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Post #1425254

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RogueLeader
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Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker Redux Ideas thread
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21-Apr-2021, 7:16 PM

Yeah, Sade nailed it.

I’m guessing you are asking in regards to your novelization rewrite, Bricks. I have some ideas I could throw out, though.

I know some early names for Rey’s character in Lucas’ earlier treatments were Taryn, Thea, and “Winkie” apparently. Thanks George. Under JJ, Thea eventually became Sally, then Kira, Echo, and finally Rey. Maybe you could go with one of these names for Rey’s mom (preferably not Winkie…)

For Rey’s dad, I think it depends if you’re going with him being a clone/strandcast, or his biological son. If I recall, early Star Wars drafts had George naming the Emperor as Xerxes XII. Thanks, George. I could imagine him having more of a clone identification number rather than a name, like, X-12. The Greek letter X is pronounced like “kai” (spelt “chi”), so maybe he could’ve gone by Kai.

Palpatine actually had a possible son in Legends called Triclops, who was a mutant with a third eye. His mother was actually Palpatine’s creepy aid, Sly Moore. While Rey’s dad obviously doesn’t have a third eye, maybe you could pay homage to this weird piece of Legends by having his name be something similar, like Tristan. As “rey” means “king” in Spanish (which I guess fits with the Rey Palpatine reveal), Tristan is similar to the Spanish word “triste” which means “sad”. It would be fitting, since his existence was a disappointment to both Palpatine and much of the audience.

Anyway, just some ideas.