The skywalker family was a legendary human family that played a prominent role in galactic history, with several generations achieving fameas generals, senators, and jedifrom the fall of the republic and the rise of the empire, to the conflict between the first order and the resistance. Rey the daughter of failed palpatine clone disney star wars. Vaders little princess by jeffrey brown, hardcover. The rise of skywalker confirmed that rey is the granddaughter of emperor palpatine, the novelization of the movie means it can be taken that she is actually his daughter. If i had to pick between her being leia s daughter or luke s daughter, i think the evidence is more in favor of luke, but i tend to think itll be neither. Reys story is very well written and accessible for all readers. So i cant possibly tell you who they are at this moment.
Star wars makes rey palpatines daughter from a certain. Why the luke vader twist worked, but rey s didnt the star wars. The dead palpatine s hologram recording was intended for his former pupil, darth vader, killed when he betrayed the sith lord to spare the life of son luke in return of the jedi. The novelization describes reys father as a useless, powerless. Vaders little princess is a perfect book to give to a little geek girl, as artwork is fun to look at, and the words easy to read for young readers.
Rey and pals follows rey and her friends from both the newest trilogy and oldest as they explore and have fun. Ochi didnt find rey, but he did find and kill her parents, as she sees when she grasps his dagger the murder weapon in the rise of skywalker. Vader is practically the face of the franchise, and the writers will want a way to keep that face relevant. Darth vaders search for an apprentice is well documented in star wars lore. While it mostly retells the movie the force awakens from rey s perspective it does give a few more rey insights that thrilled my daughter. But rey is also spanish for king, derived from the latin rex. Reys training with luke skywalker in the last jedi may have been cut short, but she could probably use a little more guidance in the. The rise of skywalker book changes a few things we thought. Lets compare the twists to see why one didnt measure up to the other. Its probably one of the more complicated who are reys parents theories out there, but its quiet interesting and its all leads back to her.
Vaders little princess by jeffrey brown, hardcover barnes. Abrams will backtrack and make rey a skywalker, but there are reasons to believe thats not the case. The rise of skywalker is finally available to stream on disney plus. One thing fans were obviously left wondering about was the ending. If i had to pick between her being leias daughter or lukes daughter, i think the evidence is more in favor of luke, but i tend to think itll be neither. This then brings me to the great impact that fans got by that iconic i am your father line that vader gave us and i wonder if something like that could happen to. Mar 05, 2020 rey taking the skywalker name at the end is still weird since shes the daughter of a palpatine clone and ordinary human female. But all i will say is that this is something that rey thinks about, too. In the book, its confirmed that reys father was also a clone of the emperor. Born to an influential human family on naboo as sheev palpatine, he sired a son who, in turn, fathered a daughter named rey. Perhaps she is the ray of light, the new hope for the jedi to return balance to the force. Despite participating in leias interrogation, the powerful sith lord is unable to uncover his familial connection with the rebellious royal.
One of the main reasons that bought this to mind was that seeing how tfa greatly mimicked anh, fans are already expecting rey to be either luke or leias daughter and nothing more. The rise of skywalker novel edits reys parents, yet again. Why couldnt he have had a daughterwithout needing a clone. During the new republic era, rey s father and mother lived in obscurity as junk. Nobody ever saw that original jawdropping luke and darth vader moment coming. Sep 16, 2017 tomas explains that rey is, as expected, a skywalker but she is not lukes child. The new revelations and subtle differences in the rise of.
Star wars 8 hero rey is still missing her parents but the popular theories about luke or han solo and kyra dont add up. Its telling that reys name indicates both masculinity and royalty. One of the biggest and most controversial reveals in the film is that rey is the emperors granddaughter, descending from ultimate evil. Rey is a fictional character in the star wars franchise and the main protagonist of the sequel. The familys story began with the chosen one, anakin skywalker, born of no father and destined to. Dec 17, 2017 rey is obiwan kenobis daughter or granddaughter somehow. Palpatine dispatched the sith assassin ochi to find rey, convinced that she would be a worthy successor to darth vader in the same way he thought luke would be that successor in return of the jedi.
Star wars outrage explodes after novel confirms rey father. In the novel, rey notices that palpatines putrefying flesh emits the. Together with darth vader and son, these two little books belong on any nerds shelf, and star wars fans are missing out if they dont pick up a copy of each. The rise of skywalker has only been out for one week, but theres already been a lot of debate about every angle. One of the biggest and most controversial reveals in the film is that rey is the emperor s granddaughter, descending from ultimate evil. The design of rey s look for the rise of skywalker is a. A different skywalker is her parent and a recent image might have already. Rise of skywalker trailer may show rey wielding the dagger. Rey s story is very well written and accessible for all readers. Kylo ren retrieved the sith wayfinder on mustafar at the ruins of darth vader s castle. But this bit about the cloning of palpatine isnt even very clever.
