Star Wars Theories... Let us discuss

Rey Theories

Theory #1: Luke's Daughter. I honestly think this is the most likely of all the proposed theories. Too many similarities between Anakin/Luke's stories to hers. The consistent hinting especially with Maz Kanata saying the lightsaber was Anakin’s, Luke’s, and now her's. This could help add to the reasoning as why Luke is in exile. Out of shame going against the jedi way of having a child? To protect her by disassociating himself with her? If I had a child and the largest target on my back in the galaxy, I might want to hide her far away from me. C’mon it’s a story of the skywalker’s from the get go.

Theory #2: Han/Leia's daughter. I think this could actually be a likely scenario. When Maz and Han are about to discuss who Rey is, they quickly cut to the next scene. I believe this hints that Han knows who she is and one likely scenario could be his daughter. "Why didn't anyone like Leia say anything or do something crazy when she say her". I feel like the way it came across could easily be spun to accommodate future plot holes. Maybe they are purposefully hiding knowledge of this to prevent any reveal to her of her true origins. Maybe they just aren't aware of who she is. Either way I believe it is a likely possibility.

Theory #3: Maybe her parents are nobodies and she is a student of Luke. Well why did she say that she thought Luke was a myth? Well perhaps to hide her true origins from others. Maybe she had a mind wipe from Luke. This would help explain her competency with the force when confronting Kylo.

If she is not related to anyone important or at the very least a student of luke, then we get an issue of “why all the build and no punch?” There has to be some big reveal with her origins and who knows, they may take an unexpected twist that no one saw coming. The possibility of an Obi-Wan or someone similar is next to impossible due to the age constraints (Rey is most likely a post Endor Battle baby).

Knights of Ren

Theory #1: A group of force sensitives trained in the dark side. An added bonus would be if some of these were Luke's pupils adding to his reason for exile. We don’t have much on them but what we can see from the movie is that they were holding an assortment of weapons. This may be used as a counter argument against that theory but they could be force imbued weapons. If this is the case, did Snoke lead them all into the dark or did Kylo?

Theory #2: A group of non-force sensitives that are Darth Vader fanatics and want to hunt the remaining jedi. In order for them to be in a group like “The Knights of Ren”, one would assume that they are great warriors of some kind. I believe this to be the most likely due to the lack of lightsabers by the others

Snoke

Theory #1: Darth Plagueis. Ok ok ok. We’ve all heard it but could it be true? If he is not Darth Plagueis, I would be surprised. Similar physical features to that of Darth Plagueis in the now non-canon Expanded Universe (EU). Scars that depict survival of a severe attack and Emperor Palpatine stated he murdered Plagueis. Emperor Palpy also stated that Plagueis could prevent people from dying but not himself. What if he was wrong? He survived in the EU. Perfect reason for the resurgence of Plagueis the wise. And recent analysis of the soundtrack of Snope’s scenes is eerily similar to that of when Palpatine is talking about Plagueis.

Theory #2: Another Famous Dark Lord? Some more farfetched theories have stated that he could be someone from an ancient time that either survived physically or has transferred his mind at some point to survive. Some famous ancient Sith have been known to do this… Darth Bane, Exar Kun, etc…

Theory #3: No known affiliation with any previous character in Star Wars literature/entertainment. This is what JJ was kinda hinting at and maybe they are attempting to just create another Evil Villian from scratch. I think this is probably going to happen but I would prefer it to be Plagueis.

Cool Concept #1: Snoke (Makes more sense if he was in fact Plagueis) orchestrated everything seen in the star wars films. He allowed palpy to think he was dead and build an empire. Perhaps orchestrated the rebellion and figured it would allow for an easy take over an already formed empire. Why do the heavy lifting? Just get your former apprentice to do it. Another part of that is, what if Plagueis (who has the ability to essentially create life) created Anakin through the force? I don’t know how I would feel about that notion yet…

Cool Concept #2: Snoke Trains/Tests Kylo. Snoke mentions at the end of the movie that it is time to complete Kylo’s training. What if Snoke is a dark lord and already has an apprentice? Snoke then decides to test/complete his training to become a sith by killing his apprentice. Something we haven’t seen before… a duel between two Siths… the potential for epicness. #SITHBOWL Get Hyped!

Your thoughts?

I'd like to hear more theories about the above topics or even ones not being discussed.