DARK REY

**DARK REY **
Moreover, although viewers had been told she was a nobody, The Rise of Skywalker revealed Rey's real parentage, or at least did so in part, as the 2019 movie confirmed Rey is the granddaughter of Palpatine.

The biggest mystery that came out of The Force Awakens was the newly introduced plucky scavenger girl, Rey. Questions swirled ever since her first appearance. Who is she, and more importantly, where is she from, and who is her family? This led to a lot of theories and speculation, and fans were hoping to find the answer to this burning question in The Last Jedi. However, for better or for worse, it did not. Despite Rey's (and the audience's) fervent desires, all that The Last Jedi told us, via Kylo Ren, was that her parents were "nobodies." They had sold her for drinking money, and they are now dead and buried in a pauper's grave. We did not learn anything further about them, and I had my reasons to doubt that Kylo Ren was even being truthful. He was more likely manipulating Rey so that she would join him. The general message of the film seemed to be that nobody has to be a part of an important family to be powerful in the Force, which seemed to be accepted, if not celebrated by many fans of the movie. However, in Rise of Skywalker, director J. J. Abrams ultimately decided not only to bring back the ultimate Sith Lord, Emperor Palpatine, but also make Rey his granddaughter. The decision to make Rey a Palpatine generated mixed reactions among fans, to say the least.