During a Vanity Fair interview (via ), Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy explained why she felt that simply wouldn't work. Was Rey being Obi-Wan Kenobi's daughter one of them? For some, yes. The daughter of a Palpatine clone who escaped those Sith Loyalists, Rey's heritage may have better tied her to the wider Star Wars franchise, but there had been stronger theories. Not even Emperor Palpatine's return managed to satisfy those same fans after The Last Jedi's divisive take on Luke, and the fact that Rey turned out to be the villain's granddaughter was more of a perplexing reveal than an exciting one.
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Watch the actress' full interview with Gad on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in the video below.Almost three years after the Skywalker Saga concluded with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the movie remains a hot topic of debate. For many fans, that entire sequel trilogy is a period of storytelling they would like to forget, especially given the way the stories of the franchise's original leads, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Leia Organa, were handled by J.J. With the "Star Wars" franchise now behind her, Ridley next moves on to Doug Liman's action film "Chaos Walking" opposite Tom Holland. Read more from IndieWire: "The Boys" Season 2 review: Amazon Prime's superhero satire is out for blood – mainly white supremacists' Abrams retconning Johnson's controversial decision, which Ridley's answer here seems to validate.
Turning Rey into a Palpatine was viewed by many as J.J. Even as we were filming I wasn't sure what the answer was going to be."įrom the way Ridley tells it, the decision to make Rey a Palpatine wasn't finalized until the middle of filming "The Rise of Skywalker." "The Last Jedi" writer-director Rian Johnson earned backlash from fans for making Rey's parents nobodies after "The Force Awakens" implied her parents could be important to the "Star Wars" mythology. pitched me the film and was like, 'Oh yeah, Palpatine's grandaughter." I was like, 'Awesome!' Then two weeks later he was like, 'Oh, we're not sure.' So it kept changing. "There were like different versions, and then it really went to that she was no one. At the beginning there was toying with like an Obi-Wan connection," Ridley said when asked if she had known Rey's origins were in the Palpatine family. Read more from IndieWire: "Chef's Table: BBQ" carefully captures the artistry beyond the flames It turns out the earliest iteration of Rey had her being the offspring of Obi-Wan Kenobi, which was one of the more popular fan theories floating around after the release of "The Force Awakens."
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Read more from IndieWire: Best Netflix alternatives: More streaming services for TV and movie fansĭuring an interview on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" with her friend and "Murder on the Orient Express" co-star Josh Gad, Ridley walked viewers through the history of changes that were made to Rey's parentage throughout the production of her "Star Wars" trilogy. Was Rey Palpatine the plan since the beginning? Daisy Ridley says not at all. "The Last Jedi" threw those theories out the window by revealing Rey's parents were nobodies, only for "The Rise of Skywalker" to confirm Rey is actually Palpatine's granddaughter. "The Force Awakens" never revealed the identity of Rey's parents, which ignited fan theories about whether or not the character could be a Skywalker, a Kenobi, or another offspring of a famous "Star Wars" character. Of all the mysteries strung through the most recent " Star Wars" trilogy, none caused as much fervor as Rey's parentage. This article originally appeared on IndieWire.
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