![]() And Luke, by helping her, gets to fight against his family's bloodline history. If Rey is not a Skywalker, than Vader's legacy as a monster is what matters, Luke and Leia are the exception, not the rule, to the Skywalker legacy (thus the Galaxy might have been better off without the family), but we now have a compelling and interesting under-dog story for Rey: Kylo's stronger, but she can find ways to circumvent that and *earn* and end to the Skywalker curse. ![]() If Rey is a Skywalker, than the subtext of Rey vs Ren becomes which legacy will matter, Anakin or Vader's, though with the downside of "great man history" and pseudo-eugenics themes with an uber-bloodline. Want to place your bets?This is where you get into one of my conceptual arguments about TLJ, Ben/Kylo, and Rey: the reveal inside TLJ has some of the same problems as Rey Skywalker, combines them with some of the disadvantages of Rey No One, kind of feels like a half-measure. It's no longer a top-down universe, where the great and the good tell everybody how to live their lives. ![]() About believing that every person can make a difference no matter where they come from or what their name is. Rey from Nowhere can help save the universe too, and that means that Rose can, or Finn can, or broomstick kid can. That just because Rey isn't a Skywalker doesn't mean the Force isn't with her. Light and dark both.īut what TLJ posits is that somebody who is a nobody can have the same power that Ben Solo does. Remember, the Skywalker's are the legacy of Luke, but also the legacy of Vader. ![]() Ben Solo is what happens when you put too much stock in names. But, in universe, it's also very, very dangerous. ![]() Destiny and a few family names deciding the fate of hundreds of billions. If she's a Skywalker, then she's just another chosen child. This is one of the things TLJ fights so hard against though. ![]()
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