How is Rey a Skywalker?

It was revealed in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker that Rey is the biological granddaughter of the evil Emperor Palpatine himself. Making Rey a Palpatine. However, when Rey learned of this, she did not accept it. She defeated her Grandfather and at the end of the movie takes on her new name as a Skywalker.

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Is Rey A Palpatine or a Skywalker?

Regardless of how favorable either of these decisions have been received, the canon has firmly established Rey as a Palpatine, but with her own chosen decision to carry on the Skywalker name instead.

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How did Rey become a Skywalker?

Despite being enemies, Rey and Kylo Ren share a connection called a 'Force dyad' and eventually become romantically involved with one another. Following Palpatine's final defeat and her own resurrection, Rey adopts the name Rey Skywalker to honor her mentors and their family legacy and renounce her lineage.

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How is Rey Skywalker related?

Rey's heritage was the main secret of the entire Star Wars sequel trilogy, before Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker finally revealed she's the granddaughter of the big bad himself -- Palpatine.

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How are Rey's parents related to Palpatine?

In The Rise of Skywalker's novelization, we learn that Rey's father was a failed clone of Emperor Palpatine. He was initially created to be a vessel to house Palpatine and his Sith power. However, Rey's father proved incapable of doing so.

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Disney FINALLY Explains Why Rey is Now "Rey Skywalker" - Star Wars Episode 9

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Is Rey pregnant with Ben's baby?

She does not have a baby bump, her hand never goes to her stomach to indicate she's carrying a child, and there wasn't exactly any time for her to have conceived a child with anyone in the course of the film, including Kylo Ren/Ben Solo.

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Who did Palpatine have a child with?

One could theorize that he bore a child through some sort of space artificial insemination, or something closer to what we've seen in canon Star Wars material. In the canon comic Darth Vader No. 25, it is revealed that Palpatine somehow used the Force to manipulate midichlorions to impregnate Shmi Skywalker.

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Are Kylo Ren and Rey in love?

Their connection has never played out like a brother-sister relationship. Throughout The Last Jedi, it seems clear that there's an attraction between the two of them. Yes, they're enemies, but they're also drawn to each other.

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Are Rey and Kylo Ren siblings?

What is the connection between Kylo Ren and Rey? As Kylo Ren himself says in The Rise of Skywalker, he and Rey are bonded not just by their familial legacies (Ren as the grandson of Darth Vader and Rey as the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine) but by their unique connection in the Force.

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How is Rey related to Obi-Wan?

But with the sudden reveal that she was Palpatine's granddaughter, fans were left to wonder whether that was the original plan, or a last-minute decision. And answers were finally given by Rey's actor, Daisy Ridley, who admitted that Obi-Wan was originally Rey's father.

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Who gave birth to Rey Skywalker?

In a new excerpt, it's revealed that the names of Rey's parents are Dathan and Miramir. Dathan is the dad and Miramir the mother, if you were wondering; it's not always clear with these names from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

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Why is Rey so powerful without training?

In a section on Force abilities, it is said that Rey has an innate Force power called psychometry. Check it out courtesy of Screen Rant. “Some Force abilities require years of training, a form of instinctual aptitude, or a very strong connection to the Force to access.

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Who is the strongest Jedi?

Master Yoda has risen above all others to claim the top spot as the most powerful Jedi of all time and the true chosen one according to IGN's audience. He won pretty handily as well, as he was victorious in 89,756 of his 95,243 battles and had a win percentage of 94.2%.

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Who is Rey the daughter of?

Rey was born on Hyperkarn in 15 ABY during the rise of the New Republic. Her father, Dathan, was a bioengineered Strand-Cast cloned from the genetic template of Darth Sidious, the Sith Lord who ruled the Galactic Empire as Emperor Palpatine.

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Is Rey now a Sith?

This use of a Force power generally reserved for the Sith is foreshadowing for the movies biggest twist: Rey herself is a Palpatine, born of Sith blood and heir to the throne of her grandfather's Final Order. This is a revelation that sends Rey into a rage.

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Why is Rey's lightsaber yellow?

A crystal embodies the Jedi as the heart of the lightsaber, and pure kyber has no color until it's bonded to the Force user. This process likely resulted in Rey Skywalker's lightsaber being yellow.

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Is Rey related to Leia?

While on the planet, when someone asked her who she was, Rey responded by saying that she was "Rey Skywalker." Although she wasn't related to them, both Luke and Leia had been mentors to Rey throughout the sequel trilogy.

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Is Finn In love With Rey?

So does Finn love Rey? No, not like that. The films and comments made from those involved in making the trilogy have made clear that despite seeming to have some romantic tension between them, there is nothing going on between Rey and Finn.

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Is Kylo Ren really Han Solo's son?

The son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, Ben Solo was seduced by the dark side of the Force and renamed himself Kylo Ren: leader of the Knights of Ren, champion of the First Order, and apprentice to Supreme Leader Snoke.

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What did the kiss between Rey and Ben mean?

In response, Disney and Abrams have denied that this kiss was romantic, insisting that it was more of a familial relationship and that the kiss was a kiss of gratitude instead of romance.

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Is Finn a Jedi?

Even though Finn is once again Force-sensitive, and tries to tell Rey about it throughout the film, the film ends without the story addressing his abilities. While fans were left wondering about Finn's Force status, subsequent Lego films have confirmed it, and Finn is already on the road to becoming a Jedi.

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Who is Rey's soulmate?

Initially unknown to Rey, she forms a dyad in the Force with Ben. The dyad is an unbreakable Force-bond that makes them one in the Force, despite being born as two physically separated individuals. Thus, despite not being related by blood, Ben is Rey's other half, making him her "soulmate" or "twin of the Force".

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How did Palpatine hide his Sith eyes?

palpatine was a master of deception. and for years. he employed the use of a sith cloaking technique. known as a force mask.

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Is Snoke The Emperor?

The Star Wars universe establishes Snoke as a Force-sensitive artificial being created by Emperor Palpatine to reclaim control of the galaxy. As Palpatine's puppet ruler, Snoke leads the First Order against the New Republic and manipulates Luke Skywalker's nephew, Ben Solo, into becoming Kylo Ren.

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