Rian Johnson doesn’t have the best reputation among Star Wars fans. the Episode 8 director caused displeasure among many viewers with his version of the star saga. Star Wars: The Last jedi sometimes seems like a foreign body to the already extremely critical sequel trilogy about the fate of Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren. especially the Portrayal of Luke Skywalker was a disappointment for many fans. The return of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker almost turned into a slapstick number and seemed involuntarily funny in some places. Actress Daisy Ridley defended the filmmaker on one thing, though
Rey: From Nobody to Palpatine’s Granddaughter – WTF?!
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi is apparently revealed who Rey’s parents were. In Episode 7, the von Daisy Ridley played main character introduced as a young orphan who makes ends meet as a scrap dealer and smuggler. Since she is considered extremely Force sensitive and over the course of Star Wars: The Force Awakens developed incredible powers, countless speculations ran rampant as to who Rey might have inherited these abilities from.
In episode 8 Then came the big reveal. antagonist Kylo Ren Rey bluntly gleefully squeezed in that her parents “worthless nobodies” were who sold their daughter into slavery in order to be able to finance the next booze. What somehow so not after the Fantasy world of the star saga sounds was in episode 9 cashed in again immediately. In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker performed a 180 degree U-turn and named Rey the granddaughter of Darth Sidious aka Emperor Palpatine
Daisy Ridley: Confused story element in Star Wars Episode 8 was brainchild of JJ Abrams
In retrospect, it must be said that the original plan of the producers to Kathleen Kennedyto independently produce three new Star Wars films from three different directors completely failed. You realize episode 8 clearly indicated that Rian Johnson probably didn’t really know what JJ Abrams intended with the story. As the director of Star Wars: The Force Awakens then surprising for episode 9 returned, it seemed in many places as if he wanted what Ryan Johnson ironed out again.
In addition to the completely absurd explanation of what happened to the one introduced by Abrams in Episode 7 and by Johnson in episode 8 nothing to me, nothing to you Villain Snoke Rey’s origin story also seemed completely far-fetched. in one Interview with the Rolling Stone However, Daisy Ridley defends director Rian Johnson and tries to smooth things over in a very diplomatic way.
“Actually it was the idea of JJ that Rey is a nobody.” This story element is not due to Star Wars: The Last Jedi developed. Apparently she agrees with the narrative about-face. “What I like about it is that you can be a hero no matter where you’re from, even if you’re descended from literally the worst person in the universe. You don’t have to be like your parents, you don’t have to be your grandparents, you can be independent your bloodline and the generations before you.” Daisy Ridley as Rey certainly is one of the highlights the sequel trilogy. Quite a few fans are hoping for a return of the last Palpatine/Skywalker to the Star Wars universe.
Source: Rolling Stone
