not even born on
Jakku.
The leak from the Visual Dictionary that I covered in a video a few weeks ago said that
Rey actually was brought to Jakku, an unfamiliar world, where she was left behind by her family.
Basically, what Kylo Ren made Rey admit, and what he said to her about being sold for drinking
money appears to be true.
Also-- there's a new rumor about Rey's parents that seems to prove that even more-- I'm going
to cover it in my next video, but if you want a bit of a preview--go back to a video I did
about 3 years ago where I said how it would be funny if Cienna Rhee and Thane Kyrell from
Claudia Gray's Lost Stars novel turned out to be Rey's parents.
I'm gonna spill the beans and say my initial premise for that theory just might be true--
so like I said, I'm not buying the Rey is a Clone theory at all.
Since Rey was brought to Jakku-- if she IS a clone, then where is the cloning facility,
and where are the other Rey clones?
Do you want me to believe that there's a lightside Rey and a dark side Rey?
Like she has an evil clone twin who just happens to also be force sensitive and is as equally
strong with the dark side of the Force as Rey?
Let me tell you why that doesn't make sense-- Rey is supposed to be the Force responding
to Kylo Ren's growing power.
Rey is a response to Ben Solo.
Powerful light, powerful darkness-- darkness rises and light to meet it-- wasn't The Last
Jedi establishing Rey is this character who basically exists as a response to Kylo Ren--
to be his foil?
Kylo Ren peeks into Rey's mind in the Force Awakens, she looks back into his mind, and
in the process she learns everything he knows about the Force from Luke, and he learns everything
she knows, including her dreams about Ach-To.
The Last Jedi set all this stuff up about Rey and Kylo Ren's relationship...but now
you're going to toss all of that out because Rey has a dark side clone.
This is one of those things where somebody probably thought it was a good idea when they
made it up-- but when you actually examine it, it's NOT a good idea.
It doesn't make sense at all, and frankly, it's a bit redundant.
So we need to cancel these theories about Rey being a clone.
If you want to keep believing them...that's fine.
Some people are going to hold onto their fan theories even after they get completely debunked
in The Rise of Skywalker come December.
I mean, Cory still thinks Rey is Luke Skywalker's daughter even though it's going to be 100%
confirmed that Rey is not Luke's daughter in Episode 9.
Maybe he'll still be in denial after the movie is over--like how Star Wars Theory is probably
still in denial about Snoke being dead.
Is he still making videos about how Snoke isn't dead or will be in episode 9?
I don't know...I've honestly never watched any of his videos.
I'm not hating-- I just have no reason to watch his videos unless you guys want me to
debunk on of his theories--and since I brought that up-- yeah, I'm tired of picking on Mike
Zeroh-- going into Episode 9, why don't y'all start sharing theories in the Urban Acolyte
Facebook group that you'd like me to examine.
Now if you're going to do that-- first you need to be a member of the group--and second,
just post the video and tag me and Chris Ryons from Broaxium in your post so that one of
us will see it.
Don't try to explain it, just post the video.
Maybe I'll do a weekly show where I examine some of these theories people are putting
out heading into Episode 9.
Anyway-- that's all I really have to say about this Rey is a clone nonsense... shout out
to Generation Tech for popularizing that theory.
I've never actually seen his video, and I'm not attacking him, but it just doesn't make
sense that Rey is a clone, and the Mirror Cave scene never yelled out Clone to me--
I always saw it as a message that Rey needed to focus on the present moment and that she
is her parent's legacy...the answers she was seeking are all within her--which is what
Rey needed to learn for this part of the Hero's Journey.
Maybe that's abit too deep for some Star Wars fans, and that's okay-- What I'm doing is
not for everyone out there-- this is just for the folks looking to get deeper and find
lessons that apply to real life.
So that's all I've really got for this one, y'all.
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