Mierin
Assistant Coach
I have a theory on Rey.
We have the scene where she touches Luke's lightsaber and has all of these memories, including one of a ship leaving her on her planet and another with Kylo Ren in it. And she's always waiting for her family to come back. (I don't think she ever mentioned a mom or a dad, just her family). I believe it was after this that the orange lady says something about the belonging that she seeks could be with Luke. We have another scene with Kylo Ren where he's reading her mind and he finds out she's desperate for a father figure and sees Han as that even though she's only known him for a day.
The actor who plays Kylo is 32. The actor who plays Rey is 23.
We know from comments made in the original trilogy that Luke was really old to begin his training. He was 19 at the time of A New Hope. We also have scenes in the new trilogy with Younglings who were 3-6 years old.
Then in Force Awakens we hear that Luke was training Jedis until one of them went bad (Kylo) and ruined everything. From the conversations Han and Leia had, and Kylo had with his master, it seems to me that he went bad quite awhile ago. I would guess during his angsty teenage years, so 15-18 years old.
My theory is that Rey was a Youngling training with Luke. She could have been around 5 at the time. But she was only there a little while before the fall out happened and any of the remaining trainees/Padawans were sent away to protect them/prevent them from joining Kylo and the dark side. I think that's young enough to only have a foggy recollection of what happened during her childhood. My guess is she was an orphan before she became a Youngling and has no memory of her real family.
I don't buy the idea that she's Leia's daughter because there was no hinting of that in their interaction. I also don't buy that she's Luke's daughter. After what happened to Anakin I think he would try his hardest to be a "good" Jedi and follow all the rules which includes not falling in love.
We have the scene where she touches Luke's lightsaber and has all of these memories, including one of a ship leaving her on her planet and another with Kylo Ren in it. And she's always waiting for her family to come back. (I don't think she ever mentioned a mom or a dad, just her family). I believe it was after this that the orange lady says something about the belonging that she seeks could be with Luke. We have another scene with Kylo Ren where he's reading her mind and he finds out she's desperate for a father figure and sees Han as that even though she's only known him for a day.
The actor who plays Kylo is 32. The actor who plays Rey is 23.
We know from comments made in the original trilogy that Luke was really old to begin his training. He was 19 at the time of A New Hope. We also have scenes in the new trilogy with Younglings who were 3-6 years old.
Then in Force Awakens we hear that Luke was training Jedis until one of them went bad (Kylo) and ruined everything. From the conversations Han and Leia had, and Kylo had with his master, it seems to me that he went bad quite awhile ago. I would guess during his angsty teenage years, so 15-18 years old.
My theory is that Rey was a Youngling training with Luke. She could have been around 5 at the time. But she was only there a little while before the fall out happened and any of the remaining trainees/Padawans were sent away to protect them/prevent them from joining Kylo and the dark side. I think that's young enough to only have a foggy recollection of what happened during her childhood. My guess is she was an orphan before she became a Youngling and has no memory of her real family.
I don't buy the idea that she's Leia's daughter because there was no hinting of that in their interaction. I also don't buy that she's Luke's daughter. After what happened to Anakin I think he would try his hardest to be a "good" Jedi and follow all the rules which includes not falling in love.
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