Star Wars: 10 Big Kylo Ren And Rey Theories For Episode 9

10. Kylo Was Lying About Rey's Parents

Best to get this one out of the way early. Ever since Rey’s introduction to the franchise in 2015’s The Force Awakens, fans have clamoured to know more about the Jakku scavenger. Was she a Skywalker? A Kenobi? An Ewok without all the fuzz? Going into The Last Jedi, many were expecting Rian Johnson’s big reveal to leave audiences stunned and satisfied in equal measure.

However, The Last Jedi’s most shocking reveal was that Rey was not any of the above. In fact, she was merely the product of two junk traders on Jakku who, desperate for drinking money, sold her to Simon Pegg’s Unkar Plutt. This bombshell is dropped by Kylo Ren shortly after they team up to take down Snoke’s Elite Praetorian Guards.

Some, though, think Kylo could merely be playing on her emotions and her need for closure in a bid to lure her into joining him. And Johnson has even admitted Rey’s parentage could be handled differently in the next film, telling EW: "I can’t speak to what they’re going to do. And there’s always, in these movies, a question of 'a certain point of view.”

Why Is It Big? Changing Rey’s parentage would be huge going forward. However, it would also risk upsetting those who did enjoy The Last Jedi’s big reveal. It would also smack of Disney panicking to get fans disillusioned by Johnson’s movie back on side.