While it has been 38 years since the original, and 10 years since Episode III, fans have been drooling over the next generation of Star Wars. With fresh faces, and a few not-so-fresh faces, the first in a new line of Disney
Rey (Skywalker)
There have been a lot of online questions wondering how Rey learned the force so quickly and could easily hold her own against Kylo Ren. Some see it as just a plot hole, but what if it is all part of the story. Here is my thought:Maybe, just maybe, Rey was trained as a young child just as Kylo was, but Kylo's turn to the dark side made Luke scared that his own daughter would go the way of her grandfather. Knowing how strong the force was with her, he erased any memory she had of that life, and put her on Jakku to protect her (much like Luke was left on Tatooine). But Luke knew that someday Kylo would grow stronger and the only one that could defeat him would be Rey. So Luke isolated himself on the lost planet, and left clues that would only come to fruition at the right time. Rey was only able to access the force after she touched Luke's lightsaber, which released the power and the training she already had deep inside.
But that raises another question; did Rey just suddenly know the Force? Or, was it in her all along?
Take the scene where she takes the BB Droid from the other scavenger. These inhabitants live off what they find. Something as valuable as a working droid (even if no one knew it was the droid) wouldn't be let go of so easily. Another maybe: Rey used the classic Jedi mind trick without even knowing it when she told the scavenger she was taking the droid.
Who Killed Han?
Obi-Wan sacrificed himself at the hands of Darth Vader to help Luke along his path. Later, Darth sacrificed himself to save Luke from the Emperor. The sacrifice of the father to save the son is nothing new in the Star Wars Universe, so why would it be such a stretch to think that maybe Han sacrificed himself for his son Ben (Ren)? Think about it, the saber is in both Han's and Kylo's hands and there is no clear (at least from my one viewing) that Kylo Ren activated it. There are indications that Kylo holds a major grudge against his father, possible a reason he turned away from the light, and Han knows this. After it happens, Kylo says "Thank you".Of course, anyone I have told this theory about says it is ridiculous, and I should be sent to a mental ward, but, maybe it wasn't Han who activated the saber, but he must have known going to see his son would be a death sentence.
Anyway, those are a just a few theories so far.
Oh, and here's a cow . . .
