On the Just Rey vs Rey Skywalker front, one of the issues I have with Rey Skywalker is that I can’t help but read it as a metaphor for Disney buying Star Wars then tacking on their trilogy that wasn’t strictly necessary and saying “this counts as Star Wars”. That’s not to say I’m not glad we’re getting more Star Wars - I am - but it feels like a corporate mandate rather than something that was necessary to the story.

That totally may just be me, but Rey saying “I’m a Skywalker too” without necessarily earning it just maps directly to Disney saying “These movies are more examples of those Star Wars movies you love” in my mind - which doesn’t land well after TROS flubbing so hard.

Whereas ‘Just Rey’ maps better to the metaphor of “I have the support of what came before, but I’m something new and bold and I’m going to go in my own direction.”