It just occurred to me that one of the funnier coincidences regarding the Rey Palpatine retcon is that now it finally makes sense that a scavenger on Jakku speaks with a British accent. Granted her parents, even if they were genuine “nobodies”, could come from the core worlds, though that seems a little weird for “filthy junk traders” that sold off their own child for drinking money. It doesn’t really matter, but at least the EU writers won’t have figure it out in the future.
Unkar Plutt had a British accent.
That’s true. So much for that idea.
I wonder why they had Boyega do an American accent when they ignore accent inconsistencies in other characters.
I think they went with an American accent for John since stormtroopers typically have American accents. I heard they played around with Rey having an American accent as well, but I think Daisy was more comfortable with her natural accent.