My 8 year old daughter is obsessed with rey and knows an awful lot, from various sources about the character. Throughout the book, the putupon dad has to suffer through many of his daughters annoying teenage demands, from dating undesirables to sitting through a. The force awakens and all the surrounding hype worked so hard to imply that rey was lukes longlost daughter that it. If niima was successfully trafficking kids to the first order. Star wars 9 confirmed that rey is palpatines granddaughter, but the rise of skywalkers novel suggests that she is actually the emperors daughter. Kylo ren retrieved the sith wayfinder on mustafar at the ruins of darth vaders castle. For music nerds, the ostinato without ornament in reys theme goes. So rey is no longer a granddaughter of emperor palpatine, but a sort of niece. I suggest reys mom is saying that not to poorly lie about her daughters location, but in grief that she cannot find her child. This would be a bit of a curveball, admittedly, but its weird that there hasnt been a kenobi in this series just yet. An upcoming issue of the comic book series star wars adventures will. Perfect to send or keep, the cards feature artwork from vader s little princess as well as new illustrations not included in the book.
This is the perfect gift for a star wars sw lover and his daughter. Either she told ben about vaders redemption at that time the message itself isnt revealed in the book or luke filled in the details after ben received his mothers message. The rise of skywalker shares new trailer that sees rey marveling over darth vaders charred mask. We can assume, given the influence noncanon legends has on the star wars films, that reys parents are either the son or daughter of sheev and his wife or concubine. The dead palpatines hologram recording was intended for his former pupil, darth vader, killed when he betrayed the sith lord to spare the life of son luke in return of the jedi.
Oct 14, 2017 its probably one of the more complicated who are reys parents theories out there, but its quiet interesting and its all leads back to her vision and lukes lightsaber. Is this really darth vaders shadow looming over rey in. Prior to disneys purchase of lucasfilm in 2012, the accepted star wars canon included one of many novels which featured han and leias twin children named jaina and jacen. Plus, it seems like luke has been in isolation for awhile.
Who better to take it and foster the granddaughter of palpatine than these two. So, in the biological sense, rey is not actually palpatines granddaughter. If rey were a skywalker by blood, then reylo would be troubling. Spoiler alert if you havent seen the movie yet, i suggest reading no further it was actually re. Particularly if all that reylo art depicted brother and sister, or even cousins. Just as the name vader, which is germandutch for father, was meant to signify vaders relation to luke, ahkto. If rey is palpatines grand daughter, then reylo is still. A different kind of love but if reylo is a palpatine, then its still problematic. The island on which luke skywalker is waiting for her is called ahkto. While it mostly retells the movie the force awakens from reys perspective it does give a few more rey insights that thrilled my daughter. Dec 20, 2019 we can assume, given the influence noncanon legends has on the star wars films, that rey s parents are either the son or daughter of sheev and his wife or concubine. So i think both snoke and rey learned about the redemption directly from bens mind, snoke forcibly and rey as part of the infodump she got during kylos. The book puts a lot of emphasis on rey and ben as a force dyad, able to. Ever since the last star wars film, rise of skywalker came out, we were answered who rey is actually related to.
Vaders little princess is a perfect book to give to a little geek girl, as artwork is fun to look. Is this really darth vaders shadow looming over rey in star. In the art book, coscreenwriter chris terrio says the first order targeted leaders of the old rebellion by taking their children. The only unambiguous relationship is between rey and her dad. Rey is a fictional character in the star wars franchise and the main protagonist of the sequel film trilogy. Alan dean foster s star wars the force awakens novel reveals new evidence from interactions between kylo ren and rey that prove that she is more than meets the eye. Shes the daughter of his clone, albeit a clone just different enough to look be a regular guy with no dreams of sith conquest. Rey tries to point out that luke is missing the perspective that he, also a jedi master, redeemed darth vader and created balance again. What did luke and leia know about rey and what will the. We found reys parents lukes lightsaber was the key.
