One of the biggest questions about 2015’sThe Force Awakenswas who areRey’s parents? Speculation and fan theories spread through the internet like wildfire. Is she Obi-Wan Kenobi’s daughter? Is she Luke Skywalker’s kid? Maybe her brother is Kylo Ren, therefore making Han Solo and Leia Organa her parents. The conversations would get heated and turned into bitter arguments asStar Warsfans all over the world wondered about Rey’s lineage for 2 full years. But now,Star Wars: The Last Jedihas answered that question, crushing all of the popular fan theories and putting the question to rest for the time being. Obviously, MAJOR SPOILERS forThe Last Jediare ahead, so you have been warned.
The highly anticipated video gameStar Wars: Battlefront 2recently came out as a way to tie into some history betweenReturn of the JediandThe Force Awakens, leading players on a campaign as Iden Versio, the leader of the Inferno Squad. Iden defects from the Empire with Del Meeko and they end up in Jakku where they have a child. Many have speculated recently that the game would reveal Iden Versio and Del Meeko to be Rey’s true parents, but that has now also proven to be false. Think about it: why would Lucasfilm have one of the biggest reveals in cinematic history included in a badly reviewed video game? Okay, one last time. MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD.
And now for the truth,Rey is a nobody from a nothing planet. As it turns out for now, she’s just some random space orphan who was left behind. Rey spends a good chunk of the movie questioning who her parents are and where they are. Kylo Ren pushes Rey to believe that there is nothing special about her lineage and that her parents are never coming back. Her parents simply stepped off planet and never returned. Rian Johnson told fans that Rey’s parents would not be the focus ofThe Last Jediand to a certain extent, he was right.
Rian Johnson and Daisy Ridley let fans know early on that Rey’s parents wouldnot be a big deal for The Last Jediand they were being honest, trying to get people away from that storyline.The Last Jediwas able to surprise and Rey’s parents being nobody scum bags was about as big of surprise as you can get for those who led wild fan theories. The story is better because of it, which is more than I can say for Supreme Leader Snoke, but that will be left for another story. Just because Rey’s parents are portrayed as nobodies, doesn’t mean that Rey will not try and investigate further.
As far asThe Last Jediis concerned, Rey’s parents are nobodies who abandoned theirdaughter on Jakku. That is all, no big reveal, and she’s not the sister of Kylo Ren. Luke Skywalker is no longer the Last Jedi and the Resistance is about to get a lot stronger as hope begins to spread throughout the galaxy. Rey’s nobody parents help to set up the events forEpisode IX, so we’ll just have to wait and see how J.J. Abrams decides to move the story along. Now who do we talk to about getting a refund for that weakStar Wars: Battlefront 2 campaign? You can explore more about Rey and her journey atStarWars.com.
