Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker - 26 WTF Moments

19. Rey's Parents Aren't Trash After All

Of The Last Jedi's many subversive plot twists, perhaps the best was the revelation that Rey's parents weren't special but simply "nobody" junkers who sold her for drinking money.

But following the divisive response to the movie, it was widely expected that people-pleaser J.J. Abrams would give this aspect of Rey's past a soft retcon of sorts.

And so, Kylo Ren eventually reveals that her parents weren't strung-out gutter trash after all, but sent Rey away and were killed for refusing to divulge her location.

They're still nobodies enough - apart from Rey's dad being Palpatine's son, which is weirdly brushed under the carpet - but changing their disposition from deadbeat parents to loving, caring ones is one of the film's most cynical and cowardly moves. Terrible.