Another very disappointing idea: Rey not being either a Skywalker or a Solo (with Skywalker blood). Seriously, why have the first six movies in the Skywalker saga be focused on the Skywalker family, then have the last three movies in the entire Skywalker saga be about a nobody who is the granddaughter of Darth Sidious and has no biological connection to the Skywalker family whatsoever?
They’re partly about Ben Solo, who is Anakin’s grandson, Leia’s son, Han’s son, and Luke’s nephew. Why do so much of AOTC and ROTS follow Obi Wan, who’s not a Skywalker? Why does the OT spend so much time on Han’s debt to Jabba?
Star Wars plays with which heroes and villains are Skywalkers or not - Skywalker as a hero for two movies, then Skywalker crosses into the dark side, then two movies with two good and one bad Skywalkers, and a third movie where the bad Skywalker crosses back over, then two movies with a bad Skywalker (and two good ones but they’re old and not the main focus), then he crosses back over.
Anakin is the central protagonist of the prequels. Luke is the central protagonist of the originals. So if Rey is the central protagonist of the Disney trilogy, why can’t she be a biological Skywalker, whether she is Luke’s or Leia and Han’s daughter?
It’s just so strange to have the first two trilogies have a Skywalker as the central protagonist in each trilogy, only to switch to the granddaughter of Darth Sidious in the final trilogy as the central protagonist.
Kathleen Kennedy even said that the Star Wars saga is about the Skywalker family.