Quote Originally Posted by Todd4State View Post
I think they stuck to "what works" because of all the fanboys out there that railed on the PT. Not a bad idea- they actually kind of spun off of the EU which I wished that they hadn't done where Han and Leia have a child (Jacean- I HATE that name I think because it sounds like some Ole Miss frat boy) who turns to the Dark Side. Not that I disliked the story-I just would have liked to have seen something new that hadn't been thought of before. At least they named Han and Leia's son Ben instead of Jacean- so I could live with it at least. I'm not a fanboy that gets his underoos in a wad because of silly little things. I really enjoyed the movie overall.

I am about 90% sure that Rey is Luke's daughter, 8% sure it's Han and Leia's daughter, and 2% sure she is something that is neither. The thing that no one is talking about with her is the connection between her and Lor Son Tekka, Max Von Sydow's character who gets murdered at the beginning by Kyle Ren. No is talking about him- but I think he is going to end up being extremely important. He knows who Kyle Ren is, he knows his background and who his parents are, and Luke trusted him enough to safeguard the missing piece of the map to the original Jedi temple. But not a lot is said about him. I don't think it's a coincidence that he and Rey just happen to be on the same planet. My guess is Lor Son Tekka was supposed to kind of watch over Rey sort of like Obi Won Kenobi watched over Luke until "the time came".

My guess is Rey was abandoned after Kylo Ren destroyed Luke's new Jedi order and Luke knew that he had to hide her so that she wouldn't be killed or turned to the Dark Side. I think Rey is going to ultimately end up having to confront Kylo Ren again and Luke is going to confront Supreme Leader Snoke, who I think is probably Darth Plageius in some grand finale in Episode IX.

If Rey is Luke's daughter, that means that Luke has a significant other. And I wonder who that could be? Probably someone we haven't been introduced yet unless it's something way out there. If that theory is true, then Luke might have felt that his new Jedi Order was destroyed in part because of him having a significant other (Jedi no no) which might explain another reason for abandoning his daughter and going into seclusion.

Also, how in the hell did Poe Dameron escape from Jakku? One minute it looks like he abandons Finn and then the next thing you know he shows up with a squad of X-Wing fighters at Maz Kanata's castle.

But yes, GREAT movie and I enjoyed it.
I'm hoping like hell that IF Rey is Luke's daughter, they'll canonize Mara Jade as her mother. She was easily the most popular EU character and the only EU character to ever be listed in the Top 10 for favorite Star Wars characters. I also liked the suggestion that Rey's mother is killed when The Seven attack Luke's Jedi Academy. I could definitely see them taking it that direction to make everyone hate Kylo/Ben that much more.

Btw, since you mentioned it, I loved all the nods to the EU. Luke & Mara had a son named Ben, so they essentially used his name for Han & Leia's son in TFA.