Ok, so we know there’s been much speculation about just who Rey is and who her parents are… it’s been a long-running thing ever since The Force Awakens was released.
But this Celebration a few things happened. This is all speculation, of course.
Firstly, at The Last Jedi panel Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker (like you didn’t know), jokingly referred to Rey as ‘my dau… sorry, my student’. Now we know he was just playing to the audience but in an interview Daisy Ridley, Rey herself, addressed Luke and her’s first meeting:
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Here’s Daisy Ridley on how Rey’s relationship w/ Luke is different than the one Luke has w/ Yoda or Obi-Wan#TheLastJedi #SWCO @Fandango pic.twitter.com/psE6Axq79h
— ErikDavis (@ErikDavis) April 14, 2017
“Rey is not a teacher. Yoda and Obi-Wan are very much guiding figures in Luke’s life. Obviously [Luke] doesn’t know who she is when she turns up, like with this freakin’ light saber he hasn’t seen in however long, so that in itself is a big difference. And then as things go on, I think there’s an expectation… there’s always been an expectation on Luke as in his potential, what he can do, and what he should do, much like with Rey. So in that sense they’re kind of similar, but obviously the dynamic has changed because she’s expecting something from him this time. It remains to be seen how he reacts to that.”
Luke doesn’t know who Rey is? Why should he have any idea who she is… does she mean he doesn’t know she’s a Jedi or that he doesn’t know what relation she might have to him?
Director Rian Johnson said Rey’s parentage will ‘absolutely be addressed’ in The Last Jedi.
Finally, although not strictly Celebration news, it’s certainly related; actor/writer/director and uber Star Wars fan Kevin Smith – who was on set during the filming of The Force Awakens – posted his reaction video to The Last Jedi teaser trailer and clearly says that Luke is Rey’s dad. You can watch the very NSFW video below, but as someone who has a lot of insider news on these movies, does he know something the rest of us don’t or was it just a silly mistake? You decide….
Marc
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