Reys theme has similar motifs to other established star wars themes, most notably the force theme john williams has confirmed this connection, but it also shares similar motion to the emperors theme. Rey is obiwan kenobis daughter or granddaughter somehow. Rise of skywalker trailer may show rey wielding the. Is this really darth vaders shadow looming over rey in star wars. Considering rey was born in 15 aby, 11 years after palpatine s death, one would assume that her parents would have been born somewhere between 104 bby, making them somewhere between 19 to 30. This sweet and funny collection of postcards is filled with fatherdaughter moments between darth vader, dark lord of the sith, and his rebellious daughter, leia. The rise of skywalker novel confirms palpatine is a clone in the movie, which is something that was long speculated beforehand, but never explicitly stated within the film itself. Tomas explains that rey is, as expected, a skywalker but she is not lukes child. Apr 04, 2018 reys training with luke skywalker in the last jedi may have been cut short, but she could probably use a little more guidance in the force if shes planning to save a galaxy from tyranny and. Dec 28, 2019 jannah s age lines up with lando s daughter.
Rey the daughter of failed palpatine clone disney star. Another big theory is that rey is the daughter of han and leia, making her kylo rens sister. Vaders little princess kindle edition by brown, jeffrey. Luke concedes thats true, but then reminds her it was him. Star wars confirms reys father is a failed palpatine clone. The book is about darth vader parenting his daughter, princess leia. Star wars has a long history of using significant names as foreshadowing, like darth vader meaning dark father. Palpatine is actually reys grandmother, according to science.
Vader s little princess is a perfect book to give to a little geek girl, as artwork is fun to look at, and the words easy to read for young readers. This doesnt necessarily imply good or evil, light or dark, but it is the kind of thing where if we were to find out in episode 8 or. Abrams just revealed this detail about reys parents. The rise of skywalker has only been out for one week, but there s already been a lot of debate about every angle. The design of reys look for the rise of skywalker is a. The rise of skywalker, out now, which contains information on alternate and deleted scenes and concepts from the many drafts of the film since 2017. This would be a bit of a curveball, admittedly, but its weird that there hasnt been a. The rise of skywalker novelization reveals rey s father is actually a failed palpatine clone. Holiday gift pick this adorable kids book from jeffrey brown, author of darth vader and son and vader s little princess is the perfect gift for the young star wars fans on your list. Rey is the daughter of darth vader and the halfsister of luke and leia. What did luke and leia know about rey and what will the rise. Mar 18, 2020 revealing that rey is a palpatine in the tradition of luke skywalkers reveal as darth vaders son was just one of the strange and surprising elements.
Rey taking the skywalker name at the end is still weird since shes the daughter of a palpatine clone and ordinary human female. Abrams, and michael arndt for the force awakens 2015, the first installment of the trilogy, and is portrayed by daisy ridley. Star wars makes rey palpatines daughter from a certain point of. A family was comprised of the relatives of darth sidious, the dark lord of the sith who ruled the galaxy as emperor of the galactic empire. Mar 05, 2020 and it was through that eventual union, unexpected as it was, that rey was born, the book reads. Star wars 8 last jedi rey cant be lukes daughter because.
The book stirs up some more questions than answers and makes fans consider that lucasfilm and. Rise of skywalker novelization reveals reys dad fits into. The rise of skywalker novel edits reys parents, yet. Rise of skywalker novelization explains palpatines. Let s compare the twists to see why one didnt measure up to the other. She appears in the sequels the last jedi 2017 and the rise of skywalker 2019. The rise of skywalker novelization reveals reys father is actually a failed palpatine clone. The view that she is lukes daughter was especially prominent, with fans and. Dec 28, 2015 one of the main reasons that bought this to mind was that seeing how tfa greatly mimicked anh, fans are already expecting rey to be either luke or leia s daughter and nothing more. A major hint about reys heritage or just a shadow, dude.
And it was through that eventual union, unexpected as it was, that rey was born, the book reads. Alan dean fosters star wars the force awakens novel reveals new evidence from interactions between kylo ren and rey that prove that she is more than meets the eye. Abrams, who cowrote the script with chris terrio, the rise of skywalker quickly became divisive with both critics and fans. Eye of webbish bog, which darth vader entrusted with his wayfinder. Revealing that rey is a palpatine in the tradition of luke skywalkers reveal as darth vaders son was just one of the strange and surprising elements. Rey then becomes lukes daughter, maintaining all the. Luke wouldve recognized her at the end of the 7th movie. Just as the name vader, which is germandutch for father, was meant to signify vaders relation to luke, ahkto could be meant to signify lukes relation to rey. It s telling that rey s name indicates both masculinity and royalty. Oct 22, 2019 this is the scene where rey and kylo break what might be darth vaders mask. This is the scene where rey and kylo break what might be darth vaders mask.