Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 7 Big Questions About Rey That Need Answering

7. How Did She End Up On Jakku?

When the first teaser was released, it was initially thought that the desert planet that appeared was Tatooine, home of the Skywalkers and one that has appeared in every Star Wars film bar The Empire Strikes Back (and even then it got a mention).

While there’s still a good chance Tatooine will be in The Force Awakens, the planet from the trailer was revealed to be Jakku, which played host to a battle between the Galactic Empire and the New Republic, and is now a mostly-deserted wasteland that serves as a ship graveyard.

It may not seem like the kind of place one of the new heroes would live, but it is indeed where Rey calls home. How, exactly, did she come to live on this planet of sand and abandoned ships? We know that she is a scavenger on the planet, but to what purpose?

Is she simply doing all she can to stay alive on the planet, selling the scrap for profit, or is there more of a point to her being there? If there are lots of old starships on the planet, could there be enough workable parts to create a ‘new’ one and get her off the planet?