10 Fascinating Theories About Star Wars: The Last Jedi
4. Lor San Tekka Was Rey's Ben Kenobi
The Force Awakens, as it stands, hinges on an immense coincidence. Poe Dameron’s mission to Jakku just so happened to bring him and his droid to the same location as Rey, a Force prodigy with a mystical connection to Luke Skywalker.
Assuming the Star Wars galaxy is bigger than one patch of desert, that needs some explaining.
Lor San Tekka could be the key, the elderly gent described by the opening crawl as an old ally of Princess Leia’s and one who still considers her ‘royalty’. If Tekka’s mission was to watch over Rey on behalf of Leia or Luke, perhaps because she was the child of one of them, it would at least explain why Tekka was on Jakku in the first place and why Dameron came to that particular planet.
It would also explain the casting of Max Von Sydow as such a minor character - Tekka had a similar mission to Obi-Wan Kenobi, and so is played by an actor of similar gravity.