LONG LONG AGO
YOU LOST ANY HOPE OF
FOLLOWING THE MANY PUZZLING
DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN OUR MOVIES AND
AT THIS POINT IT DOESN’T MATTER
THIS COULD BE THE FUTURE, THE PAST OR RIGHT NOW
AND IN ANY CASE NONE OF IT IS REAL NOR
WILL FORCES AS POWERFUL AND WELL-ORGANIZED AS
THOSE OF THE BAD GUYS IN OUR MOVIES
EVER LOSE A WAR TO A RAG-TAG COLLECTION OF
TEENAGERS, LOVABLE APES AND ROBOTS
AND YOU KNOW IT SO
WHY DO YOU KEEP COMING TO
THESE MOVIES ???
Remember, we’re told that Luke has a daughter somewhere, and Rey is an abandoned orphan. (We meet her as a scavenger on the garbage planet Jakku.)
She gets caught up in the Resistance as part of Poe Dameron’s effort to find Luke (he’s been sent by Leia.) And she winds up being the one who walks up to him and offers his lightsaber (which would be the instrument for training new Jedi.) That’s where we left it.
Now, all those loose ends are hanging, and you would expect Rey to be his first new student — and you would expect Luke’s child to be a Jedi.
So I’m putting the pieces together and guessing that Rey turns out to be Luke’s daughter. It’s a guess, but it wouldn’t surprise me if I’m right.
We’ve seen a lot of family connections in Star Wars — Leia is Luke’s sister, Vader is their father, Kylo Ren in “The Force Awakens” was Leia and Han’s son (and thus, Luke’s nephew.) And remember that Luke’s lightsaber calls Rey to be the one to deliver it. I’d bet that there is a connection there somewhere.