Belton Ag said:
boboguitar said:
A decent theory on rey's parents.
TL;DR: Her parent(s) were being trained by luke along side ren and were killed by ren himself. Luke dropped her off on jakku to hide her from ren and to end the jedi order. You have an obi-wan type figure nearby to watch over her as well. Presumably, one of her parents earned the right by merit to wield vaders lightsaber who Ren think's is his by birthright.
I've posted this in the main Star Wars thread at least twice, but I'll say it here too. This theory is plausible to me, however I have a hard time reconciling the fact that Luke would leave her with Unkar Plutt. Unkar Plutt is a villain; he sells Rey out the to the First Order as soon as he can. It's further demonstrated in a deleted scene from TFA where Chewie tears his arm off after he tracks her down on Takodana and tries to capture her.
If this turns out to be true, I hope there is a good explanation as to why Luke would leave the only heir to the Jedi, who happens to be an innocent little girl, with a dangerous villain like Unkar Plutt.
that's where I get caught up with it too, who would leave a small girl with Unkar Plutt?
It could be that at this point Luke doesn't care about the 'heir' to the Jedi since he thinks they should end. Perhaps he had to choose someone completely unsuspecting because Kylo is family and probably knows all of Luke's associates.... still, Unkar is a pretty bad choice.
also, they've always said these episodes are about Skywalkers. If Rey isn't one of them, that means Kylo is the only one left. Perhaps the death of his mother at the hands of the first order will bring him to the light.... a reversal of what pushed Anakin to the dark side.