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Post #1572599

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NeverarGreat
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The Starlight Project Addendum: The Rise of Skywalker (Freeform Brainstorming Session)
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7-Jan-2024, 12:20 AM

Continuing the ‘good parents’ vs ‘bad parents’ discussion, it seems to me like the two concepts are irreconcilable. I would say just to have the ‘good parents’ angle be a lie by Palpatine in this movie to give Rey some motivation to hate him, but as Hal said it conflicts with the vision that Rey has, and this has to be the truth, at least in terms of what the audience feels. But if this is the truth, then it conflicts with the spirit of TLJ. So maybe the first part of this scene is all about the battle between these ideas, between Rey’s belief that her parents were good and her knowledge that they were really terrible.

“Rey….wherever you are…You are hard to find.

“You are hard to get rid of.”

“I pushed you in the desert because I needed to see it…I needed you to see it…who you are. I see a war within you. Rey…”

“You’re lying.”

“A part of you believes that you were abandoned. You were unplanned, unwanted.”

“Don’t!”

“But a part of you refuses to believe it. It’s too painful, even now.”

“I don’t want this!”

“So you made a new memory.”

“No!”

“Your parents didn’t abandon you. They protected you.”

(Rey sees the vision of her parents and her abandonment.)
“My Love…be brave.”
“You’ll be safe here…I promise.”
“Come back! Nooo!”

“Such a powerful, desperate desire…if only it were true.”

“Stop talking.”

“Rey…I know what happened to them.”

(Cutaway to heroes capture)

“You were right, Rey. Your parents did love you. They were looking for Luke’s friends on Jakku, a hidden sanctuary where you would be safe. But the Emperor’s assassin found them first.”

(Rey sees her parents get killed.)

“No!”

“So that’s where you are.”

“You know why the Emperor was searching for you. I’ll come tell you.”