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Post #1440670

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sherlockpotter
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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21-Jul-2021, 2:12 PM

That’s a good point too - that this entire conversation is likely going to be changed in Rey Nobody to avoid talking about her parents. RogueLeader, I know you’re still probably working on that, but what do you think? In what sort of direction are you planning on taking it?

For the Rey Palpatine cut…I’m not so fussed about him saying “You remember more than you say.” If that concept is the problem, “I’ve been in your head” has essentially the same meaning. “Search your memories,” “Remember them”…it all comes down to saying Rey does remember her parents. To fully preserve Rey not having heroic memories of them in the last movie, you’d have to rewrite this entire scene anyway.

For what it’s worth, I don’t think Rey having repressed memories of her parents really undoes the TLJ revelation any more than does retconning her parents in the first place - at that point, the thematic poignancy is already ruined.