Star Wars - Impressions, no spoilers, just impressions!

[Berkut]

How about Vader's kid?

Could that work somehow?

That would explain the Skywalker relationship at least...

I just don't see a way that

1. Has her being abandoned, and
2. The people who abandon here either don't know or don't care

That works with her being the progeny of any of the main characters.

[Zanza]

How about Vader's kid?

Could that work somehow?

That would explain the Skywalker relationship at least...

I just don't see a way that

1. Has her being abandoned, and
2. The people who abandon here either don't know or don't care

That works with her being the progeny of any of the main characters.

If she's Vader's or the Emperor's daughter somehow, she had her own "Obiwan" who was supposed to keep her safe on the junkyard planet. She even remembers that person in her flashbacks. But eventually that person had to leave for whatever reasons. And was then probably killed with a lightsaber by Luke. 

[Berkut]

How about Vader's kid?

Could that work somehow?

That would explain the Skywalker relationship at least...

I just don't see a way that

1. Has her being abandoned, and
2. The people who abandon here either don't know or don't care

That works with her being the progeny of any of the main characters.

If she's Vader's or the Emperor's daughter somehow, she had her own "Obiwan" who was supposed to keep her safe on the junkyard planet. She even remembers that person in her flashbacks. But eventually that person had to leave for whatever reasons. And was then probably killed with a lightsaber by Luke. 

That would be one hell of a lot better than her being Luke or Leia's kid.

I like this theory.

But not the child of the Emperor, since that doesn't explain the familial affinity for Luke's lightsaber.

[Barrister]

How about Vader's kid?

Could that work somehow?

That would explain the Skywalker relationship at least...

I just don't see a way that

1. Has her being abandoned, and
2. The people who abandon here either don't know or don't care

That works with her being the progeny of any of the main characters.

It's an open question whether or not Vader would be able to father children after his crippling injuries.

Just to fuck with us they should make Rey Mace Windu's child.    Hey it's possible - Windu was last seen plummetting out of the Chancellor's office window, but we don't actually see his body on screen.

[Grey Fox]

A little quirk is happening with the title of the movie. Disney usually releases both French & English title at the same time but this time, we got no French title.

Why? Because it would give away if its singular or plural form of Jedi.

[Barrister]

That would be one hell of a lot better than her being Luke or Leia's kid.

I like this theory.

But not the child of the Emperor, since that doesn't explain the familial affinity for Luke's lightsaber.

The lightsaber "calling" to Rey doesn't have to be out of a family connection - it could simply be her affinity with the force.

[Valmy]

Guys....guys....Rey is Luke's daughter. If I am wrong I will eat BB's hat.

[Caliga]

Guys....guys....Rey is Luke's daughter. If I am wrong I will eat BB's hat.

EVERYBODY assumes that, and I think with Star Wars they try to have surprising plot twists ("No, *I* am your father").

[Grey Fox]

Guys....guys....Rey is Luke's daughter. If I am wrong I will eat BB's hat.

EVERYBODY assumes that, and I think with Star Wars they try to have surprising plot twists ("No, *I* am your father").

but that's exactly why we assume that. Everyone important is a Skywalker.

[Zanza]

I forget what lightsaber that is. Is it the one Luke lost together with his hand in the Cloud City? How does it even make sense that it was somehow salvaged from the gravity of a gas giant.

[celedhring]

I forget what lightsaber that is. Is it the one Luke lost together with his hand in the Cloud City? How does it even make sense that it was somehow salvaged from the gravity of a gas giant.

I loved how they lampshaded the fact in the film: "That's an interesting story, for another moment" or somesuch. 

[Valmy]

I forget what lightsaber that is. Is it the one Luke lost together with his hand in the Cloud City?

Yes.

How does it even make sense that it was somehow salvaged from the gravity of a gas giant.

A Wizard Jedi did it.

[viper37]

Altho, if I was a betting person I'd go Skywalker.

The trick when you're betting, is calculating the odds.  100:1 is an odd.  100:0 is not, it's a certainty.

Rey's parents are not in Episode VII.  It can't be Luke, it can't be Han, it can't be Leia, it can't be Chewbacca.

I doubt it's Obi-Wan, given the age, and also because he was a more obedient Jedi than Skywalker.  But maybe he had a relationship with that Mandalarian Queen/Empress whatever and they had a kid before she died and he/she was hidden to protect her status.

[Valmy]

Guys....guys....Rey is Luke's daughter. If I am wrong I will eat BB's hat.

EVERYBODY assumes that, and I think with Star Wars they try to have surprising plot twists ("No, *I* am your father").

but that's exactly why we assume that. Everyone important is a Skywalker.

And I thought it was understood this was about the 'next generation' and that family would continue to be really important. And I don't think they meant Obi-Wan's family.

[viper37]

As celibates go the freakin Jedi seem to have an unusual number of offspring.

You don't need marriage to have kids.  Reproduction is not forbidden, only attachment