Published 10:59 IST, December 26th 2019

How JJ Abrams' revelation of Rey's parents is better than 'The Last Jedi's

JJ Abrams' revelation of Rey's parents is quite different from The Last Jedi's. According to reports, not many fans were satisfied with the answers.

Reported by: Vageesha Taluja
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American filmmaker JJ Abrams expressed his thoughts regarding Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker’s revelation about Rey’s parents being better than how Last Jedi revealed. finale of nine-part Skywalker saga was atrically released on December 20, 2019. epic -opera has answered innumerable questions that fans got in ir mind since y watched Star Wars: Force Awakens four years ago. According to a report, t a lot of people are satisfied with answers. Many fans took issue with Rise of Skywalker’s payoffs. y argued about movie’s new interpretation of Rian Johnson’s eighth episode of Skywalker saga and second instalment in sequel trilogy,  Last Jedi.

JJ Abrams reveals about Rey's parents

As per a report, Rise of Skywalker appears to back-track on Last Jedi’s revelation about Ray’s parents. Rian Johnson’s movie features a scene in which Kylo tells Rey that her parents sold her for drinking money before y passed away. Whereas, Rise of Skywalker reveals that Rey is Emperor Palpatine’s granddaughter and her parents hid ir true identities and left Rey on Jakku to protect her from her grandfar. According to Abrams, second twist is more devastating than earlier one.

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Problem with twist

director talked about Rey’s parents in a recent Rise of Skywalker’s Acemy screening. Moreover, he explained his idea behind twist and why he, along with his co-writer, thought that it was stronger than Last Jedi’s answer of Rey’s parents. In Abram’s line of thinking, Rey was haunted after kwing that his grandfar is evilest person. But problem arises in Last Jedi’s reveal as it told how anyone can be extraordinary despite m being emerging from ‘where’. In contrast, Rise of Skywalker showcases Rey’s parents to be evil as well as most powerful beings in entire Star Wars galaxy. This me Rey less special with her uniqueness lying in her grandparent’s power.

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As per a report, re is a chance that Abrams always intended on featuring Rey a Palpatine, but did t hint it in Force Awakens. ditionally, if he h created his version of Last Jedi, it would have worked better for Rise of Skywalker. But it has come out as a disappointment for those who thought of Rey being incredible despite having uncaring parents. 

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10:59 IST, December 26th 2019