This article explores the significance of Rey's initial portrayal as an unknown scavenger in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its impact on the character's development and the franchise's future.
Although her name is now canonically Rey Skywalker, the original idea for Rey in Star Wars : The Force Awakens was key both for the character and for the future of Star Wars . Admittedly, I don't dislike the idea of Rey Skywalker. I think Rey 's name is perfect payback for Anakin Skywalker, in that Rey rejected the Palpatine name and lineage and instead continued Anakin's legacy—effectively giving the Skywalkers the final word.
Even so, the idea for Rey to be a nobody was so much more compelling, both in The Force Awakens and in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This began with Rey being little more than an orphaned (presumably, at the time) scavenger from Jakku, which Kylo Ren directly referenced when he interrogated her in The Force Awakens. The Last Jedi maintained this idea, with Kylo telling Rey she was nothing and didn't have a place in this story. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker completely flipped this on its head, revealing that Rey was a descendant of one of Star Wars' most powerful Sith, Emperor Palpatine himself. Despite this major switch-up, Rey being a nobody was brilliant, and it continues to be important to the franchise. Rey Was Designed As The Ultimate Self-Insert For A New Generation Of Fans It Was Easy For Many Viewers To See Themselves In Rey 'Nobody' In A New Hope, Luke Skywalker was effectively a 'nobody' himself. At that point, the Skywalker name did not have the meaning it now has in Star Wars movies and TV shows, and he seemed like a starry-eyed farm boy who had this incredible opportunity to become a hero. Of course, in the time since, Star Wars has revealed that he was fated to become the future of the Jedi and was the son of a former queen and senator and one of the most powerful Jedi in history. In A New Hope, Luke Skywalker was effectively a 'nobody' himself. At first, Rey served very much the same function Luke once had, perhaps even more s
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