Star Wars: The Answered (And Unanswered) Questions In The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi has officially hit theaters, and with it came some answers and some deflections. Here we figured we’d list out the big ones for you to peruse through and discuss.
This goes without saying, but SPOILER ALERT!
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Rey’s Parentage (Answered…Sort Of)
After two years of speculation, we finally got the answer to this question that has plagued messageboards worldwide. No, Rey is not a Skywalker. No, Rey is not a Kenobi. No, Rey is not an Erso. No, Rey is not a part of any family we know.
In fact, Rey is not a part of any family anyone knows. Rey’s family is made up of by nobodies — just a couple of poor folk who traded away their kid for money and abandoned her on the junk planet of Jakku. In a bit of a twist, the film goes out of the way to paint just how unspecial her lineage is, and in a way, subverts the entire franchise’s fascination with the Skywalkers.
While I personally found this to be interesting and refreshing, it didn’t help too much with this other unanswered question I had about…
Rey’s Strength (Not Answered)
When The Force Awakens hit theaters, Rey’s character was accused of being a Mary Sue. She’s strong, noble, and incredibly Force-sensitive for someone who knew nothing about the Force. She managed to overpower Kylo Ren, and proficiently wield a lightsaber with exactly zero training.
This led me, and many others, to speculate that she had been trained by Luke, and then had her memory erased when Luke’s Jedi Temple was destroyed.
That didn’t happen. Instead, as mentioned above, we were left with a character with no training, no strong bloodline, and no way for us to realistically believe how she’d gotten so strong with the Force. Granted, upon looking back on The Force Awakens, it seems very clear why she’d be physically strong, it seems we are to assume she’s just so naturally innate with the Force, that it helped her when it counted most.
Supreme Leader Snoke’s Origins (Not Answered)
Fans were out of their minds excited to find out what the deal was with Supreme Leader Snoke. Who is he? Is he a Sith? Is he someone we know from the Star Wars canon? What was his relationship with the Emperor? How did he come to lead the First Order?
Sadly, exactly zero of these questions were answered, and it seems likely that exactly zero of these questions will be answered in the future because Snoke unexpectedly bit the dust when Kylo Ren turned on him and sliced him in half.
And speaking of Kylo Ren…
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Ben Solo & The Knights of Ren (Partially Answered)
What’s the deal with Ben Solo? We did see glimpses of him in a flashback with Luke Skywalker. We saw his conflicted nature, and we saw the exact moment where he committed to the Dark Side, and that was when he found Luke Standing over him with a lightsaber.
But what about the Knights of Ren? In The Force Awakens, we saw the Knights of Ren standing in front of an inferno, but they were nowhere to be seen in The Last Jedi. How did Ben join them, what did they do for him, and where are they now?
Finally, how did Kylo end up coming under Snoke’s wing, and how did he rise through the ranks of the First Order so quickly? With Snoke gone, and his importance to the plot cast to the side, we don’t think we’ll be getting an answer to that anytime soon.
Why Luke Went AWOL (Answered)
This is probably the question we had answered most thoroughly. In his training with Ben Solo, Luke started to feel a dark presence in his padawan. Given how susceptible he knew Skywalkers were to the Dark Side, he grew fearful of what Ben would become.
In a fleeting and momentary lapse in judgment, he opened up his lightsaber standing over Ben. He wouldn’t have moved forward with it, but the damage was done, and Ben fought to save his own life.
Luke reflected on this moment and the centuries of failure that the Jedi Order went through. In their most powerful state, they allowed the Empire to rise. He realized that so long as Jedi were around, the Sith would also exist. If he allowed the Jedi to end, he would bring about the end of the all-powerful Dark Side that constantly seems to threaten the galaxy.
Obviously, that didn’t quite work out for him.
What did you think about how they answered these questions in Star Wars: The Last Jedi? Let us know your thoughts down below!
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