Simon Pegg, who played Jakku boss Unkar Plutt, has told the Happy Sad Confused podcast that The Force Awakens, and soon Episode IX, director JJ Abrams had originally planned for Rey’s heritage to be obviously more plugged into the Star Wars lore.
“I know what JJ kind of intended, well, at least what was sort of being chucked around,” he explained. “I think that’s kind of been undone slightly by the last one.”
Pegg went on to clarify that there could still be more to Rey’s lineage than we know now: “There was some talk about, you know, a kind of relevant lineage for her. But I honestly don’t know, and I don’t know if anybody knows. We shall see.”
His comments echo those of long-time Star Wars composer John Williams that the not-so-shocking revelation about Rey’s lineage in The Last Jedi was just smoke and mirrors.
“Rey’s parents might be identified to us in the next film,” he recently told KUSC radio. “I don’t believe [The Last Jedi revelation] either.”
We’ll find out when Episode IX arrives next December, and what we ‘learnt’ about Rey’s parentage in The Last Jedi could be easily explained away and replaced with something more.
