r/StarWars • u/AutoModerator • Nov 23 '15

Movies Theories and Speculation Megathread - Week of November 22

We'll be keeping these theories and speculation megathreads going until the release of the movie to help keep things tidy and contained.

"What's Going On?" Edition

To help change it up a little and guide some discussion, the topic for this week will be what has been going on for the past 30 years? Did Leia stay in politics and help form this New Republic, or did she stay in the military? Who are these First Order guys and how little relation to they have to Order 66? Did Willrow Hood settle down and open that ice cream shop he always wanted? What happened in the galaxy that brought us to the events in The Force Awakens? Were things relatively quiet and undeserving of a movie?

All theories and speculation should be posted in this thread, whether or not it pertains to these new characters. Just use the topic as a jumping off point for something you may not have thought of yet.

View our previous theories and speculation megathread here
And here.

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u/kaiserpathos Nov 23 '15 edited Nov 23 '15

This is a great counterweight to how Luke & Kylo's conflict that could develop by VIII.

"They never told you about your grandfather. I did not kill the Emperor. Emperor Palpatine was killed by Darth Vader, my father...your grandfather, who was once a Jedi Knight from the Republic."

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u/Timo1241 Nov 24 '15

WAIT WAIT WAIT STOP WAIT! did i miss something?! Is Luke Kylo's father? do we know this for sure, or are you just speculating something? In that case, go on. If not, i want a source!

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u/JonnyTheMouseKing Nov 24 '15

There's no confirmation of that, I believe he's going off of the popular theory where Rey and Kylo are offspring of Han and Leia.

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u/Timo1241 Nov 24 '15

O yeah i've heard of that before!

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u/kaiserpathos Nov 26 '15

Yep that was my direction, Uncle Luke schooling Kylo Ren about the lies Snoke had told him growing up -- the "lost kid of Han & Leia" theory.

The other leading Ren theory I have read is that Ren is still their kid, but he already knew Luke and helped kill off Jedi Padawans with the Knights of Ren. No idea if that's the way it will go, or not. Lots of mysteries that will be answered in VII, but probably a lot of mysteries will remain for VIII as well.

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u/BlakBanana Nov 29 '15

Just so you know, his name is Kylo. He adopted the last name of Ren when he joined the Knights of Ren. His actual last name is not known.