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Prediction: Lucasfilm will retcon Rey's name before the end of the decade. [TROS Spoilers]
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Rey spent several months getting to know Leia and being trained by her. It was justified enough.
If it hasn't started retconning yet, it's not going to start now. They'll either redo the universe again in a few decades or it won't matter because they've already moved into a new trilogy.
The only retcons will be the Han shot first dance and the Star Wars Christmas Special.
The only retcons will be the Han shot first dance and the Star Wars Christmas Special.
I'm kinda hoping any new major star wars films just dont mention any of the Skywalker saga characters ever again.
Or at least not a direct continuation of that narrative anymore I guess is more what I mean.
This new trilogy was so botched I just don't want to rely on its choices when making any new films.
Or at least not a direct continuation of that narrative anymore I guess is more what I mean.
This new trilogy was so botched I just don't want to rely on its choices when making any new films.
She's a Skywalker in name now and forever. They aren't changing it. The degree to which they will reference her as a Skywalker though is yet to be seen.
Remember how Ben became one of the pivotal people in Luke's life even though he knew him for an afternoon?
But no, Leia and Rey training together for months and her spending a small but significant time with Luke doesn't mean anything.
But no, Leia and Rey training together for months and her spending a small but significant time with Luke doesn't mean anything.
Obviously Luke played a role in what was significant to her, as did Ben. Going with Skywalker over Organa is splitting the difference between all three characters that had a massive impact on her life.
Ben was a Solo. And if she was splitting the difference, with Han, she'd be Rey Solo. Because she's alone by the end of the movie.
Rey Palpatine slaps as a name. She goofed by not taking it, but it doesn't bother me as a fan of the series.
have you ever heard the tragedy of Rey Skywalker
I thought not, its not a story the Jedi will tell
I said between Leia, Luke, and Ben. You're being intentionally facetious if you don't think that those three have something to do with the name "Skywalker."
What this is really about is this idea that Rey had to somehow "earn" this name and that she's somehow wrong to choose how she self identifies.
Luke didn't have deep seated identity issues and didn't want to metaphorically spit on the grave of his murderous progenitor.
I don't see a blatant, on-the-nose retcon ala the parents reveal in TROS. I think it's more likely that we just don't see Rey again for the foreseeable future, so any question of what name she chooses to go by is moot. Star Wars isn't dead, but I don't see Disney/LF returning to the Sequel Trilogy era and characters any time soon.
You know what name all 3 of those people (and Han, who still counts in her circle of important people) have something to do with, even more than Skywalker? Solo.
As for idea of 'earning' the name...pfff. I can't speak for other people, but I assure you that I have less than zero respect for family names as tokens of honor. The entire concept is farcical and especially at the name Skywalker. But more important, it's undermining the entirety of Rey's character development over the last movie, but that's what TRoS is all about.
Just make her Rey Rebo, daughter of Max Rebo, the famous jizz musician. And no I didn't make a typo.
Luke has absolutely nothing to do with the name Solo, beyond being Han's buddy.
Which...*checks notes*, yes, it is having something to do with the name Solo.
I have a best friend whose last name is Johnson. I'm gonna change my name to Johnson.
Yeah, that sounds super weird.
Also, the name Solo doesn't carry the same in universe or out of universe impact. It's obvious why they went with Skywalker.
The fact that their next big push is going to the past speaks volumes. They have no idea how to create new stories past the ST and I don't blame them. It's a mess and they supposedly vanquished Palpatine, the big bad again. Is some new super villain that vaguely resembles Palpatine or a guy in a black mask/costume going to be running around with some new stormtroopers? That would be super lame. So they are taking the easy way by going to the past.
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Besides that she became extremely close with Ben Solo, and trained under Leia Organa Solo for a year.
The same Leia who NEVER identified as a Skywalker
versus the version that had a non-sensical Goonies side quest, space horse battle on the wing of a Star ship, fake death scenes, dumber head scratching Force Powers,Force ghost Luke barely guiding Rey At All, Finn doing absolutely fuck all, etc etc etc.
Yes, I will put up with Poe being attracted to Rey over all that.
Obviously, Luke is the deciding factor here. Having her decide to be "Rey Solo" doesn't work because Han was Luke's friend, which, while significant, doesn't close the arc, mean as much to Luke personally, or carry on the theme of the Skywalker legacy from a narrative POV. This is just picking nits at this point. They don't have to literally go by the name Skywalker for it to be the primary motivator in Rey's choosing it.
Yeah, because it is wierd. As weird as changing your name with Skywalker.
They went with Skywalker because (they thought) it punched your SW fanboyism button hard enough to make you ignore how asinine the entire thing is and antithetical to the Rey's character. That's all this is. No attention paid to story or character, just "FANS LIKE SKYWALKER SO LETS HAVE REY BECOME SKYWALKER AT THE ALTAR OF SKYWALKER"
God, I fucking hate this movie.
Yes, in a comic.
It will be something like in a monologue in mid-battle via flashback:
"For some time I made myself known as Rey Skywalker"
"But right here, right now, I became something more."
"I needed to be a leader of the post-resistance."
"I needed to be Rey Organa."
It ends with Rey in a congress meeting of some sort.
It will be something like in a monologue in mid-battle via flashback:
"For some time I made myself known as Rey Skywalker"
"But right here, right now, I became something more."
"I needed to be a leader of the post-resistance."
"I needed to be Rey Organa."
It ends with Rey in a congress meeting of some sort.
Everything you just listed is subjective.
Pulling a relationship out of two characters who never spoken more than two sentences to each other's ass is less so. Also it reeks of the most compulsory heterosexual plot development ever.
Space horses? That's a fun new idea to me. Poe/Rey is the most tritely and cliche thing they could have possibly done and I'm glad it'll never see the light of day.
I didn't feel pandered to at all. I thought it was the natural decision for her to make, rather than continue not having a name or being "Rey Palpatine". Antithetical to Rey's character? Please. I could have seen this happening even if they'd kept the plot where Rey's parents were just drunk people who forgot their daughter on Jakuu. Star Wars is all about how the Force links people together; just standing alone as "Rey" would have continued to isolate her and wouldn't have been a fitting resolution at all.
I mean....that's....fine, I guess, if it works for you? Me, on the other hand, it makes me want to die.
No accounting for taste, I guess.
I'm not gonna presume your reasons for liking it like you did with that "You like it because you think Luke Skywalker RULES", and I tried to explain why it worked from a storytelling standpoint, so I really have no idea what to say to this.
I wasn't explaining why you like it, I was explaining why they did it. If you rationalize it with deeper meaning after the fact, that's your business, but Abrams himself was just hitting the nostalgia button on you.
My read is just as likely as yours, and there's never gonna be any way we'll know for sure unless Abrams himself says it.
So I guess we're at an impasse here.
I just learned that phrase means something different than what I thought. My apologies, I thought you meant something different than what you were saying.