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Why Rey Skywalker was the perfect ending for Rey and Rey Palpatine wouldn't make sense: a thread
Rey's parents spent their whole lives trying to get away from palpatine and save rey. They sacrificed their lives so that rey would stay hidden from him. We don't know their names but I think it's safe to assume that they also didn't keep the palpatine name.
Since the opening of tfa we can see that Rey longs for a family. Since her parents left her on Jakku she's been counting the days and waits for them to come back bc they were the only family she ever knew, even if she didn't remember them. Those few memories were her only family.
But then she met Finn, BB-8 and Han. And when she got captured by the First Order they came back for her. They did what she longed for someone to do for so long. That's why she stayed and fought off Kylo Ren to protect Finn and decided to stay with the Resistance and find Luke.
Her relationship with Luke might have a rocky start but you can't tell me they didn't care for each other. And after the events of tlj, Leia trained her for a whole year. That year between tlj and tros was a year that Rey finally had a family. She had Leia, Finn and Poe.
So her only connection to the palpatine name was the parents she doesn't remember bc they died protecting her from that name.
But with the Skywalkers?Han treated her the way a father would, Leia took her in and trained her and Luke stayed with her till the end.
But with the Skywalkers?Han treated her the way a father would, Leia took her in and trained her and Luke stayed with her till the end.
Many ppl said that she should take the palpatine name and "make it a good name" or some shit but why? Why would rey take that weight on her shoulders? Why would she take the most hated name in the galaxy, that killed her parents, and "make it good"?
Leia didn't even had the Skywalker name and yet it affected her (read bloodline to see what I mean). So I'm asking again: why would rey take the name that brought her nothing but pain and death instead of the name of the family that took her in gave her nothing but love?
She had more connection with the Skywalkers than Palpatine, the man that literally murdered her biological parents. The last thing her parents would want, is for her to take that name and let it affect her life even more that it already had.
So Rey's real family were Han, Luke and Leia that took her in and made her feel welcomed and then Finn and Poe. If you can't see how strong Rey, Finn and Poe's bond is then I suggest rewatching the movies.
Palpatine wanted her to be empress palpatine and she chose to be Jedi Knight Rey Skywalker.
Even if she wanted for some reason to spend he life trying to redeem the name, can u imagine anyone trying to redeem the PALPATINE name???
Even if she wanted for some reason to spend he life trying to redeem the name, can u imagine anyone trying to redeem the PALPATINE name???
So yes. Rey is a Skywalker and she has always been.
Because there are things stronger than blood.
Because there are things stronger than blood.
Since this is getting attention I would like to add that Leia passed her Skywalker legacy to Rey and Luke said to her "it's yours, take it" when Rey wanted to take on the Skywalker name.
So it was both her choice and what Luke and Leia wanted.
So it was both her choice and what Luke and Leia wanted.
